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Location Map
Map image produced from the Ordnance
Survey Get-a-map service.
Image reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance
Survey and
Ordnance Survey
of Northern Ireland.
Sketch
Map: relationship to Reading rail station
The Open Group office is on the tenth floor of Thames Tower which is the
large copper colored building opposite Reading railway station.
Photographs of Thames Tower
<--- West (Bristol, Bath, Oxford) East (London)---->
(A41255)
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~ ~ ~ ~ River Thames ~ | | ~
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<<< ----- Crowne Plaza ____ | |
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| British Rail | \___ O ____
| Car Park | \ /
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railway // |__________________ |
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North =========================//==================================
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| |________ Rail |--foot--| | | |
| Bus Stops | Station |-bridge-| Apex | | |
|__________| | | | Plaza | | |
Taxi Rank Railair Bus Stop | | |__________| | |
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| | |Garrard St THAMES \ / \ \ \_____/ Abbey
|^ | |Car Park ^ TOWER | / \ \ Gardens
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| Friar Street \
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<-- (becomes Oxford Rd, Penta Hotel on left) Broad Street
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Directions from the aiports
- RailAir operates
a bus service between London Heathrow and Reading
railway station three times an hour in each direction.
The service is scheduled to take 40-90 minutes, depending on the
terminal and the time of day. It calls at Terminals 1,2,3 and 4.
For fares, see: http://www.railair.com
- Taxi Cabs from
the rank at London's Heathrow Airport will
cost you £60 or more.
- Gatwick Airport is
considerably further, but there are direct
trains which take 80 - 90 minutes to Reading
Station.
For fares, see: The Trainline
- Car
rental in
the UK is expensive... don't hire one unless
you really want to explore the countryside.
- Parking in Reading:
we recommend the British Rail Car Park or Garrard Street
car park.
Hotels
IBIS Hotel
Tel: +44 (0)118 953 3500
Fax: +44 (0)118 953 3510
H5431@accor.com
Novotel
Tel: +44 (0)118 952 2600
Fax: +44 (0)118 952 2610
H5432@accor.com
The IBIS and Novotel are next door to each other and are just a few minutes
walk from our Thames Tower office. From the train station facing Thames Tower,
walk past Thames Tower until you come to the crossroads. Turn right into Friar Street and you will see the hotels on your right.
Crowne Plaza
Tel: +44 (0)118 925 9988
Fax: +44 (0)118 939 1665
This hotel is 15 minutes walk away from the office/station,
or if you have bags, a short taxi ride.
If you are driving, you can find the hotel by
looking for the two bridges which cross the Thames
in Reading. The hotel is beside "*Caversham*
Bridge", which is the western one, on the
route signposted "Henley and Caversham A4155".
Thames Tower is close to the other bridge, on
the route confusingly signposted to "Henley
and Caversham (A4155)". The parentheses, which
mean "leading to", are the only difference!
From the Crowne Plaza, the most pleasant way to
walk to The Open Group takes 15 minutes. From the
hotel, head towards Reading town center, turn right
at the round about where there is a TGI Friday's
restaurant, proceed past the Post Office sorting
office on the left and under the railway bridge.
Turn left into Station Road, proceed to the top
of the hill. Thames Tower is the large tall brown
building on the right opposite the station. The
Open Group is situated on the 10th floor.
The Penta Hotel
( formerly the "Renaissance")
Tel: +44 (0)118
958 6222
Fax: +44 (0)118 959 7842
Toll free (within UK): 0800 181737
Hotel from the station
This hotel
is 10 minute walk away from Reading Station and
Thames Tower, or if you have bags, a short taxi
ride. It is situated on the western side of the
town centre, on the Oxford Road. If you decide
to walk from the station (where the Railair bus
stops), cross the road in front of the Station
into Station Road (you are now walking south).
Continue across the next road (Friar Street) and
the road you are on becomes Victoria Street. You
emerge onto a pedestrian mall (Broad Street). Turn
right (west) here. Cross West Marys Butts and walk
past the Broad Street Mall on your left. The Penta Hotel
is shortly after this, on the left.
Thames Tower from the hotel
If you need to find Thames Tower on your own,
it is the large tall brown building opposite the
main entrance to the Railway Station. From the
hotel, the walk there will take 15 minutes. Turn
right out of the hotel forecourt, walking east
along Broad Street. Pass the Broad Street Mall
on your right. Cross West Mary's Butts into the
Broad Street pedestrian mall. Turn left (north)
at Victoria Street and walk up two blocks (crossing
Friar Street; on the north side of Friar Street,
it becomes Station Road). You will emerge in front
of Reading Station. Thames Tower is the large tall
brown building immediately on your left. Take the
side entrance opposite the station (on Station
Road).
Alternative hotels we have used and have had good
reviews on are:
Marriott Courtyard
Bath Road
Padworth
01189 714411
Rainbow Corner
Caversham
01189 588140
The Red Lion
Henley
01491 572161
Infotel
UK offer a hotel booking service.
A country-wide
directory is also available at Smooth
Hound's Hotel & Guest House Directory
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