Abbey Ruins 
Description
The impressive ruins of Reading Abbey. The Abbey was originally built on the order of Henry I, who died before building work was completed, but who is buried somewhere on the site. The Abbey became very powerful and wealthy due to it's location close to major routes between the North and the English coast ports and between London and the West. When Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries the abbot was strongly outspoken against it and was one of the few to be executed by the king for treason. Following the dissolution the Abbey fell into ruins, with parts of it being used to build other buildings around the town. Today it's an impressive set of ruins and forms an additional park space continuation on from the Forbury Gardens.
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Free
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Latitude: 51.456344; Longitude: -0.965077
What3Words: damage.edges.looked
