Kings Road · Reading

Beer, Biscuits and Bulbs

Track down what's left of the industry that built Reading.

• ⏱ 30 min
• 💷 £0
• 🥾 Medium

For a century, Reading was known for three Bs: Simonds' beer, Huntley & Palmers' biscuits, and Suttons' seed bulbs. The biscuit factory alone once employed thousands and shipped tins worldwide — now almost all of it is gone, bar one surviving building on Kings Road. Go find the ghost of it.

What you’ll do

1. 1Head to Kings Road
2. 2Find the survivor
3. 3Prove it

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Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0