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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Sonning Eye

  

Sonning Eye Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Sonning Eye

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Sonning Eye history

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Sonning Eye is a small gravel mound surrounded by the river’s flood plain. Within this low land is a true island (permanent since management of the river levels) on the Thames. Until 1866, it formed part of the Oxfordshire section of Sonning civil parish.

Sonning Eye geography / climate

Sonning Eye is 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Reading, Berkshire. It is opposite the village of Sonning, to which it is linked by crossing the 18th-century brick-arched Sonning Bridge combined with Sonning Backwater Bridges. The alluvial floodplain of the River Thames has been extracted for gravel, forming a number of lakes.

You can visit Sonning Eye places with Walkfo Sonning Eye to hear history at Sonning Eye’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Sonning Eye has 87 places to visit in our interactive Sonning Eye map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Sonning Eye, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Sonning Eye places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Sonning Eye & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit Sonning Eye Places Map
87 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Sonning Eye tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Sonning Eye

  

Best Sonning Eye places to visit

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Sonning Eye has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Sonning Eye’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Sonning Eye’s information audio spots:

Emm Brook Emm Brook, sometimes known as the Embrook or Emmbrook, is a small river in Berkshire . It is a tributary of the River Loddon which it meets at the village of Hurst .

Hannen Columbarium The Hannen Columbarium is a columbarium mausoleum – a resting place for the cremated remains of the deceased – built for the Hannen family of Wargrave, Berkshire, England and designed by Edwin Lutyens .

Deanery Garden The Deanery Garden is an Arts and Crafts style house and garden in Sonning, Berkshire. The house was designed and built by architect Edwin Lutyens between 1899 and 1901. The gardens are Grade II* listed in the National Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.

St Andrew’s Church, Sonning St Andrew’s Church is Church of England parish church in the village of Sonning, close to the River Thames, in Berkshire. It is notable for its fine array of church monuments and for being the successor of an Anglo-Saxon Cathedral.

Sonning Cutting railway accident Great Western Railway luggage train was travelling from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads station. Eight passengers died at the scene and seventeen were injured seriously. Details of the accident and subsequent proceedings were reported widely by the newspapers.

Sonning Works The Sonning Works are a gravel works owned by Lafarge. They are located near Sonning Eye, Oxfordshire, England. Lafarge owns the works.

Highwood, Wokingham Highwood is a 15.2-hectare (38-acre) Local Nature Reserve in Woodley, west of Wokingham in Berkshire.

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