Our campuses in the Reading area are within easy walking and cycling distance from local train stations.
Our Whiteknights campus is approximately two miles and around 40 minutes on foot from Reading Station. Please allow a further 10 minutes to reach a specific building or site once on campus.
Reading train station is a mainline train station and is easily accessible from most other places in the UK.
There are direct rail links from many major cities, including Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow, Cardiff, Bristol, and Exeter, as well as a number of routes through London.
If you are travelling from or via London, the quickest route to take is from London Paddington station.
Trains from London Paddington to Reading run approximately every 15-20 minutes throughout the day and the average journey time is around 30 minutes.
Find out more at the National Rail website.
Getting to Whiteknights campus from the centre of Reading is easy.
Junction 11 of the M4, RG7 1WJ
To reduce air pollution and congestion, and to champion environmental sustainability in line with how the University is Partnering for the Planet, we strongly encourage students, staff and visitors to attend campus using sustainable methods such as public transport.
We have partnered with the Royal Berkshire Hospital NHS Trust and Reading buses to offer the 300 Park and Ride service. The service picks up at Mereoak and sets down at Christchurch Green, a seven minute walk from the centre of Whiteknights campus. This initiative is free for students and staff of the University, and members of the public can pay to use this service.
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