Advantages: 90+ Retail Outlets, 22+ Restaurants & Bars, High Cleanliness Disadvantages: Seasonal overcrowding, expensive car parks
The Oracle shopping centre is located in the heart of Reading, Berkshire. It opened in 2000, after being developed by Hammerson Plc, and since then offers the best combination of shopping and leisure facilities around. The Oracle boasts over 90 top name retail outlets and over 22 contemporary and family orientated restaurants, bars and cafés. It also hosts a 10 screen Vue Cinema that can be found on the Oracle Riverside.
The Oracle Riverside is ... ...surrounding the River Kennet are a selection of restaurants where outdoor seating is also provided for when the weather permits. There are two bridges spanning the river, to allow easy access for both sides of the promenade, one of which is the uniquely designed Delphi Bridge, in the shape of an ellipse. The bridge has seating all along the outer rim, of which many a shopper sits to enjoy their takeaway McDonalds or café sandwiches whilst enjoying ...
kelr101 04.09.2005
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Advantages: wide range of shops, eateries and facilities Disadvantages: decent shops spread between two malls at opposite ends of the high street
The Oracle has achieved the impossible. My dear mum does not like shopping. (I think I'm adopted). However, even she can be persuaded to come shopping with me in Reading, which is handy, because as the ever-doting grandmother, she pushes my double buggy, leaving me free to shop till I drop. Fantastic.
Access-wise, the town of Reading (or is it a city? Sorry if I've inadvertantly offended any patriotic residents) has a major train station with lifts ... ...think it's junction 11 on the M4, but you'll probably want to check that on a roadmap. Whatever. It's got good road and rail links.
My husband likes to go shopping in Reading, as it has a good variety of shops selling "blokey" stuff. By this, I mean department stores selling various gadgets, gizmos and entertainment systems. In fact, while we're on the subject, Reading has not one, not two, but THREE major department stores: House of Fraiser, Debenhams ...
KTDouthwaite 07.12.2004
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Advantages: Everything under one roof Disadvantages: Car parking fee
...nothing because you are not the one being weighed down by 2 pairs of shoes, a pair of jeans, two tops, underwear etc.
Well, after exhausting Guildford I headed out to Readings relatively new shopping centre The Oracle. Reading is just of Junction 11 of the M4, and The Oracle has sign posts from all directions. My only grumble regarding the car park is that it is £1.00 per hour from Monday to Saturday and £1.00 for all day Sunday, and the ticket ... ...one of the many places to eat.
The Oracle is situated next to the canal which has been beautified dramatically with Cinemas, Restaurants, creche for the little darlings and Bars! On entering the Oracle you are confronted with cafes and like most shopping centres the large department stores are situated at either end.
The large department stores for this centre are House of Fraser and Debenhams, lots of clothes shops from The Vestry, Mango,Morgan, ...
Zoe30 02.08.2002
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Advantages: All you need for a day out in one place. Disadvantages: Car parking fee is quite expensive, but then isn't it in most places?
I'm a Reading girl so The Oracle is my local shopping centre and I visit it about once every month or two.
I think it's very easy to find but it can be difficult to get into, especially on a Saturday, the queue can trail back quite some way so I would advise going mid week if possibly and as it's open until 8pm every weekday it makes it quite easy for most people who are fairly local to do.
There are plenty of shops, split over two levels, to keep ... ...hair dressers, several jewellery shops, the gadget shop, several clothes shops to satisfy young and old tastes, an opticians, sports shop, Boots, Clinton cards, Dixons, Disney Store, plus several more besides.
There are several restaurants and cafes by the riverside to eat at including places for a quick snack like McDonalds, Pizza Hut and the Haagen Dazs shop. Not to mention Cafe Nero for a coffee. Or if you are looking for a meal out then there ...
LisaJR2004 10.03.2005
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Advantages: Good choice of shops, easy to get to from the M4 Disadvantages: Rip off parking fees on a Sunday
...in Reading one star for the pure reason that when i visited (01-07-07) there were only two pay and display machines working. I then spent forty minutes queing to pay. BEWARE- Sunday parking fees are charged hourly- we paid £8 for six hours!!!! Then i spent one and a half hours trying to get out of the car park as it was gridlocked and no car park staff could shed light on why this was case. The icing on the cake was when we approached the barriers ...
mcduff16 01.07.2007
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