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Market Place and Simeon Monument, Reading

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Market Place and Simeon Monument, Reading

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    March 31, 2022

    The tower of the corn exchange is about the only remarkable building. In the market house restaurant/hotel you can have dinner in the old vault downstairs or on the rooftop terrace (though both can be pretty crowded/noisy).

      August 22, 2023

      Market Place was the site of Reading's weekly market from the 12th century right up until the 1970s. It is overlooked by St Laurence Church and the Simeon Monument (or Soane Obelisk). The monument was commissioned by a wealthy Readingite, Edward Simeon in 1804. .

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        Location: Reading, South East England, England, United Kingdom

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