Ice cream van hire in Reading

Reading is the largest town in Berkshire, a big commercial centre where the River Kennet meets the Thames. The ruins of Reading Abbey sit beside Forbury Gardens and its huge cast iron lion, and the Oracle shopping centre lines the Kennet. The University of Reading campus at Whiteknights adds a large student population, and the town is best known nationally for the Reading Festival, held each August on the riverside at Little John's Farm.

Reading has a lot of office workers, a lot of students and a lot of families, so the events we hear about range from staff summer parties and university events to school fairs and children's birthdays in Caversham, Earley and Tilehurst. It is one of our longer journeys west, and we plan around the M4. Our vans serve on battery power with no engine running, which suits an office plaza, a campus lawn or a primary school playground.

Event spots in and around Reading

• Forbury Gardens

  A Victorian park in the town centre, home to the Maiwand Lion.

• Reading Abbey Ruins

  The remains of the abbey founded by Henry I, beside Forbury Gardens.

• Prospect Park

  One of the town's largest parks, in west Reading.

• Christchurch Meadows

  Riverside meadows on the north bank of the Thames in Caversham.

Public spaces need the organiser to hold permission from the council or the site’s managers. We send the documents they usually ask for.