Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee chairman Julian Knight said the building had to remain publicly accessible in the plans ... car park of the prison which is built on the site of Reading ...

However the council’s bid to buy Reading Prison, formerly known as Reading Gaol, from the Ministry of ... of Reading Prison is given prominence as plans are developed.” Chair of Theatre ...

When he was transferred from a prison in London to Reading Gaol, it was supposed to be an ... it might be under a car park, as happened with Richard III in Leicester. Reading Abbey was largely ...

Plans to use a disused prison as a training ground for armed police have suddenly been shelved. The Ziran Education Foundation bought Reading Prison from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) for £7m in ...

Ambitious plans to turn the former Reading Gaol into a theatre space have moved ... Theatre and Arts Reading wants to turn the former prison into an arts hub, but earlier this year claimed it ...

The historic prison where writer Oscar Wilde was held for 'gross indecency' is finally set to be sold, according to campaigners. Reading Gaol - which closed in 2013 - was where Wilde was ...

Professor Roberta Gilchrist, University of Reading archaeologist, said: "Given what we know of the plan of Reading Abbey, the area of the prison coincides ... Save Reading Gaol campaign group.

The businessman who bought Reading Gaol has said he hopes ... Channing Bi speaks to ITV News Meridian about his plans for the future of the gaol The prison has been in the centre of town for ...

The jail famously housed Wilde between 1895 and 1897 and was immortalised by his poem Ballad of Reading Gaol during his ... artwork is related to plans to develop the prison The prison has been ...

The Reading Prison was immortalized in Oscar Wilde's 1897 poem "The Ballad of Reading Gaol." Built in the mid 1800s, it remained operational until 2013. Beneath Gothic arches and metal walkways ...

On his release, he moved to France where he wrote his last work, The Ballad of Reading Gaol, in 1898. The long poem described prison life. Wilde died destitute in Paris soon afterwards ...