A stylish riverside hotel with a health club, swimming pool and spa, meeting rooms, a restaurant and free Wi-Fi  In a peaceful setting beside the Thames, the Crowne Plaza® Reading hotel is in the perfect location whether you're visiting for business or pleasure. It's only 15 minutes' walk from Reading town centre, you can park your car for free, and trains from Reading Station reach London in less than 30 minutes. The M4 motorway is four miles away, providing easy access to Heathrow Airport (LHR) in around half an hour. You can host a conference in our six contemporary meeting rooms, or a banquet for 200 with views of the river in the Riverside Suite. There are projectors, microphones and screens for video conferencing, and our Crowne Plaza Meetings Director can attend to all your needs. You're five minutes by bus from the Oracle shopping centre and businesses in central Reading. Picturesque Henley-on-Thames is only eight miles away, and you can be at Ascot Racecourse to watch the horses in half an hour. Work out in our high-tech fitness centre, float in the indoor infinity pool or relax in the spa. Enjoy the view from our riverside garden, over dinner in our Riverside restaurant or with a glass of wine in the lobby bar. And if you just want to stay in, you can order room service at any time.