Editing Reading, Berkshire (section)

===Landmarks===
[[File:Forbury Gardens, Reading.jpg|thumb|right|The ''[[Maiwand Lion]]'' in [[Forbury Gardens]]]]
The ''[[Maiwand Lion]]'' in [[Forbury Gardens]], an unofficial symbol of Reading, commemorates the 328 officers of the [[Royal Berkshire Regiment]] who died in the [[Battle of Maiwand]] in 1880.{{sfn|Phillips|1980|p=135}}<ref>{{cite news|title=The Maiwand Lion|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2009/07/27/maiwand_lion_history_feature.shtml|work=[[BBC News]]|location=London|access-date=11 June 2011|date=27 July 2009|first=Linda|last=Serck|archive-date=4 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604224349/http://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2009/07/27/maiwand_lion_history_feature.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> There are a [[List of public art in Reading, Berkshire|number of other works of public art]] in Reading. [[The Blade Reading|The Blade]], a fourteen-storey building completed in 2009, is {{convert|86|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} tall and can be seen from the surrounding area.<ref>{{cite web|title=Introduction|url=http://www.thebladereading.com/|publisher=The Blade Reading|access-date=11 June 2011|archive-date=13 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013184544/http://www.thebladereading.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> Jacksons Corner with its prominent sign, former home of [[Jacksons (department store)|Jacksons]] department store, occupies the corner of Kings Road and High Street, just south of the Market Place.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-25270010 | title = Jacksons Corner department store has closed after 138 years | work = bbc.co.uk | publisher = BBC | date = 24 December 2014 | access-date = 20 June 2018 | archive-date = 24 November 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181124051956/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-25270010 | url-status = live }}</ref> 

Reading has two [[scheduled monument]]s, six Grade I, 22 Grade II* and 853 Grade II [[listed buildings]], in a wide variety of architectural styles that range from the medieval to the 21st century. The scheduled monuments are [[Reading Abbey]] and [[High Bridge, Reading|High Bridge]], whilst the Grade I listed buildings are Reading Abbey, the [[Abbey Gateway, Reading|Abbey Gateway]], [[Greyfriars Church, Reading|Greyfriars Church]], [[St Laurence's Church, Reading|St Laurence's Church]], [[Reading Minster]], and the barn at Chazey Farmhouse on the Warren.<ref>{{cite web|title=Listed Buildings in Reading, Berkshire, England|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/berkshire/reading|work=British Listed Buildings|access-date=11 June 2011|archive-date=28 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110528135815/http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/england/berkshire/reading|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Guide to Listed Buildings|url=http://www.reading.gov.uk/businesses/Planning/PlanningApplicationService/guide-to-listed-buildings/|publisher=Reading Borough Council|access-date=5 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521213426/http://www.reading.gov.uk/businesses/Planning/PlanningApplicationService/guide-to-listed-buildings/|archive-date=21 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>