Sports and Activities for all ages
Air Sports
Museum of Berkshire Aviation, Woodley 0118 9448089
Reading Air Cadets, flying, gliding, sports, camping, age 13+, Oxford Rd 0118 9582867
Arts and Crafts
All Things Crafty – art & craft classes for children 0118 9731967
Glass painting activities for all events and venues! 07733 442958
Hobbycraft, all the craft materials you could think of, Forbury Retail Park 0845 051 6532
Pottering About, mobile paint your own pottery company 07710 347920
Athletics
Palmer Park Sports Stadium, UK Athletics Assoc. Shine Awards Scheme 0118 9015080
Reading Athletic Club, age 10 + 0118 9427550
Badminton
Bulmershe L.C, Fun Badminton Club, begin & intermed, 5+, term time 0118 9268733
Meadway Sports Centre, badminton, from beginners upwards 0118 9015060
Basketball
Academy Sport Leisure Centre, basketball court for hire 0118 9370270
Reading Rockets Basketball Club, age 6+, all around Reading 0118 9263040
Bowling and Skittles
Reading Bowl, 10-pin bowling, Calcot 0118 9304296
Cricket
Darren Talbot Cricket Coaching, 7yrs+, led by professional coaches 07912 873591
Harpers Fitness at Loddon Valley, coaching programme for 3 – 11 yr olds 0118 9312066
Purley on Thames Cricket Club, junior teams from Under 9, girls team 0118 9453117
Shinfield Cricket Club, junior coaching sessions 0118 9883743
Sulhamstead & Ufton Cricket Club, starts from under 9′s 0118 9305282
Theale & Tilehurst Cricket Club, friendly family club, Thelae 07766 332506
Cycling
Palmer Park Sports Stadium, athletics, velodrome, football, gym 0118 9015080
Palmer Park Velodrome, strong junior section, age 4+ 01344 750617
Reading Cycling Club, age 12+, winter training at velodrome 0118 9568916
Reading Veladrome Racing, age 11 – 14 and 14 – 18 0118 9730733
Cheerleading
Reading Redkittens Cheerleaders, 5-15yrs, Bulmershe 07940 001123
Reading Superstars Cheer lessons and competitive teams age 4 – adult 07815 971282
Dance
A.J Academies, dance school, from 3 years, Tilehurst & Calcot 01635 46293
All Stars Theatre Academy, age 3-18, Theale & Woodley 0118 9868000
Allied Schools of Dance, ballet, tap, modern, street, Woodley 0118 9671600
Angelina Ballerina Dance Academy, from 3 yrs, Hurst Village Hall, Tues 01865 739048
Beryl Jarvis School of Theatre Dance, 2yrs – 6mths+, Earley 0118 9264236
Broadway Stage Academy, age 2+, Emmer Green, Coley, Calcot 0118 9017114
CHAR’ACTORS’: Musical fun for children aged 3-6, Tilehurst 07881 625556
Dance Reality, all types of dance, from 2yrs 6mths, Tilehurst 0118 9421896
Dance Sensation, tap, modern, ballet & more, Tilehurst & Shinfield 0118 9371383
Dancercise, ballet, tap & street jazz, 4 yrs +, Sonning 079513 85850
Daphne Bennett, ballet, tap, gym, 2yrs 6 mths+, Berks/ Hants 0118 9868000
Diane Murdoch School of Dancing, 3+, all types, Earley 07967 507937
Jeannine Greville Dance Academies, 2½ to 18, Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Acrobatics 01491 572000
Mo’s – All dance styles & musical theatre, 2yrs +, Cav, Woodley, Grazeley 0845 2062291
O’Gara School of Irish Dancing, age 4.5yrs+, Irish Centre 07961 454089
Read Dance & Theatre Company, theatre training, age 5+ 08451 307408
Reading Superstars, competitive jazz dance teams age 8 – 15 07815 971282
School Of The Arts, dance, drama, singing, age 3 – 18+ 0118 9587168
Stagecoach, act, sing, dance, age 4+, Southcote 0844 800 9482
Starlet Dance School, all types of dance, girls and boys aged 3-18 yrs 0118 9887848
Tara’s Academy, street dance & drama for 4 yrs+, Charvil & Twyford 0118 9343920
ThamesValley GC, all ages, gym, ballet, singing, street, parties Sonning Common 0118 9724401
The County School of Dancing, ballroom,latin and street, S’hampton St 0118 9262869
The Dance Studio, b’room, latin, salsa & more, Richfield Ave 0118 9415813
Theatretrain, Performing in local & W. End shows from 6-18 yrs 0118 9429400
Dancewear
Dance Reality, dancewear shop, Tilehurst 0118 9421896
Dancia International, dancewear for all ages & all dance/gym 0118 9478123
Encore Dancewear, all types of dancewear, Cardiff Rd 0118 9599500
Drama
All Stars Theatre Academy, age 3-18, Theale & Woodley 0118 9868000
Beryl Jarvis School of Theatre Dance, 2yrs – 6mths+, Earley 0118 9264236
CHAR’ACTORS’: Musical fun for children aged 3-6, Tilehurst 07881 625556
FalconGrange Productions, theatre for all ages, see website for latest productions 07789 991301
Helen O’Grady Drama Academy, 5-11, boost confidence! 0118 9594667
Mo’s Stage School, 4-18yrs, Coley 0788 295 8834
Read Dance & Theatre Company, theatre training, age 5+ 08451 307408
Reading Youth Theatre, drama, skills, confidence, age 4+, South St 0118 9015234
School Of The Arts, dance,drama,singing, age 3 – 18+ 0118 9587168
StageAbility, age 5-12, have fun with drama! Tilehurst & Lower Earley 0118 9333791
Stagecoach, act, sing, dance, age 4+, Calcot 0118 9423002
Stagecoach, act, sing, dance, age 4+, Emmer Green 0800 0833795
Stagecoach, act, sing, dance, age 4+, Southcote 0844 800 9482
Starlet Dance School, drama and singing, girls and boys aged 3-18 yrs 0118 9887848
Tara’s Academy, street dance & drama for 4 yrs+, Charvil & Twyford 0118 9343920
The Talent Stop Berkshire Academies, act/dance/sing, 2yrs 6m+ 0118 9623379
Theatretrain, Performing in local & W. End shows from 6-18 yrs 0118 9429400
Fencing
Reading Fencing Club, age 9+, Reading Blue Coat School 0754 523 4347
First Aid Courses for Children
St John Ambulance, young first aider, age 7 – 16, Woodley 0118 9335500
Fitness and Exercise
Cotswold Sports Centre, supervised gym use, 8 – 16yrs, Tilehurst 0118 9414690
Harpers Fitness at Loddon Valley, junior gym, the ‘pod’, 8 – 17 yrs 0118 9312066
Football
Academy Sport Leisure Centre, football pitches for hire 0118 9370270
Australian Rules Football, players aged 16+ 07712 003210
Cotswold Sports Centre, term time football courses, age 4 – 16, Tilehurst 0118 9414690
Harpers Fitness at Loddon Valley, summer football courses, boys & girls, 5-12yrs 0118 9312066
Highdown Sports Centre, junior Mini Soccer sessions, Caversham 0118 9015095
Little Kickers, football training, 18mths – 5yrs, Rivermead Leisure Centre 0118 9268114
Meadway Sports Centre, junior mini-soccer sessions 0118 9015060
Palmer Park Sports Stadium, athletics, velodrome, football, gym 0118 9015080
Reading Girls Football Club, all abilities welcome , age 8+ 07799 876371
Reading Girl’s Football Club, under 10′s – under 18′s 0118 9841246
South Reading FC, soccer school for boys & girls aged 4-7 yrs 07977 802530
SportsReach Summer Soccer, Elvian School, Summer Hols, 7-14yrs 0118 9590058
Tilehurst Panthers, boys and girls teams, from under 9′s 07768 936927
Woodley Hammers F.C, from under 6 – adult, girls and boys 0118 9272819
Golf
Burghfield Golf Club, 9 Hole Pay and Play course for beginners 0118 9582309
Caversham Heath Golf Club, competitions & holiday camps 0118 9478600
Harpers Fitness at Loddon Valley, coaching programme for 3 – 11 yr olds 0118 9312066
Gymnastics and Trampoline
Bulmershe Gymnastics Club: gymnastics from preschool to adults 0118 9263686
Bulmershe L.C, trampolining 5+, begin, improv, mixed ability classes 0118 9268733
Cotswold Sports Centre, juniors trampolining, Tilehurst 0118 9414690
Harpers Fitness at Loddon Valley, coaching programme for 3 – 11 yr olds 0118 9312066
Highdown Sports Centre, junior gymnastics, Caversham 0118 9015095
Meadway Sports Centre, Bouncing Babes, fun start to trampolining 0118 9015060
Meadway Sports Centre, junior gym and trampolining following RSL and BAGA schemes 0118 9015060
Reading Trampoline Club, age 5+, Crosfields School, Shinfield Rd 0118 9572371
ThamesValley GC, all ages, gym, ballet, singing, street, parties Sonning Common 0118 9724401
Hockey
Phoenix & Ranelagh Hockey Club, extensive junior section, Oxford Rd 0118 9424130
Reading Hockey Club, age 4 – 18, all abilities, Sonning Lane 0118 9699049
Sonning Hockey Club, Sonning Lane, age 7 – 16, all abilities 0118 9472862
Horseriding
Hall Place Equestrian Centre, age 2+, beginners to advanced 0118 9426938
Karting
Karting Nation, min height 54″, age 14+, 2 centres in Reading 0870 1624847
Teamworks Karting, indoor go-karting, height 140cm+, Tilehurst 0870 900 3020
Martial Arts
ARO Fitness Kickboxing, in & around Reading 03331 234504
Bulmershe L.C, all levels and abilities, age 5+, Saturday a.m 0118 9268733
Bytomic Taekwondo, martial arts, self-defence & fitness 08450 212888
FWC Kung Fu, age 13+, Reading YMCA, Wed & Sat 07957 198698
KickFit Martial Arts Schools, Prospect College 0800 0924304
Nemesis Martial Arts, Karate, Taekwondo, Kickboxing & more 0118 9262108
Reading Academy of Wing Chun Kung Fu & Kali, age 15+ 0118 9788616
Reading Shotokan Karate Club, all ages welcome, drop-in sessions 0118 9548728
Reading Taekwondo Academy, age 3.5+, 3 sites in Reading 01344 777522
Spirit TKD, children’s martial arts classes, ages 4+, Cotswold Sports Centre 0118 9070876
SU-HA-RI Karate, juniors and teens Thurs p.m, Willink Leisure Centre 07787 860124
Thames Valley Taekwon-Do, age 9+, Rivermead Leisure Complex 0118 9864858
Traditional Japanese Shotokan Karate Academy, age 8+, or 5+ if parents train! 0118 9478420
Motorbiking
Little Bikers UK, motorbike lessons/group bookings for parties, 5 – 10yrs, Mapledurham 0118 9462748
Music Groups
CHAR’ACTORS’: Musical fun for children aged 3-6, Tilehurst 07881 625556
Charvil Girls’ Choir, concerts, festivals and competitions, 11-18 yrs 0118 9340589
Reading Youth Orchestra, age 13+, term time,Thamesbridge College 0118 9015636
Paintball and Laser Games
Delta Force Paintball, the UK’s premier paintball provider! 0844 477 5050
The Mad House Laser parties, Green Park 0118 9755455
Weekend Warriors, paintballing, age 12+, Cane End 07889 666878
Rugby and Mini Rugby
Aldermastonrugby.com ages 6to17 train at AWE RecSoc on Sundays 10.30 0118 9333266
Reading Abbey RFC, full mini and junior section, Caversham 0118 9722881
Reading RFC, Girls Under 15′s, all new players welcome 07970 071794
Reading Youth Rugby, new players welcome, age 6 – 17yrs 0118 9696592
Redingensians RFC, rugby, Year 1 +, all ages welcome 0118 9341794
Rugbytots, rugby play programme, 2 – 7 yrs, various classes 0845 313 3255
Swimming and Snorkelling
Abbey Swim School, Girls 3+, ASA awards, Small classes, Kendrick Rd 0118 9876927
Academy Sport Leisure Centre, swimming lessons for all ages 0118 9370270
Arthur Hill Pool, junior lifesaving and ‘Rookie Lifeguard’ courses, King’s Road 0118 9015055
Arthur Hill Pool, Kelloggs ASA junior swimming courses, King’s Road 0118 9015055
Arthur Hill Pool, Splashabout junior sessions, Kings Road 0118 9015055
Bulmershe L.C, swimming lessons 6m+, Rookie lifeguard courses 0118 9268733
Caversham Underwater Hockey Club, looking to start children’s session age 12+ 0788 4257247
Central Swimming Pool, drop-in coached swim session, age 6mths – 4yrs 0118 9015070
Central Swimming Pool, junior courses, Kellogs ASA National Swim Plan 0118 9015070
Central Swimming Pool, junior lifesaving and ‘Rookie Lifeguard’ courses 0118 9015070
Harpers at Loddon Valley, swimming for all the family 0118 9312066
Highdown Sports Centre, Kelloggs ASA swimming courses, Caversham 0118 9015095
Highdown Sports Centre, lifesaving & ‘Rookie Lifeguard’, Caversham 0118 9015095
J B Swim School, ASA lessons, small classes, 5+, Tilehurst 0118 9614530
Meadway Sports Centre, junior learn to swim programme 0118 9015060
Meadway Sports Centre, swimming courses for children 0118 9015060
Reading Royals Synchronised Swimming Club, from age 5, Central Swimming Pool 0118 9461025
Reading Youth Swimming Club, age 11+, Arthur Hill Swimming Pool 0118 9015636
Rivermead Leisure Complex, lessons and drop-in sessions 0118 9015000
SwimDay, small classes, age 4+, Caversham area 07805 200261
Willink Leisure Centre, swimming lessons from babies +, Burghfield Common 0118 9834845
Woodley Junior snorkel Club, Bulmershe Leisure Centre, Saturday’s 0118 9268733
Tennis
Academy Sport Leisure Centre, tennis courts for hire 0118 9370270
Caversham Lawn Tennis Club, junior lessons, summer camps 0118 9474566
Cotswold Sports Centre, term time tennis courses, age 4 – 16, Tilehurst 0118 9414690
Fit 4 Sports, tennis coaching 4 – 16yrs, Summer term, Rachel Hill, Mortimer 07986 124035
Goring Tennis Club, welcomes juniors of all ages & abilities 01491 873860
Harpers Fitness at Loddon Valley, coaching programme for 3 – 11 yr olds 0118 9312066
Mapledurham Lawn Tennis Club, junior coaching, age 6 -14 0118 9477354
Pangbourne Tennis Club, Junior coaching ages 5 – 14+ 0118 9843764
Prospect Park, tennis courts 0118 9399045
Prospect Park, tennis coaching, booking required 0118 9373848
Reading Tennis Club, juniors of all standards, Reading Uni 07840 567 907
Shinfield Tennis Club, ‘Shinfield Aces’, junior lessons, age 7+ 0118 9620066
Willink Leisure Centre, tennis courts for hire, Burghfield Common 0118 9834845
Woodland Lawn Tennis Club (Tilehurst) , junior coaching 0118 9417907
Volleyball
Academy Sport Leisure Centre, volleyball court for hire 0118 9370270
Watersports
BARS, Family Boats - sales, restoration, maintenance, equipment 0118 9833638
Berkshire Sail Training Centre, lots of youth sailing courses, Sulhamstead 0118 9303467
Black Swan Sailing Club, training & fun days, age 8+, Hurst 0118 9344424
Burghfield Sailing Club, from beginners to competitors 0118 9303604
Datchet Watersports, windsurfing, sailing, holiday courses as well as tuition 01753 683990
Reading Canoe Club, on the River Thames, Caversham 0118 9477643
Reading Sailing Club, youth section, age 8+, Sonning 01494 530019
Yoga
Viniyoga classes (family, pregnancy, general, 1-1) RG1, RG30 07984 451141
Youth Clubs
Bulmershe Youth and Community Centre, for 14+ yrs, Woodley 0118 9268799
Earley Centrepoint Youth & Community Centre, for 14+ yrs 0118 9312951
Mortimer Youth Club, Thursday pm, 11 – 16 yrs, Mortimer Community Centre 0118 9331005
The Silverdale Youth & Community Centre, for 14+ yrs, Earley 0118 9669529
Twyford Youth & Community Centre, for 14+ yrs 0118 9340891
Woodley Airfield Youth & Community Centre, for 12+ yrs 0118 9440449