Stylish city center hotel with a restaurant and free wifi near the oracle in central reading pentahotel reading places you a minutes walk from the hexagon arts venue and a 5 minute drive from the abbey ruins and reading station youll have readings best shopping on your doorstep with broad street mall a 2 minute walk and the oracle 7 minutes away afternoon tea nearby you can drive 5 minutes to caversham court gardens for a picnic beside the river thames or tour the reading museum basil