The Last Gasometer and Reading's Changing Skyline

22/09/2021

The exhibition featured on itv Meridian yesterday!

The work was due to begin in March 2021 but it was delayed when peregrine falcons were spotted perching on the structure. | ITV News Meridian

18/09/2021

We were very pleased to be visited by the Mayor and Mayoress of Reading today - and they bought a work by Ksenija Krotin. Shown here with exhibtion organisers Linda Saul and Jenny Halstead.

10/09/2021

Our exhibition opens today! It is getting mentions on Greatest Hits radio today.

An art exhibition dedicated to Reading's iconic last gas storage tower has...

31/08/2021

https://www.readingmuseum.org.uk/blog/goodbye-gasholders

Discover the story of Reading's gasholders, iconic landmarks on the skyline for over 100 years, particularly from Newtown and the railway.

30/08/2021

We are delighted that Leslee Barron and some of the other contributors to https://www.readinggastower.co.uk/ will be participating in the exhibition at the Turbine House 10-26 September.

Reading Gas Tower

30/08/2021

“Old Friends Remembered” by Clare Buchta, one of our “Last Gasometer“ artists.

23/08/2021

This linocut by Martina Hildebrandt is entitled "Journey's End". Martina says "In the 1980s and 90s when I used to travel back and forth from Paddington more often, it was the Gasometer I used to look out for to tell me it was time to get ready to get off. I was very fond of it."
Martina is on Instagram at

18/08/2021

You can see the gasometer from the Turbine House - but will it still be (all) there next month when our exhibition is there?

18/08/2021

Our exhibition at the Turbine House, Riverside Museum at Blake's Lock, Reading starts on 10th September. We will have work by about 30 artists.