Theatres
The Vue Cinema in the Kennet Centre in the middle of Newbury has seven screens with a total of nearly 1,000 seats. Click here for the latest programme and to book seats online. There are usually plenty of parking spaces in the adjacent Kennet Centre car park.
For details of our three local theatres in the Newbury area, please visit the following websites (the theatres are pictured on the right, from top to bottom):
The Greenham Common Trust helped the Corn Exchange fund The Base, a new Arts Centre on Greenham Business Park. For details, call the box office on 01635 522733.
Local Radio Stations
The following radio stations all feature local news, entertainment and events in our area, as well as a variety of music, sport and other programming:
BBC Radio Berkshire (104.1 MHz FM)
Phone Number: 0118-946-4200 (Studio/On-Air: 0808-100-5-100)
Website Address: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_berkshire
Kennet Radio (106.7 MHz FM)
(Local Community Radio for Newbury & Thatcham)
Phone Number: 01635-780282/762111 (Studio: 07418-310210)
Website Address: https://kennetradio.com/
Heart (102.9 and 97.0 MHz FM)
Phone Number: 0118-945-4400 (Studio: 0345-481-0011)
Website Address: http://www.heart.co.uk/thamesvalley
Local Newspapers
There are a number of free papers which may come through your letterbox each week, or you can sometimes find them on the way out of the larger supermarkets.
The Newbury Weekly News has been published since 1867. The printed edition appears every Thursday and costs £1.30. There is also an online edition: https://www.newburytoday.co.uk/
Penny Post (http://pennypost.org.uk/) is a website and newsletter featuring news and events for the local community in West Berkshire and the neighbouring parts of Wiltshire and Oxfordshire. Subscription to the weekly newsletter is free.
The pubs and hotels in and around the edge of the parish offer fine wine, ales, food and entertainment. Click on the link to the Eating Out and Pubs page, then select the relevant website links for more information.
