Reading Buses Open Day 2025

We’re excited to announce that our open day returns for 2025!

Taking place from 11am until 4pm on Sunday 29 June at our Great Knollys Street depot; the open day is free to attend and is sure to be a great day out for everyone.

This year our open day will be helping to raise funds for our Charity of the Year, Berkshire Youth. 

what to expect

As in previous years, our open day will include a wide range of stalls, activities, food and behind-the-scenes tours around our depot.

food

As usual, we'll have a large selection of food for you to enjoy during your visit, including:

• BBQ - featuring burgers, sausages and vegetarian options
• Curry plus samosas and onion bhajis
• Large selection of cakes
• Tea, coffee and soft drinks
• Ice cream

games and attractions

There will, of course, be lots of activities to keep everyone happy!

• The famous Reading Buses rainbow line up
• Ride through the bus wash
• Tour our workshop and control room
• Get your name up in lights - we put your name on the front display of a bus
• Test your aim at the coconut shy
• hook-a-duck
• splat the rat
• skittles
• buy Reading Buses memorabilia
• See vintage buses
• and more!

free shuttle bus between Reading town centre and the depot

To help you get here, we'll be running our usual free shuttle bus between the depot and Reading town centre. Stops and times for this will be announced here shortly.