Reading regeneration: The oracle

Question 1

Reading is located ___km west of London

Answer 1

65

Question 2

True of false: South reading is located close to the M7 motorway

Answer 2

False-

South reading is near the M4 motorway

Question 3

Reading was once famous for b___ and b___ and b___ production amongst other things

Answer 3

Biscuit and beer and bacon

Question 4

Reading is now one of the UK’s major ___ centres

Answer 4

ICT

Question 5

There have been __ major attempts to evolve Reading

Answer 5

Three

Question 6

The attempts to evolve Reading are:

1. ___ distribution road
2. p_____
3. The oracle

Answer 6

Inner distribution road
Pedestrianisation
The oracle

Question 7

In 19__ the inner distribution road was introduced. It was supposed to remove traffic away from the CBD as in inner ring road.

Answer 7

1969

Question 8

Since the IDR failed, p____ took place in shopping centres

Answer 8

pedestrianisation

Question 9

What happened in reading in 1970?

Answer 9

Broad street was pedestrianised

Question 10

What happened in reading in the 1990s?

Answer 10

Friar street was pedestrianised

Question 11

After Reading’s CBD became pedestrianised, it became more popular but was seen as being “under shopped” and having a competitive disadvantage by the borough council due to what?

Answer 11

Lack of an indoor shopping centre

Question 12

The oracle has over ___ shops

Answer 12

90

Question 13

The oracle cost £——-

Answer 13

£200 million

Question 14

____ people work in the shops

Answer 14

3.5k

Question 15

True or false: In the oracle, there is a 8 screen cinema

Answer 15

False- there is an 10 screen cinema

Question 16

The oracle has over ___ dining establishments

Answer 16

30

Question 17

___ million shoppers visited in the year ____

Answer 17

22 million

2001

Question 18

The city has a retail catchment population exceeding ____ million

Answer 18

1.7

Question 19

Vrai ou faux: Only affordable homes were created as part of the regeneration

Answer 19

False- both high-prestige and affordable homes were created from empty spaces above offices and shops

Question 20

True or false: The oracle won a waterways Renaissance award in 20014

Answer 20

False- It was in 2004