The French Horn is a hotel in Reading, the United Kingdom.[1] Wikidata describes it as “luxury hotel and restaurant on the banks of the River Thames next to the Sonning Backwater Bridges, at Sonning Eye, Oxfordshire, England”. It stands about 4.7 km from the centre of Reading.[3]
Overview
The French Horn at Sonning is a hotel and restaurant on the banks of the River Thames next to the Sonning Backwater Bridges, at Sonning Eye, Oxfordshire, England. The hotel includes a number of riverside cottages that are now used as rooms for hotel clients. There is an old, rusty iron gate with the name of the hotel within the ironwork on the path by the river opposite Sonning Bridge.
From “French Horn, Sonning Eye” on English Wikipedia, by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0.[2]
Location
Measured in a straight line, the hotel is 4.7 km from the centre of Reading. The nearest airport with scheduled flights is London Heathrow Airport (LHR), about 36 km from the centre of Reading.[4]
It is one of 25 hotels in and around Reading recorded in Wikidata, 17 of which have an article in Innpedia.[5] Innpedia also lists 3 chain-operated properties there. Of the 2 with a recorded opening date, the earliest is Malmaison Hotel, Reading, opened in 1844. See Hotels in Reading.
Other hotels within 1.5 km:
- Bull Inn — 0.5 km
See also
References
- ^ The French Horn (Q5501785). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ The French Horn. Wikipedia. Text excerpted under CC BY-SA 4.0; revision of 2026-07-26.
- ^ Reading (Q161491). Wikidata. CC0.
- ^ Airports. OurAirports. Public domain.
- ^ Hotels in Reading. Wikidata. CC0.
Facts as stated in Wikidata, read in October 2026.