Forbury Gardens is a public park occupying part of the area of the abbey nave and the precinct. It is bounded by Forbury Road on the N, the Forbury on the W, Abbots Walk on the S and St James's RC church, Priest House and former school to the E. The park was formally laid out in 1857-59 and a tunnel connecting the park with the abbey ruuins was constructed towards the end of that period, at the SE corner of the park. Abbey material found during the construction work was incorporated into various structures in and around the park: the Forbury arch that covers the tunnel linking the park and the ruins; a grotto in the NE angle of the park; and the outside of the E wall of the park. This faces the W wall of the complex that includes St James's RC church, and carved stones set in that are included in the report on St James, Reading.