Reading has many places of worship supporting a variety of faiths and communities. This page aims to have a comprehensive list of places of worship in Reading (or nearby where there is no group in Reading itself) with links to further details, although it is almost certainly incomplete and, despite best efforts, probably contains some inaccuracies.
Places of Worship and Faith Groups in Reading
Buddhist
Place of Worship/Faith Group |
Contact(s) |
Address
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Buddhist Meditation at Reading University |
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Senior Common Room, Park House, Whiteknights Campus, Reading RG6 6UR
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Kadampa Meditation Centre |
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9 Bath Road, Reading RG1 6HH
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Reading Buddhist Priory |
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176 Cressingham Road, Reading RG2 7LW
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Reading Diamond Way Buddhist Group |
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32 Oaklands, Bulmershe Road, Reading RG1 5RW
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Sakya Ling Tibetan Buddhist Centre |
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97A Swansea Road, Reading RG1 8HA
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Thames Valley Triratna |
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Friends' Meeting House, 2 Church Street, Reading RG1 2SB
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Christian
GEN UK published a list of churches in Reading but, because it is primarily for genealogical purposes, it contains a lot of historic information.
Anglican
Place of Worship/Faith Group |
Contact(s) |
Address
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All Saints Church |
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Downshire Square, Reading RG1 6NN
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Caversham Park Church |
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Caversham Park Primary School, Queensway, Caversham RG4 6RP
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Christchurch |
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Christchurch Road, Reading RG2 7AJ
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Cornwell Community Church |
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Home Croft, off Clements Mead, Tilehurst RG31 5WJ
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Earley St Peter's Church |
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Church Road, Earley RG6 1EY
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Emmanuel Church |
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Southlake Crescent, Woodley RG5 3QW
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Greyfriars Church |
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Friar Street, Reading RG1 1EH
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Holy Trinity Church |
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Oxford Road, Reading RG1 7NQ
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Indian Fellowship |
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St Luke's Church, Erleigh Road, Reading RG1 5LH
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Reading Minster |
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St. Mary's Gate, Chain Street, Reading RG1 2XH
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St Agnes' Church |
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Northumberland Avenue, Reading RG2 8DD
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St Andrew's Church, Caversham |
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Harrogate Road, Caversham RG4 7PL
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St Barnabas' Church, Emmer Green |
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20 St Barnabas Rd, Emmer Green RG4 8RA
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St Barnabas' Church, Reading |
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14 Elm Road, Reading RG6 5TS
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St Bartholomew's Church |
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London Road, Reading RG1 3QA
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St Birinus Mission, Calcot |
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Langley Hill, Calcot, Reading RG31 4XR
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St Catherine's Church |
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Wittenham Avenue, Tilehurst RG31 5LN
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St George's Church |
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St Georges Road, Reading RG30 2RG
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St Giles' Church |
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Church Street, Reading RG1 2SB
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St James' Church, Woodley |
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Kingfisher Drive, Woodley RG5 3LH
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St John & St Stephen's Church |
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121-147 Orts Road, Reading RG1 3JN
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St John the Evangelist's Church |
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Church Road, Woodley RG5 4QJ
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St John's Church, Caversham |
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St John's Road, Caversham RG4 8EB
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St Laurence's Church |
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Friar Street, Reading RG1 1DA
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St Luke's Church |
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Erleigh Road, Reading RG1 5LH
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St Mark's Church |
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94 Cranbury Road, Reading RG30 2TA
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St Mary Magdalen's Church |
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Kentwood Hill, Tilehurst RG31 6DR
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St Mary's Church |
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Castle Street, Reading RG1 7RD
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St Matthew's Church |
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205 Southcote Lane, Reading RG30 3AX
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St Michael's Church |
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New Lane Hill, Tilehurst RG30 4JX
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St Nicolas' Church |
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Sutcliffe Avenue, Earley RG6 7JN
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St Paul's Church |
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5-23 Whitley Wood Lane, Reading RG2 8PN
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St Peter's Church |
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St Peter's Hill, Caversham RG4 7AQ
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The congregation of some Ecumenical Churches includes people from the Anglican tradition.
Baptist
Place of Worship/Faith Group |
Contact(s) |
Address
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Abbey Baptist Church |
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Abbey Square, Reading RG1 3BE
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Anderson Baptist Church |
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6-8 Amherst Road, Earley RG6 1NU
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Carey Baptist Church |
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Carey Street, Reading RG1 7JS
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Caversham Baptist Church |
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1 Prospect St, Reading RG4 8JB
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Coley Park Baptist Church |
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Wensley Road, Reading RG1 6DU
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Lower Earley Baptist Church |
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Maiden Place, Lower Earley RG6 3HE
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The Gate |
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The Gate Central, 384 The Meadway, Reading RG30 4NX
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The Gate |
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The Gate Empress Road Centre, 24 Empress Road, Calcot, Reading RG31 4XR
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The Gate |
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Reading Community Church Rivers of Life, 549 Oxford Road, Reading RG30 1HJ
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Tyndale Baptist Church |
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2-4 Cressingham Road, Reading RG2 7JE
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Whitley Wood Reformed Baptist Church |
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Whitley Wood Community Centre, 33 Copenhagen Close, Reading RG2 8UH
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Woodley Baptist Church |
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Hurricane Way, Woodley RG5 4UX
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Wycliffe Baptist Church |
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233 Kings Road, Reading RG1 4LS
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The congregation of some Ecumenical Churches includes people from the Baptist tradition.
Christadelphian
Christian Science
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Ecumenical
The congregation of some churches is drawn from more than one tradition of the Christian Church. The traditions included are specific to each Church (please check their website for further details) but are typically drawn from the Anglican, Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed Church traditions.
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Methodist
The Basingstoke and Reading Methodist Circuit publishes a list of Methodist Churches in their area.
The congregation of some Ecumenical Churches includes people from the Methodist tradition.
Orthodox
Roman Catholic
Place of Worship/Faith Group |
Contact(s) |
Address
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Catholic University Chaplaincy |
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St William of York Church, 46 Upper Redlands Road, Reading RG1 5JP
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Christ the King |
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408 Northumberland Avenue, Whitley RG2 8NR
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English Martyrs Church |
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64 Liebenrood Road, Reading RG30 2EB
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Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham |
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St James' Church, Reading, Abbot's Walk, Reading RG1 3HW
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Our Lady and St Anne Church |
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South View Avenue, Caversham RG4 0AB
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Our Lady of Peace & Blessed Dominic Barberi |
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338 Wokingham Road, Earley RG6 7DA
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Priestly Fraternity of St Peter |
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St William of York Church, 46 Upper Redlands Road, Reading RG1 5JP
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Sacred Heart of Jesus (Polish) |
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61 Watlington Street, Reading RG1 4EH
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St James' Church, Reading |
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Abbot's Walk, Reading RG1 3HW
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St John Bosco |
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56 Western Avenue, Woodley RG5 3BH
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St Joseph's Church |
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Berkshire Drive, Tilehurst RG31 5JJ
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St William of York Church |
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46 Upper Redlands Road, Reading RG1 5JP
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Ukrainian Catholic Church |
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St James' Church, Reading, Abbot's Walk, Reading RG1 3HW
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CatholicDirectory publishes a list of Mass times and liturgies in Reading.
Salvation Army
Seventh-day Adventist
Place of Worship/Faith Group |
Contact(s) |
Address
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Parkside Church Plant |
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Park United Reformed Church, Palmer Park Avenue, Reading RG6 1DN
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Reading Angaza |
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Hexham Community Hall, 1a Bamburgh Close, Reading RG2 7UD
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Reading Central |
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2 Tilehurst Road, Reading RG1 7TN
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Reading Ghana |
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Kendrick School Hall, 41-43 London Road, Reading RG1 5BN
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Reading West |
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24 Portman Road, Reading RG30 1AE
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Redemption Church Group |
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Sun Street Youth & Community Centre, Sun Street, Reading RG1 3JX
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Society of Friends
United Reformed Church
The congregation of some Ecumenical Churches includes people from the United Reformed Church tradition.
Other Congregations
Place of Worship/Faith Group |
Contact(s) |
Address
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All Nations Christian Centre |
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Berkeley Avenue, Reading RG1 6JE
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Amazing Grace Chinese Christian Church in Reading |
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Wesley Church, Queens Road, Reading RG1 4BW
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Argyle Community Church |
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Argyle Road, Reading RG1 7YL
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Believers' Loveworld BLW Reading University |
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Brethren's Meeting Room |
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Pitts Lane, Earley
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Brookside Church |
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Brookside Close, Earley RG6 7HG
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Earley Christian Fellowship |
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153 Wokingham Road, Reading RG6 1LW
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Evangelical Christian Church International |
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South Reading Youth and Community Centre, 252 Northumberland Avenue, Reading RG2 7QA
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German Protestant Church |
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St Andrew’s United Reformed Church, London Road, Reading RG1 5BD
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Grace Church Caversham |
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119 Peppard Road, Caversham RG4 8TR
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Harvest International Church |
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Sidmouth Grange Close, Earley
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Lifespring Church |
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The Pavilion, 143-145 Oxford Road, Reading RG1 7UY
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Mount Zion Church |
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171 Wokingham Road, Earley RG6 1LT
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Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries: Reading |
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Mountain of Fire House, 31 Kingsgate Street, Reading RG1 3JR
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Network Vineyard: Reading |
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Woodley Hill House, Eastcourt Avenue, Earley RG6 1HH
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New Testament Church of God |
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34 Church Street, Caversham RG4 8AU
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Norcot Mission Church |
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Brockley Close, Reading RG30 4YP
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Plymouth Brethren |
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Gospel Hall, Gospel Hall, Shinfield Lodge, Church Lane, Three Mile Cross RG7 1HB
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Potters House Christian Fellowship |
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Peckover Hall, Leighton Park School, Reading RG2 7DG
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Power of Faith Assemblies of God |
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G17 Regus, 1210 Parkview, Arlington Business Park, Theale RG7 4TY
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Reading Chinese Christian Fellowship |
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Wycliffe Baptist, 233 Kings Road, Reading RG1 4LS
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Reading Deaf Church |
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Reading Deaf Centre Chapel, 131-133 Cardiff Road, Reading RG1 8JF
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Reading Family Church |
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Reading Girls School, Northumberland Avenue, Reading RG2 7PY
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Reading Family Church |
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South St. Arts Centre, 21 South Street, Reading RG1 4QU
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Reading Korean Church |
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Tyndale Baptist Church, 2-4 Cressingham Road, Reading RG2 7JE
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Reading Prayer Centre New Testament Church Of God |
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Hamilton Road Children's Centre, 135 Bulmershe Road, Reading RG1 5SG
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Reading University Bible Study |
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Room 109, Palmer Building, Earley RG6 6UA
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Reading University Christian Union |
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G27, Edith Morley, Earley RG6 6BT
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Reconciled Assembly of God |
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Coley Park Community Centre, 140 Wensley Road, Coley Park, Reading RG1 6DW
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Shift Youth + Community |
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Tyndale Baptist Church, 2-4 Cressingham Road, Reading RG2 7JE
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Southcote Family Church |
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280a Southcote Lane, Reading RG30 3BL
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The Church of Pentecost – UK |
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Living Spring Tabernacle, 117-119 Oxford Road, Reading RG1 7UH
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The Deliverance Centre |
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The Globe, 12 Portman Road, Reading RG30 1EA
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The Well |
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Dawlish Road, Reading RG2 7SD
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Whiteknights Church |
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St Joseph’s College, Upper Redlands Road, Reading RG1 5JT
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Hare Krishna
Hindu
Jewish
Liberal Judaism
Orthodox Judaism
Reform Judaism
Muslim
Place of Worship/Faith Group |
Contact(s) |
Address
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Abu Bakr Islamic Centre |
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330 Oxford Road, Reading RG30 1AF
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Aisha Masjid & Islamic Centre |
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London Road, Earley, Reading RG6 1BW
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Al-Markaz al-Salafi |
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29 Lydford Road, Reading RG1 5HQ
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Amity Road Mosque |
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1/3 Amity Road, Reading RG1 3LN
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Central Jamme Masjid |
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18a Waylen Street, Reading RG1 7UR
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Cumberland Road Masjid |
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31 Cumberland Road, Reading RG1 3LB
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Jamme Masjid Ghousia |
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50/52 South Street, Reading RG1 4QU
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Jamme Mosque Reading |
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46 Alexandra Road, Reading RG1 5PF
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Reading University Muslim Centre |
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Archway Lodge, Building 37, Whiteknights campus
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Shahjalal Islamic Centre |
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2a Stanley Street, Reading RG1 7NY
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University of Reading Islamic Society |
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Zainabiya Centre |
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4-6 School Road, Tilehurst, Reading RG31 5AL
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As well as the places and groups listed above, there is a Reading Muslim Community Facebook group.
Pagan
Sikh
Spiritualist
Interfaith
Non Faith
There are people with an ethical outlook but who have no religious belief who meet regularly with like-minded people to share their aspirations.