Places of Worship & Faith Groups

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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
Buddhist Meditation at Reading University Senior Common Room, Park House, Whiteknights Campus, Reading RG6 6UR
Kadampa Meditation Centre 9 Bath Road, Reading RG1 6HH
Reading Buddhist Priory 176 Cressingham Road, Reading RG2 7LW
Reading Diamond Way Buddhist Group 32 Oaklands, Bulmershe Road, Reading RG1 5RW
Sakya Ling Tibetan Buddhist Centre 97A Swansea Road, Reading RG1 8HA
Thames Valley Triratna Friends' Meeting House, 2 Church Street, Reading RG1 2SB

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
All Saints Church Downshire Square, Reading RG1 6NN
Caversham Park Church Caversham Park Primary School, Queensway, Caversham RG4 6RP
Christchurch Christchurch Road, Reading RG2 7AJ
Cornwell Community Church Home Croft, off Clements Mead, Tilehurst RG31 5WJ
Earley St Peter's Church Church Road, Earley RG6 1EY
Emmanuel Church Southlake Crescent, Woodley RG5 3QW
Greyfriars Church Friar Street, Reading RG1 1EH
Holy Trinity Church Oxford Road, Reading RG1 7NQ
Indian Fellowship St Luke's Church, Erleigh Road, Reading RG1 5LH
Reading Minster St. Mary's Gate, Chain Street, Reading RG1 2XH
St Agnes' Church Northumberland Avenue, Reading RG2 8DD
St Andrew's Church, Caversham Harrogate Road, Caversham RG4 7PL
St Barnabas' Church, Emmer Green 20 St Barnabas Rd, Emmer Green RG4 8RA
St Barnabas' Church, Reading 14 Elm Road, Reading RG6 5TS
St Bartholomew's Church London Road, Reading RG1 3QA
St Birinus Mission, Calcot Langley Hill, Calcot, Reading RG31 4XR
St Catherine's Church Wittenham Avenue, Tilehurst RG31 5LN
St George's Church St Georges Road, Reading RG30 2RG
St Giles' Church Church Street, Reading RG1 2SB
St James' Church, Woodley Kingfisher Drive, Woodley RG5 3LH
St John & St Stephen's Church 121-147 Orts Road, Reading RG1 3JN
St John the Evangelist's Church Church Road, Woodley RG5 4QJ
St John's Church, Caversham St John's Road, Caversham RG4 8EB
St Laurence's Church Friar Street, Reading RG1 1DA
St Luke's Church Erleigh Road, Reading RG1 5LH
St Mark's Church 94 Cranbury Road, Reading RG30 2TA
St Mary Magdalen's Church Kentwood Hill, Tilehurst RG31 6DR
St Mary's Church Castle Street, Reading RG1 7RD
St Matthew's Church 205 Southcote Lane, Reading RG30 3AX
St Michael's Church New Lane Hill, Tilehurst RG30 4JX
St Nicolas' Church Sutcliffe Avenue, Earley RG6 7JN
St Paul's Church 5-23 Whitley Wood Lane, Reading RG2 8PN
St Peter's Church St Peter's Hill, Caversham RG4 7AQ

The congregation of some Ecumenical Churches includes people from the Anglican tradition.

Baptist

Place of Worship/Faith Group Contact(s) Address
Abbey Baptist Church Abbey Square, Reading RG1 3BE
Anderson Baptist Church 6-8 Amherst Road, Earley RG6 1NU
Carey Baptist Church Carey Street, Reading RG1 7JS
Caversham Baptist Church 1 Prospect St, Reading RG4 8JB
Coley Park Baptist Church Wensley Road, Reading RG1 6DU
Lower Earley Baptist Church Maiden Place, Lower Earley RG6 3HE
The Gate The Gate Central, 384 The Meadway, Reading RG30 4NX
The Gate The Gate Empress Road Centre, 24 Empress Road, Calcot, Reading RG31 4XR
The Gate Reading Community Church Rivers of Life, 549 Oxford Road, Reading RG30 1HJ
Tyndale Baptist Church 2-4 Cressingham Road, Reading RG2 7JE
Whitley Wood Reformed Baptist Church Whitley Wood Community Centre, 33 Copenhagen Close, Reading RG2 8UH
Woodley Baptist Church Hurricane Way, Woodley RG5 4UX
Wycliffe Baptist Church 233 Kings Road, Reading RG1 4LS

The congregation of some Ecumenical Churches includes people from the Baptist tradition.

Christadelphian

Place of Worship/Faith Group Contact(s) Address
Reading Christadelphians Christadelphian Church, 132 Oxford Road, Reading RG1 7NL

Christian Science

Place of Worship/Faith Group Contact(s) Address
First Church of Christ Scientist 52–54 King’s Road, Reading RG1 3AA

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Place of Worship/Faith Group Contact(s) Address
Reading LDS Chapel 280 The Meadway, Reading RG30 4PE

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.

Place of Worship/Faith Group Contact(s) Address
Caversham Park Church Caversham Park Primary School, Queensway, Caversham RG4 6RP
Christ Church, Woodley Crockhamwell Road, Woodley RG5 3LA
Reading Christian Network Greyfriars Church, Friar Street, Reading RG1 1EH
Trinity Church 9 Chalfont Close, Earley RG6 5HZ

Jehovah’s Witnesses

Place of Worship/Faith Group Contact(s) Address
Kingdom Hall 75 Water Road, Tilehurst RG30 2NP

Methodist

Place of Worship/Faith Group Contact(s) Address
Caversham Heights Methodist Church 74 Highmoor Rd, Reading RG4 7BG
Caversham Methodist Church 272 Gosbrook Road, Reading RG4 8EB
Emmanuel Methodist Church 448 Oxford Rd, Reading RG30 1EE
Tilehurst Methodist Church 26 School Rd, Reading RG31 5AN
Wesley Church Queens Road, Reading RG1 4BW
Whitley Methodist Church Reading Scout & Guide Headquarters, 163 Northcourt Avenue, Reading RG2 7HG

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

Place of Worship/Faith Group Contact(s) Address
Serbian Orthodox Church St Mark's Church, 94 Cranbury Road, Reading RG30 2TA
The Greek Orthodox Church of the Prophet Elias St Mark's Church, 94 Cranbury Road, Reading RG30 2TA

Roman Catholic

Place of Worship/Faith Group Contact(s) Address
Catholic University Chaplaincy St William of York Church, 46 Upper Redlands Road, Reading RG1 5JP
Christ the King 408 Northumberland Avenue, Whitley RG2 8NR
English Martyrs Church 64 Liebenrood Road, Reading RG30 2EB
Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham St James' Church, Reading, Abbot's Walk, Reading RG1 3HW
Our Lady and St Anne Church South View Avenue, Caversham RG4 0AB
Our Lady of Peace & Blessed Dominic Barberi 338 Wokingham Road, Earley RG6 7DA
Priestly Fraternity of St Peter St William of York Church, 46 Upper Redlands Road, Reading RG1 5JP
Sacred Heart of Jesus (Polish) 61 Watlington Street, Reading RG1 4EH
St James' Church, Reading Abbot's Walk, Reading RG1 3HW
St John Bosco 56 Western Avenue, Woodley RG5 3BH
St Joseph's Church Berkshire Drive, Tilehurst RG31 5JJ
St William of York Church 46 Upper Redlands Road, Reading RG1 5JP
Ukrainian Catholic Church St James' Church, Reading, Abbot's Walk, Reading RG1 3HW

CatholicDirectory publishes a list of Mass times and liturgies in Reading.

Salvation Army

Place of Worship/Faith Group Contact(s) Address
Salvation Army Church, Lower Earley Chalfont Close, Reading RG6 5HZ
The Salvation Army, Reading Anstey Road, Reading RG1 7JR

Seventh-day Adventist

Place of Worship/Faith Group Contact(s) Address
Parkside Church Plant Park United Reformed Church, Palmer Park Avenue, Reading RG6 1DN
Reading Angaza Hexham Community Hall, 1a Bamburgh Close, Reading RG2 7UD
Reading Central 2 Tilehurst Road, Reading RG1 7TN
Reading Ghana Kendrick School Hall, 41-43 London Road, Reading RG1 5BN
Reading West 24 Portman Road, Reading RG30 1AE
Redemption Church Group Sun Street Youth & Community Centre, Sun Street, Reading RG1 3JX

Society of Friends

Place of Worship/Faith Group Contact(s) Address
Friends' Meeting House 2 Church Street, Reading RG1 2SB

United Reformed Church

Place of Worship/Faith Group Contact(s) Address
Grange United Reformed Church Circuit Lane, Southcote RG30 3HD
Park United Reformed Church Palmer Park Avenue, Reading RG6 1DN
St Andrew’s United Reformed Church London Road, Reading RG1 5BD
Tilehurst United Reformed Church Armour Road, Tilehurst RG31 6HN

The congregation of some Ecumenical Churches includes people from the United Reformed Church tradition.

Other Congregations

Place of Worship/Faith Group Contact(s) Address
All Nations Christian Centre Berkeley Avenue, Reading RG1 6JE
Amazing Grace Chinese Christian Church in Reading Wesley Church, Queens Road, Reading RG1 4BW
Argyle Community Church Argyle Road, Reading RG1 7YL
Believers' Loveworld BLW Reading University
Brethren's Meeting Room
    Pitts Lane, Earley
    Brookside Church Brookside Close, Earley RG6 7HG
    Earley Christian Fellowship 153 Wokingham Road, Reading RG6 1LW
    Evangelical Christian Church International South Reading Youth and Community Centre, 252 Northumberland Avenue, Reading RG2 7QA
    German Protestant Church St Andrew’s United Reformed Church, London Road, Reading RG1 5BD
    Grace Church Caversham 119 Peppard Road, Caversham RG4 8TR
    Harvest International Church
      Sidmouth Grange Close, Earley
      Lifespring Church The Pavilion, 143-145 Oxford Road, Reading RG1 7UY
      Mount Zion Church 171 Wokingham Road, Earley RG6 1LT
      Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries: Reading Mountain of Fire House, 31 Kingsgate Street, Reading RG1 3JR
      Network Vineyard: Reading Woodley Hill House, Eastcourt Avenue, Earley RG6 1HH
      New Testament Church of God 34 Church Street, Caversham RG4 8AU
      Norcot Mission Church Brockley Close, Reading RG30 4YP
      Plymouth Brethren Gospel Hall, Gospel Hall, Shinfield Lodge, Church Lane, Three Mile Cross RG7 1HB
      Potters House Christian Fellowship Peckover Hall, Leighton Park School, Reading RG2 7DG
      Power of Faith Assemblies of God G17 Regus, 1210 Parkview, Arlington Business Park, Theale RG7 4TY
      Reading Chinese Christian Fellowship Wycliffe Baptist, 233 Kings Road, Reading RG1 4LS
      Reading Deaf Church Reading Deaf Centre Chapel, 131-133 Cardiff Road, Reading RG1 8JF
      Reading Family Church Reading Girls School, Northumberland Avenue, Reading RG2 7PY
      Reading Family Church South St. Arts Centre, 21 South Street, Reading RG1 4QU
      Reading Korean Church Tyndale Baptist Church, 2-4 Cressingham Road, Reading RG2 7JE
      Reading Prayer Centre New Testament Church Of God Hamilton Road Children's Centre, 135 Bulmershe Road, Reading RG1 5SG
      Reading University Bible Study Room 109, Palmer Building, Earley RG6 6UA
      Reading University Christian Union G27, Edith Morley, Earley RG6 6BT
      Reconciled Assembly of God Coley Park Community Centre, 140 Wensley Road, Coley Park, Reading RG1 6DW
      Shift Youth + Community Tyndale Baptist Church, 2-4 Cressingham Road, Reading RG2 7JE
      Southcote Family Church 280a Southcote Lane, Reading RG30 3BL
      The Church of Pentecost – UK Living Spring Tabernacle, 117-119 Oxford Road, Reading RG1 7UH
      The Deliverance Centre The Globe, 12 Portman Road, Reading RG30 1EA
      The Well Dawlish Road, Reading RG2 7SD
      Whiteknights Church St Joseph’s College, Upper Redlands Road, Reading RG1 5JT

      Hare Krishna

      Place of Worship/Faith Group Contact(s) Address
      ISKCON Reading

      Hindu

      Place of Worship/Faith Group Contact(s) Address
      Reading Hindu Temple 112 Whitley Street, Reading RG2 0EQ
      Reading University Hindu Society
      Reading Vigneswaran Temple Emmer Green Community Centre, St Barnabas Road, Reading RG4 8LN
      Shirdi Sai Baba Temple & Community Centre 44 West Street, Reading RG1 1TZ

      Jewish

      Place of Worship/Faith Group Contact(s) Address
      Reading University Jewish Society

      Liberal Judaism

      Place of Worship/Faith Group Contact(s) Address
      Reading Liberal Jewish Community Friends' Meeting House, 2 Church Street, Reading RG1 2SB

      Orthodox Judaism

      Place of Worship/Faith Group Contact(s) Address
      Jewish Community of Berkshire 63 Tilehurst Rd, Reading RG30 2JL
      Reading Hebrew Congregation Reading Synagogue, 7 Goldsmid Road, RG1 7YB

      Reform Judaism

      Place of Worship/Faith Group Contact(s) Address
      Maidenhead Synagogue Grenfell Lodge, Ray Park Road, Maidenhead SL6 8QX

      Muslim

      Place of Worship/Faith Group Contact(s) Address
      Abu Bakr Islamic Centre 330 Oxford Road, Reading RG30 1AF
      Aisha Masjid & Islamic Centre London Road, Earley, Reading RG6 1BW
      Al-Markaz al-Salafi 29 Lydford Road, Reading RG1 5HQ
      Amity Road Mosque 1/3 Amity Road, Reading RG1 3LN
      Central Jamme Masjid 18a Waylen Street, Reading RG1 7UR
      Cumberland Road Masjid 31 Cumberland Road, Reading RG1 3LB
      Jamme Masjid Ghousia 50/52 South Street, Reading RG1 4QU
      Jamme Mosque Reading 46 Alexandra Road, Reading RG1 5PF
      Reading University Muslim Centre Archway Lodge, Building 37, Whiteknights campus
      Shahjalal Islamic Centre 2a Stanley Street, Reading RG1 7NY
      University of Reading Islamic Society
      Zainabiya Centre 4-6 School Road, Tilehurst, Reading RG31 5AL

      As well as the places and groups listed above, there is a Reading Muslim Community Facebook group.

      Pagan

      Place of Worship/Faith Group Contact(s) Address
      East Berkshire Dolmen Grove Moot Generally at The Boot, Park Road, Bracknell RG12 2LU

      Sikh

      Place of Worship/Faith Group Contact(s) Address
      Ramgharia Sabha Reading 234 London Road, Earley RG6 1AH
      Reading University Sikh Society
      Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara Reading 30a Cumberland Road, Reading RG1 3LB

      Spiritualist

      Place of Worship/Faith Group Contact(s) Address
      Reading National Spiritualist Church York Lodge, 81 Baker Street, Reading RG1 7XY

      Interfaith

      Place of Worship/Faith Group Contact(s) Address
      Reading Interfaith Group

      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.

      Place of Worship/Faith Group Contact(s) Address
      Basingstoke Humanists Bartons Mill, Bartons Lane, Basingstoke RG24 8AE
      Sunday Assembly Reading Reading Irish Centre, 96-104 Chatham St, Reading RG1 7HT