Places of Worship
Tilehurst has a number of religious buildings covering numerous denominations. The Church of St Michael, situated centrally in the parish, is a brick church with a square tower. Parts of the building date from the 13th century, replacing an earlier church thought to have been built in 1189. Sir Peter Vanlore is buried in the church's Lady chapel.
The Anglican church of St Catherine of Siena was built in the Little Heath area of Tilehurst from 1962 to 1964. A Methodist church is near the village centre, and a Latter-day Saints church opened in Tilehurst in the 1970s. The Roman Catholic church of St Joseph was built in Park Lane from 1955–56. Tilehurst also has a United Reformed Church (built on the site of an early-19th century Congregational Chapel), an All Saints Church, a Bethel United Church, and Anglican churches dedicated to St George and St Mary Magdalen.
Tilehurst does not have any synagogues, mosques or gurdwaras. The nearest are in West Reading, central Reading and East Reading respectively.
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