Top rated Monasteries in Reading, United Kingdom to elevate your visit (Updated February, 2024)

Top rated Monasteries in Reading

Experience the best that Reading has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 18 places from Monastery category.

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Chithurst Buddhist Monastery

Buddhist temple

👍👍 Possibly the most relaxing Theravada Buddhist monasteries in the whole Europe. 150 acres of a beautiful land, away from the busy towns, to dwell into the utmost relaxation. You can talk to monks, improve your knowledge about Buddhism, take a country walk along the Hammer pond and be a part of the na...

4.90 (251 reviews) (~51.68 km from centre)

Mount St. Bernard Abbey

Monastery

👍👍 Location is phenomenal! Beautiful scenery. Church is beautiful. Confession is at 1430 every day. Mass is at 0800, and you are able to receive communion. Gift shop opens at 1000 and they have a massive selection of books! The monastery makes their own beer and honey, which is available for purc...

4.80 (840 reviews) (~144.94 km from centre)

Skanda Vale

Place of worship

Multi-faith ashram/monastery and spiritual commune with 3 temples, hosting 6 daily pujas.

4.80 (820 reviews) (~236.4 km from centre)

Buckfast Abbey

Abbey

Tranquil abbey with sensory and lavender gardens, a restaurant and shops selling monastic products.

4.70 (3.5K reviews) (~223.74 km from centre)

The Monastery Manchester

Wedding venue

High Victorian Gothic-style monastery built between 1863 and 1872 by Franciscan monks.

4.70 (1.1K reviews) (~238.43 km from centre)

The Friars Aylesford Priory

Monastery

👍👍 Absolutely beautiful quiet place with a beautiful church and a beautiful pond/lake with much wild life .. birds .. squirrels , beautiful gardens with plenty of flowers and a picnic area and also they do have a cafe as soon as you get on site and with toilets .. we all spent hours there 👍 also there...

4.70 (985 reviews) (~101.46 km from centre)

Binham Priory

Monastery

One of the most intact ancient monasteries, this 1091 Benedictine church is surrounded by ruins.

4.70 (446 reviews) (~208.7 km from centre)

Douai Abbey

Abbey

Modern abbey and Benedictine monastic retreat, plus a huge, on-site library and archive resource.

4.70 (134 reviews) (~14.91 km from centre)

Belmont Abbey

Monastery

👍👍 A church attached to a Benedictine monastery which is a fairly modern building from the 19th century but no less beautiful than the Norman churches that surround it. Built on a hill overlooking Hereford, it’s peaceful location a perfect area for the monks and congregation. It’s gothic architecture g...

4.70 (119 reviews) (~138.99 km from centre)

Battle Abbey

Historical landmark

Medieval ruins and battlefield site with an interactive exhibition, a film about 1066 and a cafe.

4.60 (3.7K reviews) (~118.09 km from centre)

Quarr Abbey

Abbey

Visitors can sip tea & feed pigs at this tranquil Benedictine monastery with a teahouse & a farm.

4.60 (2.3K reviews) (~82.26 km from centre)

Waverley Abbey

Historical landmark

Remains of vaults, columns & walls of an 1128 Cistercian abbey also used as a movie set.

4.60 (973 reviews) (~32.04 km from centre)

Roche Abbey

Abbey

Gothic remains and foundations of a Cistercian abbey within grounds designed by Capability Brown.

4.60 (819 reviews) (~216.88 km from centre)

The Charterhouse

Monastery

Former monastery built in 1371, now home to an almshouse, with gardens, a chapel & a small museum.

4.60 (564 reviews) (~60.69 km from centre)

Monk Bretton Priory

Monastery

👍👍 Beautifully quiet ruins with impressive gatehouse. Free to park and explore.

4.60 (258 reviews) (~235.47 km from centre)

Wenlock Priory

Historical landmark

Ruined medieval priory with remains of 13th-century church and ornately carved Norman chapter house.

4.50 (651 reviews) (~166.9 km from centre)

Prittlewell Priory

Museum

👍👍 Fantastic historical house. Free to visit and you could spend hours looking and reading all the facts about it. It has so much historical facts and information available to the public. From monks to royalty and the people who lived here and who just visited over centuries. Great day with the litt...

4.50 (187 reviews) (~116.46 km from centre)

Mattersey Priory

Monastery

👍👍 There isn’t a huge amount to see, but it’s certainly worth taking a look (perhaps take a picnic). As a resident of Mattersey village, I’d very much encouraged people to visit. I am aware, however, that up at the priority, at least one individual has been trying to discourage people from visiting. T...

3.30 (60 reviews) (~215.93 km from centre)

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Top rated Monasteries in Reading, United Kingdom