About the Basingstoke & Reading Circuit
The Basingstoke & Reading Methodist Circuit was launched on September 1st 2014, created from the former Basingstoke Circuit and the Reading & Silchester Circuits. We have pooled our rich resources of people with their gifts and talents, together with the experience and history of our churches to form this new Methodist Circuit in North Hampshire and South West Berkshire. We are circuit number 26/4 of the Southampton District, please see the following link for the other circuits in our district: Other circuits / churches
The new Circuit covers an extensive geographic area and we have divided this area into three ministry teams as follows:
Central Reading and Caversham
This includes the following of our churches:
Caversham (Gosbrook Road), Caversham Heights, Caversham Park (LEP), Christ Church Woodley (LEP), Trinity Lower Earley (LEP), Wesley, Whitley, Woodley Airfield Church (LEP).
The people from our ministry team for this area are:
Revd David Shaw, Revd Martin Beukes, Mary Ludlow, plus 2 ministers, Revd Dr James Mather and Revd Jon Salmon from our LEP churches.
West Reading
This includes the following of our churches:
Emmanuel, Tilehurst, Bradfield, Burnt Hll
The people from our ministry team for this area are:
Revd Helen Watson, Revd David Jenkins, Deacon Maria Howard, Lola Brown.
South and Central
This includes the following of our churches:
Burghfield Common, Christ Church Chineham (LEP), Kempshott, Mortimer, Oakley, Oakridge, Old Basing, Silchester, St. Andrew's, Tadley Common, Tadley Main Road, Trinity Basingstoke.
The people from our ministry team for this area are:
Revd Audrey Browne, Anya Woodbridge, Yvonne Hunt, plus Revd Jonathan Clark from our LEP churches.
Note: LEP = Local Ecumenical Partnership between the Methodist Church and other local Churches - see our Churches page for more details of individual churches.
Circuit Information
The documents linked below provide more detailed information about the Circuit.