 There are three Roman Catholic churches, to St Joseph, St Marys in Rydes Hill, and St Pius X in Merrow.St Augustine's Abbey at Chilworth on the outskirts of Guildford is a Grade II listed building designed by Frederick Walters and constructed in 1892.It is one of four Benedictine monasteries in Great Britain having been a Franciscan Friary of the Order of Friars Minor until 2011.