Can I receive Communion in an Anglican church?
The short answer
No. The Anglican church does not have valid holy orders, so eucharistic intercommunion is not possible. The Catechism teaches that communities from the Reformation have not preserved the full reality of the Eucharist, especially because they lack holy orders.
No valid orders
The Anglican church does not have valid holy orders, so intercommunion with it is not possible.
The Catechism
Ecclesial communities from the Reformation, separated from the Catholic Church, have not preserved the proper reality of the eucharistic mystery in its fullness, especially because of the absence of the sacrament of holy orders. For this reason, eucharistic intercommunion with them is not possible.
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