List of mosques in the United Kingdom

This is a List of mosques in the United Kingdom listed by regions.

Contents

England

East

Name Images City Year Group Remarks
Faidhan-e-Madina Mosque Peterborough  ? U

London

Name Images City Year Group Remarks
Abbey Mills Mosque London planned TJ Tablighi Jamaat
Aziziye Mosque London 1983 T
Fazl Mosque London 1924 AMJ First mosque in London: 1924, also known as the 'London Mosque'
Baitul Futuh London 2003 AMJ The largest mosque in Western Europe
East London Mosque London 1985 U
London Central Mosque London 1977 U Also known as the Islamic Cultural Centre, ICC or Regent's Park Mosque
North London Central Mosque London 1990s U Until 2005 it was known as Finsbury Park Mosque
Suleymaniye Mosque London 1999 T

North East

Name Images City Year Group Remarks
Nasir Mosque Hartlepool 2005 AMJ 11 November 2005, cost: £500,000,[1]

North West

Name Images City Year Group Remarks
Al-Rahma mosque Liverpool 1889 U Third mosque in Great Britain: December 25, 1889
Manchester Central Mosque Manchester  ? U Also known as Victoria Park Mosque, sometimes referred to as Jamia Mosque
Didsbury Mosque Manchester 1962 U Syrian community. The building in West Didsbury was originally opened in 1883 as “Albert Park Methodist Chapel”, but closed in 1962 and later converted into a mosque.

South East

Name Images City Year Group Remarks
Chesham Mosque Chesham (Buckinghamshire) 2005 U
Madina Mosque Horsham (West Sussex) 2008 U Opened in 2008 in the former Jireh Independent Baptist Chapel (built in 1857)[2]
Shah Jahan Mosque Woking 1889 U First mosque in England (second mosque in Great Britain): October/November 1889

West Midlands

Name Images City Year Group Remarks
Aisha Mosque Walsall 1988 U
Birmingham Central Mosque Birmingham 1981 U
Darul Barakaat Mosque Birmingham 2004 AMJ 30 September 2004, app. 500 worshippers[3]
Green Lane Masjid Birmingham 1970s U The building in redbrick and terracotta Gothic-Jacobean style has been constructed between 1893 and 1902 as a public library and baths. In the 1970s the building was converted into a mosqueby the Ahle Hadith UK.
Telford Central Mosque Telford  ? U Shropshire Islamic Foundation (SIF)

Yorkshire and the Humber

Name Images City Year Group Remarks
Al Mahdi Mosque Bradford 2008 AMJ 7 November 2008, 2,000 worshippers, cost: £2.5 million[4]
Markazi mosque Dewsbury (West Yorkshire) 1982 TJ The mosque is run by the Tablighi Jamaat and serves as the European headquarters of the movement.
Leeds Grand Mosque Leeds  ? U
Stratford Street mosque Leeds  ? U Officially the Omar Mosque or Masjid-e-Umar
Medina Mosque Sheffield  ? U Also known as the Wolseley Road Mosque

Scotland

Name Images City Year Group Remarks
Edinburgh Central Mosque Edinburgh 1998 U Officially known as the King Fahd Mosque and Islamic Centre of Edinburgh
Glasgow Central Mosque Glasgow 1983 U

Wales

Name Images City Year Group Remarks
2 Glynrhondda Street Cardiff 1860 U First mosque established in Great Britain, opened in 1860. Formerly known as Masjid-e-Abu Hurairah, is currently named the al-Manar Centre.

Group

AMJ Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
T Turkish
TJ Tablighi Jamaat
U Unknown

See also

References