List of mosques in the United Kingdom
This is an Incomplete list of mosques in the United Kingdom listed by regions in Scotland, England and Wales.
England
East
Name | Images | City | Year | Group | Remarks |
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Faidhan-e-Madina Mosque | Peterborough | ? | U |
London
Name | Images | City | Year | Group | Remarks |
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Abbey Mills Mosque | London | 1910 | TJ, D | 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 | ||
Brick Lane Mosque | London | 1976 | TJ | ||
East London Mosque | London | 1910 | JI and D | One of the first mosques in Britain to be allowed to use loudspeakers to broadcast the adhan.[1] | |
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 |
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Nasir Mosque | Hartlepool | 2005 | AMJ | 11 November 2005, cost: £500,000,[2] 54°41′35″N 1°12′58.4″W / 54.69306°N 1.216222°W |
North West
Name | Images | City | Year | Group | Remarks |
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Al-Rahma mosque | Liverpool | 1889 | B | Third mosque in Great Britain: December 25, 1889 | |
Manchester Central Mosque | Manchester | ? | B | Also known as Victoria Park Mosque, sometimes referred to as Jamia Mosque | |
Jamea Masjid | Preston | 1964 | JI | Recognised as the Central Masjid of Preston and also known for its unique 'castle-like' Islamic architectural design. | |
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. | |
Zakariyya Jaame Masjid | Bolton | 1969 | TJ, D | Gujarati Deobandi Indian community. The building in Bolton can hold 3000 Worshippers it was re-built in 2003 at a cost of £3,0000,000 mainly met from contribution by local worshippers. |
South East
Name | Images | City | Year | Group | Remarks |
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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)[3] | |
Shah Jahan Mosque | Woking | 1889 | U | First mosque in England (second mosque in Great Britain): October/November 1889 |
South West
Name | Images | City | Year | Group | Remarks |
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Bristol Jamia Mosque | Bristol | 1968 | U | First mosque in Bristol. Largest mosque in south-west England. |
West Midlands
Name | Images | City | Year | Group | Remarks |
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Aisha Mosque | Walsall | 1988 | TJ, D | ||
Birmingham Central Mosque | Birmingham | 1981 | B | ||
Darul Barakaat Mosque | Birmingham | 2004 | AMJ | 30 September 2004, app. 500 worshippers[4] 52°28′36.2″N 1°51′54.5″W / 52.476722°N 1.865139°W | |
Green Lane Masjid | Birmingham | 1970s | B | 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 | ? | B | Shropshire Islamic Foundation (SIF) | |
Masjid As-Salafi | Birmingham | 2002 | B | ||
Worcester Mosque | Worcester | 1995 | Worcester Muslim Welfare Association | Capacity for 650, men only. |
Yorkshire and the Humber
Name | Images | City | Year | Group | Remarks |
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Al Mahdi Mosque | Bradford | 2008 | AMJ | 7 November 2008, 2,000 worshippers, cost: £2.5 million[5] 53°48′4″N 1°44′40″W / 53.80111°N 1.74444°W | |
Leeds Grand Mosque | Leeds | ? | B | ||
Markazi Masjid | Dewsbury (West Yorkshire) | 1982 | TJ, D | The mosque is run by the Tablighi Jamaat and serves as the European headquarters of the movement. | |
Markazi Jamia Mosque | Keighley | ||||
Medina Mosque | Sheffield | 2006 | B | Also known as the Wolseley Road Mosque | |
Stratford Street mosque | Leeds | ? | B | Officially the Omar Mosque or Masjid-e-Umar | |
Al-Jamia Suffa-Tul-Islam Grand Mosque | Bradford | 2013 | Suffa-tul-Islam (UK) Association | Mosque nearing completion with a capacity of 8000 worshippers. |
Scotland
Name | Images | City | Year | Group | Remarks |
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Edinburgh Central Mosque | Edinburgh | 1998 | D | Officially known as the King Fahd Mosque and Islamic Centre of Edinburgh | |
Glasgow Central Mosque | Glasgow | 1983 | B |
Wales
Name | Images | City | Year | Group | Remarks |
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Al-Manar Centre | Cardiff | 1860 | U | Formerly known as Masjid-e-Abu Hurairah. |
Group
AMJ | Ahmadiyya | B | Barelvi |
D | Deobandi | K | Kurdish |
J | Jamaat-e-Islami | ||
T | Turkish | ||
TJ | Tablighi Jamaat | ||
U | Unknown |
See also
References
- In 2007 there were approximately 1,500 mosques in Britain. Various lists of these have been published, of which the most comprehensive is at Muslims in Britain and is displayed using Google Maps.
A full searchable list on OpenMap is available at Directory of Mosques in the United Kingdom
- ↑ Eade, John (1996). "Nationalism, Community, and the Islamization of Space in London". In Metcalf, Barbara Daly. Making Muslim Space in North America and Europe. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0520204042. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
As one of the few mosques in Britain permitted to broadcast calls to prayer (azan), the mosque soon found itself at the center of a public debate about “noise pollution” when local non-Muslim residents began to protest.
- ↑ Hartlepool: Photo; Big audience for mosque opening
- ↑ Bauldry, Jess (14 May 2008). "Mosque finds a home in Horsham salon". The Argus (Newsquest Media Group). Retrieved 25 March 2011.
- ↑ Birmingham: Photo; Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK – Darul Barakaat
- ↑ Bradford: Mosque is opened by spiritual leader; Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK – Al Mahdi Mosque
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