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	Groups	Remarks
Faidhan-e-Madina Mosque		Peterborough

London

Name	City	Year	Groups	Remarks
Abbey Mills Mosque	London	1910	Tablighi Jamaat, Deobandi
Aziziye Mosque	London	1983	Turkish
Fazl Mosque	London	1924	Ahmadiyya	First mosque in London: 1924, also known as the 'London Mosque'
Baitul Futuh	London	2003	Ahmadiyya
Brick Lane Mosque	London	1976	Tablighi Jamaat, Deobandi
East London Mosque	London	1910	Jamaat-e-Islami, Deobandi	One of the few mosques in Britain permitted to use loudspeakers to broadcast the call to prayer.^[1]
London Central Mosque	London	1977		Also known as the Islamic Cultural Centre, ICC or Regent's Park Mosque
North London Central Mosque	London	1990s		Until 2005 it was known as Finsbury Park Mosque
Suleymaniye Mosque	London	1999	Turkish

North East

Name	Images	City	Year	Groups	Remarks
Nasir Mosque		Hartlepool	2005	Ahmadiyya

North West

Name	City	Year	Groups	Remarks
Al-Rahma mosque	Liverpool	1889	Barelvi	Third mosque in Great Britain
Manchester Central Mosque	Manchester		Barelvi	Also known as Victoria Park Mosque, sometimes referred to as Jamia Mosque
Jamea Masjid	Preston	1964	Jamaat-e-Islami	Recognised as the Central Masjid of Preston and also known for its 'castle-like' Islamic architectural design.
Didsbury Mosque	Manchester	1962	Syrian community	Originally opened in 1883 as Albert Park Methodist Chapel

South East

Name	City	Year	Remarks
Chesham Mosque	Chesham (Buckinghamshire)	2005
Madina Mosque	Horsham (West Sussex)	2008	Built in 1857 as the Jireh Independent Baptist Chapel^[2]
Shah Jahan Mosque	Woking	1889

South West

Name	Images	City	Year	Groups	Remarks
Bristol Jamia Mosque		Bristol	1968		First mosque in Bristol. Largest mosque in south-west England.

West Midlands

Name	City	Year	Groups	Remarks
Ghamkol Shariff Masjid	Birmingham	1992	Barelvi
Birmingham Central Mosque	Birmingham	1981	Deobandi
Darul Barakaat Mosque	Birmingham	2004	Ahmadiyya	Hold 500 worshippers^[3]
Green Lane Masjid	Birmingham	1970s	Ahle Hadith^[4]	Built 1893–1902 as a public library and baths
Telford Central Mosque	Telford		Barelvi, Shropshire Islamic Foundation
Masjid As-Salafi	Birmingham	2002	Salafi

Yorkshire and the Humber

Name	City	Year	Groups	Remarks
Al Mahdi Mosque	Bradford	2008	Ahmadiyya	Holds 2,000 worshippers^[5]
Leeds Grand Mosque	Leeds		Barelvi
Markazi Masjid	Dewsbury (West Yorkshire)	1982	Tablighi Jamaat, Deobandi	European headquarters of the Tablighi Jamaat movement
Medina Mosque	Sheffield	2006	Barelvi	Also known as the Wolseley Road Mosque
Stratford Street mosque	Leeds		Barelvi	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	City	Year	Groups	Remarks
Dundee Central Mosque	Dundee	2000		Also known as the Jamia Mosque
Edinburgh Central Mosque	Edinburgh	1998	Deobandi	Officially known as the King Fahd Mosque and Islamic Centre of Edinburgh
Glasgow Central Mosque	Glasgow	1983	Barelvi

Wales

Name	Images	City	Year	Groups	Remarks
Al-Manar Centre		Cardiff			Formerly known as Masjid-e-Abu Hurairah.

References

↑ 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.
↑ 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
↑ http://www.greenlanemasjid.org/About-Us.aspx
↑ Bradford: Mosque is opened by spiritual leader; Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK – Al Mahdi Mosque

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List of mosques in Africa

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States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)

List of mosques in Asia

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States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan

Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau

List of mosques in Europe

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States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Kosovo Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria

Dependencies and other territories	Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Jersey Isle of Man Svalbard

Former	Czechoslovakia East Germany Soviet Union Yugoslavia

List of mosques in North America

Sovereign states	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States

Dependencies and other territories	Anguilla Aruba Bermuda Bonaire British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Curaçao Greenland Guadeloupe Martinique Montserrat Puerto Rico Saint Barthélemy Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saba Sint Eustatius Sint Maarten Turks and Caicos Islands United States Virgin Islands

List of mosques in Oceania

Sovereign states	Australia Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

Associated states of New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue

Dependencies and other territories	American Samoa Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Easter Island French Polynesia Guam Hawaii New Caledonia Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Pitcairn Islands Tokelau Wallis and Futuna

List of mosques in South America

Sovereign states	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela

Dependencies and other territories	Falkland Islands French Guiana South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

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