List of mosques in the United Kingdom
Appearance
This is an incomplete list of notable mosques in the United Kingdom listed by regions in Scotland, England and Wales.
England
East
Name | Images | City | Year | Groups | Remarks |
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Faizan-e-Madina Mosque | Peterborough | (Sunni Islam) | The largest mosque in Cambridgeshire.[1] |
London
Name | Images | City | Year | Groups | Remarks |
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Abbey Mills Mosque | London | 1910 | Tablighi Jamaat, Deobandi[2] | ||
Aziziye Mosque | ![]() |
London | 1983 | Turkish (Sunni Islam) | |
Brixton Mosque | ![]() |
London | 1990 | Salafi | |
Fazl Mosque | London | 1924 | Ahmadiyya | First mosque in London: 1924, also known as the 'London Mosque' | |
Baitul Futuh | ![]() |
London | 2003 | Ahmadiyya | |
Brick Lane Mosque / Jamme Masjid | London | 1976 | Sufi - Fultoli[3] | ||
East London Mosque | ![]() |
London | 1910 | Jamaat-e-Islami, Deobandi (Sunni Islam) | One of the few mosques in Britain permitted to use loudspeakers to broadcast the call to prayer.[4] |
London Central Mosque | London | 1977 | (Sunni Islam) | Also known as the Islamic Cultural Centre, ICC or Regent's Park Mosque | |
North London Central Mosque | ![]() |
London | 1990s | Salafi - Ikhwan[5] | Also known as the Finsbury Park Mosque |
Suleymaniye Mosque | ![]() |
London | 1999 | Turkish (Sunni Islam) | |
Waltham Forest Islamic Association | Leyton, London | Sunni Islam (Sufism) | Also known as, Jamia Ghousia Masjid, Lea Bridge Road Mosque, WFIA | ||
White City Mosque | ![]() |
White City, London | 2015 | Sunni Islam | Also known as the White City Musalla or "The Egyptian House" |
North East
Name | Images | City | Year | Groups | Remarks |
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Nasir Mosque | ![]() |
Hartlepool | 2005 | Ahmadiyya |
North West
Name | Images | City | Year | Groups | Remarks |
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Al-Rahma mosque | ![]() |
Liverpool | 1889 | Barelvi (Sunni Islam) | Third mosque in Great Britain |
Manchester Central Mosque | ![]() |
Manchester | Barelvi (Sunni Islam) | Also known as Victoria Park Mosque, sometimes referred to as Jamia Mosque | |
Jamea Masjid | ![]() |
Preston | 1964 | Jamaat-e-Islami / Deobandi.[6] | Recognised as the Central Masjid of Preston and also known for its 'castle-like' Islamic architectural design. |
Didsbury Mosque | ![]() |
Manchester | 1962 | Salafi - Ikhwan | Originally opened in 1883 as Albert Park Methodist Chapel |
South East
Name | Images | City | Year | Groups | Remarks |
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Chesham Mosque | ![]() |
Chesham (Buckinghamshire) | 2005 | Sunni Islam | |
Madina Mosque | ![]() |
Horsham (West Sussex) | 2008 | Sunni Islam | Built in 1857 as the Jireh Independent Baptist Chapel[7] |
Shah Jahan Mosque | ![]() |
Woking | 1889 | Sunni Islam |
South West
Name | Images | City | Year | Groups | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bristol Jamia Mosque | ![]() |
Bristol | 1968 | (Sunni Islam) | First mosque in Bristol. Largest mosque in south-west England. |
Exeter Mosque | Exeter | 2011 | (Sunni Islam) |
West Midlands
Name | Images | City | Year | Groups | Remarks |
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Ghamkol Shariff Masjid | Birmingham | 1992 | Barelvi (Sunni Islam) | ||
Birmingham Central Mosque | ![]() |
Birmingham | 1981 | Deobandi.[8] | |
Darul Barakaat Mosque | ![]() |
Birmingham | 2004 | Ahmadiyya | Holds 500 worshippers[9] |
Green Lane Masjid | ![]() |
Birmingham | 1970s | Ahle Hadith[10] (Sunni Islam) | Built 1893–1902 as a public library and baths |
Telford Central Mosque | ![]() |
Telford | Deobandi[11] | also known as the Shropshire Islamic Foundation | |
Masjid As-Salafi | Birmingham | 2002 | Salafi (Sunni Islam) |
Yorkshire and the Humber
Name | Images | City | Year | Groups | Remarks |
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Al Mahdi Mosque | ![]() |
Bradford | 2008 | Ahmadiyya | Holds 2,000 worshippers[12] |
Leeds Grand Mosque | Leeds | Barelvi[citation needed] (Sunni Islam) | |||
Makkah Masjid | ![]() |
Hyde Park, Leeds | |||
Markazi Masjid | Dewsbury (West Yorkshire) | 1982 | Tablighi Jamaat, Deobandi (Sunni Islam) | European headquarters of the Tablighi Jamaat movement | |
Madina Mosque | ![]() |
Sheffield | 2006 | Barelvi (Sunni Islam) | Also known as the Wolseley Road Mosque |
Stratford Street mosque | ![]() |
Leeds | Barelvi (Sunni Islam) | Officially the Omar Mosque or Masjid-e-Umar | |
Al-Jamia Suffa-Tul-Islam Grand Mosque | ![]() |
Bradford | 2013 | Suffa-tul-Islam (UK) Association (Sunni Islam) | Mosque nearing completion with a capacity of 8,000 worshippers and also known as the "Bradford Grand Mosque" |
Scotland
Name | Images | City | Year | Groups | Remarks |
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Dundee Central Mosque | ![]() |
Dundee | 2000 | Deobandi[13] | Also known as the Jamia Mosque |
Edinburgh Central Mosque | ![]() |
Edinburgh | 1998 | Deobandi / Sunni Islam | Officially known as the King Fahd Mosque and Islamic Centre of Edinburgh |
Glasgow Central Mosque | ![]() |
Glasgow | 1983 | Barelvi / Deobandi[14] |
Wales
Name | Images | City | Year | Groups | Remarks |
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Al-Manar Centre | Cardiff | 1992 | (Sunni Islam) | Formerly known as Masjid-e-Abu Hurairah. | |
Swansea Mosque | ![]() |
Swansea | 1980s | Salafi - Ahl-e-Hadith[15] | Formerly St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church |
See also
- Category:Mosques in the United Kingdom
- Islam in the United Kingdom
- Islamic schools and branches
- List of mosques in Europe
- List of mosques in Germany
References
- ^ "Welcome to Peterborough Mosque website". Faizan-e-Madina Mosque. 3 January 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
- ^ "Masjid Ilyas". Muslims in Britain. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "Jamia Masjid". Muslims in Britain. 16 June 2017.
- ^ Eade, John (1996). "Nationalism, Community, and the Islamization of Space in London". In Metcalf, Barbara Daly (ed.). 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.
- ^ "Finsbury Park Mosque". Muslims in Britain. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "Jamia Masjid". Muslims in Britain. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ Bauldry, Jess (14 May 2008). "Mosque finds a home in Horsham salon". The Argus. Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
- ^ "Birmingham Central Mosque". Muslims in Britain. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ Birmingham: Photo; Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK – Darul Barakaat
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-01-13. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
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- ^ Bradford: Mosque is opened by spiritual leader; Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK – Al Mahdi Mosque
- ^ "Jamaa Masjid". Muslims in Britain. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "Glasgow Central Mosque". Muslims in Britain. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "Swansea City Mosque". Muslims in Britain. 25 April 2015.
External links
Directories of British Mosques:
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