List of mosques in the United Kingdom
Appearance
This is a list of notable mosques in the United Kingdom listed by regions in Scotland, England and Wales.
England
London
Name | Images | City | Year | Groups | Remarks |
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Abbey Mills Mosque | ![]() |
London | 1996 | TJ/D[1] | Greater London Tablighi Jamaat HQ. Also known as Masjid e Ilyas, London Markaz or West Ham Markaz |
Aziziye Mosque | ![]() |
London | 1983 | UKTIA | |
Baitul Ahad Mosque[2] | Plaistow, London | 2008 | AMJ | The foundation of the building was for a Jewish synagogue but was later turned into a church before it was bought by Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK and converted into a mosque. | |
Baitul Aman Mosque[3] | Hayes, London | 2012 | AMJ | ||
Baitul Ehsan Mosque[4] | Mitcham, London | 2017 | AMJ | ||
Baitul Futuh Mosque | London | 2003 | AMJ | The Baitul Futuh Mosque, also known as the Morden Mosque, is a mosque complex in Morden, London. It is one of the largest mosques in Western Europe. Completed in 2003 at a cost of £15 million, entirely from donations of British Ahmadis, the full complex can accommodate 13,000 people. | |
Baitul Wahid Mosque[5] | Feltham, London | 2012 | AMJ | Holds 700 worshippers | |
Baitus Subhan Mosque[6] | Croydon, London | AMJ | |||
Brick Lane Mosque / Jamme Masjid | London | 1976 | U | ||
Brixton Mosque | ![]() |
London | 1990 | SA | |
Darus Salaam Mosque[7] | Southall, London | 2020 | AMJ | ||
East London Mosque | ![]() |
London | 1985 | JI | One of the few mosques in Britain permitted to use loudspeakers to broadcast the call to prayer.[8] |
Fazl Mosque / The London Mosque | London | 1926 | AMJ | The Fazl Mosque, also known as The London Mosque, is the first purpose-built mosque in the British capital. It was inaugurated on 23 October 1926 in Southfields, Wandsworth. | |
Harrow Central Mosque | ![]() |
Harrow, London | 2011 | A Sunni mosque has been on this site since 1980. The house structure was rebuilt in the 2010s.[9] | |
Leytonstone Masjid | ![]() |
Leytonstone, London | 1976 | D | Also known as Leytonstone Islamic Association |
London Islamic Cultural Society & Mosque | ![]() |
Hornsey, London | 1998 | U | Also known as Wightman Road Mosque. The mosque extension sits atop the site of Wood Green & Hornsey Synagogue, which the management of the mosque owned from 1987. |
Madina Mosque Trust | ![]() |
London | 1984 | D | Also known as Clapton Masjid, Madina Masjid or MMT |
Masjid Abdul Aziz bin Baz | Stratford, London | 2014 | SA | Also known as Masjid bin Baz, first Salafi mosque in East London. | |
North London Central Mosque | ![]() |
London | 1994 | SA | Also known as Finsbury Park Mosque and Abu Hamza Masjid |
Palmers Green Mosque[10] | ![]() |
Palmers Green, London | 1995 | U | Also known as Muslim Community and Education Centre (MCEC) |
Rumi Mosque | Edmonton, London | 2008 | UKTIA | Also known as Rumi Community Centre and Mevlana Rumi Camii.
It is the first UK mosque to have appointed a female head of mosque.[11] | |
Ramadan Masjid | ![]() |
Dalston | 1977 | U | Building originally housed the New Dalston Synagogue. |
Suleymaniye Mosque | ![]() |
London | 1999 | UKTICC | Suleymaniye Mosque bears the tallest minaret in Britain. |
Tahir Mosque[12] | Catford, London | 2012 | AMJ | It was previously used as offices by Lewisham Council. | |
Waltham Forest Islamic Association | Leyton, London | 1966 | B | Also known as Jamia Ghousia Masjid, Lea Bridge Road Mosque, WFIA | |
White City Mosque | ![]() |
White City, London | 2015 | U | Also known as the White City Musalla or "The Egyptian House" |
Wimbledon Mosque | Wimbledon, London | 1976 | D | The first mainstream purpose-built mosque in South London and one of the first purpose-built mosques in London.[13] | |
Darul Amaan Mosque | Colliers Wood | 1978 | D | ||
Muslim Welfare House | North London | 1976 | Also known as Muslim Welfare House Trust. www.mwht.org.uk |
North East
Name | Images | City | Year | Groups | Remarks |
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Anware Madinah Masjid | Sunderland | 2018 | The largest Mosque in Sunderland | ||
Farooq E Azam Mosque and Islamic Centre | Stockton-On-Tees | 2017 | First mosque in the North-East to be able to play the call to prayer, or Adhan once a week | ||
Nasir Mosque | ![]() |
Hartlepool | 2005 | AMJ | The first purpose-built mosque in Hartlepool |
North West
Name | Images | City | Year | Groups | Remarks |
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Al-Rahma mosque | Liverpool | 1974 | Sunni Muslim | Third mosque in Great Britain | |
Bait-ul-Lateef Mosque | ![]() |
Liverpool | AMJ | Formerly a church | |
Darul Amaan Mosque | ![]() |
Manchester | 2012 | AMJ | |
Didsbury Mosque | ![]() |
Manchester | 1962 | SA | Originally opened in 1883 as Albert Park Methodist Chapel |
Jamea Masjid | ![]() |
Preston | 1984 | D | Recognised as the Central Masjid of Preston and also known for its 'castle-like' Islamic architectural design. |
Madina Masjid & Islamic Centre | ![]() |
Oldham | 1987 | One of Oldham's oldest mosques. Building dating back to 1881 was previously a Ukrainian Catholic Church, and a school before it.[14] | |
Manchester Central Mosque | ![]() |
Manchester | B | Also known as Victoria Park Mosque, sometimes referred to as Jamia Mosque | |
North Manchester Jamé Masjid[15] | Manchester | It is one of the largest Muslim centres in Europe. The mosque is open to all men and women, and its main prayer halls currently hold between 2,500 and 3,000 people during a Friday service, with over 15,000 worshippers walking through the mosque's doors during the multiple services held on the religious festivals of Eid. | |||
Westwood Mosque (formerly Oldham Muslim Centre) | Oldham | Affiliated with East London Mosque and the Islamic Forum of Europe |
South East
Name | Images | City | Year | Groups | Remarks |
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Al Medinah Mosque | Brighton | 1991[16] | |||
Brighton Mosque | ![]() |
Brighton | Late 1970s | Also known as Al-Quds Mosque, it was the first mosque in Brighton[16] | |
Chesham Mosque | ![]() |
Chesham (Buckinghamshire) | 2005 | Sunni Muslim | |
Madina Mosque | ![]() |
Horsham (West Sussex) | 2008 | D | Built in 1857 as the Jireh Independent Baptist Chapel[17] |
Mubarak Mosque | Tilford | 2019 | AMJ[18] | It currently serves as the mosque on the site of the international headquarters of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, known as Islamabad (English: Place of Islam). | |
Nasir Mosque[19] | Gillingham | 2014 | AMJ | The building, originally known as Nasir Hall, was home to the Lower Gillingham Liberal and Radical Club until the early 1970s. It has been used by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community since 1975. | |
Noor Mosque | Crawley | 2014 | AMJ | This former church was bought and has been renovated and transformed into a mosque | |
Shah Jahan Mosque | ![]() |
Woking | 1889 | Sunni Muslim | |
Mid Sussex Islamic Centre & Mosque | Haywards Heath (West Sussex) | 2010 | Converted from a church hall in 2010 at a cost of over £250,000[20] |
South West
Name | Images | City | Year | Groups | Remarks |
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Bristol Jamia Mosque | ![]() |
Bristol | 1968 | Sunni Muslim | First mosque in Bristol. Largest mosque in south-west England. |
Easton Jamia Mosque | ![]() |
Bristol | 2017 | Sunni Muslim | Unique transparent dome |
Exeter Mosque | Exeter | 2011 | Sunni Muslim |
East of England
Name | Images | City | Year | Groups | Remarks |
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Cambridge Central Mosque[21] | ![]() |
Cambridge | 2019 | U |
East Midlands
Name | Images | City | Year | Groups | Remarks |
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Baitul Hafeez Mosque[22] | Nottingham | 2018 | AMJ | ||
Baitul Ikram Mosque[23] | Leicester | 2016 | AMJ |
West Midlands
Name | Images | City | Year | Groups | Remarks | |
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Baitul Ata Mosque[24] | Wolverhampton | 2012 | AMJ | The mosque had previously been used as a church before being acquired and converted into a Mosque. | ||
Baitul Ehsan Mosque[25] | Leamington Spa | 2008 | AMJ | The mosque was opened at the former James West Centre in Adelaide Road. | ||
Baitul Ghafoor Mosque[26] | Halesowen | 2012 | AMJ | The mosque can facilitate up to 600 worshippers. | ||
Baitul Muqeet Mosque[27] | Walsall | 2018 | AMJ | |||
Birmingham Central Mosque | ![]() |
Birmingham | 1981 | D[28] | ||
Darul Barakaat Mosque | ![]() |
Birmingham | 2004 | AMJ | Holds 500 worshippers[29] | |
Ghamkol Shariff Masjid | ![]() |
Birmingham | 1992 | B | One of the largest mosques in Western Europe can accommodate 5,000 worshippers. | |
Green Lane Masjid | ![]() |
Birmingham | 1970s | SA[30] | Built 1893–1902 as a public library and baths | |
Masjid As-Salafi | Birmingham | 2002 | SA | |||
Telford Central Mosque | Telford | D[31] | also known as the Shropshire Islamic Foundation |
Yorkshire and the Humber
Name | Images | City | Year | Groups | Remarks |
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Al Mahdi Mosque | ![]() |
Bradford | 2008 | AMJ | Holds 1,000 worshippers[32] |
Baitus Salaam Mosque | Scunthorpe | 2002 (officially inaugurated in 2023) | AMJ | Capacity of 250-300 worshippers | |
Bradford Grand Mosque | ![]() |
Bradford | 2013 | Sunni Muslim | Mosque nearing completion with a capacity of 8,000 worshippers and also known as Al-Jamia Suffa-Tul-Islam Grand Mosque |
Baitul Afiyat Mosque[33] | Sheffield | 2008 | AMJ | ||
Baitul Hamd Mosque | Bradford | 1980 | AMJ | ||
Baitul Tauhid Mosque | Huddersfield | 2008 | AMJ | This mosque was converted from a cricket club. | |
Leeds Grand Mosque | Leeds | Sunni Muslim[citation needed] | |||
Madina Mosque | ![]() |
Sheffield | 2006 | B | Also known as the Wolseley Road Mosque |
Makkah Masjid | ![]() |
Hyde Park, Leeds | |||
Markazi Masjid | ![]() |
Dewsbury (West Yorkshire) | 1982 | TJ | European headquarters of the Tablighi Jamaat movement |
Stratford Street mosque | ![]() |
Leeds | Sunni Muslim | Officially the Omar Mosque or Masjid-e-Umar | |
York Mosque and Islamic Centre | York | JI |
Scotland
Name | Images | City | Year | Groups | Remarks | |
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Bait Ur Rahman Mosque[34] | ![]() |
Glasgow | 1984 | AMJ[35] | Designed by Sinclair and Ballantine and completed in 1904, as Masonic Halls | |
Dundee Central Mosque | ![]() |
Dundee | 2000 | D[36] | Also known as the Jamia Mosque | |
Edinburgh Central Mosque | ![]() |
Edinburgh | 1998 | W | Officially known as the King Fahd Mosque and Islamic Centre of Edinburgh | |
Falkirk Islamic Centre[37] | Falkirk | 1992 | Sunni Muslim | |||
Glasgow Central Mosque | ![]() |
Glasgow | 1983 | D[38] | ||
Masjid Noor | Glasgow | 1998 | TJ/D | Also known as Glasgow Markaz | ||
Zia-ul-Quran Mosque | Glasgow | 200 | B | Also known as Kenmure St Masjid |
Wales
Name | Images | City | Year | Groups | Remarks |
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Al-Manar Centre | Cardiff | 1992 | SA | Formerly known as Masjid-e-Abu Hurairah. | |
Swansea Mosque | ![]() |
Swansea | 1980s | SA[39] | Formerly St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church |
Group
AMJ | Ahmadiyya Muslim Community |
B | Barelvi |
D | Deobandi |
JI | Jamaat-e-Islami |
SA | Salafi |
SU | Sufi Islam |
UKTICC | UK Turkish Islamic Cultural Centre |
UKTIA | United Kingdom Turkish Islamic Association |
TJ | Tablighi Jamaat |
W | Wahhabism |
U | Unknown |
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
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- ^ "Baitul Ahad Mosque - Newham". Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK.
- ^ "Baitul Aman Mosque - Hayes". Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK.
- ^ "Baitul Ehsan Mosque - Mitcham". Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK.
- ^ "Baitul Wahid Mosque - Feltham". Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK.
- ^ "Baitus Subhan - Croydon". Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK.
- ^ "Darus Salaam Mosque - Southall". Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK.
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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.
- ^ "Mosque – Harrow Central Mosque". Retrieved 2022-03-24.
- ^ "Palmers Green Mosque". Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ admin. "About Us". Rumi Mosque. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
- ^ "Tahir Mosque - Catford". Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK.
- ^ "Wimbledon Mosque – Your Mosque. Our community". Retrieved 2020-04-24.
- ^ "Madina Masjid & Islamic Centre (Coldhurst, Oldham, Lancashire) | Mosque Masjid Directory". www.mosquedirectory.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
- ^ "Mosque Manchester". North Manchester Jamé Masjid.
- ^ a b "Mosques in Brighton – An Muslim's Guide to Prayer – Jolly Explorer". jollyexplorer.com. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
- ^ Bauldry, Jess (14 May 2008). "Mosque finds a home in Horsham salon". The Argus. Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
- ^ "Former Foreign Secretary Visits Head of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community | Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK | Love For All Hatred For None". Retrieved 2020-06-23.
- ^ "Nasir Mosque - Gillingham". Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK.
- ^ Roberts, Anna (14 February 2011). "Four arrested after Haywards Heath mosque torched". The Argus. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ^ "Cambridge Central Mosque". Cambridge Mosque Trust. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021.
- ^ "Baitul Hafeez Mosque - Nottingham". Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK.
- ^ "Baitul Ikram Mosque - Leicester". Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK.
- ^ "Baitul Ata Mosque - Wolverhampton". Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK.
- ^ "Baitul Ehsan Mosque - Leamington Spa". Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK.
- ^ "Baitul Ghafoor Mosque - Halesowen". Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK.
- ^ "Baitul Muqeet Mosque - Walsall". Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK.
- ^ "Birmingham Central Mosque". Muslims in Britain. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ Birmingham: Photo Archived 2018-04-19 at the Wayback Machine; Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK – Darul Barakaat
- ^ "About Us". Archived from the original on 2008-01-13. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
- ^ "Telford Central Mosque". Muslims in Britain. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ Bradford: Mosque is opened by spiritual leader; Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK – Al Mahdi Mosque
- ^ "Baitul Afiyat Mosque - Sheffield". Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK.
- ^ "Baitur Rahman Mosque - Glasgow". Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK.
- ^ "🇬🇧 United Kingdom". Ahmadiyya Mosques. 2017-11-06. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
- ^ "Jamaa Masjid". Muslims in Britain. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "Falkirk Islamic Centre".
- ^ "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:
- "UK Mosque/Masjid Directory". Muslims in Britain.
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