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
Faizan-e-Madina Mosque Peterborough (Sunni Islam)

London

Name Images City Year Groups Remarks
Abbey Mills Mosque London 1910 Tablighi Jamaat, Deobandi (Sunni Islam)
Aziziye Mosque
London 1983 Turkish (Sunni Islam)
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 (Sunni Islam)
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.[1]
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 (Sunni Islam) Until 2005 it was known as Finsbury Park Mosque
Suleymaniye Mosque
London 1999 Turkish (Sunni Islam)

North East

Name Images City Year Groups Remarks
Nasir Mosque
Hartlepool 2005 Ahmadiyya

North West

Name Images City Year Groups Remarks
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 (Sunni Islam) Recognised as the Central Masjid of Preston and also known for its 'castle-like' Islamic architectural design.
Didsbury Mosque
Manchester 1962 Arab community (Sunni Islam) Originally opened in 1883 as Albert Park Methodist Chapel

South East

Name Images City Year Groups Remarks
Chesham Mosque
Chesham (Buckinghamshire) 2005 Sunni Islam
Madina Mosque
Horsham (West Sussex) 2008 Sunni Islam Built in 1857 as the Jireh Independent Baptist Chapel[2]
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
Ghamkol Shariff Masjid Birmingham 1992 Barelvi (Sunni Islam)
Birmingham Central Mosque
Birmingham 1981 Deobandi (Sunni Islam)
Darul Barakaat Mosque
Birmingham 2004 Ahmadiyya Hold 500 worshippers[3]
Green Lane Masjid
Birmingham 1970s Ahle Hadith[4] (Sunni Islam) Built 1893–1902 as a public library and baths
Telford Central Mosque
Telford Shropshire Islamic Foundation (Sunni Islam)
Masjid As-Salafi Birmingham 2002 Salafi (Sunni Islam)

Yorkshire and the Humber

Name Images City Year Groups Remarks
Al Mahdi Mosque
Bradford 2008 Ahmadiyya Holds 2,000 worshippers[5]
Leeds Grand Mosque
Leeds Barelvi (Sunni Islam)
Markazi Masjid Dewsbury (West Yorkshire) 1982 Tablighi Jamaat, Deobandi (Sunni Islam) European headquarters of the Tablighi Jamaat movement
Medina 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 8000 worshippers and also known as the "Bradford Grand Mosque"

Scotland

Name Images City Year Groups Remarks
Dundee Central Mosque
Dundee 2000 Sunni Islam 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 (Sunni Islam)

Wales

Name Images City Year Groups Remarks
Al-Manar Centre Cardiff 1992 (Sunni Islam) Formerly known as Masjid-e-Abu Hurairah.

See also

References

  1. 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.
  2. Bauldry, Jess (14 May 2008). "Mosque finds a home in Horsham salon". The Argus. Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  3. Birmingham: Photo; Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK – Darul Barakaat
  4. http://www.greenlanemasjid.org/About-Us.aspx
  5. Bradford: Mosque is opened by spiritual leader; Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK – Al Mahdi Mosque

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