List of mosques in the United Kingdom

This is an incomplete list of notable mosques in the United Kingdom listed by regions in Scotland, England and Wales.

England

London

Name Images City Year Groups Remarks
Abbey Mills Mosque London 1996 Sunni Muslim [1]
Aziziye Mosque
London 1983 Sunni Muslim
Brixton Mosque
London 1990 Sunni Muslim
Brick Lane Mosque / Jamme Masjid
London 1976 Sunni Muslim[2]
East London Mosque
London 1910 Sunni Muslim One of the few mosques in Britain permitted to use loudspeakers to broadcast the call to prayer.[3]
London Central Mosque
London 1977 Sunni Muslim Also known as the Islamic Cultural Centre, ICC or Regent's Park Mosque
North London Central Mosque
London 1990s Sunni Muslim[4] Also known as the Finsbury Park Mosque
Madina Mosque Trust
London 1984 Sunni Muslim - Also known as Madina Masjid or MMT
Suleymaniye Mosque
London 1999 Sunni Muslim
Waltham Forest Islamic Association Leyton, London Sunni Muslim Also known as, Jamia Ghousia Masjid, Lea Bridge Road Mosque, WFIA
White City Mosque
White City, London 2015 Sunni Muslim Also known as the White City Musalla or "The Egyptian House"
Masjid Abdul Aziz bin Baz Stratford, London 2014 Sunni Muslim Also known as Masjid bin Baz , first Salafi mosque in East London.
Leytonstone Masjid
Leytonstone, London 1976 Sunni Muslim Also known as Leytonstone Islamic Association

North West

Name Images City Year Groups Remarks
Al-Rahma mosque
Liverpool 1889 Sunni Muslim Third mosque in Great Britain
Manchester Central Mosque
Manchester Sunni Muslim Also known as Victoria Park Mosque, sometimes referred to as Jamia Mosque
Jamea Masjid
Preston 1964 Sunni Muslim.[5] Recognised as the Central Masjid of Preston and also known for its 'castle-like' Islamic architectural design.
Didsbury Mosque
Manchester 1962 Sunni Muslim Originally opened in 1883 as Albert Park Methodist Chapel

South East

Name Images City Year Groups Remarks
Chesham Mosque
Chesham (Buckinghamshire) 2005 Sunni Muslim
Madina Mosque
Horsham (West Sussex) 2008 Sunni Muslim Built in 1857 as the Jireh Independent Baptist Chapel[6]
Shah Jahan Mosque
Woking 1889 Sunni Muslim

South West

Name Images City Year Groups Remarks
Bristol Jamia Mosque
Bristol 1968 Sunni Muslim First mosque in Bristol. Largest mosque in south-west England.
Exeter Mosque Exeter 2011 Sunni Muslim

West Midlands

Name Images City Year Groups Remarks
Ghamkol Shariff Masjid Birmingham 1992 Sunni Muslim
Birmingham Central Mosque
Birmingham 1981 Sunni Muslim.[7]
Darul Barakaat Mosque
Birmingham 2004 Ahmadiyya Holds 500 worshippers[8]
Green Lane Masjid
Birmingham 1970s Sunni Muslim[9] Built 1893–1902 as a public library and baths
Telford Central Mosque
Telford Sunni Muslim[10] also known as the Shropshire Islamic Foundation
Masjid As-Salafi Birmingham 2002 Sunni Muslim

Yorkshire and the Humber

Name Images City Year Groups Remarks
Al Mahdi Mosque
Bradford 2008 Ahmadiyya Holds 1,000 worshippers[11]
Leeds Grand Mosque
Leeds Sunni Muslim
Makkah Masjid
Hyde Park, Leeds
Markazi Masjid Dewsbury (West Yorkshire) 1982 Sunni Muslim European headquarters of the Tablighi Jamaat movement
Madina Mosque
Sheffield 2006 Sunni Muslim Also known as the Wolseley Road Mosque
Stratford Street mosque
Leeds Sunni Muslim Officially the Omar Mosque or Masjid-e-Umar
Al-Jamia Suffa-Tul-Islam Grand Mosque
Bradford 2013 Sunni Muslim 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
Dundee Central Mosque
Dundee 2000 Sunni Muslim[12] Also known as the Jamia Mosque
Edinburgh Central Mosque
Edinburgh 1998 Sunni Muslim Officially known as the King Fahd Mosque and Islamic Centre of Edinburgh
Glasgow Central Mosque
Glasgow 1983 Sunni Muslim[13]

Wales

Name Images City Year Groups Remarks
Al-Manar Centre
Cardiff 1992 Sunni Muslim Formerly known as Masjid-e-Abu Hurairah.
Swansea Mosque
Swansea 1980s Sunni Muslim[14] Formerly St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Masjid Ilyas". Muslims in Britain. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Jamia Masjid". Muslims in Britain. 16 June 2017.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "Finsbury Park Mosque". Muslims in Britain. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Jamia Masjid". Muslims in Britain. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  6. ↑ Bauldry, Jess (14 May 2008). "Mosque finds a home in Horsham salon". The Argus. Newsquest Media Group. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  7. ↑ "Birmingham Central Mosque". Muslims in Britain. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  8. ↑ Birmingham: Photo; Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK – Darul Barakaat
  9. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-01-13. Retrieved 2016-09-13.
  10. ↑ "Telford Central Mosque". Muslims in Britain. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  11. ↑ Bradford: Mosque is opened by spiritual leader; Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK – Al Mahdi Mosque
  12. ↑ "Jamaa Masjid". Muslims in Britain. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  13. ↑ "Glasgow Central Mosque". Muslims in Britain. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  14. ↑ "Swansea City Mosque". Muslims in Britain. 25 April 2015.
  • Directories of British Mosques:
  • "UK Mosque/Masjid Directory". Muslims in Britain.
  • "We have 1047 mosques in the UK". Local Mosques.
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