| Central Mosque Blackpool | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| Status | active |
| Location | |
| Location | Blackpool, England |
  Shown within Blackpool | |
| Geographic coordinates | 53°48′30″N3°02′42″W / 53.8083°N 3.0449°W |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Mosque |
| Style | Indo-Saracenic |
| Completed | 2005 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 500 |
| Minaret(s) | 1 |
| Website | |
| blackpool-mosque.co.uk | |
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The mosque was originally housed in a building on Rigby Road, before moving to its own purpose-built building on Revoe Street. In January 2005 the mosque won a heritage award from Blackpool Civic Trust. [1]
The current Imam is Maulana Ashfaq Patel, who is also the Muslim chaplain at Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre hospitals. The mosque is a member of the Blackpool Area Faith Forum.[ citation needed ]
The mosque houses a 500-person-capacity main prayer hall, a daily prayer hall, a ladies prayer room and 7 classrooms.[ citation needed ]
The Blackpool Islamic Community Centre (BICC) runs classes, seminars and events for Muslims and non-Muslims. [2]
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