This is a list of notable mosques in the United Kingdom listed by regions in Scotland, England and Wales.
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 | |
Wapping Noorani Masjid & Cultural Centre | Wapping,London | 2012 | U | It was previously used as a office for Tower Hamlets Homes | |
White City Mosque | White City, London | 2015 | U | Also known as the White City Musalla, "The Egyptian House" or Fine Islamic Centre | |
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 |
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 |
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 | 2016 | 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 | 2008 | Affiliated with East London Mosque and the Islamic Forum of Europe |
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] |
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 |
Name | Images | City | Year | Groups | Remarks |
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Cambridge Central Mosque [21] | Cambridge | 2019 | U |
Name | Images | City | Year | Groups | Remarks |
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Baitul Hafeez Mosque [22] | Nottingham | 2018 | AMJ | ||
Baitul Ikram Mosque [23] | Leicester | 2016 | AMJ |
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 |
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 | ||
Baitus Samad | Huddersfield | 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 |
Name | Images | City | Year | Groups | Remarks | |
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Hillview Islamic & Education Centre | Images | Glasgow | 2nd April 2021 | Sunni Muslim | Also known as Hillview Masjid | |
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 |
Name | Images | City | Year | Groups | Remarks |
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Al-Manar Centre | Cardiff | 1992 | SA | Formerly known as Masjid-e-Abu Hurairah. | |
Sadiq Mosque | Rhyl | AMJ | Formerly the 'Salem Chapel'. | ||
Swansea Mosque | Swansea | 1980s | SA [39] | Formerly St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church |
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 |
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