Pre 1900
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| 1860? | Cardiff | | | | | | 2 Glynrhondda Street, Cathays, Cardiff - the earliest registered Muslim Prayer site in the UK, established 1860. The date of establishment is now being questioned and could be found to be entirely inaccurate. | | info |
1887 | Liverpool
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| | | | 8 Brougham Terrace, West Derby Road, Liverpool - recognised as the earliest mosque in England, established by William Henry 'Abdullah' Quilliam officially opened on 25th December 1889, however, accounts of worship and Muslim activity pre-date this to 1887. There are also reports that prayers were performed at his house in Mount Vernon Street before this.
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1889
| Woking, Surrey
| | 1st
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| | Shah Jahan Mosque, Woking - the first purpose built mosque in Britain (and possibly Western Europe outside Muslim Spain), opened Oct-Nov 1889. | | info |
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1917
| Woking, Surrey
| | 1st
| | | | The Muslim Burial Ground, Horsell Common, Woking - UK’s first official Muslim burial ground, 1917. Bodies were moved to Brookwood Cemetery because of vandalism and the site now remains redundant. The site is Grade II listed. | | info |
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| Woking, Surrey
| | | | | | Brookwood Cemetery, Woking - was once UK’s largest and most famous Muslim burial ground. | | info |
1926
| Southfields, London
| | 1st
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| | Fazl Mosque, Southfields, London - established 23rd October 1926 by the Ahmadiyya community. London's earliest mosque building. | | info |
1930~ | South Shields
| | 1st
| | | | Zawiyas, 45 Cutherbert Street, South Shields, established in the 1930s. | | info
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1930~ | Cardiff
| | | | | | South Wales Islamic Centre, Butetown, Cardiff - established in the late 1930s. | | info |
1940
| London - Tower Hamlets | | | | | | East London Mosque & London Muslim Centre - 446-448 Commercial Road, established 1940. Moved to 45 Fieldgate Street, Stepney in 1975. | | info |
1942
| South Glamorgan
| | 1st
| | | | Islamic Mosque, rear of 50 Thompson Street, South Glamorgan - registered on 1st October 1942. Unregistered in 1980. | | info
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1943
| Birmingham | | 1st
| | | | Mosque, Edward Road, Balsall Heath, Birmingham - registered in 1943. | | info
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1944 | London - Westminster
| | | | | | Regent's Park Mosque (London Central Mosque Trust Ltd and the Islamic Cultural Centre) - fund established in 1940, gifted by King George in 1944, opened 1977. | | info |
1944
| Glasgow
| | 1st | | | | Oxford Street, Glasgow - first mosque to be established in Glasgow 1944. | | info
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1944
| Birmingham
| | | | | | Mosque, Speedwell Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham - bought in 1944 and registered for solemnising marriages on 8th June 1965. | | info
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1946
| Sheffield
| | 1st
| | | | Moslem Mosque, Room on ground floor, 48 Worksop Road, Sheffield - registered as a place of worship 13th August 1946.
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1947
| Cardiff | | 1st | | PB | | Peel Street Mosque, Cardiff - Wales first purpose built mosque, opened in 1947. | | info |
1940~ | Manchester
| | 1st | | | | Manchester Central Mosque and Islamic Cultural Centre, Upper Park Road, Victoria Park - established in the 1940s. There are reports of congregated Muslim worship in this vicinity far earlier than this date. | | info
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1950s
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1954 | Oxford | | 1st
| | | | Mosque, Basement in Walton Street, Oxford - known to be the first mosque in Oxford, opened in 1954. Moved to Bath Road in 1968. | | info
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1956
| Newcastle | | 1st
| | | | Mosque, 233 Westmorland Street, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne - registered for solemnising marriages on 13th September 1956. | | info
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1956 | London - Westminster | |
| | | | Malaysia Hall, 46 Bryanstan Square - established in 1956 by the Malaysian embassy for High Commission staff and Malaysian students studying in ngland. | | TBC
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1958
| Leeds
| | 1st
| | | | Masjid-e-Jinnah, Ground and first floor, 21 Leopold Street, Leeds - established in 1958 and registered for solemnising marriages on 10th October 1965. | | info |
1959
| Bradford
| | 1st
| | | | Mosque, 30 Howard Street, Bradford - established 1959 and registered for solemnising marriages on 21st March 1963. | | info |
| 1960s | | | | | | | | | |
1960
| Coventry
| | 1st
| | | | Mosque, Eagle Street, Coventry - founded in 1960 and registered in 1961. | | info
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1962 | South Shields
| | | | | | Mosque, First and second floor, Brunswick Street, South Shields - registered for solemnising marriages on 9th February 1962. Unregistered in 1980. | | info
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1962
| Blackburn | | 1st
| | | | Jaame Masjid, Blackburn - established 1962 in 2 adjoining terrace houses, reported to be the first mosque in Blackburn. | | info
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1962 | Walsall
| | 1st
| | | | Muslim Prayer House, 56 South Street, Walsall - reported bought in 1962 and registered in 1966.
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1964
| Middlesbrough
| | 1st
| | | | Middlesbrough Mosque, 162 Grange Road, Middlesbrough - registered for solemnising marriages on 5th October 1964. Unregistered in 1980. | | info |
1964
| London - Canning Town | |
| | | | Canning Town Mosque and Community Centre - established in Starr Lane, E16. Moved to 269 Barking Road, E13 in 1983 | | TBC
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1965
| Sheffield
| | | | | | Moslem Mosque, 13 Industry Road, Sheffield - registered for solemnising marriages on 4th August 1965. | | info
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1965
| Didsbury
| | 1st
| | | | Didsbury Mosque & Islamic Centre - acquired in 1965, originally a Methodist Chapel built 1883. | | info
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1965
| Leicester | | 1st
| | | | The Islamic Centre, 2a Sutherland Street, Leicester - known to be the oldest mosque in Leicester, work started in 1965 and was constitued on 3rd December 1968. | | info
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1965 | London - Newham | | 1st
| | | | East Ham Jamia Mosque, Manor Park - orginally established in 1965 in a small house. The community soon moved to a larger house on Colwa Road and then in 1976 bought and converted a bombed out cinema on High Street North. | | TBC
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1965 | London - Wandsworth | |
| | | | Idara-E-Jafariya, Church Lane, Tooting - initially established in 1965, moved to the present location sometime later. | | TBC
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| 1965~ | Bolton
| | 1st
| | | | Mosque and madrassa. 43 Walter Strreet, Bolton - set up in 1965
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1965~
| Liverpool
| | | | | | Al Rahma Mosque, Liverpool - acquired in 1965, construction was completed in 1974. | | info
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1966
| Manchester
| | | | | | New Mosque, 82-84 Pigott Street, Greenheys, Manchester - registered for solemnising marriages on 10th February 1966. | | info
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1966
| Batley
| | 1st
| | | | Mosque, 206 Bradford Road, Batley, West Yorkshire - registered for solemnising marriages on 31st March 1966. | | info
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1966 | London - Ilford | | 1st
| | | | Ilford Islamic Centre - was founded as the Muslim Welfare Association in 1966. It has been at the present site 52 - 56 Albert Road site 1977. | | TBC
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1966 | London - Ealing | |
| | | | Pakistan Welfare Association, Islamic Centre and Mosque, 101 - 105 Townsend Road, Southall - established in a house 1966. | | TBC
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1967
| Gloucester
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| | | | Mosque, Ryecroft Street, Gloucester - known to be the oldest mosque in Gloucester, acquired two vacant houses in 1966, prayers started 1967 and was registered in 1968. | | info
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1967
| Blackburn
| | | | | | Mosque, 40 Billinge Street, Blackburn - registered for solemnising marriages on 14th February 1967. | | info
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1967
| Oldham
| | 1st
| | | | Mosque, 16 Churchill Street, Oldham - registered on 19th September 1967. Unregistered in 1980. | | info
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1967~
| Bolton
| | | | | | Mosque. Peace Street, Bolton - established in 1967 by converting an old Methodist Church.
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1967~
| South Shields
| | | | | | Al-Azhar Mosque, South Shields - established ???, evidence of existence 1967, Visited by boxer Mohammad Ali to have his marriage blessed in 1977. | | info |
1968
| Sheffield
| | | | | | Jamia Mosque, Bodmin Street, Attercliffe, Sheffield - registered on 1st March 1968. Unregistered in 1980. | | info
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1968
| Dewsbury
| | 1st
| | | | Mosque, Two rooms ground floor and one room first floor, 8 Barber Street, Dewsbury - registered on 3rd April 1968. Unregistered in 1979. | | info
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1968
| Bristol
| | 1st
| | | | Bristol Mosque, Green Street, Totterdown, Bristol - established in 1968, registered for solemnising marriages on 20th June 1969. | | info
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1968?
| Hyndburn | | | | | | Accrington Mosque, Accrington, Hyndburn - rumoured to be established in 1968. | | TBC
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1969
| Reading | | 1st
| | | | Mosque, 28 Boults Walk, Reading - registered for solemnising marriages on 23rd April 1969. | | info
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1969 | Walsall
| | | | | | 102 Wednesbury Road, Walsall - opened 1969. | | info
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1969
| Birmingham
| | | | | | Birmingham Central Mosque, 180 Belgrave Road, Birmingham - established in 1969, officially opened in 1975. | | info
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1969 | London - Balham
| | | | | | Balham Mosque, 15a Laitwood Road, Balham - in 1969 a Ibadat khana was established at a house in Tooting, in 1973 15 Laitwood Road was purchased and facilities moved move. It was registered for solemnising marriages on 17th September 1975. | | info
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1970s
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1970
| Leicester
| | | | | | 146 - 150 Berners Street, Leicester - given planning consent on 7th January 1970 for the conversion of the premises to a mosque. | | info
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1970 | London - Charlton | |
| | | | Charlton Mosque & Pakistan Welfare Association - established in 1970 moved to Ransom Road in 1974. | | TBC
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1971
| Birmingham | | | | | | Pakistan Welfare Society, Mosque, Ground and first floor, 97 Rutter Street, Walsall, Birmingham - registered on 8th November 1971. Unregistered in 1979. | | info
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1971
| Derby
| | 1st
| | | | Mosque, 54 Dairyhouse Road, Derby - registered for solemnising marriages on 26th November 1971. | | info
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1971
| Swansea
| | 1st
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| | Swansea City Mosque & Islamic Centre, St Helen's Road - purpose built in Swansea in 1971. | | info
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1972
| Sheffield
| | | | | | Noor Al Hardy Mosque, 62 Shirland Avenue, Attercliffe, Sheffield - registered on 3rd July 1972. Unregistered in 1982. | | info
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1972 | London - Newham
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| | | | Islamic Centre Upton Park, 72 - 74 Selwyn Road, Plaistow - established in 1972 at 72 Selwyn Road and extended next door to 74 Selwyn Road in 1978. | | TBC
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1973
| Tameside
| | 1st
| | | | Muslim Welfare Centre and Mosque, 71 Stamford Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside, Greater Manchester - registered for solemnising marriages on 3rd December 1973. | | info
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1973
| London - Hackney | | | | | | Mosque, 82 Forburg Road, North London - known to be the oldest mosque in the Hackney area, registered in 1974. | | info
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1973
| London - Lambeth | | | | | | South London Islamic Centre, 8 Mitcham Lane, Streatham - established in 1973. | | TBC
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1974
| Manchester
| | | | | | Islamic Academy of Manchester, Upper Brook Street - established in 1974. Built in 1837 as a church. It is Grade II* listed. | | TBC
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1974
| Leicester | | | | | | Function Hall / Canteen, Imperial Typewriters Buildings, Leicester, 1974. | | info
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1974 | London - Waltham Forest | |
| | | | Leytonstone Mosque, Dacre Road - The association was established in 1974 when a local church hall was rented for Eid prayers. | | TBC
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1974 | London - Tottenham |
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| | | | Tottenham Mosque, Clyde Road - reported orginated in a small house nearby in 1974. | | TBC
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1974 | London - Woolwich | |
| | | | Greenwich Mosque & Islamic Centre, 131 Plumstead Road - eastablished in 1974. | | TBC
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1974 | London - Hammersmith & Fulham
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| | | | Shepherd's Bush Mosque - established in 1974 and moved to its present local at 302 Uxbridge Road in 1987. | | TBC
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early 1970~ | Salford
| | 1st
| | | | 49 Peel Street, Eccles, Salford, Greater Manchester - in the early 1970s the community established a prayer room at the home of Mr H. Al-Haideri. The community grew and went on to purchase 5 and then 7 Liverpool Street. | | info
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early 1970~
| London - Croydon
| | | | | | Croydon Mosque & Islamic Centre, Wellesley Road, Croydon - established in the early 1970s | | info
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1975 | Salford
| | | | | | Mosque, Ground floor, 5 Gardener Street, Penleton, Salford - registered on 10th April 1975. Unregistered in 1980. | | info
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1975
| Southampton | | 1st
| | | | Mosque, 189 Northumberland Road, Southampton - registered for solemnising marriages on 13th May 1975. | | info
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1975
| Bradford
| | | | | | Jamia Mosque, Woodhead Road, Bradford - registered for solemnising marriages on 9th June 1975. | | info
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1975
| Bradford
| | | | | | Tabligh-Ul-Islam Vamia Mosque, 68/69 Southfields Square, Bradford - registered for solemnising marriages on 16th July 1975. | | info
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1975
| Burton
| | 1st
| | | | Byrkley Street, Burton-upon-Trent, East Staffordshire - opened in 1975. | | info
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1975
| London - Westminster | |
| | | | West End Mosque & Islamic Centre (Piccadilly Mosque), 10 Berwick Street - founded approx 1975. | | TBC
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1975
| London - Brent | |
| | | | Mosque & Islamic Centre of Brent, 33a Howard Road - reportedly established in 1975. | | TBC
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1976
| Luton
| | 1st
| | | | Jamia Mosque, 2 Westbourne Road, Luton - registered for solemnising marriages on 26th January 1976. | | info
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1976
| London - Brent | |
| | | | Wembley Mosque and Islamic Centre, 5 Stanley Avenue, Wembley - registered for solemnising marriages on 12th March 1976. | | info
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1976
| Liverpool
| | | | | | Al Rahma Mosque, 29-37 Hatherley Road, Liverpool - registered for solemnising marriages on 6th April 1976. | | info
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1976
| Pendle
| | 1st
| | | | Jamia Mosque Sutania, one room ground floor and one room first floor, 7 Bridge Street, Brierfield, Burnley & Pendle - registered on 6th April 1976. Unregistered in 1979. | | info
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1976
| Sunderland
| | 1st
| | | | Mosque, 21 Western Hill, Sunderland - registered for solemnising marriages on 28th April 1976. | | info
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1976
| London - Tower Hamlets
| | | | | | London Jamme Masjid (Brick Lane Mosque), 59 Brick Lane - established in 1976. Built in 1743 as a Protestant Church, became a Synangue in 1897. | | TBC
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1976 | London - Ealing | |
| | | | Central Jamia Masjid, Montague Way, Southall - reported established in 1976. | | TBC
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1977
| Huddersfield
| | 1st
| | | | Ahmadiyya Muslim Mosque, rear of 4 Central Avenue, Fartown, Huddersfield - registered on 11th February 1977. Unregistered in 1980. | | info
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1977
| Blackburn | | | | | | Mosque, One room first floor, 8A Sudell Road, Darwen, Blackburn - registered on 7th March 1977. Unregistered in 1983. | | info |
1977
| Worcester | | 1st
| | | | Mosque, 52 Shrub Hill Road, Worcester - registered for solemnising marriages on 29th March 1977. | | info
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1977
| London - Greenwich | | 1st
| | | | Charlton Mosque, one room ground floor, 81 Floyd Road, Charlton - registered on 16th September 1977. Unregistered in 1980. | | info
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1977
| London - Waltham Forest
| | | | | | Jamia Mosque, 439-451 Lea Bridge Road, Leyton, Waltham Forest - registered for solemnising marriages on 28th November 1977. | | info
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1977
| London - Merton
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| | | | Wimbledon Mosque, 262-270 Durnsford Road, Wimbledon - opened in 1977. | | info
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1977
| Burton
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| | Princess Street, Burton-upon-Trent - thought to be the fifth purpose built mosque in the country, opened 1977. | | info
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1977 | London - Merton | |
| | | | Dar ul Amaan Islamic Centre, 54 Merton High Street, Colliers Wood - was established in 1977 and moved to a disused garment factory in 1984 | | TBC
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1977 | London - Haringey | |
| | | | Enfield Jamie Masjid, 228 High Street, Ponders End - reportedly established in 1977. | | TBC
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1978
| London - Waltham Forest | | | | | | Leytonstone Mosque, Dacre Road, Leytonstone, Waltham Forrest - registered for solemnising marriages on 13th February 1978. | | info
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1978
| Leeds
| | | | | | Jamai Masjid, 184 Woodhouse Lane, Leeds - registered for solemnising marriages on 18th April 1978.
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1978 | Belfast
| | 1st
| | | | Belfast Islamic Centre, 38 Wellington Park, Belfast - established 1978. | | info
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1978
| Blackburn
| | | | | | Bicknell Street, Blackburn - converted to a mosque in 1978, was formerly a school. | | info
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1979
| Birmingham | | | | | | Masjid, Ground floor and one room first floor, 6 Forest Road, Moseley, Birmingham - registered on 30th August 1979. Unregistered in 1982. | | info
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1979
| Bolton
| | | | | | Medina Mosque, Ground and first floor, 3 Church Street, Bolton - registered on 5th October 1979. Unregistered in 1980. | | info
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1979
| London - Hackney
| | | | | | North London Mosque, 70 Cazenove Road, Stoke Newington - formed in 1978, registered for solemnising marriages on 7th December 1979. | | info
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1979
| Birmingham | | | | | | Green Lane Masjid, Birmingham - acquired in 1979. | | info
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1979
| Dewsbury
| | | | | | Dewsbury Cemetery - extended in 1979 to provide a Muslim burial area.
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1979 | London - Kingston | |
| | | | Kingston Mosque (East Road Mosque), 55 - 55a East Road - established in 1979. | | info
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1979 | London - Barnet | |
| | | | Hendon Islamic Centre & Mosque, Brentville Road - reportedly established in 1979. | | TBC
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1970~ | Leeds
| | | | | | Stratford Street Mosque, 29 Stratford Street, Beeston, Leeds - bought in 1968, converted into a mosque sometime in the 1970s. | | info
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1970~ | Leeds
| | | | | | Makki Masjid & Madrasa - Vicarage Road, Hyde Park, Leeds - reportedly opened in the 1970s. | | TBC
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1980s+
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1983
| Glasgow
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| | Glasgow Central Mosque - purpose built in 1983. | | |
1992 | Cardiff | | | | | | 2 Glynrhondda Street, Cathays, Cardiff - ealry reports suggested this mosque was established in 1860, however, this date has been questioned and has been proved to be a 'myth'. The Al-Manar Centre that now resides at that location was established in 1992. | | info |
1998
| Edinburgh
| | | | PB
| | Edinburgh Central Mosque - opened 31 July 1998, it combines traditional Islamic architecture with Scottish Baronial. | | |
1999
| London - Merton
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| | Baitul Futah Mosque, 181 London Road, Morden - foundation stone laid 19th Oct 1999, opened 3rd Oct 2003. It is reported to be the largest mosque in western Europe, built on a 5.2 acre site and having a capacity for over 11,500 worshippers. [Link] | | |
