Blackpool Central Mosque

Central Mosque Blackpool

Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Status	active
Location
Location	Blackpool, England
Shown within Blackpool
Geographic coordinates	53°48′30″N 3°02′42″W / 53.8083°N 3.0449°W / 53.8083; -3.0449
Architecture
Type	Mosque
Style	Indo-Saracenic
Completed	2005
Specifications
Capacity	500
Minaret(s)	1
Website
blackpool-mosque.co.uk

Blackpool Central Mosque and Islamic Community Centre is a Sunni mosque in Blackpool, Lancashire, England.

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History

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]}

Facilities

The mosque houses a 500-person-capacity main prayer hall, a daily prayer hall, a ladies prayer room and 7 classrooms.^{[citation needed]}

Blackpool Islamic Community Centre

The Blackpool Islamic Community Centre (BICC) runs classes, seminars and events for Muslims and non-Muslims.^[2]

References

^ "Jewels in the crown receive their reward". Blackpool Gazette. 24 January 2005. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
^ "Blackpool Central Mosque and Islamic Community Centre". www.fyidirectory.co.uk. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

External links

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Buildings and structures in Blackpool

Grade I

Blackpool Tower

Grade II*

Grand Theatre Winter Gardens Empress Ballroom Opera House Theatre
Places of worship	Sacred Heart Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes

Grade II

Big Dipper Blue Flyer Central Library The Elms Odeon Cinema Grand National Grundy Art Gallery Little Marton Mill Miners' Convalescent Home North Pier
Places of worship	Bispham United Hebrew Holy Trinity St John

Unlisted

Blackpool Pleasure Beach Carleton Crematorium Central Pier Houndshill Shopping Centre Isle of Man to England Interconnector South Pier Trinity Hospice Victoria Hospital Zoo
Hotels	Cliffs Grand Metropole Imperial Norbreck Castle
Places of worship	Central Mosque Reform Jewish Noor-A-Madina Mosque St Mark St Stephen on-the-Cliffs St Thomas

Demolished

Lists

Listed

v t e Mosques in the United Kingdom
England	Al Mahdi Mosque Al-Rahma Mosque Abbey Mills Mosque Aziziye Mosque Baitul Futuh Mosque Baitus Salaam Mosque Banbury Mosque Birmingham Central Mosque Blackpool Central Mosque Bradford Grand Mosque Brick Lane Mosque Brixton Mosque Bristol Jamia Mosque Chesham Mosque Croydon Mosque Darul Amaan Mosque Darul Barakaat Mosque Didsbury Mosque Dudley Central Mosque East London Mosque Fazl Mosque Forest Gate Mosque Ghamkol Shariff Masjid, Birmingham Green Lane Masjid Harrow Central Mosque Islamic Centre of England Jamea Masjid, Preston Jaame Masjid, Blackburn Jamia Mosque Sultania, Brierfield Kingston Mosque Leeds Grand Mosque Leytonstone Mosque London Central Mosque Madina Masjid & Islamic Centre Madina Mosque, Horsham Madina Mosque (Preston) Manchester Central Mosque Markazi Masjid, Dewsbury Markazi Masjid, Tower Hamlets Madina Mosque Mubarak Mosque Nasir Mosque Noor-A-Madina Mosque, Blackpool Noor-ur-Islam Mosque (Leyton, Waltham Forest) North London Central Mosque North Manchester Jamia Mosque Westwood Mosque Redditch Central Mosque As-Salafi Mosque Shacklewell Lane Mosque Shah Jahan Mosque, Woking Shropshire Islamic Foundation Stratford Street Mosque Suleymaniye Mosque Umar Mosque Upper Brook Street Chapel, Manchester Wembley Central Mosque Westwood Mosque
Northern Ireland	Belfast Islamic Centre
Scotland	Aberdeen Mosque and Islamic Centre Al-Furqan Mosque Al Maktoum Mosque, Dundee Ayrshire Central Mosque Central Scotland Islamic Centre (Stirling, Scotland) Dumfries Islamic Society Dundee Central Mosque Glasgow Central Mosque Edinburgh Central Mosque Inverness Masjid Jame Masjid Bilal, Dundee Masjid Noor, Glasgow Masjid Tajdare Madina, Dundee Perth Mosque, Scotland Syed Shah Mustafa Jamee Masjid, Aberdeen
Wales	Al-Manar Centre Masjid-e-Zawiyah Shah Jalal Mosque, Cardiff Swansea Mosque
Category Islam in the United Kingdom Mosques by country

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