Baitul Hamd | |
Religious Affiliation: | Islam |
Map Type: | Northern England |
Coordinates: | 53.7924°N -1.7292°W |
Map Size: | 200 |
Location: | 393 Leeds Road, Bradford BD3 9LY |
Tradition: | Ahmadiyya |
Type: | Mosque |
Established: | 1980 |
Capacity: | 200 |
The Baitul Hamd (English: A Praiseworthy Place) is a mosque located on Leeds Road in Bradford, England. It is one of the oldest mosques of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in the UK.[1] It was formally inaugurated on 2 October 1980 by Mirza Nasir Ahmad, the third caliph of the community and can accommodate around 200 worshippers.[2]
The mosque was previously a Victorian Bath House before being converted into a mosque, bought at a cost of £31,000 from the council. Initially, the mosque was in a state of deterioration before being repaired and renovated into use. Following its renovation it served as the mission house for the community in Bradford.[3]
On the front of the mosque, two attributes of God have been engraved in and,
The mosque contains prayer halls, as well as a sports hall (renovated from the swimming pool from the former Victorian Bath House).