Building Name: | Central Mosque Blackpool |
Map Type: | United Kingdom Blackpool |
Map Size: | 200 |
Location: | Blackpool, England |
Coordinates: | 53.8083°N -3.0449°W |
Religious Affiliation: | Islam |
Functional Status: | active |
Website: | blackpool-mosque.co.uk |
Architecture: | yes |
Architecture Type: | Mosque |
Architecture Style: | Indo-Saracenic |
Year Completed: | 2005 |
Specifications: | yes |
Capacity: | 500 |
Minaret Quantity: | 1 |
Blackpool Central Mosque and Islamic Community Centre is a Sunni mosque in Blackpool, Lancashire, England.
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.
The mosque houses a 500-person-capacity main prayer hall, a daily prayer hall, a ladies prayer room and 7 classrooms.
The Blackpool Islamic Community Centre (BICC) runs classes, seminars and events for Muslims and non-Muslims.[2]