Birmingham Central Mosque is the second purpose built mosque in the United Kingdom. It was built in 1969 and opened to the public in 1975 as the largest mosque in Western Europe. Since the mosque was built, it has become a focal point for the Birmingham Muslim community. Over the years, Muslims/non-Muslims have used this mosque’s premises for events such as meetings, lectures, studies, community and educational purposes.

The original mosque itself has got two floors. On the first floor, there is a large Main Hall for prayers which accommodate around 3000 worshippers at any one time. In addition, there is a Ladies’ prayer room to accommodate about 400 women.

over the yeas, the existing mosque facilities have reached their maximum  capacity and many of the facilities were not fir for the current environment. For that reason, a permission for a new development was obtained for the redevelopment of the front section of the mosque. This new development includes the demolishing the front single story section and the external winding stairs while reconfiguring the internal ground floor space, erection of the spate of art annex building to the front of the mosque and uplifting all elevations. This new development by Archi-Structure Ltd offers the the opportunity for more constructive activities to take place.

According to the new development, the mosque currently has got three floors. On the first floor there is a large Main Hall for prayers which can easily accommodate around 3,000 worshippers at any one time. In addition to that there are two Ladies’ Gallery on the third floor to accommodate about 1500 women. The ground floor is divided into various areas providing office accommodation, community halls
(banqueting halls), an extensive Islamic library, educational classrooms and a large school hall area which is used for prayers and other activities. On special days like Eids, when
demand is high, both the Main Prayer Hall and the School Hall are used for prayers providing accommodation for approx 8000 people. On Eid day, there are five prayer
services during which between 15,000 to 20,000 worshippers attend the mosque for the special services, and on Fridays the gathering is about 4,000 plus.