Visits and Tours

Throughout the year we receive visitors from various organisations and establishments who travel from all around the world to see the mosque. A great deal of visitors are from faith, inter-faith and educational institutions wishing to further their understanding of Islamic lifestyle and worship.

Tourists make up a large part of the international visitors along with foreign students and delegations from Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Middle-East and Asia. The mosque mostly receives a high number of bookings from groups and individuals from in and around Britain as well as from within its primary region, the West Midlands.

Birmingham Central Mosque is one of the most recognised religious buildings in the city of Birmingham and a result, a vast number of people visit the mosque every year. The mosque has a special Guest Book which visitors have been signing since 1984; all visitors are encouraged to leave their messages about the mosque in the book.

The Birmingham Central Mosque is open to visitors throughout the year. We receive a large number of visitors from schools, colleges and universities wishing to find out more about the workings of a mosque and the Islamic faith for projects and studies.

We also have a number of faith-based groups, organisational visits and tourists who visit the mosque. Most visits are booked via the main office and in writing. We must have notice of at least two weeks for a visit so that we can make the necessary arrangements. We have three main hosts on hand to cater for groups of different ages. City-visiting tourists may drop in without prior appointment.

A normal visit consists of an observation of prayer, a tour of the mosque building and a Q&A or discussion session. Light refreshments and worksheets are also provided for younger visitors.

To book a visit, please contact the Mosque on: 0121 440 5355 or email us at enquiries@centralmosque.org.uk

You may download a booking form here.

Disabled Users

The Birmingham Central Mosque understands that a number of the users of the mosque have difficulties with mobility and therefore may be restricted from making use of certain facilities in everyday life.

At the Central Mosque, we aim to ensure that our facilities do not fall into that category of restriction. The mosque endeavours to provide facilities that are available for all, regardless of their medical conditions and constraints.

For drivers with disability, we provide disables car parking spaces in both our forecourt car park and our main car park situated right beside the mosque. However, it is requested that all disabled users clearly display their disabled badges to prevent a ticket or a fine. Cars without badges have no right to park in disabled parking spaces.

Throughout the ground floor of the mosque, we have floor level entrances and exits without any raised entrance steps. This is done to allow free access to wheelchairs and to those with difficulty with walking. Because all of our ground floor is level, we do not require ramps.

The mosque has a lift installed on the ground floor to take any disabled users to the second floor to access the main prayer hall. The lift is regularly checked to ensure that is in appropriate working order but has an alarm and an electronic air vent, should there be any problems.

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