Abbey Mills Mosque

The Abbey Mills Mosque, also known as the London Markaz or Masjid-e-Ilyas, is a temporary mosque located in Stratford, east London, accommodating around 2,500 people.

Photo: Gordon Joly, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Mosque
Description: proposed mosque that was to have been built in London
Also known as: “Controversia sulla nuova moschea di Londra” and “Masjid Ilyas”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: West Ham station and London Stadium.

West Ham station

Railway station

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West Ham is an interchange station in West Ham in the London Borough of Newham, East London. It is on the London, Tilbury and Southend line, 4 miles 8 chains down the line from Fenchurch Street in Central London. West Ham station is situated 510 feet southeast of Abbey Mills Mosque.

London Stadium

Stadium

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London Stadium is a multi-purpose outdoor stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in the Stratford district of London. It is located in the Lower Lea Valley, 6 miles east of central London. London Stadium is situated 1 mile northwest of Abbey Mills Mosque.

Channelsea Island

Islet

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Channelsea Island is a small man-made island in the centre of the Channelsea River in East London, near Three Mills Island in the London Borough of Newham. Channelsea Island is situated 590 feet west of Abbey Mills Mosque.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mill Meads and West Ham.

Mill Meads

Quarter

Mill Meads is an area in the borough of Newham in east London, located on the border with Tower Hamlets.

West Ham

Suburb

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West Ham is a district in East London, England and is in the London Borough of Newham. It is an inner-city suburb located 6.1 mi east of Charing Cross.

Three Mills

Neighborhood

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The Three Mills are former working mills and an island of the same name on the River Lea. It is one of London’s oldest surviving industrial centres. The mills lie in the London Borough of Newham, but despite lying on the Newham side of the Lea, access is principally from the western, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, side of the river.

Abbey Mills Mosque

Categories: place of worship and religion
Location: Newham, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.52907° or 51° 31′ 45″ north

Longitude

0.00294° or 0° 0′ 11″ east

Open location code

9F32G2H3+J5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8968175244

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

Wikidata ID

Q3866047

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Abbey Mills Mosque” goes by many names.

Arabic: “مسجد آبي ميلز”
Bengali: “অ্যাবে মিলস মসজিদ”
Chinese: “亞比米爾斯清真寺”
Dutch: “Abbey Mills Mosque”
Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد آبى ميلز”
Fulah: “Abbey Mills Mosque”
Hausa: “Masallacin Abbey Mills”
Indonesian: “Masjid Abbey Mills”
Italian: “moschea di Londra”
Italian: “Moschea di Londra”
Japanese: “アビーミルズ・モスク”
Urdu: “ایبی ملز مسجد”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Greenway and British Transport Police.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Riverine Centre and GTEC House.

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