Umar Mosque

The Umar Mosque, also known as Masjid Umar, is a , located at 5-7 Evington Drive, in , , , in the . Initially two residential properties, the buildings were demolished in 1999.
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Denomination: Sunni
  • Description: mosque in Leicester, England
  • Also known as: “Evington Muslim Centre”, “Khazinat Al-‘Ilm”, and “Masjid Umar”
  • Address: 1-3 Evington Drive, Leicester, LE5 5PF

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Philip’s and Leicester railway station.

Church
Photo: Phil Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a church.

Railway station
Photo: Stephen Pointer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a main line railway station in the city of , in , England. The station is managed by East Midlands Railway and owned by Network Rail. is situated 1 mile northwest of Umar Mosque.

School
is a Muslim secondary school in , . Based in the neighbourhood, caters for the city's Muslim population, with 450 places for boys and girls each. is situated 1,500 feet north of Umar Mosque.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Evington Valley and Stoneygate.

Locality
is an area in , . It is roughly bounded by East Park Road to the west, Chesterfield/Ethel Road to the north, Wakerly Road to the east and to the south borders .

Suburb
is part of the City of , England. Situated on the south-east side of the city some two miles from the centre, is a mainly residential suburb characterised by its large Victorian houses.

Suburb
is an area, suburb, electoral ward and administrative division of the city of , in the ceremonial county of , England.

Umar Mosque

Latitude
52.62423° or 52° 37′ 27″ north
Longitude
-1.10183° or 1° 6′ 7″ west
Open location code
9C4WJVFX+M7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 405292731
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­mosque
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­sunni
Wiki­data ID
Q6783356
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Umar Mosque” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مسجد عمر”
  • Dutch: “Omar-moskee (Leicester)”
  • Dutch: “Omar-moskee”
  • Fulah: “Umar Mosque”
  • Urdu: “عمر مسجد لسیسٹر”
  • Uzbek: “Umar masjidi (Leicester)”
  • Uzbek: “Umar masjidi”

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Highlights include Land of Learning Primary School and Evington Valley Primary School.

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