Loughborough and Leicester are home to many peoples of a wide variety of faiths.
The temples in Loughborough are perhaps not as grand as those in Leicester.
Shree Ram Krishna Temple, Alfred Street
Gujarati Hindu Temple
Geeta Bhawan
Lemyngton Street
Punjabi Hindu Temple
Sikh Gurdwara
Clarence Street
Loughborough Mosque
King Street
Muslim Prayer Hall
James France Building
Loughborough University
For all these places of worship, please respect traditions and principles, be prepared to remove your shoes, wear modest clothing, cover your head in the Gurdwara.
Leicester Central Mosque
Highfields
Magnificent domed space of prayer
0116 254 4459
www.islamiccentre.org
Masjid Umar
Evington, Leicester
Stunning, newly built mosque
0116 273 5529
Leicester Jain Centre
Oxford Street
The only centre of its kind in the UK, and even in Europe
Breathtaking carved stone shrine.
Visitors are welcomed. Please respect their principles of non-violence to all. Do not wear leather, women should not visit during menstruation.
0116 254 3091
www.jaincentre.com
Southwell Minster
Home of Nottingham Diocese
01636 812649
www.southwellminster.org
Shree Sanatan Mandir
Weymouth Street, Leicester
Beautifully decorated Hindu temple
0116 266 1402
Shree Jalaram Prathana Mandal
Narborough Road, Leicester
Place of Healing and Worship
Beautiful pictorial description of Hindu philosophy
0116 254 0117
Guru Nanak Gurdwara
Holy Bones, Leicester
Thriving Sikh community centre, sanctuary, museum.
0116 262 8606
www.thesikhmuseum.com
Markfield Islamic Foundation and Conference Centre
World renowned centre of learning and study.
Well stocked library and bookshop.
Conference venue – and you don’t have to be Muslim to come.
www.islamic-foundation.org.uk