A Room to Pray

Prayer room at Leicester Royal Infirmary

Leicester, United KingdomUniversity Hospitals of Leicester NHS TrustSources accessed 13 Oct 2026
Prayer space1 listing
Wuḍūʾ (any space)Wuḍūʾ area
Women (any space)Not stated
Muslim chaplainListed

Edited by Hamza Abdul-TawwaabThis page is about places to pray, not medical care. You can ask ward staff how to contact the chaplaincy.Report a correction

Prayer rooms (with the Chapel)

Musalla

Ground floor (level 0), Balmoral building, next to the lifts

Access
Patients, visitors and staff; people of all faiths, beliefs and worldviews
Hours
Open at all times (24 hours a day)
Wuḍūʾ
Wuḍūʾ area
Women
Not stated
Jumuʿah
Friday Juma Khutba followed by Salaat, in the prayer rooms (time not stated)
Source: uhleicester.nhs.uk Source accessed 13 Oct 2026 · Official hospital page

Asking for a chaplain

Muslim chaplain listed

Ask any member of hospital staff to refer you, or call the LRI chaplaincy on 0116 258 5487. Urgent, day or night: ask nursing staff to contact the on-call chaplain.

Source: uhleicester.nhs.uk. Chaplains support patients, families and staff of every faith and none.

N
Qibla from this hospital
118.9°
east-south-east from true north

Fixed diagram: north is at the top. It doesn’t follow your phone. If the room has a qibla marker, use it.

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