A space for worship, reflection and learning
Prayer
In progressPrayer & Discovery
A calm prayer space alongside a discovery area exploring Islam in Wales and our community. It is being prepared now, and will be open to everyone once complete.
Prayer & Discovery is in progress. The prayer times below are calculated for Cardiff.
Today at Salam Centre
Tuesday 22 September 2026
الثلاثاء 11 ربيع الآخر 1448
Next prayer
Fajr05:28
Begins in
—:—
- Fajr
05:26
- Dhuhr
13:11
- Asr
16:24
- Maghrib
19:15
- Isha
20:31
Sunrise06:55
The time each prayer begins, calculated for Cardiff.
Prayer
A peaceful space for reflection and worship.
Salam Centre provides dedicated prayer facilities for visitors and users of the building rather than functioning as a traditional local mosque. The mosques serving Cardiff have long-established congregations, and the Centre exists to support that work rather than duplicate it.
In practice, anyone working in The Exchange, collecting a child from the nursery, attending a class or visiting for the afternoon will find a well-appointed prayer hall a short walk away, with full wudu facilities and a women's hall of equal standing.
Alongside it is a reflection room open to people of any faith or none — quiet, unmarked, and available without enquiry.
On this floor
- Main prayer hall with full wudu facilities
- Women's hall with equal sightlines and its own entrance
- Quiet reflection room, open to any faith or none
- Exhibition: Islam in Wales, from the docks to the present
- Introductory reading in plain English
- Staffed welcome desk during opening hours
- Library and reading area
Discovery
Four ways to explore.
Read, explore, visit, or check the day's prayer times.
Discover Islam
Eight plain-English topics: what Muslims believe, the five pillars, prophets, etiquette, women in Islam, common questions and the contribution of Islamic civilisation.
Start reading →
Islam in Wales
An interactive timeline from Yemeni and Somali sailors in Cardiff docks in the 1860s to Britain's first purpose-built mosque in 1947, and on to today.
Explore the timeline →
School visits & tours
Free curriculum-linked visits for schools, colleges and universities, plus guided tours, introduction to Islam sessions and corporate diversity visits.
Book a visit →
Prayer times
Today's times and the full year — when each prayer begins, with sunrise and the Hijri date. Cardiff local time, British Summer Time included.
See the timetable →
Discover Islam
Eight topics, written in plain English.
No prior knowledge is assumed, and the more difficult questions are addressed directly.
Introduction to Islam
The shortest honest summary, before any of the detail.
What Muslims believe
The six articles of faith, and what each entails.
The Five Pillars
The practices that turn belief into a working week.
Prophets in Islam
Most of the names will already be familiar.
Islamic etiquette
Guidance for visitors, and what is and is not expected.
Women in Islam
The question asked most often, answered without a leaflet.
Common questions
Including those most often asked anonymously.
Islamic contributions to civilisation
A few centuries that are missing from most school curricula.
Before you come
Common questions from visitors.
Answered here in advance of your visit.
Yes. Once Prayer & Discovery is complete, the discovery area and the reflection space will be open to everyone — no appointment, no explanation needed.
Not in the usual sense. Salam Centre provides dedicated prayer facilities for visitors and users of the building rather than functioning as a traditional local mosque with a congregation, a committee and a catchment. The mosques already serving Cardiff do that work, and we are not competing with them.
Not in the exhibition, the reflection room or the breakout areas. To enter the prayer hall itself we ask visitors to remove shoes, and women to cover their hair — scarves are at the door to borrow.
It takes five to ten minutes, follows a fixed sequence of standing, bowing and prostration, and is said in Arabic. There is nothing you need to do to observe it, and nobody will approach you.
That is precisely what this space is for. Once it opens, a staffed desk will be available for visitors, and no question is considered too basic. In the meantime you can send a question through the Discover Islam page.
The reflection room is deliberately unmarked by any faith. People use it between meetings, after hospital appointments, and on the anniversaries they would rather not explain to anyone.