It was constructed between 2004 and 2005, to replace the former mosque, which was located in two converted houses on Bellingdon Road.

[citation needed] The total cost of the construction work was £1.6 million, all of which was raised from donations and collections.

[3] In 1979, the mosque moved to two converted houses at 161–163 Bellingdon Road, to be closer to the majority of Chesham's Muslim households.

[4] By the late 1990s, the Muslim population in Chesham had grown to 1500, prompting a search for a site to construct a new mosque.

[6] The actual building work began in February 2004,[6] and the mosque was officially opened in August 2005.