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An artistic rendering for the exterior of the Birmingham England Temple.© 2025 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.The First Presidency announced the groundbreaking ceremony for the Birmingham England Temple. The groundbreaking services for the Birmingham England Temple will be held on Saturday, March 22, 2025. Elder Scott D. Whiting, Europe North Area President, will preside.
The Birmingham England Temple will be built on a 2.7-acre site located at 185–187 Penns Lane, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England. Plans call for a one-story temple of approximately 10,800 square feet, with patron housing and arrival facilities.
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The Birmingham England Temple site.2023 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.President Nelson announced this house of the Lord during the April 2022 general conference.
“Positive spiritual momentum increases as we worship in the temple and grow in our understanding of the magnificent breadth and depth of the blessings we receive there,” he said then.
The Birmingham England Temple will be the third in the United Kingdom. Other temples in the country include the historic London England Temple, dedicated in 1958, and the Preston England Temple, dedicated in 1998.
Between 1837 and the turn of the century, as many as 100,000 converts emigrated from the United Kingdom to join the main body of the Church in the United States. By 1870, nearly half of Utah’s population were British immigrants.
Today, the United Kingdom is home to nearly 190,000 Latter-day Saints in more than 300 congregations.