This is a list of the tallest buildings and structures in the United Kingdom by usage.
Rank | Building | Location | Image | Height | Year | Notes |
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1 | Warwick Castle | Warwick, Warwickshire | 45 m (148 ft) | 1360 | [1] Guy's tower rises 39 m (128 ft), Caesar's Tower rises 45 m (148 ft) but from a lower level. | |
2 | Rochester Castle | Rochester, Kent | 38 m (125 ft) | 1127 | [2] 34.5 m (113 ft) to parapet, 38 m (125 ft) to turrets. | |
3 | Caernarfon Castle | Caernarfon, Gwynedd | 35 m (115 ft) | 1330 | [3] | |
4 | Tattershall Castle | Tattershall, Lincolnshire | 33.5 m (110 ft) | 1446 | [4] | |
5 | White Tower, Tower of London | Tower Hamlets, London | 32 m (105 ft)* | 1078 | Height to parapet 27.4 m (90 ft), estimated height to top of stone turrets 32 m (105 ft) | |
6= | Conwy Castle | Conwy, Gwynedd | 30 m (98 ft) | 1289 | ||
6= | Richmond Castle | Richmond, North Yorkshire | 30 m (98 ft) | 1200 | [5] | |
6= | Portchester Castle | Portchester, Hampshire | 30 m (98 ft) | 1200 | [6] | |
9 | Conisbrough Castle | Conisbrough, South Yorkshire | 29.5 m (97 ft) | 1180 | ||
10 | Dover Castle | Dover, Kent | 29 m (95 ft) | 1180 | [7] |
*Estimated height
Rank | Building | Location | Image | Height | Year | Notes |
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1 | Landmark Pinnacle | Tower Hamlets, London | 233 m (764 ft) | 2020 | [8] | |
2 | Newfoundland Place | Tower Hamlets, London | 220 m (720 ft) | 2020 | [9] | |
3 | Hampton Tower | Tower Hamlets, London | 215 m (705 ft) | 2021 | [10] | |
4 | One Park Drive | Tower Hamlets, London | 205 m (673 ft) | 2021 | [11] | |
5 | Deansgate Square South Tower | Castlefield, Manchester | 201 m (659 ft) | 2020 | [12] | |
6 | One Nine Elms City Tower | Wandsworth, London | 199 m (653 ft) | 2022 | [13] | |
7 | Wardian East Tower | Tower Hamlets, London | 187 m (614 ft) | 2020 | [14] | |
8 | One West Point Block A (Icon Tower) | Ealing, London | 184 m (604 ft) | 2022 | [15] | |
9 | Amory Tower (The Madison) | Tower Hamlets, London | 182 m (597 ft) | 2020 | [16] | |
10 | The Tower, One St George Wharf | Lambeth, London | 181 m (594 ft) | 2013 | [17] |
The tallest partly commercial building - containing the highest offices - is the 309.6 m (1,016 ft) Shard, London.
Rank | Building | Location | Image | Height | Year | Notes |
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1 | 22 Bishopsgate | City of London, London | 278 m (912 ft) | 2020 | [18] | |
2 | One Canada Square | Tower Hamlets, London | 235 m (771 ft) | 1991 | [19] | |
3 | Heron Tower | City of London, London | 230 m (750 ft) | 2010 | [20] | |
4 | 122 Leadenhall Street | City of London, London | 225 m (738 ft) | 2014 | [21] | |
5 | 8 Bishopsgate | City of London, London | 204 m (669 ft) | 2022 | [22] | |
6= | HSBC Tower | Tower Hamlets, London | 200 m (660 ft) | 2002 | [23] | |
6= | Citigroup Centre | Tower Hamlets, London | 200 m (660 ft) | 2001 | [24] | |
8 | The Scalpel | City of London, London | 190 m (620 ft) | 2018 | [25] | |
9 | Tower 42 | City of London, London | 183 m (600 ft) | 1980 | [26] | |
10 | The Gherkin | City of London, London | 180 m (590 ft) | 2003 | [27] |
Rank | Building | Location | Image | Height | Year | Notes |
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1 | Victoria Tower | City of Westminster, London | 102 m (335 ft) | 1858 | [28] [29] Architectural height 102 m (335 ft), roof height 98.5 m (323 ft). | |
3 | Manchester Town Hall | Manchester, Greater Manchester | 87.2 m (286 ft) | 1877 | [30] | |
4 | Civil Justice Centre | Manchester, Greater Manchester | 80 m (260 ft) | 2007 | [31] | |
5 | Royal Courts of Justice | Westminster, London | 74.6 m (245 ft) | 1882 | [32] | |
6= | Glasgow City Chambers | Glasgow, Scotland | 73 m (240 ft) | 1890 | [33] | |
6= | Government Buildings | Cardiff, Wales | 73 m (240 ft) | [34] | ||
8= | Leeds Town Hall | Leeds, West Yorkshire | 69 m (226 ft) | 1858 | [35] | |
8= | High Commission of New Zealand | City of Westminster, London | 69 m (226 ft) | 1963 | [36] | |
10 | Central Criminal Court | London | 66.6 m (219 ft) | 1907 | [37] |
Rank | Building | Location | Image | Height | Year | Notes |
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1 | Guy's Tower | Southwark, London | 143 m (469 ft) | 1973 | [38] | |
2 | Royal London Hospital Tower 2 | Tower Hamlets, London | 101 m (331 ft) | 2010 | [39] | |
3 | Royal London Hospital Tower 1 | Tower Hamlets, London | 97 m (318 ft) | 2010 | [40] | |
4 | University College Hospital | Camden, London | 78 m (256 ft) | 2005 | [41] | |
5= | Royal Hallamshire Hospital | Sheffield, South Yorkshire | 76 m (249 ft) | 1979 | [42] | |
5= | Belfast City Hospital | Belfast, Northern Ireland | 76 m (249 ft) | 1986 | [43] |
Rank | Building | Location | Image | Height | Year | Notes |
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1 | 40 Marsh Wall | Canary Wharf, London | 127 m (417 ft) | 2017 | [44] | |
2 | London Hilton on Park Lane | City of Westminster, London | 101 m (331 ft) | 1963 | [45] | |
3 | Hilton London Metropole | City of Westminster, London | 91 m (299 ft) | 1972 | [46] | |
4 | Holiday Inn Kensington Forum | Kensington, London | 84 m (276 ft) | 1963 | [47] | |
5= | Premier Inn Leicester City Centre | Leicester, Leicestershire | 82 m (269 ft) | 1965 | [48] | |
5= | St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel | St Pancras, London | 82 m (269 ft) | 1873 | [49] |
Rank | Building | Location | Image | Height | Year | Notes |
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1 | Tate Modern | Southwark, London | 99 m (325 ft) | 1963 | [50] | |
2 | Natural History Museum | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London | 58 m (190 ft) | 1880 | [51] | |
3= | Eden Project | St Blazey, Cornwall | 55 m (180 ft) | 2001 | [52] | |
3= | Imperial War Museum North | Trafford, Greater Manchester | 55 m (180 ft) | 2002 | [53] | |
5 | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | Birmingham, West Midlands | 46 m (151 ft) | 1885 | [54] | |
6 | Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art | Gateshead, Tyne and Wear | 42 m (138 ft) | 1950 | [55] |
Rank | Building | Location | Image | Height | Year | Notes |
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1 | Glasgow University Tower | Glasgow, Scotland | 85 m (279 ft) | 1887 | [73] | |
2 | Arts Tower | Sheffield, South Yorkshire | 78 m (256 ft) | 1966 | [74] | |
3 | Broadcasting Tower, Leeds | Leeds, West Yorkshire | 69.5 m (228 ft) | 2009 | [75] | |
4= | Wills Memorial Building | Bristol | 68 m (223 ft) | 1925 | [76] | |
4= | Towers Hall | Loughborough, Leicestershire | 68 m (223 ft) | 1967 | [77] | |
6 | Senate House (University of London) | Bloomsbury, London | 64 m (210 ft) | 1937 | [78] |
Cineworld Glasgow (Glasgow, Scotland) - 62 m (203 ft) [79]
Skelton transmitting station (Skelton, Cumbria) - 365 m (1,198 ft) [80]
Emley Moor transmitting station (Emley, West Yorkshire) - 330 m (1,080 ft) [81]
Drax Power Station (Drax, North Yorkshire) - 259 m (850 ft) [82]
Crystal Palace transmitting station 219 m (719 ft)
Samsung Heavy Industries 7 MW wind turbine prototype 196 m (643 ft)
400 kV Thames Crossing 190.5 m (625 ft)
Queensferry Crossing (Lothian and Fife) - 207 m (679 ft)
Spinnaker Tower (Portsmouth, Hampshire) - 170 m (560 ft) [83]
London Eye (Lambeth, London) - 135 m (443 ft) [84]
Wembley Stadium (Brent, London) - 133 m (436 ft) [85]
Skerryvore Lighthouse (Skerryvore, Scotland) - 48 m (157 ft) [86]
Salisbury Cathedral (Salisbury, Wiltshire) - 123 m (404 ft) [87]
Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower (Birmingham, West Midlands) - 100 m (330 ft) [88]
Millennium Dome (Greenwich, London) - 95 m (312 ft) [89]
Grimsby Dock Tower (Grimsby, Lincolnshire) - 94 m (308 ft) [90]
Lovell Telescope (Goostrey, Cheshire) - 89 m (292 ft) [91]
Heathrow Air Traffic Control Tower (Hillingdon, London) - 87 m (285 ft) [92]
Wallace Monument (Stirling, Scotland) - 67 m (220 ft) [93]
Hyperia (Thorpe Park, Chertsey, Surrey) - 72 m (236 ft) [94]
ArcelorMittal Orbit (Stratford, London) - 115 m (377 ft) [95]
The Pagoda (Richmond upon Thames, London) - 50 m (160 ft) [96]
Birmingham Central mosque (Birmingham) - 45.7 m (150 ft) [97]
Moulton Windmill (Moulton, Lincolnshire) - 30 m (98 ft) [98]
Angel of the North (Gateshead, Tyne and Wear) - 20 m (66 ft)
Dream (St Helens, Merseyside) - 20 m (66 ft)
The Shard, also referred to as the Shard London Bridge and formerly London Bridge Tower, is a pyramid-shaped 72-storey mixed-use development supertall skyscraper, designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, in Bermondsey, London, that forms part of The Shard Quarter development. Standing 309.6 metres high, The Shard is the tallest building in the United Kingdom, the seventh-tallest building in Europe, and the second-tallest outside Russia behind the Varso Tower in Warsaw, which beats the Shard by less than half a metre. The Shard replaced Southwark Towers, a 24-storey office block built on the site in 1975.
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