List of tallest buildings and structures in the United Kingdom by usage
This is a list of the tallest buildings and structures in the United Kingdom by usage.
Tallest buildings
Tallest castles
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
Tallest residential buildings
- The tallest partly residential building - containing the highest apartments - is the 309.6 m (1,016 ft) Shard, London.
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] |
Tallest commercial buildings
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] |
Tallest government buildings
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] |
Tallest hospitals
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] |
Tallest hotels
- The tallest partly hotel building is the 309.6 m (1,016 ft) Shard, London.
- The Beetham Tower, Manchester is 169 m (554 ft) tall of which half, up to and including the 23rd floor, is a hotel.
- 10 Holloway Circus, Birmingham is 130 m (430 ft) tall; the lower 19 floors are occupied by a hotel.
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] |
Tallest museums and galleries
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] |
Tallest places of worship
Rank | Building | Location | Image | Height | Year | Notes |
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1 | Salisbury Cathedral | Salisbury, Wiltshire | ![]() | 123 m (404 ft) | 1320 | [56] |
2 | St Paul's Cathedral | City of London, London | ![]() | 111 m (364 ft) | 1711 | [57] |
3 | Liverpool Cathedral | Liverpool, Merseyside | ![]() | 101 m (331 ft) | 1978 | [58] |
4 | Norwich Cathedral | Norwich, Norfolk | ![]() | 96 m (315 ft) | 1480 | [59] |
5 | Church of St Walburge, Preston | Preston, Lancashire | ![]() | 94 m (308 ft) | 1854 | [60] |
6 | St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Episcopal) | Edinburgh, Scotland | ![]() | 90 m (300 ft) | 1917 | [61] |
7 | St James' Church, Louth | Louth, Lincolnshire | 89.9 m (295 ft) | 1515 | [62] | |
8 | St Mary Redcliffe | Bristol | ![]() | 89 m (292 ft) | 1872 | [63] |
9= | Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral | Liverpool, Merseyside | 87 m (285 ft) | 1967 | [64] | |
9= | Westminster Cathedral | City of Westminster, London | ![]() | 87 m (285 ft) | 1903 | [65] |
11= | St Wulfram's Church, Grantham | Grantham, Lincolnshire | ![]() | 86 m (282 ft) | 1360 | [66] |
11= | St Elphin's Church, Warrington | Warrington, Cheshire | ![]() | 86 m (282 ft) | 1867 | [67] |
13 | St Mary Abbots | Kensington, London | ![]() | 85 m (279 ft) | 1872 | [68] |
14 | Chichester Cathedral | Chichester, Sussex | ![]() | 84.5 m (277 ft) | [69] | |
15= | Lincoln Cathedral | Lincoln, Lincolnshire | ![]() | 83 m (272 ft) | 1253 | [70] |
15= | St Botolph's Church | Boston, Lincolnshire | ![]() | 83 m (272 ft) | 1520 | [71] |
16 | Chichester Cathedral | Chichester, West Sussex | ![]() | 82 m (269 ft) | 1258 | [72] |
Tallest university buildings
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] |
Tallest cinema buildings
Cineworld Glasgow (Glasgow, Scotland) - 62 m (203 ft)[79]
Tallest structures
- Tallest guyed mast
Skelton transmitting station (Skelton, Cumbria) - 365 m (1,198 ft)[80]
- Tallest freestanding structure
Emley Moor transmitting station (Emley, West Yorkshire) - 330 m (1,080 ft)[81]
- Tallest chimney
Drax Power Station (Drax, North Yorkshire) - 259 m (850 ft)[82]
- Tallest free-standing lattice tower
Crystal Palace transmitting station 219 m (719 ft)
- Tallest wind turbine
Samsung Heavy Industries 7 MW wind turbine prototype 196 m (643 ft)
- Tallest electricity pylon
400 kV Thames Crossing 190.5 m (625 ft)
- Tallest bridge
Queensferry Crossing (Lothian and Fife) - 207 m (679 ft)
- Tallest observation tower
Spinnaker Tower (Portsmouth, Hampshire) - 170 m (560 ft)[83]
- Tallest ferris wheel
London Eye (Lambeth, London) - 135 m (443 ft)[84]
- Tallest stadium
Wembley Stadium (Brent, London) - 133 m (436 ft)[85]
- Tallest lighthouse
Skerryvore Lighthouse (Skerryvore, Scotland) - 48 m (157 ft)[86]
- Tallest church spire
Salisbury Cathedral (Salisbury, Wiltshire) - 123 m (404 ft)[87]
- Tallest clock tower
Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower (Birmingham, West Midlands) - 100 m (330 ft)[88]
- Tallest domed building
Millennium Dome (Greenwich, London) - 95 m (312 ft)[89]
- Tallest water tower
Grimsby Dock Tower (Grimsby, Lincolnshire) - 94 m (308 ft)[90]
- Tallest telescope
Lovell Telescope (Goostrey, Cheshire) - 89 m (292 ft)[91]
- Tallest air traffic control tower
Heathrow Air Traffic Control Tower (Hillingdon, London) - 87 m (285 ft)[92]
- Tallest monument
Wallace Monument (Stirling, Scotland) - 67 m (220 ft)[93]
- Tallest rollercoaster
Hyperia (Thorpe Park, Chertsey, Surrey) - 72 m (236 ft)[94]
- Tallest sculpture
ArcelorMittal Orbit (Stratford, London) - 115 m (377 ft)[95]
- Tallest pagoda
The Pagoda (Richmond upon Thames, London) - 50 m (160 ft)[96]
- Tallest mosque
Birmingham Central mosque (Birmingham) - 45.7 m (150 ft)[97]
- Tallest windmill
Moulton Windmill (Moulton, Lincolnshire) - 30 m (98 ft)[98]
- Tallest statue
Angel of the North (Gateshead, Tyne and Wear) - 20 m (66 ft)
Dream (St Helens, Merseyside) - 20 m (66 ft)
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- ^ "Government Buildings". Retrieved 2 December 2010.
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- ^ "High Commission of New Zealand". Retrieved 2 December 2010.
- ^ "Central Criminal Court". Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ^ "Guy's Tower". Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ^ "Royal London Hospital Tower 2". Retrieved 2 December 2010.
- ^ "Royal London Hospital Tower 1". Retrieved 2 December 2010.
- ^ "University College Hospital". Retrieved 2 December 2010.
- ^ "Royal Hallamshire Hospital". Retrieved 2 December 2010.
- ^ "Belfast City Hospital". Retrieved 2 December 2010.
- ^ "Novotel London Canary Wharf". Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ "London Hilton on Park Lane". Retrieved 2 December 2010.
- ^ "Hilton London Metropole". Retrieved 2 December 2010.
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- ^ "Premier Inn Leicester City Centre". Retrieved 2 December 2010.
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- ^ "Edinburgh Cathedral". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ^ "St James' Church, Louth". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ^ "St Mary Redcliffe". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ^ "Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral". Retrieved 2 December 2010.
- ^ "Westminster Cathedral". Retrieved 2 December 2010.
- ^ "St Wulfram's Church, Grantham". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ^ "St Elphin's Church, Warrington". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ^ "St Mary Abbots". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ^ "Chichester Cathedral". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ^ "Lincoln Cathedral". Retrieved 2 December 2010.
- ^ "St Botolph's Church". Retrieved 2 December 2010.
- ^ "Chichester Cathedral". Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ "Glasgow University Tower". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ^ "Arts Tower". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
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- ^ "Wills Memorial Building". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ^ "Towers Hall". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ^ "Senate House (University of London)". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ^ "Cineworld Glasgow". Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ^ "Skelton transmitting station". Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ^ "Emley Moor transmitting station". Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ^ "Drax Power Station". Archived from the original on 21 November 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ^ "Spinnaker Tower". Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ^ "London Eye". Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ^ "Wembley Stadium". Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ^ "Skerryvore lighthouse". Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ^ "Salisbury Cathedral". Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ^ "Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower". Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ^ "Millennium Dome". Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ^ "Grimsby Dock Tower". Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ^ "Lovell Telescope".
- ^ "Heathrow Air Traffic Control Tower". Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ^ "Wallace Monument". Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ^ "Hyperia".
- ^ "Tallest Sculpture".
- ^ "The Pagoda".
- ^ "Birmingham Central Mosque".
- ^ "Moulton Windmill". Retrieved 1 December 2010.
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