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This is a list of the tallest buildings and structures in the United Kingdom by usage.

Tallest buildings

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Tallest castles

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Rank
 Building
 Location
 Image Height
 Year
 Notes
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

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  • 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
1 Landmark Pinnacle Tower Hamlets, London 233 m (764 ft) 2020 [8]
2 Newfoundland Place Tower Hamlets, London NewfoundlandCanaryWharf 220 m (720 ft) 2020 [9]
3 Hampton Tower Tower Hamlets, London SouthQuayPlazaCanaryWharf 215 m (705 ft) 2021 [10]
4 One Park Drive Tower Hamlets, London One park drive June 2021 205 m (673 ft) 2021 [11]
5 Deansgate Square South Tower Castlefield, Manchester Deansgate Square - South Tower 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 WardianEastCanaryWharf 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 TheMadisonCanaryWharf 182 m (597 ft) 2020 [16]
10 The Tower, One St George Wharf Lambeth, London St Georges Wharf Tower 2013-09-26 181 m (594 ft) 2013 [17]

Tallest commercial buildings

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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
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

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Rank
 Building
 Location
 Image Height
 Year
 Notes
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

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Rank
 Building
 Location
 Image Height
 Year
 Notes
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

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  • 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
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

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Rank
 Building
 Location
 Image Height
 Year
 Notes
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

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Rank
 Building
 Location
 Image Height
 Year
 Notes
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

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Rank
 Building
 Location
 Image Height
 Year
 Notes
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

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Cineworld Glasgow (Glasgow, Scotland) - 62 m (203 ft)[79]

Tallest structures

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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)

References

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  4. ^ "Tattershall Castle". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  5. ^ "Richmond Castle". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  6. ^ "Portchester Castle". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
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  9. ^ "Newfoundland Place". Archived from the original on 21 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  10. ^ "Valiant Tower". Archived from the original on 21 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
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  12. ^ "South Tower". Archived from the original on 21 July 2023. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  13. ^ "One Nine Elms - River Tower". Archived from the original on 9 November 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
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  30. ^ "Manchester Town Hall". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
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  33. ^ "Glasgow City Chambers". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  34. ^ "Government Buildings". Retrieved 2 December 2010.
  35. ^ "Leeds Town Hall". Retrieved 2 December 2010.
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  37. ^ "Central Criminal Court". Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  38. ^ "Guy's Tower". Retrieved 1 December 2010.
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  42. ^ "Royal Hallamshire Hospital". Retrieved 2 December 2010.
  43. ^ "Belfast City Hospital". Retrieved 2 December 2010.
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  48. ^ "Premier Inn Leicester City Centre". Retrieved 2 December 2010.
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  50. ^ "Tate Modern". Retrieved 1 December 2010.
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  52. ^ "Eden Project". Retrieved 2 December 2010.
  53. ^ "Imperial War Museum North". Retrieved 2 December 2010.
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  56. ^ "Salisbury Cathedral". Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  57. ^ "St Paul's Cathedral". Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  58. ^ "Liverpool Cathedral". Retrieved 2 December 2010.
  59. ^ "Norwich Cathedral". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  60. ^ "Church of St Walburge, Preston". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  61. ^ "Edinburgh Cathedral". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  62. ^ "St James' Church, Louth". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  63. ^ "St Mary Redcliffe". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  64. ^ "Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral". Retrieved 2 December 2010.
  65. ^ "Westminster Cathedral". Retrieved 2 December 2010.
  66. ^ "St Wulfram's Church, Grantham". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  67. ^ "St Elphin's Church, Warrington". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  68. ^ "St Mary Abbots". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  69. ^ "Chichester Cathedral". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  70. ^ "Lincoln Cathedral". Retrieved 2 December 2010.
  71. ^ "St Botolph's Church". Retrieved 2 December 2010.
  72. ^ "Chichester Cathedral". Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  73. ^ "Glasgow University Tower". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  74. ^ "Arts Tower". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  75. ^ "Arts Tower". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  76. ^ "Wills Memorial Building". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  77. ^ "Towers Hall". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  78. ^ "Senate House (University of London)". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
  79. ^ "Cineworld Glasgow". Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  80. ^ "Skelton transmitting station". Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  81. ^ "Emley Moor transmitting station". Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  82. ^ "Drax Power Station". Archived from the original on 21 November 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  83. ^ "Spinnaker Tower". Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  84. ^ "London Eye". Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  85. ^ "Wembley Stadium". Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  86. ^ "Skerryvore lighthouse". Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  87. ^ "Salisbury Cathedral". Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  88. ^ "Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower". Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  89. ^ "Millennium Dome". Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  90. ^ "Grimsby Dock Tower". Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  91. ^ "Lovell Telescope".
  92. ^ "Heathrow Air Traffic Control Tower". Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  93. ^ "Wallace Monument". Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  94. ^ "Hyperia".
  95. ^ "Tallest Sculpture".
  96. ^ "The Pagoda".
  97. ^ "Birmingham Central Mosque".
  98. ^ "Moulton Windmill". Retrieved 1 December 2010.
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