List of tallest buildings and structures in the United Kingdom by usage facts for kids
This is a list of the tallest buildings and structures in the United Kingdom by usage.
Contents
Tallest buildings
Tallest castles
Rank |
Building |
Location |
Image | Height |
Year |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Warwick Castle | Warwick, Warwickshire | 45 m (148 ft) | 1360 | Guy's tower rises 39 m, Caesar's Tower rises 45 m but from a lower level. | |
2 | Rochester Castle | Rochester, Kent | 38 m (125 ft) | 1127 | 34.5 m to parapet, 38 m to turrets. | |
3 | Caernarfon Castle | Caernarfon, Gwynedd | 35 m (115 ft) | 1330 | ||
4 | Tattershall Castle | Tattershall, Lincolnshire | 33.5 m (110 ft) | 1446 | ||
5 | Tower of London | London | 1078 | Height to parapet 27.4 m, estimated height to top of stone turrets 32 m | ||
6= | Conwy Castle | Conwy, Gwynedd | 30 m (98 ft) | 1289 | ||
6= | Richmond Castle | Richmond, North Yorkshire | 30 m (98 ft) | 1200 | ||
6= | Portchester Castle | Portchester, Hampshire | 30 m (98 ft) | 1200 | ||
9 | Conisbrough Castle | Conisbrough, South Yorkshire | 29.5 m (97 ft) | 1180 | ||
10 | Dover Castle | Dover, Kent | 29 m (95 ft) | 1180 |
*Estimated height
Tallest commercial buildings
The tallest building which will be partly occupied by commercial offices is the 306 m Shard, London.
Rank |
Building |
Location |
Image | Height |
Year |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | One Canada Square | Tower Hamlets, London | 235 m (771 ft) | 1991 | ||
2 | Heron Tower | City of London, London | 230 m (750 ft) | 2010 | ||
3 | The Leadenhall Building | City of London, London | 225 m (738 ft) | 2014 | ||
4= | HSBC Tower | Tower Hamlets, London | 200 m (660 ft) | 2002 | ||
4= | Citigroup Centre | Tower Hamlets, London | 200 m (660 ft) | 2001 | ||
6 | Tower 42 | City of London, London | 183 m (600 ft) | 1980 |
Tallest government buildings
Rank |
Building |
Location |
Image | Height |
Year |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Victoria Tower | City of Westminster, London | 102 m (335 ft) | 1858 | Architectural height 102 m, roof height 98.5 m . | |
3 | Manchester Town Hall | Manchester, Greater Manchester | 87.2 m (286 ft) | 1877 | ||
4 | Civil Justice Centre | Manchester, Greater Manchester | 80 m (260 ft) | 2007 | ||
5 | Royal Courts of Justice | London | 74.6 m (245 ft) | 1882 | ||
6= | Glasgow City Chambers | Glasgow, Scotland | 73 m (240 ft) | 1890 | ||
6= | Government Buildings | Cardiff, Wales | 73 m (240 ft) | |||
8= | Leeds Town Hall | Leeds, West Yorkshire | 69 m (226 ft) | 1858 | ||
8= | High Commission of New Zealand | City of Westminster, London | 69 m (226 ft) | 1963 | ||
10 | Central Criminal Court | London | 66.6 m (219 ft) | 1907 |
Tallest hospitals
Rank |
Building |
Location |
Image | Height |
Year |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Guy's Tower | Southwark, London | 143 m (469 ft) | 1973 | ||
2 | Royal London Hospital Tower 2 | Tower Hamlets, London | 101 m (331 ft) | 2010 | ||
3 | Royal London Hospital Tower 1 | Tower Hamlets, London | 97 m (318 ft) | 2010 | ||
4 | University College Hospital | Camden, London | 78 m (256 ft) | 2005 | ||
5= | Royal Hallamshire Hospital | Sheffield, South Yorkshire | 76 m (249 ft) | 1979 | ||
5= | Belfast City Hospital | Belfast, Northern Ireland | 76 m (249 ft) | 1986 |
Tallest hotels
- The tallest building which will be partly occupied by a hotel is the 306 m (1,004 ft) Shard, London.
- The Beetham Tower, Manchester is 169 m (554 ft) of which half, up to and including the 23rd floor, is a hotel.
- 10 Holloway Circus, Birmingham is 130 m (430 ft); the lower 19 floors are occupied by a hotel.
Rank |
Building |
Location |
Image | Height |
Year |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | London Hilton on Park Lane | City of Westminster, London | 101 m (331 ft) | 1963 | ||
2 | Hilton London Metropole | City of Westminster, London | 91 m (299 ft) | 1972 | ||
3 | Holiday Inn Kensington Forum | Kensington, London | 84 m (276 ft) | 1963 | ||
4= | Premier Inn Leicester City Centre | Leicester, Leicestershire | 82 m (269 ft) | 1965 | ||
4= | St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel | London | 82 m (269 ft) | 1873 |
Tallest museums and galleries
Rank |
Building |
Location |
Image | Height |
Year |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tate Modern | Southwark, London | 99 m (325 ft) | 1963 | ||
2 | Natural History Museum | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London | 58 m (190 ft) | 1880 | ||
3= | Eden Project | St Blazey, Cornwall | 55 m (180 ft) | 2001 | ||
3= | Imperial War Museum North | Trafford, Greater Manchester | 55 m (180 ft) | 2002 | ||
5 | Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art | Gateshead, Tyne and Wear | 42 m (138 ft) | 1950 |
Tallest places of worship
Tallest residential buildings
- The tallest partly residential building - containing the highest apartments - is the 306 m Shard, London.
- The Beetham Tower, Manchester is 169 m (554 ft) of which the upper half is residential. The 47th floor penthouse is the country's third highest apartment.
- 10 Holloway Circus, Birmingham is 130 m (430 ft), the upper 20 floors consist of residential apartments.
Rank |
Building |
Location |
Image | Height |
Year |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | St George Wharf Tower | Lambeth, London | 181 m (594 ft) | 2013 | ||
2 | Strata | Southwark, London | 148 m (486 ft) | 2010 | ||
3 | Pan Peninsula Tower 1 | Tower Hamlets, London | 147 m (482 ft) | 2008 | ||
4= | The Landmark East Tower | Tower Hamlets, London | 140 m (460 ft) | 2010 | ||
4= | West Tower | Liverpool, Merseyside | 140 m (460 ft) | 2008 | ||
6 | Cromwell Tower Lauderdale Tower Shakespeare Tower |
City of London, London | 124 m (407 ft) | 1973 1974 1976 |
Tallest university buildings
Rank |
Building |
Location |
Image | Height |
Year |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Glasgow University Tower | Glasgow, Scotland | 85 m (279 ft) | 1887 | ||
2 | Arts Tower | Sheffield, South Yorkshire | 78 m (256 ft) | 1966 | ||
3 | Broadcasting Tower, Leeds | Leeds, West Yorkshire | 69.5 m (228 ft) | 2009 | ||
4= | Wills Memorial Building | Bristol | 68 m (223 ft) | 1925 | ||
4= | Towers Hall | Loughborough, Leicestershire | 68 m (223 ft) | 1967 | ||
6 | Senate House (University of London) | London | 64 m (210 ft) | 1937 |
Tallest Cinema buildings
Cineworld Glasgow (Glasgow, Scotland) - 62 m (203 ft)
Tallest structures
- Tallest guyed mast
Skelton transmitting station (Skelton, Cumbria) - 365 m (1,198 ft)
- Tallest freestanding structure
Emley Moor transmitting station (Emley, West Yorkshire) - 330 m (1,080 ft)
- Tallest chimney
Drax Power Station (Drax, North Yorkshire) - 259 m (850 ft)
- Tallest free-standing lattice tower
Crystal Palace Transmitter 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)
- Tallest ferris wheel
London Eye (Lambeth, London) - 135 m (443 ft)
- Tallest stadium
Wembley Stadium (Brent, London) - 133 m (436 ft)
- Tallest lighthouse
Skerryvore lighthouse (Skerryvore, Scotland) - 48 m (157 ft)
- Tallest church spire
Salisbury Cathedral (Salisbury, Wiltshire) - 123 m (404 ft)
- Tallest clock tower
Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower (Birmingham, West Midlands) - 100 m (330 ft)
- Tallest domed building
Millennium Dome (Greenwich, London) - 95 m (312 ft)
- Tallest water tower
Grimsby Dock Tower (Grimsby, Lincolnshire) - 94 m (308 ft)
- Tallest telescope
Lovell Telescope (Goostrey, Cheshire) - 89 m (292 ft)
- Tallest air traffic control tower
Heathrow Air Traffic Control Tower (Hillingdon, London) - 87 m (285 ft)
- Tallest monument
Wallace Monument (Stirling, Scotland) - 67 m (220 ft)
- Tallest rollercoaster
Big One (Blackpool, Lancashire) - 65 m (213 ft)
- Tallest sculpture
ArcelorMittal Orbit (London, England) - 115 m (377 ft)
- Tallest pagoda
The Pagoda (London, England) - 50 m (160 ft)
- Tallest mosque
Birmingham Central mosque (Birmingham, England) - 45.7 m (150 ft)
- Tallest windmill
Moulton Windmill (Moulton, Lincolnshire) - 30 m (98 ft)
- Tallest statue
Angel of the North (Gateshead, Tyne and Wear) - 20 m (66 ft)
Dream (St Helens, Merseyside) - 20 m (66 ft)