List of tallest buildings by United Kingdom settlement facts for kids
This is a list of the tallest buildings by United Kingdom settlement. The article includes all cities and towns with a population over 100,000. This list is based on criteria set out by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat which excludes structures such as telecommunication towers and church spires from being labelled as a 'skyscraper or tall building'. The tallest building in the United Kingdom in a settlement with fewer than 100,000 inhabitants is The Triad in Bootle, Merseyside at 88.7 metres (291 ft).
City |
Tallest Building(s) |
Height (m) |
Height (ft) |
Floors |
Year |
Image |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aberdeen | Marischal College | 72 | 236 | 4 | 1906 | ||
Basildon | Brooke House | 49 | 161 | 15 | 1962 | ||
Basingstoke | Fanum House | 85 | 279 | 30 | 2010 | ||
Belfast | Obel | 88.31 | 289.7 | 28 | 2010 | ||
Birmingham | 10 Holloway Circus | 130 | 430 | 40 | 2005 | ||
Blackburn | Blackburn Town Hall | 53 | 174 | 15 | 1969 | ||
Blackpool | Walter Robinson Court | 64 | 210 | 22 | 1972 | ||
Bournemouth | The Helm | 55 | 180 | 19 | 2020 | ||
Bradford | Bradford City Hall | 66 | 217 | 1914 | |||
Brighton | British Airways i360 | 162 | 531 | 1 | 2016 | ||
Bristol | Castlemead | 80 | 260 | 19 | 1981 | ||
Cardiff | Bridge Street Exchange | 85 | 278 | 26 | 2018 | ||
Carlisle | Carlisle Civic Centre | 44 | 145 | 12 | 1967 | ||
Chelmsford | Parkside Court | 43 | 141 | 13 | 1962 | ||
Cheltenham | Eagle Tower | 49 | 161 | 15 | 1968 | ||
Colchester | Bertrand Russell Tower William Morris Tower Rayleigh Tower Tawney Tower Eddington Tower Keynes Tower |
43 | 141 | 14 | |||
Coventry | CODE Fairfax Street | 76.2 | 250 | 23 | 2019 | ||
Derby | University of Derby | 40 | 131 | 10 | |||
Doncaster | Silverwood House | 46 | 151 | 17 | 1969 | ||
Dudley | Darley House | 52 | 171 | 19 | 1969 | ||
Dundee | Dudhope Court | 44 | 144 | 16 | 1967 | ||
Eastbourne | South Cliff Tower | 58 | 190 | 19 | 1965 | ||
Edinburgh | Martello Court | 64 | 210 | 23 | 1967 | ||
Exeter | Exeter Cathedral | 44 | 144 | 1400 | |||
Glasgow | Glasgow Tower | 127 | 417 | 2 | 2001 | ||
Gloucester | Gloucester Cathedral | 67 | 220 | 1541 | |||
Huddersfield | Holme Park Court Bishops Court |
48 | 157 | 17 | 1967 | ||
Ipswich | Cranfield Mill | 71 | 233 | 23 | 2009 | ||
Kingston upon Hull | Hull Royal Infirmary | 57 | 187 | 1967 | |||
Leeds | Bridgewater Place | 110 | 360 | 32 | 2007 | ||
Leicester | Cardinal Telephone Exchange | 84 | 276 | 17 | 1970 | ||
Liverpool | West Tower | 140 | 460 | 40 | 2008 | ||
London | The Shard | 310 | 1017 | 87 | 2012 | ||
Luton | Luton Town Hall | 50 | 160 | 9 | 1936 | ||
Maidstone | Miller House | 41 | 135 | 13 | 1972 | ||
Manchester | Deansgate Square South Tower | 201 | 659 | 65 | 2018 | ||
Middlesbrough | Centre North East | 71 | 233 | 19 | 1974 | ||
Milton Keynes | Mellish Court | 49 | 161 | 18 | |||
Newcastle upon Tyne | Vale House | 80 | 260 | 28 | 1968 | ||
Newport | Newport Civic Centre | 55 | 180 | 1964 | |||
Northampton | Northampton House | 46 | 151 | 13 | |||
Norwich | Norwich City Hall | 63 | 206 | 5 | 1938 | ||
Nottingham | Victoria Centre Flats A | 75 | 246 | 25 | 1972 | ||
Oldham | Oldham Civic Centre | 53 | 175 | 15 | 1976 | ||
Oxford | Magdalen Tower | 44 | 144 | 1509 | |||
Peterborough | Cumberland House | 43 | 141 | 14 | |||
Plymouth | Beckley Point | 78 | 255 | 23 | 2018 | ||
Poole | Longfleet Nurses Home | 43 | 141 | 14 | |||
Portsmouth | East Side Plaza Portsmouth | 101 | 331 | 26 | 2008 | ||
Preston | Guild Centre | 61 | 200 | 15 | |||
Reading | The Blade Reading | 59 | 194 | 14 | 2009 | ||
Rotherham | Clifton Flats | 40 | 130 | 13 | |||
Sheffield | St Pauls Tower | 101 | 331 | 32 | 2010 | ||
Slough | Octagon | 46 | 151 | 11 | 2010 | ||
Southampton | The Moresby Tower | 80 | 262 | 26 | 2014 | ||
Southend-on-Sea | Alexander House | 63 | 207 | 16 | 1973 | ||
Stoke-on-Trent | Telecom Building | 42 | 138 | 11 | |||
Sunderland | Planet House Astral House Solar House |
60 | 200 | 19 | 1969 | ||
Swansea | The Tower, Meridian Quay | 107 | 351 | 29 | 2010 | ||
Swindon | David Murray John Tower | 83 | 272 | 21 | 1976 | ||
Telford | Telford Plaza One | 48 | 157 | 11 | |||
Watford | Abbey View Munden View |
52 | 171 | 17 | |||
Wolverhampton | Victoria Halls (Building 1) | 75 | 246 | 25 | 2009 | ||
Worthing | Bayside | 52 | 172 | 15 | 2020 | ||
York | York Minster | 66 | 216 | 1472 |
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