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This is a list of the tallest buildings in the United Kingdom by 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 Mitchell Tower - geograph.org.uk - 220981.jpg
Basildon Brooke House 49 161 15 1962 Brooke house tq7088.jpg
Basingstoke Fanum House 85 279 18 2010 Fanum House (The AA) - geograph.org.uk - 816078.jpg
Belfast Obel 88.31 289.7 28 2010 Obel Tower completed.jpg
Birmingham The Mercian 132 433 42 2021 Mercian Birmingham.jpg
Blackburn Blackburn Town Hall 53 174 15 1969 Blackburn Town Hall (modern).jpg
Blackpool Walter Robinson Court 64 210 22 1972 Walter Robinson Court 236.JPG
Bournemouth The Helm 55 180 19 2020
Bradford Bradford City Hall 66 217 1914 Bradford City Hall by John Illingworth.jpg
Brighton Sussex Heights 102 334 24 1968 Sussex Heights, Brighton (from St Nicholas' Garden of Rest).JPG
Bristol Castle Park View 98 322 26 2022 Castle Park View Tower.png
Cambridge Our Lady and the English Martyrs Church 65 213 1890 Our Lady and the English Martyrs catholic church.jpg
Cardiff Bridge Street Exchange 85 278 26 2018 Bridge Street, Cardiff, December 2018.jpg
Carlisle Carlisle Civic Centre 44 145 12 1967 Carlisle Council Offices.jpg
Chelmsford Parkside Court 43 141 13 1962 Parkside Court.jpg
Cheltenham Eagle Tower 49 161 15 1968 The Eagle Tower, Cheltenham.jpg
Colchester University of Essex North and South Towers 43 141 14 South towers with snowy ground, University of Essex, from the south.jpg
Coventry CODE Fairfax Street 76.2 250 23 2019 Coventry CODE FairFax.jpg
Derby University of Derby 40 131 10 University of Derby.JPG
Doncaster Silverwood House 46 151 17 1969
Dudley Darley House 52 171 19 1969
Dundee Various 44 144 16 1967 /
1970
Eastbourne South Cliff Tower 58 190 19 1965 South Cliff Tower April 2018.jpg
Edinburgh Martello Court 64 210 23 1967 High rise housing at Pennywell - geograph.org.uk - 1047224.jpg
Exeter Exeter Cathedral 44 144 1400 South tower, Exeter Cathedral - geograph.org.uk - 252429.jpg
Glasgow The Gilbert Scott Building 85 278 6 1891
Gloucester Gloucester Cathedral 67 220 1541 Gloucester Cathedral - 2004-11-02.jpg
Huddersfield Holme Park Court
Bishops Court
48 157 17 1967
Ipswich The Mill 71 233 23 2009 Ipswich waterfront, the old and the new - geograph.org.uk - 1467986.jpg
Kingston upon Hull Hull Royal Infirmary 57 187 1967 Hull Royal Infirmary.jpg
Leeds Altus House 114 374 38 2021 Altus House.jpg
Leicester Cardinal Telephone Exchange 84 276 17 1970 Clouds in the Cardinal Tower, Leicester - geograph.org.uk - 220577.jpg
Liverpool West Tower 140 460 40 2008 West Tower, Liverpool, England.jpg
London The Shard 310 1,017 87 2012 The Shard from the Sky Garden 2015.jpg
Luton Luton Town Hall 50 160 9 1936 Luton Town Hallb.jpg
Maidstone The Creswick 60 187 17 2020
Manchester Deansgate Square South Tower 201 659 65 2018 Deansgate square south tower.jpg
Middlesbrough Centre North East 71 233 19 1974 Cne Building and Town Hall Clock - geograph.org.uk - 680869.jpg
Milton Keynes Mellish Court 49 161 18 Mellish Court.jpg
Newcastle upon Tyne Vale House 80 260 28 1968 Vale House, Newcastle upon Tyne.jpg
Newport Newport Civic Centre 55 180 1964 Newportciviccentre.jpg
Northampton Northampton House 46 151 13
Norwich Norwich City Hall 63 206 5 1938 City Hall, Norwich - geograph.org.uk - 113273.jpg
Nottingham Victoria Centre Flats A 75 246 25 1972
Oldham Oldham Civic Centre 53 175 15 1976 Oldham Civic Centre3.jpg
Oxford Magdalen Tower 44 144 1509 Magdalen Tower.jpg
Peterborough Cumberland House 43 141 14
Plymouth Beckley Point 78 255 23 2018 Beckley Point - geograph.org.uk - 5778848.jpg
Poole Longfleet Nurses Home 43 141 14 Longfleet Nurses Home.JPG
Portsmouth 1 Gunwharf Quays 101 331 26 2008 Portsmouth Number One Tower.JPG
Preston Guild Centre 61 200 15 Guild Centre Preston.jpg
Reading The Blade 59 194 14 2009 The Blade, Abbey Square, Reading.jpg
Rotherham Clifton Flats 40 130 13 Rotherham - Flats on Clifton Lane - geograph.org.uk - 956847.jpg
Sheffield St Paul's Tower 101 331 32 2010 St Pauls Tower View.JPG
Slough Octagon 46 151 11 2010
Southampton Centenary Quay 90 295 27 2022
Southend-on-Sea Alexander House 63 207 16 1973 Alexander House, Victoria Avenue (geograph 4279482).jpg
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 The Tower, Meridian Quay 2015.JPG
Swindon David Murray John Tower 83 272 21 1976 A view up the David Murray John Tower (1) - geograph.org.uk - 339006.jpg
Telford Telford Plaza One 48 157 11 Offices, Telford - geograph.org.uk - 258724.jpg
Watford Abbey View
Munden View
52 171 17
Woking Victoria Square Tower 1 117 384 34 2022
Wolverhampton Victoria Halls (Building 1) 75 246 25 2009 Victoria Halls, Wolverhampton.JPG
Worthing Bayside 52 172 15 2021
York York Minster 66 216 1472 Western face of York Minster.JPG
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