List of tallest buildings by United Kingdom settlement

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).^[1]

City	Tallest Building(s)	Height (m)	Height (ft)	Floors	Year	Image	Notes
Aberdeen	Marischal College	72	236	4	1906		[2]
Basingstoke	Fanum House	85	279	30	2010		[3]
Belfast	Obel	85	279	28	2010		[4]
Birmingham	10 Holloway Circus	130	430	40	2005		[5]
Blackburn	Blackburn Town Hall	53	174	15	1969		[6]
Blackpool	Walter Robinson Court	64	210	22	1972		[7]
Bournemouth	Albany Apartments	53	174	18			[8]
Bradford	Bradford City Hall	66	217		1914		[9]
Brighton	Sussex Heights	102	335	26	1968		[10]
Bristol	Castlemead	80	260	19	1981		[11]
Cambridge	Cambridge University Library	49	161		1934		[12]
Cardiff	Stadium House	120	394	17	1974		[13]
Carlisle	Civic Centre	44	145	12	1967
Colchester	Bertrand Russell Tower William Morris Tower Rayleigh Tower Tawney Tower Eddington Tower Keynes Tower	43	141	14			[14]
Coventry	Mercia House	68	223	20	1968		[15]
Derby	Wilderslowe Tower	52	171	14			[16]
Dudley	Darley House	52	171	19	1969		[17]
Dundee	Butterburn Court Bucklemaker Court	67	220	23	1971		[18]
Eastbourne	South Cliff Tower	58	190	19	1965		[19]
Edinburgh	Martello Court	64	210	23	1967		[20]
Exeter	Exeter Cathedral	44	144		1400		[21]
Glasgow	109 Bluevale Street	91	299	31	1967		[22]
Gloucester	Gloucester Cathedral	67	220		1541		[23]
Huddersfield	Holme Park Court Bishops Court	48	157	17	1967		[24]
Ipswich	Cranfield Mill	71	233	23	2009		[25]
Kingston upon Hull	109-351 Homethorpe (previously tallest, demolished July 2012 185-427 Milldane	64	210	22			[26]
Leeds	Bridgewater Place	110	360	32	2007		[27]
Leicester	Cardinal Telephone Exchange	84	276	17			[28]
Liverpool	West Tower	140	460	40	2008		[29]
London	The Shard	310	1017	87	2012		[30]
Luton	Luton Town Hall	50	160	9	1936		[31]
Manchester	Beetham Tower	169	554	50	2007		[32]
Middlesbrough	Centre North East	71	233	19	1974		[33]
Milton Keynes	Mellish Court	49	161	18			[34]
Newcastle upon Tyne	Vale House	80	260	28	1968		[35]
Newport	Newport Civic Centre	55	180		1964		[36]
Northampton	Northampton House	46	151	13			[37]
Norwich	Norwich City Hall	55	180	5	1938		[38]
Nottingham	Victoria Centre Flats A	75	246	25	1972		[39]
Oldham	Civic Centre	55	180	15	1976		[40]
Oxford	Magdalen Tower	44	144		1509		[41]
Peterborough	Cumberland House	43	141	14			[42]
Plymouth	Chichester House	55	180	19			[43]
Poole	Longfleet Nurses Home	43	141	14			[44]
Portsmouth	Spinnaker Tower	170	560	4	2005		[45]
Preston	Guild Centre	61	200	15			[46]
Reading	The Blade Reading	128	194	14	2009		[47]
Rotherham	Clifton Flats	40	130	13			[48]
Sheffield	St Pauls Tower	101	331	32	2010		[49]
Slough	Octagon	46	151	11	2010		[50]
Southampton	The Moresby Tower	80	262	26	2014		[51]
Southend-on-Sea	Alexander House	63	207	16	1973		[52]
Stoke-on-Trent	Telecom Building	42	138	11			[53]
Sunderland	Planet House Astral House Solar House	60	200	19	1969		[54]
Swansea	The Tower, Meridian Quay	107	351	29	2010		[55]
Swindon	David Murray John Tower	75	246	20	1976		[56]
Telford	Telford Plaza One	48	157	11			[57]
Watford	Abbey View Munden View	52	171	17			[58]
Wolverhampton	Building 1	75	246	25	2009		[59]
Worthing	Manor Lea	43	141	14	1967		[60][61]
York	York Minster	66	216		1472		[62]

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