List of tallest buildings and structures in the United Kingdom by usage
This is a list of the tallest buildings and structures in the United Kingdom by usage.
Tallest buildings
Tallest castles
Rank |
Building |
Location |
Image | Height |
Year |
Notes |
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1 | Warwick Castle | Warwick, Warwickshire | 45 m (148 ft) | 1360 | [1] 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 | [2] 34.5 m to parapet, 38 m 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 | Tower of London | London | 32 m (105 ft)* | 1078 | Height to parapet 27.4 m, estimated height to top of stone turrets 32 m | |
6= | Conway 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 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 |
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1 | One Canada Square | Tower Hamlets, London | 235 m (771 ft) | 1991 | [8] | |
2 | Heron Tower | City of London, London | 230 m (750 ft) | 2010 | [9] | |
3 | The Leadenhall Building | City of London, London | 225 m (738 ft) | 2014 | [10] | |
4= | HSBC Tower | Tower Hamlets, London | 200 m (660 ft) | 2002 | [11] | |
4= | Citigroup Centre | Tower Hamlets, London | 200 m (660 ft) | 2001 | [12] | |
6 | Tower 42 | City of London, London | 183 m (600 ft) | 1980 | [13] |
Tallest government buildings
Rank |
Building |
Location |
Image | Height |
Year |
Notes |
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1 | Victoria Tower | City of Westminster, London | 102 m (335 ft) | 1858 | [14][15] Architectural height 102 m, roof height 98.5 m . | |
3 | Manchester Town Hall | Manchester, Greater Manchester | 87.2 m (286 ft) | 1877 | [16] | |
4 | Civil Justice Centre | Manchester, Greater Manchester | 80 m (260 ft) | 2007 | [17] | |
5 | Royal Courts of Justice | London | 74.6 m (245 ft) | 1882 | [18] | |
6= | Glasgow City Chambers | Glasgow, Scotland | 73 m (240 ft) | 1890 | [19] | |
6= | Government Buildings | Cardiff, Wales | 73 m (240 ft) | [20] | ||
8= | Leeds Town Hall | Leeds, West Yorkshire | 69 m (226 ft) | 1858 | [21] | |
8= | High Commission of New Zealand | City of Westminster, London | 69 m (226 ft) | 1963 | [22] | |
10 | Central Criminal Court | London | 66.6 m (219 ft) | 1907 | [23] |
Tallest hospitals
Rank |
Building |
Location |
Image | Height |
Year |
Notes |
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1 | Guy's Tower | Southwark, London | 143 m (469 ft) | 1973 | [24] | |
2 | Royal London Hospital Tower 2 | Tower Hamlets, London | 101 m (331 ft) | 2010 | [25] | |
3 | Royal London Hospital Tower 1 | Tower Hamlets, London | 97 m (318 ft) | 2010 | [26] | |
4 | University College Hospital | Camden, London | 78 m (256 ft) | 2005 | [27] | |
5= | Royal Hallamshire Hospital | Sheffield, South Yorkshire | 76 m (249 ft) | 1979 | [28] | |
5= | Belfast City Hospital | Belfast, Northern Ireland | 76 m (249 ft) | 1986 | [29] |
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.
Rank |
Building |
Location |
Image | Height |
Year |
Notes |
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1 | London Hilton on Park Lane | City of Westminster, London | 101 m (331 ft) | 1963 | [30] | |
2 | Hilton London Metropole | City of Westminster, London | 91 m (299 ft) | 1972 | [31] | |
3 | Holiday Inn Kensington Forum | Kensington, London | 84 m (276 ft) | 1963 | [32] | |
4= | Premier Inn Leicester City Centre | Leicester, Leicestershire | 82 m (269 ft) | 1965 | [33] | |
4= | St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel | London | 82 m (269 ft) | 1873 | [34] |
Tallest museums and galleries
Rank |
Building |
Location |
Image | Height |
Year |
Notes |
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1 | Tate Modern | Southwark, London | 99 m (325 ft) | 1963 | [35] | |
2 | Natural History Museum | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London | 58 m (190 ft) | 1880 | [36] | |
3= | Eden Project | St Blazey, Cornwall | 55 m (180 ft) | 2001 | [37] | |
3= | Imperial War Museum North | Trafford, Greater Manchester | 55 m (180 ft) | 2002 | [38] | |
5 | Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art | Gateshead, Tyne and Wear | 42 m (138 ft) | 1950 | [39] |
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.
Rank |
Building |
Location |
Image | Height |
Year |
Notes |
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1 | St George Wharf Tower | Lambeth, London | 181 m (594 ft) | 2013 | ||
2 | Strata | Southwark, London | 148 m (486 ft) | 2010 | [57] | |
3 | Pan Peninsula Tower 1 | Tower Hamlets, London | 147 m (482 ft) | 2008 | [58] | |
4= | The Landmark East Tower | Tower Hamlets, London | 140 m (460 ft) | 2010 | [59] | |
4= | West Tower | Liverpool, Merseyside | 140 m (460 ft) | 2008 | [60] | |
6 | Cromwell Tower Lauderdale Tower Shakespeare Tower |
City of London, London | 124 m (407 ft) | 1973 1974 1976 |
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Tallest university buildings
Rank |
Building |
Location |
Image | Height |
Year |
Notes |
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1 | Glasgow University Tower | Glasgow, Scotland | 85 m (279 ft) | 1887 | [62] | |
2 | Arts Tower | Sheffield, South Yorkshire | 78 m (256 ft) | 1966 | [63] | |
3 | Broadcasting Tower, Leeds | Leeds, West Yorkshire | 69.5 m (228 ft) | 2009 | [64] | |
4= | Wills Memorial Building | Bristol | 68 m (223 ft) | 1925 | [65] | |
4= | Towers Hall | Loughborough, Leicestershire | 68 m (223 ft) | 1967 | [66] | |
6 | Senate House (University of London) | London | 64 m (210 ft) | 1937 | [67] |
Tallest Cinema buildings
Cineworld Glasgow (Glasgow, Scotland) - 62 m (203 ft)[68]
Tallest structures
- Tallest guyed mast
Skelton transmitting station (Skelton, Cumbria) - 365 m (1,198 ft)[69]
- Tallest freestanding structure
Emley Moor transmitting station (Emley, West Yorkshire) - 330 m (1,080 ft)[70]
- Tallest chimney
Drax Power Station (Drax, North Yorkshire) - 259 m (850 ft)[71]
- 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
Humber Bridge (Humber, East Riding of Yorkshire/Lincolnshire) - 164 m (538 ft)[72]
- Tallest observation tower
Spinnaker Tower (Portsmouth, Hampshire) - 170 m (560 ft)[73]
- Tallest ferris wheel
London Eye (Lambeth, London) - 135 m (443 ft)[74]
- Tallest stadium
Wembley Stadium (Brent, London) - 133 m (436 ft)[75]
- Tallest lighthouse
Skerryvore lighthouse (Skerryvore, Scotland) - 48 m (157 ft)[76]
- Tallest church spire
Salisbury Cathedral (Salisbury, Wiltshire) - 123 m (404 ft)[77]
- Tallest clock tower
Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower (Birmingham, West Midlands) - 100 m (330 ft)[78]
- Tallest domed building
Millennium Dome (Greenwich, London) - 95 m (312 ft)[79]
- Tallest water tower
Grimsby Dock Tower (Grimsby, Lincolnshire) - 94 m (308 ft)[80]
- Tallest telescope
Lovell Telescope (Goostrey, Cheshire) - 89 m (292 ft)[81]
- Tallest air traffic control tower
Heathrow Air Traffic Control Tower (Hillingdon, London) - 87 m (285 ft)[82]
- Tallest monument
Wallace Monument (Stirling, Scotland) - 67 m (220 ft)[83]
- Tallest rollercoaster
Pepsi Max Big One (Blackpool, Lancashire) - 65 m (213 ft)[84]
- Tallest sculpture
ArcelorMittal Orbit (London, England) - 115 m (377 ft)[85]
- Tallest pagoda
The Pagoda (London, England) - 50 m (160 ft)[86]
- Tallest mosque
Birmingham Central mosque (Birmingham, England) - 45.7 m (150 ft)[87]
- Tallest windmill
Moulton Windmill (Moulton, Lincolnshire) - 30 m (98 ft)[88]
- Tallest statue
Angel of the North (Gateshead, Tyne and Wear) - 20 m (66 ft)
Dream (St Helens, Merseyside) - 20 m (66 ft)
References
- ↑ "Warwick Castle". Retrieved 2011-02-22.
- ↑ English Castles (R. Allen Brown) ISBN 978-1-84383-069-6
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(help) - ↑ "Tattershall Castle". Retrieved 2011-02-22.
- ↑ "Richmond Castle". Retrieved 2011-02-22.
- ↑ "Portchester Castle". Retrieved 2011-02-22.
- ↑ Buildings of England, Kent: North East & East (1969; 1983) (John Newman) ISBN 978-0-300-09613-2.
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(help) - ↑ "The Leadenhall Building". Retrieved 2013-12-26.
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(help) - ↑ "Citigroup Centre". Retrieved 2-12-2010. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ "Tower 42". Retrieved 2-12-2010. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ "Victoria Tower". Emporis.com. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
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(help) - ↑ "Manchester Town Hall". Retrieved 2011-02-22.
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(help) - ↑ "Glasgow City Chambers". Retrieved 2011-02-22.
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(help) - ↑ "High Commission of New Zealand". Retrieved 2-12-2010. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ "Central Criminal Court". Retrieved 2011-02-26.
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(help) - ↑ "Royal Hallamshire Hospital". Retrieved 2-12-2010. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ "Belfast City Hospital". Retrieved 2-12-2010. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ "London Hilton on Park Lane". Retrieved 2-12-2010. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ "Holiday Inn Kensington Forum". Retrieved 2-12-2010. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ "Premier Inn Leicester City Centre". Retrieved 2-12-2010. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ "St. Pancras Chambers". Retrieved 2011-02-22.
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(help) - ↑ "Imperial War Museum North". Retrieved 2-12-2010. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ "Salisbury Cathedral". Retrieved 1-12-2010. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ "St Paul's Cathedral". Retrieved 1-12-2010. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ "Liverpool Cathedral". Retrieved 2-12-2010. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ "Norwich Cathedral". Retrieved 2011-02-22.
- ↑ "Church of St. Walburge, Preston". Retrieved 2011-02-22.
- ↑ "Edinburgh Cathedral". Retrieved 2011-02-22.
- ↑ "St. James Church, Louth". Retrieved 2011-02-22.
- ↑ "St Mary Redcliffe". Retrieved 2011-02-22.
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(help) - ↑ "Westminster Cathedral". Retrieved 2-12-2010. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ "St. Wulfram's Church, Grantham". Retrieved 2011-02-22.
- ↑ "St Elphin's Church, Warrington". Retrieved 2011-02-22.
- ↑ "St Mary Abbots". Retrieved 2011-02-22.
- ↑ "Chichester Cathedral". Retrieved 2011-02-22.
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(help) - ↑ "Glasgow University Tower". Retrieved 2011-02-22.
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- ↑ "Wills Memorial Building". Retrieved 2011-02-22.
- ↑ "Towers Hall". Retrieved 2011-02-22.
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(help) - ↑ "Spinnaker Tower". Retrieved 2012-08-15.
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(help) - ↑ "Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower". Retrieved 1-12-2010. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ "Millennium Dome". Retrieved 1-12-2010. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ "Grimsby Dock Tower". Retrieved 1-12-2010. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ "Lovell Telescope".
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(help) - ↑ "Pepsi Max Big One". Retrieved 1-12-2010. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ "Tallest Sculpture".
- ↑ "The Pagoda".
- ↑ "Birmingham Central Mosque".
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