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The Shard is the tallest building in the UK.. As of September 2024, there are 176 habitable buildings (used for living and working in, as opposed to masts and religious use) in the United Kingdom at least 100 metres (330 ft) tall, [1] 132 of them in London, 24 in Greater Manchester, eight in Birmingham, four in Leeds, two each in Liverpool and Woking, and one each in Brighton and Hove ...
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 partly hotel building is the 309.6 m (1,016 ft) Shard, London. The Beetham Tower, Manchester is 169 m (554 ft) tall of which half, up to and including the 23rd floor, is a hotel. 10 Holloway Circus, Birmingham is 130 m (430 ft) tall; the lower 19 floors are occupied by a hotel.
Tallest freestanding structure in UK. Original 137 m (449 ft) tower built in 1956, replaced 1964. Second 385 m (1,263 ft) guyed tubular mast was built 1964 to replace the tower, but collapsed in 1969 due to icing and strong winds.
List of tallest buildings and structures in Barrow-in-Furness; List of tallest buildings and structures in Belfast; List of tallest buildings and structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area, West Midlands; List of tallest buildings and structures in Brighton and Hove; List of tallest buildings and structures in Bristol
St George Wharf Tower, also known as the Vauxhall Tower, is a residential skyscraper in Vauxhall, London, and part of the St George Wharf development. At 181 metres (594 ft) tall with 50 storeys, it is the 20th-tallest building in London and was the tallest residential building [a] in the United Kingdom on its completion.
Kings Tower is an approved skyscraper [a] that will be located on Castle Square at the junction of High Street and Angel Street in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.With a planned height of 120 m (390 ft) once completed, [1] Kings Tower will overtake Code Sheffield (once that is completed), and St Pauls Tower (current tallest building) as the tallest building in Sheffield and in Yorkshire. [2]
At a height of 169 m (554 ft), it was described by the Financial Times as "the UK's first proper skyscraper outside London". [11] From 2006 to 2018, the skyscraper was the tallest building in Manchester and outside London in the United Kingdom. In November 2018, it was surpassed by the South Tower at Deansgate Square, which is 201 m (659 ft) tall.