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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'.
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.
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.
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
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.
Tallest building in the United Kingdom outside London. As of 2024, it is the 11th-tallest by height and has the fourth highest floor count in the United Kingdom. [9] [10] 2 Beetham Tower: 169 (554) 47 2006 Hotel / Residential Castlefield Second-tallest building in the United Kingdom outside London. Roof height reaches 158 m (518 ft). [11] [12]
Sussex Heights was the tallest building in the city of Brighton and Hove. [ 12 ] [ 19 ] It has 115 flats on 24 floors, plus a penthouse which takes up the whole of the top floor. The 23 floors below the penthouse have five flats each; three face east and two face west, and four have two bedrooms (the other is a single-bedroom flat).