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The Shard is the tallest building in the UK.. As of January 2025, there are 177 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, 25 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.
Newfoundland is the tallest build-to-rent building in the United Kingdom. [19] Novotel London Canary Wharf is the tallest all-hotel building in the United Kingdom, and the tallest Novotel in the world. [20] One Canada Square, at 235 m (771 ft), achieved a 21-year record of the tallest building in the United Kingdom from 1991 to 2012. With its ...
[186] Tallest all-hotel building in the United Kingdom. [187] 66= Keybridge Lofts: 128 / 420: 37: 2019: Residential: Vauxhall / Nine Elms [188] Upon completion was the UK's tallest brick residential tower. [189] Replaced former BT building called Keybridge House. [190] Topped out in 2020. [191] 66= 10 George Street (Wood Wharf E2) 128 / 420: 35 ...
Tallest building in the United Kingdom outside London. As of 2025, it is the 12th-tallest by height and has the fourth highest floor count in the United Kingdom. [19] [20] 2 Beetham Tower: 169 (554) 47 2006 Hotel / Residential Castlefield, Manchester Second-tallest building in the United Kingdom outside London. Roof height reaches 158 m (518 ft).
Standing 309.6 metres (1,016 feet) high, The Shard is the tallest building in the United Kingdom, the seventh-tallest building in Europe, and the second-tallest outside Russia behind the Varso Tower in Warsaw, which beats the Shard by less than half a metre. [15] The Shard replaced Southwark Towers, a 24-storey office block built on the site in ...