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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 ...
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.
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'.
Rank Name Image Height m / ft Floor Year Primary use Location Notes 1: The Shard: 310 / 1,016: 87: 2012: Mixed: Southwark: Tallest building in the UK. [77] 2: 22 Bishopsgate: 278 / 912: 62: 2019: Office: City of London: Tallest building in the City of London. 3: One Canada Square: 235 / 771: 50: 1991: Office: Canary Wharf / Isle of Dogs
Tallest building in South Korea and the OECD [20] 7 One World Trade Center: 541.3 1,776 94 (+ 5 below ground) New York City United States: 2014 Tallest building outside of Asia; tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, the Americas, North America and the USA; tallest building on an island [21] 8 Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre: 530.0: 1,740
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
Rank Name Pinnacle height Year Structure Country City Remarks 1: Tokyo Skytree: 634 m (2,080 ft) 2012: Steel Japan: Tokyo: Tallest tower in the world since 2010 2: Canton Tower: 604 m (1,982 ft) 2010: Steel & concrete China: Guangzhou: Was briefly the tallest tower in the world in 2010. Second tallest tower in the world. 3: CN Tower: 553.3 m ...