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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 ...
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'.
Tallest building in East Asia and China and contains the highest luxury hotel in the world; Tallest twisted building [17] 4 The Clock Towers: 601.0 1,972 120 (+ 3 below ground) Mecca Saudi Arabia: 2012 Tallest building in Saudi Arabia, tallest clock tower and contains the highest museum in the world [18] 5 Ping An International Finance Centre ...
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 ...
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).
Here are 10 of the tallest skyscrapers around the world that now sit empty or uncompleted — and how they ended up that way. Beirut Trade Center, Beirut (459 feet) The Burj al-Murr or Beirut ...
Tallest building in Cherry Park scheme, Stratford, East London. [403] IQL Park Place Tower 1 120 / 394: 35: 2026: Residential: Stratford: Tallest planned building in the Stratford Cross cluster in Stratford. [404] One Peninsula Square: 120 / 393* 36: Residential: Greenwich Peninsula: Proposal for a new 820-room student residential tower in ...