List of tallest buildings and structures in the United Kingdom by usage

This is a list of the tallest buildings and structures in the United Kingdom by usage.

Tallest buildings

Tallest castles

Rank	Building	Location	Image	Height	Year	Notes
1	Warwick Castle	Warwick, Warwickshire		45 m (148 ft)	1360	[1] Guy's tower rises 39 m, Caesar's Tower rises 45 m but from a lower level.
2	Rochester Castle	Rochester, Kent		38 m (125 ft)	1127	[2] 34.5 m to parapet, 38 m to turrets.
3	Caernarfon Castle	Caernarfon, Gwynedd		35 m (115 ft)	1330	[3]
4	Tattershall Castle	Tattershall, Lincolnshire		33.5 m (110 ft)	1446	[4]
5	Tower of London	London		32 m (105 ft)*	1078	Height to parapet 27.4 m, estimated height to top of stone turrets 32 m
6=	Conway Castle	Conwy, Gwynedd		30 m (98 ft)	1289
6=	Richmond Castle	Richmond, North Yorkshire		30 m (98 ft)	1200	[5]
6=	Portchester Castle	Portchester, Hampshire		30 m (98 ft)	1200	[6]
9	Conisbrough Castle	Conisbrough, South Yorkshire		29.5 m (97 ft)	1180
10	Dover Castle	Dover, Kent		29 m (95 ft)	1180	[7]

*Estimated height

Tallest commercial buildings

The tallest building which will be partly occupied by commercial offices is the 306 m Shard, London.

Rank	Building	Location	Image	Height	Year	Notes
1	One Canada Square	Tower Hamlets, London		235 m (771 ft)	1991	[8]
2	Heron Tower	City of London, London		230 m (750 ft)	2010	[9]
3	The Leadenhall Building	City of London, London		225 m (738 ft)	2014	[10]
4=	HSBC Tower	Tower Hamlets, London		200 m (660 ft)	2002	[11]
4=	Citigroup Centre	Tower Hamlets, London		200 m (660 ft)	2001	[12]
6	Tower 42	City of London, London		183 m (600 ft)	1980	[13]

Tallest government buildings

Rank	Building	Location	Image	Height	Year	Notes
1	Victoria Tower	City of Westminster, London		102 m (335 ft)	1858	[14][15] Architectural height 102 m, roof height 98.5 m .
3	Manchester Town Hall	Manchester, Greater Manchester		87.2 m (286 ft)	1877	[16]
4	Civil Justice Centre	Manchester, Greater Manchester		80 m (260 ft)	2007	[17]
5	Royal Courts of Justice	London		74.6 m (245 ft)	1882	[18]
6=	Glasgow City Chambers	Glasgow, Scotland		73 m (240 ft)	1890	[19]
6=	Government Buildings	Cardiff, Wales		73 m (240 ft)		[20]
8=	Leeds Town Hall	Leeds, West Yorkshire		69 m (226 ft)	1858	[21]
8=	High Commission of New Zealand	City of Westminster, London		69 m (226 ft)	1963	[22]
10	Central Criminal Court	London		66.6 m (219 ft)	1907	[23]

Tallest hospitals

Rank	Building	Location	Image	Height	Year	Notes
1	Guy's Tower	Southwark, London		143 m (469 ft)	1973	[24]
2	Royal London Hospital Tower 2	Tower Hamlets, London		101 m (331 ft)	2010	[25]
3	Royal London Hospital Tower 1	Tower Hamlets, London		97 m (318 ft)	2010	[26]
4	University College Hospital	Camden, London		78 m (256 ft)	2005	[27]
5=	Royal Hallamshire Hospital	Sheffield, South Yorkshire		76 m (249 ft)	1979	[28]
5=	Belfast City Hospital	Belfast, Northern Ireland		76 m (249 ft)	1986	[29]

Tallest hotels

• The tallest building which will be partly occupied by a hotel is the 306 m (1,004 ft) Shard, London.
• The Beetham Tower, Manchester is 169 m (554 ft) of which half, up to and including the 23rd floor, is a hotel.

Rank	Building	Location	Image	Height	Year	Notes
1	London Hilton on Park Lane	City of Westminster, London		101 m (331 ft)	1963	[30]
2	Hilton London Metropole	City of Westminster, London		91 m (299 ft)	1972	[31]
3	Holiday Inn Kensington Forum	Kensington, London		84 m (276 ft)	1963	[32]
4=	Premier Inn Leicester City Centre	Leicester, Leicestershire		82 m (269 ft)	1965	[33]
4=	St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel	London		82 m (269 ft)	1873	[34]

Tallest museums and galleries

Rank	Building	Location	Image	Height	Year	Notes
1	Tate Modern	Southwark, London		99 m (325 ft)	1963	[35]
2	Natural History Museum	Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London		58 m (190 ft)	1880	[36]
3=	Eden Project	St Blazey, Cornwall		55 m (180 ft)	2001	[37]
3=	Imperial War Museum North	Trafford, Greater Manchester		55 m (180 ft)	2002	[38]
5	Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art	Gateshead, Tyne and Wear		42 m (138 ft)	1950	[39]

Tallest places of worship

Rank	Building	Location	Image	Height	Year	Notes
1	Salisbury Cathedral	Salisbury, Wiltshire		123 m (404 ft)	1320	[40]
2	St Paul's Cathedral	City of London, London		111 m (364 ft)	1711	[41]
3	Liverpool Cathedral	Liverpool, Merseyside		101 m (331 ft)	1978	[42]
4	Norwich Cathedral	Norwich, Norfolk		96 m (315 ft)	1480	[43]
5	Church of St. Walburge, Preston	Preston, Lancashire		94 m (308 ft)	1854	[44]
6	St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Episcopal)	Edinburgh, Scotland		90 m (300 ft)	1917	[45]
7	St. James Church, Louth	Louth, Lincolnshire		89.9 m (295 ft)	1515	[46]
8	St Mary Redcliffe	Bristol		89 m (292 ft)	1872	[47]
9=	Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral	Liverpool, Merseyside		87 m (285 ft)	1967	[48]
9=	Westminster Cathedral	City of Westminster, London		87 m (285 ft)	1903	[49]
11=	St. Wulfram's Church, Grantham	Grantham, Lincolnshire		86 m (282 ft)	1360	[50]
11=	St Elphin's Church, Warrington	Warrington, Cheshire		86 m (282 ft)	1867	[51]
13	St Mary Abbots	Kensington, London		85 m (279 ft)	1872	[52]
14	Chichester Cathedral	Chichester, Sussex		84.5 m (277 ft)		[53]
15=	Lincoln Cathedral	Lincoln, Lincolnshire		83 m (272 ft)	1253	[54]
15=	St Botolph's Church	Boston, Lincolnshire		83 m (272 ft)	1520	[55]
16	Chichester Cathedral	Chichester, West Sussex		82 m (269 ft)	1258	[56]

Tallest residential buildings

• The tallest partly residential building - containing the highest apartments - is the 306 m Shard, London.
• The Beetham Tower, Manchester is 169 m (554 ft) of which the upper half is residential. The 47th floor penthouse is the country's third highest apartment.

Rank	Building	Location	Image	Height	Year	Notes
1	St George Wharf Tower	Lambeth, London		181 m (594 ft)	2013
2	Strata	Southwark, London		148 m (486 ft)	2010	[57]
3	Pan Peninsula Tower 1	Tower Hamlets, London		147 m (482 ft)	2008	[58]
4=	The Landmark East Tower	Tower Hamlets, London		140 m (460 ft)	2010	[59]
4=	West Tower	Liverpool, Merseyside		140 m (460 ft)	2008	[60]
6	Cromwell Tower Lauderdale Tower Shakespeare Tower	City of London, London		124 m (407 ft)	1973 1974 1976	[61]

Tallest university buildings

Rank	Building	Location	Image	Height	Year	Notes
1	Glasgow University Tower	Glasgow, Scotland		85 m (279 ft)	1887	[62]
2	Arts Tower	Sheffield, South Yorkshire		78 m (256 ft)	1966	[63]
3	Broadcasting Tower, Leeds	Leeds, West Yorkshire		69.5 m (228 ft)	2009	[64]
4=	Wills Memorial Building	Bristol		68 m (223 ft)	1925	[65]
4=	Towers Hall	Loughborough, Leicestershire		68 m (223 ft)	1967	[66]
6	Senate House (University of London)	London		64 m (210 ft)	1937	[67]

Tallest Cinema buildings

Cineworld Glasgow (Glasgow, Scotland) - 62 m (203 ft)^[68]

Tallest structures

Tallest guyed mast

Skelton transmitting station (Skelton, Cumbria) - 365 m (1,198 ft)^[69]

Tallest freestanding structure

Emley Moor transmitting station (Emley, West Yorkshire) - 330 m (1,080 ft)^[70]

Tallest chimney

Drax Power Station (Drax, North Yorkshire) - 259 m (850 ft)^[71]

Tallest free-standing lattice tower

Crystal Palace Transmitter 219 m (719 ft)

Tallest wind turbine

Samsung Heavy Industries 7 MW wind turbine prototype 196 m (643 ft)

Tallest electricity pylon

400 kV Thames Crossing 190.5 m (625 ft)

Tallest bridge

Humber Bridge (Humber, East Riding of Yorkshire/Lincolnshire) - 164 m (538 ft)^[72]

Tallest observation tower

Spinnaker Tower (Portsmouth, Hampshire) - 170 m (560 ft)^[73]

Tallest ferris wheel

London Eye (Lambeth, London) - 135 m (443 ft)^[74]

Tallest stadium

Wembley Stadium (Brent, London) - 133 m (436 ft)^[75]

Tallest lighthouse

Skerryvore lighthouse (Skerryvore, Scotland) - 48 m (157 ft)^[76]

Tallest church spire

Salisbury Cathedral (Salisbury, Wiltshire) - 123 m (404 ft)^[77]

Tallest clock tower

Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower (Birmingham, West Midlands) - 100 m (330 ft)^[78]

Tallest domed building

Millennium Dome (Greenwich, London) - 95 m (312 ft)^[79]

Tallest water tower

Grimsby Dock Tower (Grimsby, Lincolnshire) - 94 m (308 ft)^[80]

Tallest telescope

Lovell Telescope (Goostrey, Cheshire) - 89 m (292 ft)^[81]

Tallest air traffic control tower

Heathrow Air Traffic Control Tower (Hillingdon, London) - 87 m (285 ft)^[82]

Tallest monument

Wallace Monument (Stirling, Scotland) - 67 m (220 ft)^[83]

Tallest rollercoaster

Pepsi Max Big One (Blackpool, Lancashire) - 65 m (213 ft)^[84]

Tallest sculpture

ArcelorMittal Orbit (London, England) - 115 m (377 ft)^[85]

Tallest pagoda

The Pagoda (London, England) - 50 m (160 ft)^[86]

Tallest mosque

Birmingham Central mosque (Birmingham, England) - 45.7 m (150 ft)^[87]

Tallest windmill

Moulton Windmill (Moulton, Lincolnshire) - 30 m (98 ft)^[88]

Tallest statue

Angel of the North (Gateshead, Tyne and Wear) - 20 m (66 ft)

Dream (St Helens, Merseyside) - 20 m (66 ft)

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