See also: List of tallest buildings in the United Kingdom.
This list contains all types of structures 150m (490feet) in height or more, which is the accepted criterion for a building to qualify as a skyscraper in the United Kingdom.
Entries in italics denote approximate figures.
Name | Pinnacle height | Image | Year | Primary use | Town | Construction type | Coordinates | Remarks | |
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Skelton Mast | 365m (1,198feet) | 2001 | communication | Insulated against ground. | |||||
Belmont Mast | nowrap | 351.65m (1,153.71feet) | 1965 | communication | Originally 1265feet, modified height of 1272feet was the tallest construction in the EU, and tallest tubular steel mast in the world. | ||||
New Caldbeck Mast | 337.2m (1,106.3feet) | 2008 | communication | Caldbeck, Cumbria | guyed steel lattice mast | Replaced the original Caldbeck mast, which was dismantled in 2008. | |||
Emley Moor Tower | 330.5m (1,084.3feet) | 1970 | communication | Tallest freestanding structure in UK. Original 137m (449feet) tower built in 1956, replaced 1964. Second 385m (1,263feet) guyed tubular mast was built 1964 to replace the tower, but collapsed in 1969 due to icing and strong winds. | |||||
Durris Mast | 322.6m (1,058.4feet) | 1961 | communication | guyed steel lattice mast | Tallest structure in Scotland. | ||||
Arfon Mast | 317.4m (1,041.3feet) | 1962 | communication | guyed steel lattice mast | Tallest structure in Wales. | ||||
Emley Moor Temporary Broadcasting Mast | 317m (1,040feet) | 2018 | communication | guyed lattice steel mast | Temporary mast, used for transmitting at Emley Moor during renovation of antenna system. | ||||
nowrap | Winter Hill Mast | 309.5m (1,015.4feet) | 1965 | communication | guyed tubular steel mast | Original 137m (449feet) tower built in 1956, replaced in 1964. DTT mast raised height to 315.4m (1,034.8feet), but was removed after digital switchover. | |||
Waltham Mast | 315m (1,033feet) | 1968 | communication | guyed tubular steel mast | Original mast built in 1966, collapsed before completion later that year. Replaced by a new mast with the same height. | ||||
The Shard | 309.6m (1,015.7feet) | 2012 | various | Tallest building in Western Europe (Was the tallest building in the EU until Britain's departure on 31 January 2020). | |||||
Black Hill Mast | 306.6m (1,005.9feet) | 1961 | communication | guyed steel lattice mast | Original 228m (748feet) mast built in 1957, replaced in 1961. | ||||
Bilsdale Mast | 311.5m (1,022feet) | 2023 | communication | guyed steel lattice mast | Original 314m (1,030feet) mast built in 1969, burnt down in 2021, replaced in 2023. | ||||
Strabane Mast | 309.9m (1,016.7feet) | 1963 | communication | Strabane, County Tyrone | guyed steel lattice mast | Tallest structure in Ireland. | |||
Mendlesham Mast | 305.6m (1,002.6feet) | 1959 | communication | Mendlesham, Suffolk | guyed steel lattice mast | Tallest television mast in Europe at time of construction. | |||
Lichfield Mast | 305.2m (1,001.3feet) | 1961 | communication | Tamworth, Staffordshire | guyed steel lattice mast | Original 137m (449feet) tower built in 1956, replaced in 1961. | |||
Mendip Mast | 305m (1,001feet) | 1967 | communication | St Cuthbert Out, Somerset | guyed tubular steel mast |
Name | Pinnacle height | Image | Year | Primary Use | Town | Construction Type | Coordinates | Remarks | |
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22 Bishopsgate | 278m (912feet) | 2019 | office | City of London | Skyscraper | 51.5145°N0.0829°W | Tallest building in the City of London. | ||
Crimond Royal Naval Wireless Telegraphy Station, Large Mast | 274.3m (899.9feet) | ? | communication | Crimond, Aberdeenshire | guyed steel lattice mast | 57.6175°N -1.8876°W | |||
Sutton Coldfield Mast | 270.5m (887.5feet) | 1983 | communication | Birmingham, West Midlands | guyed steel lattice mast | Original mast built 1949, replaced 1983. | |||
Wenvoe Mast | 265m (869feet) | 1985 | communication | Vale of Glamorgan | guyed steel lattice mast | Original mast built in 1952, replaced in 1985. Extended by 23m (75feet) with new antenna system in 2008. | |||
Drax Power Station | 259m (850feet) | 1969[1] | chimney | Selby, North Yorkshire | concrete tower | Tallest chimney in UK.[2] | |||
Rugby VLF Mast | 250m (820feet) | 1925 | communication | Rugby, Warwickshire | guyed steel lattice mast |
| 12 guyed masts insulated against ground, demolished in June 2004 and August 2007. |
Name | Pinnacle height | Image | Year | Primary Use | Town | Construction Type | Coordinates | Remarks | |
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Grain Power Station | 244m (801feet) | 1979[3] | chimney | concrete tower | Demolished on 7 September 2016.[4] | ||||
Mounteagle Mast | nowrap | 243.8m (799.9feet) | 1961 | communication | Fortrose, Ross-shire | guyed steel lattice mast | |||
Dover Mast | 243.2m (797.9feet) | 1960 | communication | Dover, Kent | guyed steel lattice mast | ||||
Landmark Pinnacle | 239m (784feet) | 2020 | Residential | Isle of Dogs | skyscraper | 51° 30′ 9.6″ N,0° 1′ 31.5″ W | |||
Sandy Heath Mast | 240.8m (790feet) | 1965 | communication | Sandy, Bedfordshire | guyed steel lattice mast | ||||
Selkirk Mast | 238.8m (783.5feet) | 1961 | communication | Selkirk, Scottish Borders | guyed steel lattice mast | ||||
Caradon Hill Mast | 237.7m (779.9feet) | 1961 | communication | Liskeard, Cornwall | guyed steel lattice mast | ||||
Inverkip Power Station | 236m (774feet) | 1976[5] | chimney | Wemyss Bay, Inverclyde | concrete tower | Former tallest free-standing structure in Scotland; demolished on 28 July 2013 with explosives.[6] | |||
Preseli Mast | 235.4m (772.3feet) | 1962 | communication | Crymych, Pembrokeshire | guyed steel lattice mast | ||||
One Canada Square | 235.1m (771.3feet) | 1991 | office | Canary Wharf, London | skyscraper | ||||
Stockland Hill Mast | 235m (771feet) | 1961 | communication | Honiton, Devon | guyed steel lattice mast | ||||
Moel-y-Parc Mast | 230m (760feet) | 1963 | communication | Caerwys, Flintshire | guyed steel lattice mast | ||||
Heron Tower | 230m (760feet) | 2010 | office | City of London | skyscraper | ||||
Angus Mast | 229.5m (753feet) | 1965 | communication | Angus | guyed steel lattice mast | ||||
Rumster Forest Mast | 229.2m (752feet) | 1965 | communication | Wick, Caithness | guyed steel lattice mast | ||||
Ashkirk Mast | 229.1m (751.6feet) | 1963 | communication | Selkirk, Scottish Borders | guyed steel lattice mast | ||||
Chillerton Down Mast | 228.9m (751feet) | 1958 | communication | Newport, Isle of Wight | guyed steel lattice mast | ||||
Black Mountain Mast | 228.6m (750feet) | 1959 | communication | Belfast, Northern Ireland | guyed steel lattice mast | ||||
Burnhope Mast | 228.6m (750feet) | 1958 | communication | Burnhope, County Durham | guyed steel lattice mast | ||||
St. Hilary Mast | 227.1m (745.1feet) | 1957 | communication | Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan | guyed steel lattice mast | ||||
Anthorn Radio Station | 227m (745feet) | 1964 | communication | Anthorn, Cumbria | guyed steel lattice mast | 54.9116°N -3.2787°W ; 54.9148°N -3.2759°W ; 54.9119°N -3.2724°W ; 54.9088°N -3.275°W ; 54.9085°N -3.2811°W ; 54.9113°N -3.2845°W ; 54.9145°N -3.2819°W ; 54.9175°N -3.2793°W ; 54.915°N -3.2701°W ; 54.9091°N -3.2692°W ; 54.9058°N -3.2776°W ; 54.9083°N -3.2869°W ; 54.9141°N -3.2877°W | |||
Holme Moss Mast | 225m (738feet) | 1984 | communication | Holmfirth, West Yorkshire | guyed steel lattice mast | Original 229 m (750 ft) mast built 1951, replaced. | |||
Leadenhall Building | 225m (738feet) | 2014 | office | City of London | skyscraper | ||||
Crystal Palace Tower | 219m (719feet) | 1950 | communication | Norwood, London | lattice tower | ||||
Pembroke Power Station | 217.3m (712.9feet) | 1968[7] | chimney | Pembroke, Pembrokeshire | concrete tower | Demolished on 25 November 2000.[8] | |||
Littlebrook "D" Power Station | 215m (705feet) | 1981[9] | chimney | Dartford, Kent | concrete tower | Demolished with explosives on 15 December 2019.[10] | |||
Droitwich Mast 1 | 213.4m (700.1feet) | 1934 | communication | Droitwich, Worcestershire | guyed steel lattice mast | Consists of two masts of the same height. Broadcasts Radio 4 LW on 198 kHz. | |||
Droitwich Mast 2 | 213.4m (700.1feet) | 1934 | communication | Droitwich, Worcestershire | guyed steel lattice mast | ||||
Queensferry Crossing | 207m (679feet) | 2017 | bridge | Lothian and Fife | cable-stayed bridge concrete towers | ||||
Tacolneston Mast (replacement) | 206.1m (676.2feet) | 2009 | communication | Tacolneston, Norfolk | guyed steel lattice mast | Built to replace the 165m (541feet) mast, ready for Digital Switchover in 2011. Mast construction started in September 2009, and took five weeks to build. | |||
Ironbridge "B" Power Station | 205m (673feet) | 1969[11] | chimney | Telford, Shropshire | concrete tower | Also known as Buildwas Power Station. Demolished on 3 September 2021.[12] | |||
European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre | 204m (669feet) | 2018 | wind farm | Aberdeenshire (3 km offshore) | 11 x MHI Vestas Offshore V164-8.8 MW turbines[13] | ||||
Deansgate Square South Tower | 201m (659feet) | 2018 | residential | Manchester, Greater Manchester | skyscraper | Tallest building in the UK outside of London. | |||
Fiddlers Ferry Power Station | 200m (700feet) | 1971[14] | chimney | Cuerdley, Cheshire | concrete tower | Demolished on 3 December 2023.[15] | |||
West Burton "A" Power Station | 200m (700feet) | 1966[16] | chimney | West Burton, Nottinghamshire | concrete tower | ; | Twin chimneys. Original chimneys were demolished and replaced in 2003.[17] [18] | ||
Eggborough Power Station | 200m (700feet) | 1966[19] | chimney | Eggborough, North Yorkshire | concrete tower | Demolished on 24 July 2022.[20] |
Name | Pinnacle height | Image | Year | Primary Use | Town | Construction Type | Coordinates | Remarks | |
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Citigroup Centre | nowrap | 199.5m (654.5feet) | 2001 | office | Canary Wharf, London | skyscraper | 51.504°N -0.0179°W | ||
HSBC Tower | 199.5m (654.5feet) | 2002 | office | Canary Wharf, London | skyscraper | 51.5054°N -0.0174°W | |||
Didcot "A" Power Station | 199.5m (654.5feet) | 1968[21] | chimney | concrete tower | 51.6223°N -1.2608°W | Demolished on 9 February 2020.[22] | |||
Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station | 199m (653feet) | 1967[23] | chimney | Kegworth, Nottinghamshire | concrete tower | 52.867°N -1.2566°W | |||
Cottam Power Station | 198m (650feet) | 1968[24] | chimney | Retford, Nottinghamshire | concrete tower | 53.3048°N -0.7817°W | Demolished in 2024. | ||
198m (650feet) | 1981[25] | chimney | Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland | concrete tower | |||||
Fawley Power Station | 198m (650feet) | 1969[26] | chimney | Fawley, Hampshire | concrete tower | 50.8177°N -1.3292°W | Demolished on 31 October 2021.[27] | ||
Ferrybridge "C" Power Station | 198m (650feet) | 1966[28] | chimney | Ferrybridge, West Yorkshire | concrete tower | 53.7159°N -1.2799°W ; 53.7154°N -1.2812°W | Twin chimneys. Demolished on 22 August 2021.[29] | ||
Kingsnorth Power Station | 198m (650feet) | 1970[30] | chimney | Rochester, Kent | concrete tower | 51.4184°N 0.6038°W | Demolished on 22 March 2018.[31] | ||
North Hessary Tor Mast | 196m (643feet) | 1955 | communication | Princetown, Devon | guyed steel lattice mast | 50.5502°N -4.0083°W | |||
Samsung Heavy Industries 7 MW wind turbine prototype | 196m (643feet) | 2014 | wind turbine | tower | 56.1739°N -3.0192°W | ||||
400 kV Thames Crossing | 190m (620feet) | River Thames, Swanscombe | lattice tower | 51.4677°N 0.2877°W ; 51.4622°N 0.3054°W | Consists of two equal height pylons, one on either bank of the River Thames. | ||||
BT Tower | 188.4m (618.1feet) | 1964 | communication | Fitzrovia, London | concrete tower | 51.5215°N -0.1389°W | Formerly known as the Post Office Tower and had a revolving restaurant at the top. | ||
Rowridge transmitting station, new mast | 187m (614feet) | 2009 | communication | Rowridge, Isle of Wight | guyed steel lattice mast | ||||
Crimond Royal Naval Wireless Telegraphy Station, Mast Southwest | 183.2m (601feet) | ? | communication | Crimond, Aberdeenshire | guyed steel lattice mast | 57.6123°N -1.8935°W | |||
Kirk o' Shotts Mast | 183m (600feet) | 1952 | communication | Salsburgh, North Lanarkshire | guyed steel lattice mast | 55.8528°N -3.8261°W | Original height 228.6 metres (750 ft). | ||
Masts of RNAS Inskip | 183m (600feet) | ? | communication | Inskip, Lancashire | guyed steel lattice mast | 53.8296°N -2.8302°W ; 53.8301°N -2.8343°W ; 53.8317°N -2.8374°W ; 53.8293°N -2.8382°W | |||
Stirling Transmitting Station | 183m (600feet) | communication | Stirling | guyed mast | 56.0716°N -4.0604°W | Used for DECTRA-Navigation. | |||
Kidsdale Transmitting Station | 183m (600feet) | communication | Whithorn, Dumfries and Galloway | guyed mast | 54.7005°N -4.4228°W | Used for DECTRA-Navigation, demolished | |||
Tower 42 | 183m (600feet) | 1980 | office | City of London | skyscraper | 51.5152°N -0.0838°W | Previously known as "The Nat West Tower". | ||
Rugeley "B" Power Station | 183m (600feet) | 1970 | chimney | Rugeley, Staffordshire | concrete tower | 52.7583°N -1.919°W | Original chimney was replaced in 2009.[32] Replacement chimney was later demolished on 24 January 2021.[33] | ||
Longannet Power Station | 183m (600feet) | 1969[34] | chimney | Longannet, Fife | concrete tower | 56.0486°N -3.6826°W | Demolished on 9 December 2021.[35] | ||
Crimond Royal Naval Wireless Telegraphy Station, Mast Southeast | 182.88m (600feet) | ? | communication | Crimond, Aberdeenshire | guyed steel lattice mast | 57.6065°N -1.8804°W | |||
30 St Mary Axe | 179.8m (589.9feet) | 2004 | office | City of London | skyscraper | 51.5144°N -0.0803°W | Also known as "The Gherkin" and "Swiss Re Centre". | ||
Wrotham Mast | 176.6m (579.4feet) | 1981 | communication | Wrotham, Kent | guyed steel lattice mast | 51.3207°N 0.2877°W | Carried first broadcasts of VHF FM radio in the UK. Replaced equal height mast on same site built in 1951. | ||
Redruth Mast | 173m (568feet) | 1962 | communication | Redruth, Cornwall | guyed steel lattice mast | 50.2098°N -5.2384°W | |||
Rowridge Mast | 172m (564feet) | 2010 | communication | Newport, Isle of Wight | guyed steel lattice mast | 50.6764°N -1.3686°W | Replacement to original 149.6 metres (491 ft) mast. | ||
Peterhead Power Station | 170.6m (559.7feet) | 1980[36] | chimney | Peterhead, Aberdeenshire | concrete tower | 57.4777°N -1.7902°W | |||
Spinnaker Tower | 170m (560feet) | 2005 | Portsmouth, Hampshire | concrete tower | 50.7956°N -1.1086°W | Tallest structure in UK open to public outside London (though not to its pinnacle). | |||
Blyth B Power Station | 170m (560feet) | 1962[37] | chimneys | Blyth, Northumberland | concrete tower | 55.1425°N -1.5275°W | Twin chimneys, demolished on 7 December 2003.[38] | ||
Oxford Mast | 169m (554feet)[39] | 1968 | communication | Oxford, Oxfordshire | guyed steel lattice mast | 51.7906°N -1.1791°W | |||
Beetham Tower | 168.9m (554.1feet) | 2006 | residential | skyscraper | 53.4755°N -2.2502°W | Until 2018 the tallest building in the UK outside of London. Also known as "Hilton Tower". | |||
Tilbury "B" Power Station | 168m (551feet) | 1968[40] | chimney | concrete tower | Twin chimneys, demolished on 28 September 2017.[41] | ||||
Divis Mast B | 165.8m (544feet) | 2011 | communication | guyed steel lattice mast | 54.6078°N -6.0079°W | ||||
Broadgate Tower | 165m (541feet) | 2008 | office | City of London | skyscraper | 51.5211°N -0.0795°W | |||
Tacolneston Mast | 165m (541feet) | 1956 | communication | Norwich, Norfolk | guyed steel lattice mast | 52.5177°N 1.1387°W | Replaced by 206.1m (676.2feet) mast in 2011. | ||
Ridge Hill Mast | 164.6m (540feet) | 1968 | communication | Ledbury, Herefordshire | guyed steel lattice mast | 51.9975°N -2.5399°W | |||
Huntshaw Cross Mast | 163.7m (537.1feet) | communication | Great Torrington, Devon | guyed steel lattice mast | 50.9793°N -4.0987°W | ||||
Sudbury "A" Mast | 163m (535feet)[42] | communication | guyed steel lattice mast | 52.0043°N 0.7859°W | |||||
British Airways i360 | 162m (531feet) | 2016 | observation | steel tower | |||||
Eitshal Mast | 161.3m (529.2feet) | 1976 | communication | Stornoway, Isle of Lewis | guyed steel lattice mast | 58.1792°N -6.5851°W | |||
Chatton Mast | 161m (528feet)[43] | communication | Alnwick, Northumberland | guyed steel lattice mast | 55.5319°N -1.8342°W | ||||
Aberthaw Power Station | 160m (530feet) | 1971[44] | chimney | Gileston, Vale of Glamorgan | concrete tower | 51.3929°N -3.4046°W | |||
Blackpool Tower | 158m (518feet) | 1894 | observation | Blackpool, Lancashire | lattice tower | 53.8159°N -3.0551°W | |||
Deansgate Square East Tower | 158m (518feet) | 2019 | residential | Manchester, Greater Manchester | skyscraper | ||||
Moorside Edge Mast 1 | 158m (518feet) | 1982 | communication | Huddersfield, West Yorkshire | guyed steel lattice mast | 53.6359°N -1.8949°W | Consists of two masts of the same height. | ||
Moorside Edge Mast 2 | 158m (518feet) | 1982 | communication | Huddersfield, West Yorkshire | guyed steel lattice mast | 53.6348°N -1.8939°W | |||
Forth Road Bridge | 156m (512feet) | 1964 | Firth of Forth, East Scotland | steel tower | 56.006°N -3.404°W ; 55.9969°N -3.4044°W | ||||
One Churchill Place | 156m (512feet) | 2004 | office | Canary Wharf, London | skyscraper | 51.5051°N -0.0143°W | |||
Humber Bridge | 155.5m (510.2feet) | 1981 | River Humber, Yorkshire/Lincolnshire | concrete towers | 53.7143°N -0.4506°W ; 53.7017°N -0.4496°W | ||||
Haverfordwest Mast | 154.4m (506.6feet) | communication | Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire | guyed steel lattice mast | 51.8992°N -4.8664°W | ||||
Manningtree Mast | 154.4m (506.6feet) | communication | Manningtree, Essex | guyed steel lattice mast | 51.9239°N 1.086°W | ||||
Burghead Medium Wave Mast | 154.2m (505.9feet) | 1936 | communication | Burghead, Moray | guyed steel lattice mast | Insulated against ground. | |||
Elizabeth Tower | 154m (505feet) | 2022 | residential | Manchester, Greater Manchester | skyscraper | ||||
Peterborough Mast | 153.9m (504.9feet) | 2006 | communication | Morborne, Cambridgeshire | guyed steel lattice mast | 52.5077°N -0.3432°W | Original mast was built in 1959 but was destroyed by fire in 2004. | ||
275 kV Forth Crossing, Tower South | 153.9m (504.9feet) | electricity pylon | lattice tower | 56.0679°N -3.748°W | |||||
Burghead Long Wave Mast | 153.6m (503.9feet) | 1936 | communication | Burghead, Moray | guyed steel lattice mast | Insulated against ground. | |||
25 Bank Street | 153m (502feet) | 2003 | office | Canary Wharf, London | skyscraper | 51.5032°N -0.021°W | |||
40 Bank Street | 153m (502feet) | 2003 | office | Canary Wharf, London | skyscraper | 51.5026°N -0.0196°W | |||
Sandale Mast | 153m (502feet) | 1957 | communication | Wigton, Cumbria | guyed steel lattice mast | 54.7492°N -3.1407°W | |||
Croydon Tower | 152.6m (500.7feet) | 1962 | communication | Norwood, London | lattice tower | 51.4098°N -0.0857°W | Original 61m (200feet) tower built in 1955, replaced in 1962. | ||
Darvel Mast | 152.4m (500feet) | communication | Darvel, East Ayrshire | guyed steel lattice mast | 55.5794°N -4.2898°W | ||||
Forfar Mast | 152.4m (500feet) | communication | guyed steel lattice mast | 56.5573°N -2.8435°W | |||||
Membury Mast | 152.4m (500feet) | 1965 | communication | guyed steel lattice mast | 51.4849°N -1.5588°W | ||||
Washford Masts | 152m (499feet) | 1933 | communication | Washford, Somerset | guyed steel lattice mast | 51.1612°N -3.3491°W ; 51.1616°N -3.3469°W | |||
BT Tower (Birmingham) | 152m (499feet) | 1965 | communication | Birmingham, West Midlands | concrete tower | 52.4835°N -1.9043°W | |||
Cockenzie Power Station | 152m (499feet) | 1966[45] | chimney | concrete tower | 55.968°N -2.973°W ; 55.9687°N -2.9719°W | Twin chimneys, demolished on 26 September 2015.[46] | |||
Westerglen Mast | 152m (499feet) | 1980 | communication | Falkirk, Stirlingshire | guyed steel lattice mast | 55.9758°N -3.8163°W | |||
Carmel Mast | 151.9m (498.4feet) | communication | Cross Hands, Carmarthenshire | guyed steel lattice mast | 51.8185°N -4.0674°W | ||||
Hannington Mast | 151.9m (498.4feet) | 1969 | communication | Hannington, Hampshire | guyed steel lattice mast | 51.308°N -1.2447°W | |||
10 Upper Bank Street | 151m (495feet) | 2003 | office | Canary Wharf, London | skyscraper | 51.503°N -0.0168°W | |||
Blaenplwyf Mast | 150.5m (493.8feet) | communication | Aberystwyth, Ceredigion | guyed steel lattice mast | 52.3607°N -4.1025°W |
A separate list also exists for the tallest of each architectural example or class.