List of tallest buildings in the United Kingdom by settlement explained

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'. The tallest building in the United Kingdom in a settlement with fewer than 100,000 inhabitants is The Triad in Bootle, Merseyside at 88.7m (291feet).^[1]

City	Tallest Building(s)	Height (m)	Height (ft)	Floors	Year	Image	Notes
Aberdeen	Marischal College	72	236	4	1906		^[2]
Basildon	Brooke House	49	161	15	1962		^[3]
Basingstoke	Fanum House	85	279	18	2010		^[4]
Belfast	Obel	88.31	289.7	28	2010		^[5]
Birmingham	The Mercian	132	433	42	2021		^[6]
Blackburn	Blackburn Town Hall	53	174	15	1969		^[7]
Blackpool	Walter Robinson Court	64	210	22	1972		^[8]
Bournemouth	The Helm	55	180	19	2020
Bradford	Bradford City Hall	66	217		1914		^[9]
Brighton	Sussex Heights	102	334	24	1968		^[10]
Bristol	Castle Park View	98	322	26	2022		^[11]
Cambridge	Our Lady and the English Martyrs Church	65	213		1890
Cardiff	Bridge Street Exchange	85	278	26	2018
Carlisle	Carlisle Civic Centre	44	145	12	1967		^[12]
Chelmsford	Parkside Court	43	141	13	1962		^[13]
Cheltenham	Eagle Tower	49	161	15	1968		^[14]
Colchester	University of Essex North and South Towers	43	141	14			^[15]
Coventry	CODE Fairfax Street	76.2	250	23	2019		^[16]
Derby	University of Derby	40	131	10			^[17]
Doncaster	Silverwood House	46	151	17	1969
Dudley	Darley House	52	171	19	1969		^[18]
Dundee	Various^[19]	44	144	16	1967 / 1970		^[20]
Eastbourne	South Cliff Tower	58	190	19	1965		^[21]
Edinburgh	Martello Court	64	210	23	1967		^[22]
Exeter	Exeter Cathedral	44	144		1400		^[23]
Glasgow	The Gilbert Scott Building	85	278	6	1891		^[24]
Gloucester	Gloucester Cathedral	67	220		1541		^[25]
Huddersfield	Holme Park Court Bishops Court	48	157	17	1967		^[26]
Ipswich	The Mill	71	233	23	2009		^[27]
Kingston upon Hull	Hull Royal Infirmary	57	187		1967
Leeds	Altus House	114	374	38	2021		^[28]
Leicester	Cardinal Telephone Exchange	84	276	17	1970		^[29]
Liverpool	West Tower	140	460	40	2008		^[30]
London	The Shard	310	1,017	87	2012		^[31]
Luton	Luton Town Hall	50	160	9	1936		^[32]
Maidstone	The Creswick	60	187	17	2020
Manchester	Deansgate Square South Tower	201	659	65	2018		^[33]
Middlesbrough	Centre North East	71	233	19	1974		^[34]
Milton Keynes	Mellish Court	49	161	18			^[35]
Newcastle upon Tyne	Vale House	80	260	28	1968		^[36]
Newport	Newport Civic Centre	55	180		1964		^[37]
Northampton	Northampton House	46	151	13			^[38]
Norwich	Norwich City Hall	63	206	5	1938		^[39]
Nottingham	Victoria Centre Flats A	75	246	25	1972		^[40]
Oldham	Oldham Civic Centre	53	175	15	1976		^[41]
Oxford	Magdalen Tower	44	144		1509		^[42]
Peterborough	Peterborough Cathedral	44	144		1237		^[43]
Plymouth	Beckley Point	78	255	23	2018		^[44]
Poole	Longfleet Nurses Home	43	141	14			^[45]
Portsmouth	1 Gunwharf Quays	101	331	26	2008		^[46]
Preston	Guild Centre	61	200	15			^[47]
Reading	The Blade	59	194	14	2009		^[48]
Rotherham	Clifton Flats	40	130	13			^[49]
Sheffield	St Paul's Tower	101	331	32	2010		^[50]
Slough	Octagon	46	151	11	2010		^[51]
Southampton	Centenary Quay	90	295	27	2022		^[52]
Southend-on-Sea	Alexander House	63	207	16	1973		^[53]
Stoke-on-Trent	Telecom Building	42	138	11			^[54]
Sunderland	Planet House Astral House Solar House	60	200	19	1969		^[55]
Swansea	The Tower, Meridian Quay	107	351	29	2010		^[56]
Swindon	David Murray John Tower	83	272	21	1976		^[57]
Telford	Telford Plaza One	48	157	11			^[58]
Watford	Abbey View Munden View	52	171	17			^[59]
Woking	Victoria Square Tower 1	117	384	34	2022		^[60]
Wolverhampton	Victoria Halls (Building 1)	75	246	25	2009		^[61]
Worthing	Bayside	52	172	15	2021		^[62]
York	York Minster	66	216		1472		^[63]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Triad. 5 April 2010.
2. Web site: Marischal College. 29 November 2010.
3. Web site: Brooke House. 15 May 2015.
4. Web site: Fanum House. 29 November 2010.
5. Web site: Obel. 29 November 2010. 7 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110607163315/http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=1749. dead.
6. Web site: The Mercian.
7. Web site: Blackburn Town Hall. 29 November 2010.
8. Web site: Walter Robinson Court. 29 November 2010.
9. Web site: Bradford City Hall. 29 November 2010.
10. Web site: Welcome to Sussex Heights. 15 October 2022.
11. Web site: Castle Park View . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210808233916/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1461563/castle-park-view-bristol-united-kingdom . 8 August 2021 . 9 August 2021 . Emporis.
12. Web site: Carlisle Civic Centre. https://web.archive.org/web/20200705171740/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/200007/civic-centre-carlisle-united-kingdom. dead. 5 July 2020. Emporis. 5 July 2020.
13. Web site: Parkside Court. https://web.archive.org/web/20200708111805/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1218977/parkside-court-chelmsford-united-kingdom. dead. 8 July 2020. Emporis. 5 July 2020.
14. Web site: Eagle Tower. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053750/http://www.emporis.com/buildings/1250080/eagle-tower-cheltenham-united-kingdom. dead. 4 March 2016. 16 May 2015.
15. Web site: Colchester. 29 November 2010.
16. Web site: CODE Fairfax Street. 4 October 2018. 4 May 2019.
17. Web site: University of Derby. https://web.archive.org/web/20170404044616/https://www.emporis.com/statistics/tallest-buildings/city/102799/derby-united-kingdom. dead. 4 April 2017. 3 April 2017.
18. Web site: Darley House. 29 November 2010.
19. Following the demolition of 19 taller blocks between the 1990s and 2010s, three residential tower blocks of exactly the same height – Dudhope Court, Elder Court and Adamson Court – share the title of highest in the city.
20. Web site: Tallest buildings in Dundee. https://web.archive.org/web/20211218133152/https://www.emporis.com/statistics/tallest-buildings/City/100654/dundee-united-kingdom. dead. 18 December 2021. 15 October 2022.
21. Web site: South Cliff Tower. 29 November 2010.
22. Web site: Martello Court. 29 November 2010.
23. Web site: Church of St. Michael and All Angels. 29 November 2010.
24. Web site: The Gilbert Scott Building. University of Glasgow. 15 October 2022.
25. Web site: Gloucester Cathedral. 29 November 2010.
26. Web site: Huddersfield. 29 November 2010.
27. Web site: Cranfield Mill. 20 May 2013.
28. Web site: Altus House, Leeds. https://web.archive.org/web/20210603161234/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1463159/altus-house-leeds-united-kingdom. dead. 3 June 2021. Emporis. 17 June 2022.
29. Web site: Cardinal Telephone Exchange. 29 November 2010.
30. Web site: West Tower. https://archive.today/20130102105740/http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=217175. dead. 2 January 2013. 29 November 2010.
31. Web site: The Shard. https://web.archive.org/web/20121103015856/http://www.emporis.com/building/the-shard-london-united-kingdom. dead. 3 November 2012. 15 August 2012.
32. Web site: Luton Town Hall. 29 November 2010.
33. Web site: Beetham Tower. https://archive.today/20130122012827/http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=beethamtower-manchester-unitedkingdom. dead. 22 January 2013. 29 November 2010.
34. Web site: Centre North East . 29 November 2010.
35. Web site: Mellish Court . 29 November 2010.
36. Web site: Vale House. 29 November 2010.
37. Web site: Newport Civic Centre. 29 November 2010.
38. Web site: Northampton House. 29 November 2010.
39. Web site: Norwich City Hall. 29 November 2010.
40. Web site: Victoria Centre Flats A. 29 November 2010.
41. Web site: Civic Centre. https://archive.today/20130410183712/http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=civiccentre-oldham-unitedkingdom. dead. 10 April 2013. 29 November 2010.
42. Web site: Magdalen Tower. 29 November 2010.
43. Web site: Cumberland House. 29 November 2010.
44. Web site: Beckley Point. https://web.archive.org/web/20200705170648/https://www.emporis.com/buildings/1270554/beckley-point-plymouth-united-kingdom. dead. 5 July 2020. Emporis. 5 July 2020.
45. Web site: Longfleet Nurses Home. 29 November 2010.
46. Web site: 1 Gunwharf Quays. 29 November 2010.
47. Web site: Guild Centre. 29 November 2010.
48. Web site: The Blade Reading. 30 November 2010.
49. Web site: Clifton Flats. 30 November 2010.
50. Web site: St Pauls Tower. 30 November 2010. 7 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110607104950/http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=1884. dead.
51. Web site: Octagon. 30 November 2010.
52. Web site: 1, Admirals Quay. https://web.archive.org/web/20150403022149/http://www.emporis.com/buildings/1202238/the-moresby-tower-southampton-united-kingdom. dead. 3 April 2015. 28 February 2015.
53. Web site: Alexander House. 30 November 2010.
54. Web site: Telecom Building. 30 November 2010.
55. Web site: Sunderland. 30 November 2010.
56. Web site: The Tower, Meridian Quay. 30 November 2010. 20 December 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101220073513/http://skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=2322. dead.
57. Web site: David Murray John Tower. 30 November 2010.
58. Web site: Telford Plaza One. 30 November 2010.
59. Web site: Watford. 30 November 2010.
60. Web site: Victoria Square, Woking. https://web.archive.org/web/20220523110753/https://www.emporis.com/complex/129784/victoria-square-woking-united-kingdom. dead. 23 May 2022. Emporis. 17 June 2022.
61. Web site: Building 1. 30 November 2010.
62. BaysideWorthing. 1034048368979394565. 27 August 2018. Bayside Fact #3. 18 January 2020.
63. Web site: York Minster. 30 November 2010.