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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 88.7 metres (291 ft).[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 Octagon 155 509 49 2024
Blackburn Blackburn Town Hall 53 174 15 1969

[6]

Blackpool Walter Robinson Court 64 210 22 1972

[7]

Bournemouth The Helm 55 180 19 2020
Bradford Bradford City Hall 66 217 1914

[8]

Brighton Sussex Heights 102 334 24 1968

[9]

Bristol Castle Park View 98 322 26 2022

[10]

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 [11]
Chelmsford Parkside Court 43 141 13 1962 [12]
Cheltenham Eagle Tower 49 161 15 1968

[13]

Colchester University of Essex North and South Towers 43 141 14

[14]

Coventry CODE Fairfax Street 76.2 250 23 2019

[15]

Derby University of Derby 40 131 10

[16]

Doncaster Silverwood House 46 151 17 1969
Dudley Darley House 52 171 19 1969

[17]

Dundee Various[18] 44 144 16 1967 /
1970

[19]

Eastbourne South Cliff Tower 58 190 19 1965

[20]

Edinburgh Martello Court 64 210 23 1967

[21]

Exeter Exeter Cathedral 44 144 1400

[22]

Glasgow The Gilbert Scott Building 85 278 6 1891 [23]
Gloucester Gloucester Cathedral 67 220 1541

[24]

Huddersfield Holme Park Court
Bishops Court		 48 157 17 1967

[25]

Ipswich The Mill 71 233 23 2009

[26]

Kingston upon Hull Hull Royal Infirmary 57 187 1967
Leeds Altus House 114 374 38 2021 [27]
Leicester Cardinal Telephone Exchange 84 276 17 1970

[28]

Liverpool West Tower 140 460 40 2008

[29]

London The Shard 310 1,017 87 2012

[30]

Luton Luton Town Hall 50 160 9 1936

[31]

Maidstone The Creswick 60 187 17 2020 [citation needed]
Manchester Deansgate Square South Tower 201 659 65 2018

[32]

Middlesbrough Centre North East 71 233 19 1974

[33]

Milton Keynes Mellish Court 49 161 18

[34]

Newcastle upon Tyne Vale House 80 260 28 1968

[35]

Newport Newport Civic Centre 55 180 1964

[36]

Northampton Northampton House 46 151 13

[37]

Norwich Norwich City Hall 63 206 5 1938

[38]

Nottingham Victoria Centre Flats A 75 246 25 1972

[39]

Oldham Oldham Civic Centre 53 175 15 1976

[40]

Oxford Magdalen Tower 44 144 1509

[41]

Peterborough Peterborough Cathedral 44 144 1237 Peterborough Cathedral façade

[42]

Plymouth Beckley Point 78 255 23 2018

[43]

Poole Longfleet Nurses Home 43 141 14

[44]

Portsmouth 1 Gunwharf Quays 101 331 26 2008

[45]

Preston Guild Centre 61 200 15

[46]

Reading The Blade 59 194 14 2009

[47]

Rotherham Clifton Flats 40 130 13

[48]

Sheffield St Paul's Tower 101 331 32 2010

[49]

Slough Octagon 46 151 11 2010

[50]

Southampton Centenary Quay 90 295 27 2022

[51]

Southend-on-Sea Alexander House 63 207 16 1973

[52]

Stoke-on-Trent Telecom Building 42 138 11

[53]

Sunderland Planet House
Astral House
Solar House		 60 200 19 1969

[54]

Swansea The Tower, Meridian Quay 107 351 29 2010

[55]

Swindon David Murray John Tower 83 272 21 1976

[56]

Telford Telford Plaza One 48 157 11

[57]

Watford Abbey View
Munden View		 52 171 17

[58]

Woking Victoria Square Tower 1 117 384 34 2022 [59]
Wolverhampton Victoria Halls (Building 1) 75 246 25 2009

[60]

Worthing Bayside 52 172 15 2021

[61]

York York Minster 66 216 1472

[62]

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  3. ^ "Brooke House". Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Fanum House". Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  5. ^ "Obel". Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  6. ^ "Blackburn Town Hall". Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  7. ^ "Walter Robinson Court". Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  8. ^ "Bradford City Hall". Retrieved 29 November 2010.
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  10. ^ "Castle Park View". Emporis. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. ^ "Carlisle Civic Centre". Emporis. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  12. ^ "Parkside Court". Emporis. Archived from the original on 8 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  13. ^ "Eagle Tower". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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  15. ^ "CODE Fairfax Street". 4 October 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  16. ^ "University of Derby". Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  17. ^ "Darley House". Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  18. ^ 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.
  19. ^ "Tallest buildings in Dundee". Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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  21. ^ "Martello Court". Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  22. ^ "Church of St. Michael and All Angels". Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  23. ^ "The Gilbert Scott Building". University of Glasgow. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
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  25. ^ "Huddersfield". Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  26. ^ "Cranfield Mill". Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  27. ^ "Altus House, Leeds". Emporis. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  28. ^ "Cardinal Telephone Exchange". Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  29. ^ "West Tower". Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  30. ^ "The Shard". Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  31. ^ "Luton Town Hall". Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  32. ^ "Beetham Tower". Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  33. ^ "Centre North East". Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  34. ^ "Mellish Court". Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  35. ^ "Vale House". Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  36. ^ "Newport Civic Centre". Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  37. ^ "Northampton House". Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  38. ^ "Norwich City Hall". Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  39. ^ "Victoria Centre Flats A". Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  40. ^ "Civic Centre". Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  41. ^ "Magdalen Tower". Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  42. ^ "Cumberland House". Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  43. ^ "Beckley Point". Emporis. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  44. ^ "Longfleet Nurses Home". Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  45. ^ "1 Gunwharf Quays". Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  46. ^ "Guild Centre". Retrieved 29 November 2010.
  47. ^ "The Blade Reading". Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  48. ^ "Clifton Flats". Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  49. ^ "St Pauls Tower". Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  50. ^ "Octagon". Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  51. ^ "1, Admirals Quay". Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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  53. ^ "Telecom Building". Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  54. ^ "Sunderland". Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  55. ^ "The Tower, Meridian Quay". Archived from the original on 20 December 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  56. ^ "David Murray John Tower". Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  57. ^ "Telford Plaza One". Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  58. ^ "Watford". Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  59. ^ "Victoria Square, Woking". Emporis. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  60. ^ "Building 1". Retrieved 30 November 2010.
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  62. ^ "York Minster". Retrieved 30 November 2010.
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