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

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

Tallest buildings

Tallest castles

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Rank	Building	Location	Height	Year	Notes
1	Warwick Castle	Warwick, Warwickshire	45 m (148 ft)	1360	^[1] Guy's tower rises 39 m (128 ft), Caesar's Tower rises 45 m (148 ft) but from a lower level.
2	Rochester Castle	Rochester, Kent	38 m (125 ft)	1127	^[2] 34.5 m (113 ft) to parapet, 38 m (125 ft) 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	White Tower, Tower of London	Tower Hamlets, London	32 m (105 ft)*	1078	Height to parapet 27.4 m (90 ft), estimated height to top of stone turrets 32 m (105 ft)
6=	Conwy 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 residential buildings

The tallest partly residential building - containing the highest apartments - is the 309.6 m (1,016 ft) Shard, London.

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Rank	Building	Location	Height	Year	Notes
1	Landmark Pinnacle	Tower Hamlets, London	233 m (764 ft)	2020	^[8]
2	Newfoundland Place	Tower Hamlets, London	220 m (720 ft)	2020	^[9]
3	Hampton Tower	Tower Hamlets, London	215 m (705 ft)	2021	^[10]
4	One Park Drive	Tower Hamlets, London	205 m (673 ft)	2021	^[11]
5	Deansgate Square South Tower	Castlefield, Manchester	201 m (659 ft)	2020	^[12]
6	One Nine Elms City Tower	Wandsworth, London	199 m (653 ft)	2022	^[13]
7	Wardian East Tower	Tower Hamlets, London	187 m (614 ft)	2020	^[14]
8	One West Point Block A (Icon Tower)	Ealing, London	184 m (604 ft)	2022	^[15]
9	Amory Tower (The Madison)	Tower Hamlets, London	182 m (597 ft)	2020	^[16]
10	The Tower, One St George Wharf	Lambeth, London	181 m (594 ft)	2013	^[17]

Tallest commercial buildings

The tallest partly commercial building - containing the highest offices - is the 309.6 m (1,016 ft) Shard, London.

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Rank	Building	Location	Height	Year	Notes
1	22 Bishopsgate	City of London, London	278 m (912 ft)	2020	^[18]
2	One Canada Square	Tower Hamlets, London	235 m (771 ft)	1991	^[19]
3	Heron Tower	City of London, London	230 m (750 ft)	2010	^[20]
4	122 Leadenhall Street	City of London, London	225 m (738 ft)	2014	^[21]
5	8 Bishopsgate	City of London, London	204 m (669 ft)	2022	^[22]
6=	HSBC Tower	Tower Hamlets, London	200 m (660 ft)	2002	^[23]
6=	Citigroup Centre	Tower Hamlets, London	200 m (660 ft)	2001	^[24]
8	The Scalpel	City of London, London	190 m (620 ft)	2018	^[25]
9	Tower 42	City of London, London	183 m (600 ft)	1980	^[26]
10	The Gherkin	City of London, London	180 m (590 ft)	2003	^[27]

Tallest government buildings

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Rank	Building	Location	Height	Year	Notes
1	Victoria Tower	City of Westminster, London	102 m (335 ft)	1858	^[28]^[29] Architectural height 102 m (335 ft), roof height 98.5 m (323 ft).
3	Manchester Town Hall	Manchester, Greater Manchester	87.2 m (286 ft)	1877	^[30]
4	Civil Justice Centre	Manchester, Greater Manchester	80 m (260 ft)	2007	^[31]
5	Royal Courts of Justice	Westminster, London	74.6 m (245 ft)	1882	^[32]
6=	Glasgow City Chambers	Glasgow, Scotland	73 m (240 ft)	1890	^[33]
6=	Government Buildings	Cardiff, Wales	73 m (240 ft)		^[34]
8=	Leeds Town Hall	Leeds, West Yorkshire	69 m (226 ft)	1858	^[35]
8=	High Commission of New Zealand	City of Westminster, London	69 m (226 ft)	1963	^[36]
10	Central Criminal Court	London	66.6 m (219 ft)	1907	^[37]

Tallest hospitals

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Rank	Building	Location	Height	Year	Notes
1	Guy's Tower	Southwark, London	143 m (469 ft)	1973	^[38]
2	Royal London Hospital Tower 2	Tower Hamlets, London	101 m (331 ft)	2010	^[39]
3	Royal London Hospital Tower 1	Tower Hamlets, London	97 m (318 ft)	2010	^[40]
4	University College Hospital	Camden, London	78 m (256 ft)	2005	^[41]
5=	Royal Hallamshire Hospital	Sheffield, South Yorkshire	76 m (249 ft)	1979	^[42]
5=	Belfast City Hospital	Belfast, Northern Ireland	76 m (249 ft)	1986	^[43]

Tallest hotels

The tallest partly hotel building is the 309.6 m (1,016 ft) Shard, London.
The Beetham Tower, Manchester is 169 m (554 ft) tall of which half, up to and including the 23rd floor, is a hotel.
10 Holloway Circus, Birmingham is 130 m (430 ft) tall; the lower 19 floors are occupied by a hotel.

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Rank	Building	Location	Height	Year	Notes
1	40 Marsh Wall	Canary Wharf, London	127 m (417 ft)	2017	^[44]
2	London Hilton on Park Lane	City of Westminster, London	101 m (331 ft)	1963	^[45]
3	Hilton London Metropole	City of Westminster, London	91 m (299 ft)	1972	^[46]
4	Holiday Inn Kensington Forum	Kensington, London	84 m (276 ft)	1963	^[47]
5=	Premier Inn Leicester City Centre	Leicester, Leicestershire	82 m (269 ft)	1965	^[48]
5=	St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel	St Pancras, London	82 m (269 ft)	1873	^[49]

Tallest museums and galleries

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Rank	Building	Location	Height	Year	Notes
1	Tate Modern	Southwark, London	99 m (325 ft)	1963	^[50]
2	Natural History Museum	Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London	58 m (190 ft)	1880	^[51]
3=	Eden Project	St Blazey, Cornwall	55 m (180 ft)	2001	^[52]
3=	Imperial War Museum North	Trafford, Greater Manchester	55 m (180 ft)	2002	^[53]
5	Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery	Birmingham, West Midlands	46 m (151 ft)	1885	^[54]
6	Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art	Gateshead, Tyne and Wear	42 m (138 ft)	1950	^[55]

Tallest places of worship

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Rank	Building	Location	Height	Year	Notes
1	Salisbury Cathedral	Salisbury, Wiltshire	123 m (404 ft)	1320	^[56]
2	St Paul's Cathedral	City of London, London	111 m (364 ft)	1711	^[57]
3	Liverpool Cathedral	Liverpool, Merseyside	101 m (331 ft)	1978	^[58]
4	Norwich Cathedral	Norwich, Norfolk	96 m (315 ft)	1480	^[59]
5	Church of St Walburge, Preston	Preston, Lancashire	94 m (308 ft)	1854	^[60]
6	St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Episcopal)	Edinburgh, Scotland	90 m (300 ft)	1917	^[61]
7	St James' Church, Louth	Louth, Lincolnshire	89.9 m (295 ft)	1515	^[62]
8	St Mary Redcliffe	Bristol	89 m (292 ft)	1872	^[63]
9=	Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral	Liverpool, Merseyside	87 m (285 ft)	1967	^[64]
9=	Westminster Cathedral	City of Westminster, London	87 m (285 ft)	1903	^[65]
11=	St Wulfram's Church, Grantham	Grantham, Lincolnshire	86 m (282 ft)	1360	^[66]
11=	St Elphin's Church, Warrington	Warrington, Cheshire	86 m (282 ft)	1867	^[67]
13	St Mary Abbots	Kensington, London	85 m (279 ft)	1872	^[68]
14	Chichester Cathedral	Chichester, Sussex	84.5 m (277 ft)		^[69]
15=	Lincoln Cathedral	Lincoln, Lincolnshire	83 m (272 ft)	1253	^[70]
15=	St Botolph's Church	Boston, Lincolnshire	83 m (272 ft)	1520	^[71]
16	Chichester Cathedral	Chichester, West Sussex	82 m (269 ft)	1258	^[72]

Tallest university buildings

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Rank	Building	Location	Height	Year	Notes
1	Glasgow University Tower	Glasgow, Scotland	85 m (279 ft)	1887	^[73]
2	Arts Tower	Sheffield, South Yorkshire	78 m (256 ft)	1966	^[74]
3	Broadcasting Tower, Leeds	Leeds, West Yorkshire	69.5 m (228 ft)	2009	^[75]
4=	Wills Memorial Building	Bristol	68 m (223 ft)	1925	^[76]
4=	Towers Hall	Loughborough, Leicestershire	68 m (223 ft)	1967	^[77]
6	Senate House (University of London)	Bloomsbury, London	64 m (210 ft)	1937	^[78]

Tallest cinema buildings

Cineworld Glasgow (Glasgow, Scotland) - 62 m (203 ft)^[79]

Tallest structures

Tallest guyed mast

Skelton transmitting station (Skelton, Cumbria) - 365 m (1,198 ft)^[80]

Tallest freestanding structure

Emley Moor transmitting station (Emley, West Yorkshire) - 330 m (1,080 ft)^[81]

Tallest chimney

Drax Power Station (Drax, North Yorkshire) - 259 m (850 ft)^[82]

Tallest free-standing lattice tower

Crystal Palace transmitting station 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

Queensferry Crossing (Lothian and Fife) - 207 m (679 ft)

Tallest observation tower

Spinnaker Tower (Portsmouth, Hampshire) - 170 m (560 ft)^[83]

Tallest ferris wheel

London Eye (Lambeth, London) - 135 m (443 ft)^[84]

Tallest stadium

Wembley Stadium (Brent, London) - 133 m (436 ft)^[85]

Tallest lighthouse

Skerryvore Lighthouse (Skerryvore, Scotland) - 48 m (157 ft)^[86]

Tallest church spire

Salisbury Cathedral (Salisbury, Wiltshire) - 123 m (404 ft)^[87]

Tallest clock tower

Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower (Birmingham, West Midlands) - 100 m (330 ft)^[88]

Tallest domed building

Millennium Dome (Greenwich, London) - 95 m (312 ft)^[89]

Tallest water tower

Grimsby Dock Tower (Grimsby, Lincolnshire) - 94 m (308 ft)^[90]

Tallest telescope

Lovell Telescope (Goostrey, Cheshire) - 89 m (292 ft)^[91]

Tallest air traffic control tower

Heathrow Air Traffic Control Tower (Hillingdon, London) - 87 m (285 ft)^[92]

Tallest monument

Wallace Monument (Stirling, Scotland) - 67 m (220 ft)^[93]

Tallest rollercoaster

Hyperia (Thorpe Park, Chertsey, Surrey) - 72 m (236 ft)^[94]

Tallest sculpture

ArcelorMittal Orbit (Stratford, London) - 115 m (377 ft)^[95]

Tallest pagoda

The Pagoda (Richmond upon Thames, London) - 50 m (160 ft)^[96]

Tallest mosque

Birmingham Central mosque (Birmingham) - 45.7 m (150 ft)^[97]

Tallest windmill

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

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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"St Wulfram's Church, Grantham". Retrieved 22 February 2011.
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[97]
"Birmingham Central Mosque".
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