This is a list of the tallest buildings and structures in the United Kingdom by usage.
Tallest buildings Tallest castles
RankBuildingLocationImageHeightYearNotes1Warwick CastleWarwick, Warwickshire1360 Guy's tower rises , Caesar's Tower rises but from a lower level.2Rochester CastleRochester, Kent1127English Castles (R. Allen Brown) to parapet, to turrets.3Caernarfon CastleCaernarfon, Gwynedd13304Tattershall CastleTattershall, Lincolnshire14465White Tower, Tower of LondonTower Hamlets, London*1078 Height to parapet , estimated height to top of stone turrets 6=Conwy CastleConwy, Gwynedd12896=Richmond CastleRichmond, North Yorkshire12006=Portchester CastlePortchester, Hampshire12009Conisbrough CastleConisbrough, South Yorkshire118010Dover CastleDover, Kent1180 Buildings of England, Kent: North East & East (1969; 1983) (John Newman) .
*Estimated height
Tallest residential buildings The tallest partly residential building - containing the highest apartments - is the Shard, London.
RankBuildingLocationImageHeightYearNotes1 Landmark PinnacleTower Hamlets, London20202Newfoundland PlaceTower Hamlets, London20203Hampton TowerTower Hamlets, London20214One Park DriveTower Hamlets, London20215Deansgate Square South TowerCastlefield, Manchester20206One Nine Elms City TowerWandsworth, London20227Wardian East TowerTower Hamlets, London20208 One West Point Block A (Icon Tower)Ealing, London20229Amory Tower (The Madison)Tower Hamlets, London202010The Tower, One St George WharfLambeth, London2013
Tallest commercial buildings The tallest partly commercial building - containing the highest offices - is the Shard, London.
RankBuildingLocationImageHeightYearNotes122 BishopsgateCity of London, London20202One Canada SquareTower Hamlets, London19913Heron TowerCity of London, London20104122 Leadenhall StreetCity of London, London201458 BishopsgateCity of London, London20226=HSBC TowerTower Hamlets, London20026=Citigroup CentreTower Hamlets, London20018The ScalpelCity of London, London20189Tower 42City of London, London198010The GherkinCity of London, London2003
Tallest government buildings RankBuildingLocationImageHeightYearNotes1Victoria TowerCity of Westminster, London1858 Architectural height , roof height .3Manchester Town HallManchester, Greater Manchester18774Civil Justice CentreManchester, Greater Manchester20075Royal Courts of JusticeWestminster, London18826=Glasgow City ChambersGlasgow, Scotland18906=Government BuildingsCardiff, Wales8=Leeds Town HallLeeds, West Yorkshire18588=High Commission of New ZealandCity of Westminster, London196310Central Criminal CourtLondon1907
Tallest hospitals RankBuildingLocationImageHeightYearNotes1Guy's TowerSouthwark, London19732Royal London Hospital Tower 2Tower Hamlets, London20103Royal London Hospital Tower 1Tower Hamlets, London20104University College HospitalCamden, London20055=Royal Hallamshire HospitalSheffield, South Yorkshire19795=Belfast City HospitalBelfast, Northern Ireland1986
Tallest hotels The tallest partly hotel building is the Shard, London. The Beetham Tower, Manchester is tall of which half, up to and including the 23rd floor, is a hotel. 10 Holloway Circus, Birmingham is tall; the lower 19 floors are occupied by a hotel.
RankBuildingLocationImageHeightYearNotes140 Marsh WallCanary Wharf, London20172London Hilton on Park LaneCity of Westminster, London19633Hilton London MetropoleCity of Westminster, London19724Holiday Inn Kensington ForumKensington, London19635=Premier Inn Leicester City CentreLeicester, Leicestershire19655=St. Pancras Renaissance London HotelSt Pancras, London1873
Tallest museums and galleries RankBuildingLocationImageHeightYearNotes1Tate ModernSouthwark, London19632Natural History MuseumRoyal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London18803=Eden ProjectSt Blazey, Cornwall20013=Imperial War Museum NorthTrafford, Greater Manchester20025Birmingham Museum and Art GalleryBirmingham, West Midlands18856Baltic Centre for Contemporary ArtGateshead, Tyne and Wear1950
Tallest places of worship RankBuildingLocationImageHeightYearNotes1Salisbury CathedralSalisbury, Wiltshire13202St Paul's CathedralCity of London, London17113Liverpool CathedralLiverpool, Merseyside19784Norwich CathedralNorwich, Norfolk14805Church of St Walburge, PrestonPreston, Lancashire18546St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh (Episcopal)Edinburgh, Scotland19177St James' Church, LouthLouth, Lincolnshire15158St Mary RedcliffeBristol18729=Liverpool Metropolitan CathedralLiverpool, Merseyside19679=Westminster CathedralCity of Westminster, London190311=St Wulfram's Church, GranthamGrantham, Lincolnshire136011=St Elphin's Church, WarringtonWarrington, Cheshire186713St Mary AbbotsKensington, London187214Chichester CathedralChichester, Sussex15=Lincoln CathedralLincoln, Lincolnshire125315=St Botolph's ChurchBoston, Lincolnshire152016Chichester CathedralChichester, West Sussex1258
Tallest university buildings RankBuildingLocationImageHeightYearNotes1Glasgow University TowerGlasgow, Scotland 18872Arts TowerSheffield, South Yorkshire 19663Broadcasting Tower, LeedsLeeds, West Yorkshire 20094=Wills Memorial BuildingBristol 19254=Towers HallLoughborough, Leicestershire 19676Senate House (University of London)Bloomsbury, London 1937
Tallest cinema buildings Cineworld Glasgow (Glasgow, Scotland) -
Tallest structures Tallest guyed mast Skelton transmitting station (Skelton, Cumbria) -
Tallest freestanding structure Emley Moor transmitting station (Emley, West Yorkshire) -
Tallest chimney Drax Power Station (Drax, North Yorkshire) -
Tallest free-standing lattice tower Crystal Palace transmitting station
Tallest wind turbine Samsung Heavy Industries 7 MW wind turbine prototype
Tallest electricity pylon 400 kV Thames Crossing
Tallest bridge Queensferry Crossing (Lothian and Fife) -
Tallest observation tower Spinnaker Tower (Portsmouth, Hampshire) -
Tallest ferris wheel London Eye (Lambeth, London) -
Tallest stadium Wembley Stadium (Brent, London) -
Tallest lighthouse Skerryvore Lighthouse (Skerryvore, Scotland) -
Tallest church spire Salisbury Cathedral (Salisbury, Wiltshire) -
Tallest clock tower Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower (Birmingham, West Midlands) -
Tallest domed building Millennium Dome (Greenwich, London) -
Tallest water tower Grimsby Dock Tower (Grimsby, Lincolnshire) -
Tallest telescope Lovell Telescope (Goostrey, Cheshire) -
Tallest air traffic control tower Heathrow Air Traffic Control Tower (Hillingdon, London) -
Tallest monument Wallace Monument (Stirling, Scotland) -
Tallest rollercoaster Hyperia (Thorpe Park, Chertsey, Surrey) -
Tallest sculpture ArcelorMittal Orbit (Stratford, London) -
Tallest pagoda The Pagoda (Richmond upon Thames, London) -
Tallest mosque Birmingham Central mosque (Birmingham) -
Tallest windmill Moulton Windmill (Moulton, Lincolnshire) -
Tallest statue Angel of the North (Gateshead, Tyne and Wear) -
Dream (St Helens, Merseyside) -
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