List of tallest buildings in the United Kingdom

As of August 2019 there are 79 habitable buildings in the United Kingdom at least tall, 71 of them in London, 11 in Greater Manchester, 3 in Birmingham, 2 in Leeds and 1 each in Brighton and Hove, Liverpool, Portsmouth, Sheffield and Swansea.
The Shard in Southwark, London, is currently the tallest completed building in both the UK and was the tallest in the European Union until the UK’s departure; it was topped out at a height of in March 2012, inaugurated in July 2012 and opened to the public in February 2013.
The UK had not been noted historically for its abundance of skyscrapers, with the taller structures throughout the country tending to be cathedrals, church spires and industrial chimneys. Despite this, since the late 20th century the number of high-rise apartment buildings and office blocks in many large British cities has grown significantly, most notably in London and Manchester. The three tallest residential buildings in the UK are: Manchester's Deansgate Square South Tower, London's St George Wharf Tower and Manchester's Beetham Tower.
As of April 2019, there are 54 habitable buildings at least tall under construction in the UK – 43 in London, 4 in Manchester, 3 in Liverpool, 2 in Birmingham, and 1 each in Leeds and Woking.

Tallest existing buildings

This list includes completed buildings in the UK that stand at least tall. Architectural height is considered, so masts and other elements added after completion of building are not considered.

Buildings above 100m

Rank	Name	City	County	Image	Height	Height	Floors	Year	Notes
1	The Shard	London	Greater London		310	1017	87	2012
2	22 Bishopsgate	London	City of London		278	912	62	2019
3	One Canada Square	London	Greater London		236	771	50	1991
4	Landmark Pinnacle	London	Greater London		233	764	75	2020
5	Heron Tower	London	City of London		230	755	47	2010
6	Leadenhall Building	London	City of London		225	737	48	2014
7	Newfoundland Quay	London	Greater London		220	722	60	2019
8	South Quay Plaza 1	London	Greater London		215	705	68	2020
9	One Park Drive	London	Greater London		205	673	57	2019
10	Deansgate Square - South Tower	Manchester	Greater Manchester		201	659	65	2018
11	8 Canada Square	London	Greater London		200	656	45	2002
11	Citigroup Centre	London	Greater London		200	656	45	2001
13	The Scalpel	London	City of London		190	630	39	2018
14	Wardian London	London	Greater London		187	614	55	2019
15	Tower 42	London	City of London		183	600	43	1980
16	The Madison	London	Greater London		182	597	53	2019
17	St George Wharf Tower	London	Greater London		181	594	52	2014
18	30 St Mary Axe	London	City of London		180	591	41	2003
19	100 Bishopsgate	London	City of London		172	564	40	2018
20	Beetham Tower	Manchester	Greater Manchester		169	554	47	2006
21	Wardian London	London	Greater London		168	552	50	2019
22	One Blackfriars	London	Greater London		165	541	52	2018
23	Principal Tower	London	Greater London		161	528	51	2018
24	Broadgate Tower	London	City of London		161	528	33	2008
25	20 Fenchurch Street	London	City of London		160	525	34	2014
26	Deansgate Square - East Tower	Manchester	Greater Manchester		158	518	50	2019
27	One Churchill Place	London	Greater London		156	512	32	2004
28	25 Bank Street	London	Greater London		153	502	33	2003
28	40 Bank Street	London	Greater London		153	502	33	2003
30	10 Upper Bank Street	London	Greater London		151	495	32	2003
30	South Bank Tower	London	Greater London		151	495	41	2015
32	Arena Tower	London	Greater London		150	490	45	2016
33	Highpoint	London	Greater London		149	487	46	2018
34	Strata SE1	London	Greater London		148	486	43	2010
35	Pan Peninsula East Tower	London	Greater London		147	484	48	2008
36	Guy's Tower	London	Greater London		143	469	34	1974
37	Deansgate Square – West Tower	Manchester	Greater Manchester		141	459	44	2018
38	The Landmark East Tower	London	Greater London		140	455	44	2010
38	West Tower	Liverpool	Merseyside		140	455	40	2007
40	Providence Tower	London	Greater London		136	446	44	2015
41	Saffron Square	London	Greater London		134	440	44	2016
42	150 High Street, Stratford	London	Greater London		133	436	41	2012
43	Anaconda Cut	Salford	Greater Manchester		131	428	44	2018
44	25 Churchill Place	London	Greater London		130	430	44	2013
45	40 Marsh Wall	London	Greater London		128	419	39	2016
46	CityPoint	London	City of London		127	417	36	1967
47	Willis Building	London	City of London		125	410	28	2007
48	Euston Tower	London	Greater London		124	407	36	1970
48	One The Elephant	London	Greater London		124	407	37	2016
50	City Tower	Manchester	Greater Manchester		123	404	30	1967
50	Cromwell Tower	London	City of London		123	404	42	1973
50	Lauderdale Tower	London	City of London		123	404	43	1974
50	Shakespeare Tower	London	City of London		123	404	43	1976
54	Pan Peninsula West Tower	London	Greater London		122	400	39	2008
54	10 Holloway Circus	Birmingham	West Midlands		122	400	39	2006
54	Stratosphere	London	Greater London		122	400	38	2017
54	Deansgate Square - North Tower	Manchester	Greater Manchester		122	400	37	2019
58	Vauxhall Sky Gardens	London	Greater London		120	394	35	2017
59	Millbank Tower	London	Greater London		119	390	33	1963
60	St Helen's	London	City of London		118	387	28	1969
60	Co-operative Insurance Tower	Manchester	Greater Manchester		118	387	25	1962
60	Affinity Living Circle Square Tower 1	Manchester	Greater Manchester		118	387	38	2021
63	Centre Point	London	Greater London		117	384	35	1967
63	Empress State Building	London	Greater London		117	384	31	1961
65	Lexicon Tower	London	Greater London		115	377	35	2016
66	The Heron	London	City of London		112	367	35	2012
67	1 West India Quay	London	Greater London		111	364	36	2004
68	Bridgewater Place	Leeds	West Yorkshire		110	361	32	2007
69	17 New Wakefield Street	Manchester	Greater Manchester		109	358	37	2012
69	Dollar Bay	London	Greater London		109	358	32	2016
71	Angel Gardens	Manchester	Greater Manchester		108	354	35	2019
72	The Tower, Meridian Quay	Swansea	City and County of Swansea		107	351	29	2008
72	Shell Centre	London	Greater London		107	351	26	1961
74	Sky Plaza	Leeds	West Yorkshire		106	348	37	2009
75	Nido Spitalfields	London	Greater London		105	344	34	2009
75	33 Canada Square	London	Greater London		105	344	18	1999
77	Pioneer Point	London	Greater London		105	343	31	2011
78	Ontario Tower	London	Greater London		104	341	31	2007
78	99 Bishopsgate	London	City of London		104	341	26	1976
80	Sussex Heights	Brighton	East Sussex		102	334	24	1968
80	The Bank Tower 2	Birmingham	West Midlands		102	334	33	2019
82	London Hilton on Park Lane	London	Greater London		101	331	29	1963
82	St Paul's Tower	Sheffield	South Yorkshire		101	331	32	2010
82	Portland House	London	Greater London		101	331	29	1963
82	Royal London Hospital Tower 2	London	Greater London		101	331	29	2010
82	East Side Plaza Portsmouth	Portsmouth	Hampshire		101	331	26	2008
82	Skyline	London	Greater London		101	331	31	2016
82	One Angel Court	London	Greater London		101	331	21	2016
82	Sky View Tower, Capital Towers	London	Greater London		101	331	34	2017
90	Stock Exchange Tower	London	Greater London		100	328	27	1970
90	Alpha Tower	Birmingham	West Midlands		100	328	28	1970
90	Urbanest King's Cross	London	Greater London		100	328	27	2013

Tallest buildings under construction

This list ranks all under-construction buildings in the UK that will stand at least tall. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts.

Rank	Name	City	Region/County	Height	Height	Floors	Estimated Completion
1	22 Bishopsgate	London	Greater London	278	912	62	2019
2	Landmark Pinnacle	London	Greater London	233	765	75	2020
3	Newfoundland	London	Greater London	220	722	60	2019
4	South Quay Plaza 1	London	Greater London	215	705	68	2020
5	One Park Drive	London	Greater London	205	672	57	2019
6	One Nine Elms East	London	Greater London	200	654	58	2019
7	The Scalpel	London	Greater London	190	623	38	2018
8	The Madison	London	Greater London	184	604	53	2019
9	Wardian East Tower	London	Greater London	183	600	55	2019
10	100 Bishopsgate	London	Greater London	172	564	40	2019
11=	Wardian West Tower	London	Greater London	170	557	50	2019
11=	Aykon London One	London	Greater London	170	557	50	2020
13=	Vauxhall Square North	London	Greater London	168	551	49	2020
13=	Vauxhall Square South	London	Greater London	168	551	49	2020
15	1 Blackfriars	London	Greater London	163	535	52	2018
16=	Principal Tower	London	Greater London	161	528	51	2019
16=	One Nine Elms West	London	Greater London	161	528	43	2019
18	250 City Road Tower 1	London	Greater London	155	509	42	2018
19	Elizabeth Tower	Manchester	Greater Manchester	153	502	52	2020
20	10 Park Drive	London	Greater London	150	492	43	2019
21	Manhattan Loft Gardens	London	Greater London	149	489	43	2018
22	Heron Quays West 2/One Bank Street	London	Greater London	147	482	28	2019
23	Maine Tower	London	Greater London	145	476	42	2019
24	Canada Water Building C4	London	Greater London	140	459	40	2021
25	250 City Road Tower 2	London	Greater London	137	454	36	2019
26	Heron Plaza	London	Greater London	135	448	44	2019
27	101 George Street, Croydon	London	Greater London	135	443	44	2019
28	Two Fifty One	London	Greater London	134	440	43	2018
29	The Atlas Building	London	Greater London	134	438	40	2018
30	The Mercian	Birmingham	West Midlands	132	432	42	2020
31=	Keybridge Lofts	London	Greater London	128	420	36	2019
31=	The GRID	London	Greater London	128	420	36	2018
33	Harbour Central Block C	London	Greater London	126	412	37	2019
34	Nine Elms Point	London	Greater London	126	411	37	2019
35	One Crown Place South	London	Greater London	123	404	33	2020
36	Chelsea Waterfront South Tower	London	Greater London	122	400	37	2018
37	Infinity Tower 1	Liverpool	Merseyside	120	394	39	2021
38	The Stage Shoreditch	London	Greater London	115	377	38	2019
39=	Altus House	Leeds	West Yorkshire	114	374	38	2021
39=	East Village Site N08 Tower 2	London	Greater London	113	371	30	2018
41=	One Casson Square, Southbank Place	London	Greater London	113	371	37	2019
41=	Ram Quarter Residential Tower	London	Greater London	113	371	36	2021
43=	Affinity Living Riverview	Manchester	Greater Manchester	112	368	35	2021
43=	The Lexington Tower	Liverpool	Merseyside	112	368	35	2021
45	The Residence	Manchester	Greater Manchester	110	361	34	2021
46	Oxygen	Manchester	Greater Manchester	109	357	33	2020
47=	Victoria Square	Woking	Surrey	108	353	34	2020
47=	103 Colmore Row	Birmingham	West Midlands	108	353	26	2020
49	One Crown Place North	London	Greater London	106	348	30	2020
50	Imperial West Residential Building	London	Greater London	105	344	35	2019
51=	Upper Riverside	London	Greater London	102	335	31	2018
51=	Infinity Tower 2	Liverpool	Merseyside	102	335	33	2021
53	Stratford Central	London	Greater London	101	331	33	2018
54	East Village E20, Site N08 Tower 1	London	Greater London	100	327	28	2018

Tallest approved buildings

This list ranks all approved for construction buildings in the UK that will stand at least tall. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts.

Rank	Name	City	Region/County	Height	Height	Floors
1	European Trade Center Tower 1	London	Greater London	500	1640	111
2	1 Undershaft	London	Greater London	295	967	73
3	Riverside South	London	Greater London	237	776	45
4	One Lansdowne Road East Tower	London	Greater London	236	774	68
5=	European Trade Center Tower 2	London	Greater London	230	755	53
5=	European Trade Center Tower 3	London	Greater London	230	755	53
5=	European Trade Center Tower 4	London	Greater London	230	755	53
5=	European Trade Center Tower 5	London	Greater London	230	755	53
6	Heron Quays West	London	Greater London	198	650	34
7	100 Broad Street	Birmingham	West Midlands	193	634	61
8	South Quay Plaza 4	London	Greater London	192	630	56
9	Riverside South	London	Greater London	186	610	37
10	One Heritage	Salford	Greater Manchester	173	568	55
11	Ludgate House	London	Greater London	161	528	49
12	One Eastside	Birmingham	West Midlands	155	509	51
13	1 Merchant Square	London	Greater London	150	491	42
14=	20 Blackfriars Road Residential Tower	London	Greater London	141	463	43
14=	Doon Street Tower	London	Greater London	141	463	43
15=	Trinity Tower V	Manchester	Greater Manchester	140	459	41
15=	54 Marsh Wall	London	Greater London	140	459	41
16	Viadux Tower 1	Manchester	Greater Manchester	138	453	40
17	St Michael's Tower 1	Manchester	Greater Manchester	135	443	41
18	Sapphire Tower	Cardiff	Cardiff	132	433	42
19=	Angel Meadow Park	Manchester	Greater Manchester	128	420	41
19=	Trinity Tower Y	Manchester	Greater Manchester	128	420	37
20	Infinity Towers Building B	London	Greater London	127	417	34
21	Martineau Galleries	Birmingham	West Midlands	126	413	36
22	St Joseph's Eastside	Birmingham	West Midlands	123	404	37
23=	10–12 Whitworth Street	Manchester	Greater Manchester	117	384	35
23=	211 Broad Street	Birmingham	West Midlands	117	384	37
23=	Westbridge Hotel Tower	Leicester	Leicestershire	117	384	39
24	Convoys Wharf Tower 1	London	Greater London	116	381	40
25	South Quay Plaza 2	London	Greater London	115	378	36
26	Boerma Tower	Birmingham	West Midlands	113	371	30
27	Exchange Square Phase 2	Birmingham	West Midlands	111	364	36
28	Quill	London	Greater London	109	358	31
29	Sampson House	London	Greater London	108	354	30
30	Bedford Square Phase 2	Belfast	Northern Ireland	105	344	26
31	Infinity Towers Building B	London	Greater London	104	341	30
32=	Axis Square Tower 2	Birmingham	West Midlands	101	331	23
32=	The Gateway Building	London	Greater London	101	331	20

Tallest proposed buildings

This list ranks some proposed buildings in the UK that, if built as planned, would stand at least tall. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts.

Rank	Name	City	Region/County	Height	Height	Floors
1	Quay House	London	Greater London	235	771	70
2	North Quay Tower 1	London	Greater London	222	728	67
3	North Quay Tower 2	London	Greater London	212	696	61
4	North Quay Tower 3	London	Greater London	203	666	57
5	Vauxhall Cross Island	London	Greater London	175	574	53
6	Student Castle Tower 1	Manchester	Greater Manchester	168	551	55
7	The Goods Yard Tower 1	London	Greater London	166	545	46
8	One Park Place	London	Greater London	162	531	32
9	Project Skylines	London	Greater London	160	525	48
10=	Stratford Waterfront Tower 1	London	Greater London	160	525	47
10=	Stratford Waterfront Tower 2	London	Greater London	160	525	47
13=	225 Marsh Wall	London	Greater London	158	518	49
13=	Cotton Quay Tower 1	Salford	Greater Manchester	158	518	48
15=	Greengate Park North	Salford	Greater Manchester	155	509	52
15=	Octagon	Birmingham	West Midlands	155	509	49
17=	The Blade	Manchester	Greater Manchester	152	499	52
17=	The Circle	Manchester	Greater Manchester	152	499	52
19	Deritend Tower	Birmingham	West Midlands	151	495	48
20	Ovatus 2	Liverpool	Merseyside	147	481	48
21	Downing Living Tower 1	Manchester	Greater Manchester	140	459	44
22	30 Marsh Wall	London	Greater London	139	456	43
23=	CEG Southbank Tower 1	Leeds	West Yorkshire	136	446	40
23=	82 West India Road	London	Greater London	136	446	39
25=	East Village E20 Tower 1	London	Greater London	135	443	36
25=	East Village E20 Tower 2	London	Greater London	135	443	36
27	Cuba Street Tower 1	London	Greater London	134	440	41
28	Great Charles Street	Birmingham	West Midlands	131	430	39
29=	Bridge Street	Leeds	West Yorkshire	129	423	41
29=	20 Ropemaker Street	London	Greater London	129	423	27
31	X1 Media City II Tower 1	Salford	Greater Manchester	125	410	41
32	Cotton Quay Tower 2	Salford	Greater Manchester	123	404	37
33=	Cherry Park Tower 1	London	Greater London	121	397	37
33=	Elephant & Castle Town Centre Tower 1	London	Greater London	121	397	32
35	Mondial House	London	Greater London	120	394	35
36	Elephant & Castle Town Centre Tower 3	London	Greater London	117	384	34
37=	Borough Triangle	London	Greater London	115	377	38
37=	Rudolf Place	London	Greater London	115	377	37
39=	Gorton Street Tower, Greengate	Salford	Greater Manchester	112	367	36
39=	Plot G, Great Jackson Street Tower 1	Manchester	Greater Manchester	112	367	36
41=	The Square	Birmingham	West Midlands	110	361	35
41=	Savoy Centre Towers	Glasgow	Greater Glasgow	110	361	32
41=	16/19 Hatfields/1-5 Paris Garden	London	Greater London	110	361	24
41=	The Culinary Quarter Tower 1	London	Greater London	110	361	35
41=	X1 Media City II Tower 2	Salford	Greater Manchester	110	361	35
46	North Quay Tower 4	London	Greater London	107	351	30
47	East Village 20 Tower 4	London	Greater London	103	338	29
48	Upper Trinity Street	Birmingham	West Midlands	102	334	32
49=	Union Living, St John's	Manchester	Greater Manchester	101	331	32
49=	X1 Media City II Tower 2	Salford	Greater Manchester	101	331	31

Tallest demolished buildings

This list ranks all demolished and destroyed buildings in the UK that stood at least tall. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts.

Rank	Name	City	Region	Height	Height	Floors	Year built	Year demolished
1=	Drapers' Gardens	London	Greater London	100	328	30	1967	2007
1=	Southwark Towers	London	Greater London	100	328	25	1976	2009

Timeline of tallest buildings

This list ranks the tallest storied buildings in the UK throughout history, excluding free standing clock towers, church spires and other such structures.

Name	City	County	Image	Height	Height	Floors	Years as tallest
Victoria Tower	London	Greater London		98.5	325	14	1860–1961
Shell Centre	London	Greater London		107	351	26	1961–1962
CIS Tower	Manchester	Greater Manchester		118	387	25	1962–1963
Millbank Tower	London	Greater London		118	390	32	1963–1964
Post Office Tower	London	Greater London		177	581	36	1964–1980
NatWest Tower	London	Greater London		183	600	47	1980–1991
One Canada Square	London	Greater London		235	770	50	1991–2012
The Shard	London	Greater London		310	1,017	87	2012–

Tallest buildings by city

Cities with tallest buildings

Cities with buildings >100m

List measures buildings by architectural height

City	≥300m	≥250m	≥200m	≥150m	≥100m
London	1	—	5	11	42
Manchester	—	—	1	2	8
Birmingham	—	—	—	—	3
Leeds	—	—	—	—	2
Liverpool	—	—	—	—	2
Brighton	—	—	—	—	1
Portsmouth	—	—	—	—	1
Salford	—	—	—	—	1
Sheffield	—	—	—	—	1
Swansea	—	—	—	—	1

Cities with buildings >100m (Under Construction)

List measures buildings by roof height only.

City	≥300m	≥250m	≥200m	≥150m	≥100m
London	—	1	5	13	24
Manchester	—	—	—	1	3
Liverpool	—	—	—	—	3
Birmingham	—	—	—	—	2
Woking	—	—	—	—	1

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