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The Shard is the tallest building in the UK.. As of January 2025, there are 177 habitable buildings (used for living and working in, as opposed to masts and religious use) in the United Kingdom at least 100 metres (330 ft) tall, [1] 132 of them in London, 25 in Greater Manchester, eight in Birmingham, four in Leeds, two each in Liverpool and Woking, and one each in Brighton and Hove ...
Skyscraper 51.5145°N. 0.0829°W. Tallest building in the City of London. ... Formerly the tallest building in the UK from 1991-2012 when it was surpassed by The Shard:
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.
Building skyscrapers in an old and famous town can drastically alter the image of the city. In cities such as London [ 13 ] in the United Kingdom or San Francisco in the United States, [ 14 ] there is a legal requirement called protected view , which limits the height of new buildings within or adjacent to the sightline between the two places ...
Three60 is a cylindrical residential skyscraper in Manchester, England. The building is part of the second phase of the Crown Street development area at the southern end of Deansgate in the city centre, behind the Deansgate Square skyscraper cluster. [2] It was designed by SimpsonHaugh architects.
The oldest building on the list is Holy Trinity Church, constructed in 1727, which stands at a height of 56.7 m (186 ft). There are currently 14 skyscrapers with a height of 100 m (328 ft) or more built, being constructed or approved, [2] and over 150 high-rise buildings. Over 50 buildings 50 m (160 ft) tall are under construction, approved or ...
Kings Tower is an approved skyscraper [a] that will be located on Castle Square at the junction of High Street and Angel Street in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.With a planned height of 120 m (390 ft) once completed, [1] Kings Tower will overtake St Pauls Tower (current tallest building) as the tallest building in Sheffield and in Yorkshire. [2]
At a height of 169 m (554 ft), it was described by the Financial Times as "the UK's first proper skyscraper outside London". [11] From 2006 to 2018, the skyscraper was the tallest building in Manchester and outside London in the United Kingdom. In November 2018, it was surpassed by the South Tower at Deansgate Square, which is 201 m (659 ft) tall.