page_title: List of tallest buildings in the United Kingdom
hierarchical_section_title: List of tallest buildings in the United Kingdom
caption_attribution_description: English: The Shard, taken from the Sky Garden atop the "Walkie-Talkie". A window is open, which allows a crane to lower a box that holds the window cleaners. The people walking at the bottom of this tower are approximately 170 × smaller than the building. Photographer's notes: The image is stitched from 28 landscape-orientation frames in three columns. The viewpoint is the balcony of the "Sky Garden" at the top of the Walkie-Talkie. This is approximately halfway up the 306m Shard and 750m distant. A Sony A77II camera was used with Sony 55-300mm lens at 160mm. The exposure was f/5.6, 1/1000s and ISO 200. The camera has hand-held and, although the balcony is "outside", the view is behind glass that appears to have a slightly blue tint. These factors necessitated some downsizing of the final stitch to achieve a high quality image.
context_page_description: As of August 2020 there are 110 habitable buildings in the United Kingdom at least 100 metres tall, 89 of them in London, 10 in Manchester, 3 in Birmingham, 2 in Leeds and 1 each in Brighton and Hove, Liverpool, Portsmouth, Salford, 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 310 metres 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 all located on the Isle of Dogs in East London: Landmark Pinnacle, Newfoundland Quay and Valiant Tower. Landmark Pinnacle is currently the tallest residential building in Europe.
context_section_description: As of August 2020 there are 110 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, 89 of them in London, 10 in Manchester, 3 in Birmingham, 2 in Leeds and 1 each in Brighton and Hove, Liverpool, Portsmouth, Salford, Sheffield and Swansea (the only structure outside England). 
  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 310 metres (1,020 ft) 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 all located on the Isle of Dogs in East London: Landmark Pinnacle (233m), Newfoundland Quay (220m) and Valiant Tower (215m). Landmark Pinnacle is currently the tallest residential building in Europe.
  As of August 2020, there are 28 habitable buildings at least 100 metres (330 ft) tall under construction in the UK – 15 in London, 3 each in Birmingham and Liverpool, 2 each in Manchester, Salford and Woking, and 1 in Leeds.
caption: The Shard is the tallest building in the UK
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