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List of tallest buildings in Yorkshire

Yorkshire has many tall buildings primarily located in its largest city, Leeds, which hosts the current tallest building, Altus House. Three further buildings over 100m are current under construction in Leeds. A smaller number of tall buildings are located in Sheffield, while Yorkshire's other main settlements are largely characterised by low-rise skylines such as York, which is dominated by one tall building, the Minster.

High-rise residential blocks are common in many towns and cities in Yorkshire, with many councils, particularly Leeds, Halifax and Kingston upon Hull enthusiastically embracing high-rise living in the 1960s and '70s. Sheffield has fewer high-rise residential blocks, with the council there looking more towards the more modern 'wall like' developments, though some newer high rise buildings are under construction.

Rank Name Height (m) Height (ft) Floors Year City Image Ref
1 Altus House 114.3 375 38 2021 Leeds [1]
2 Bridgewater Place 110 360 32 2007 Leeds [2]
3 Sky Plaza 103 338 36 2009 Leeds
4 St Paul's Tower 101 331 32 2010 Sheffield
5 44 Merrion Street 100 328 33 2024 Leeds
5 Opal 3 82 269 26 2008 Leeds
6 Pinnacle 80 260 20 1973 Leeds
7 UNITE White Rose View Tower 1 79 259 28 2020 Leeds
8 Arts Tower 78 256 20 1965 Sheffield
9 Park Plaza Hotel 77 253 20 1965 Leeds
10 Arena Point 77 253 20 1967 Leeds
11 Royal Hallamshire Hospital 76 249 17 1974 Sheffield
12 Candle House 75 243 23 2009 Leeds
13 K2 74 243 20 1972 Leeds
14 Cottingley Towers 72 236 25 1972 Leeds
15 Centre North East 71 233 19 1974 Middlesbrough
16 The Junction 70 230 23 2023 Leeds
17 Symons House 70 230 22 2020 Leeds
18 Central Village Tower 70 230 22 2014 Leeds
19 Broadcasting Tower 69 226 23 2009 Leeds
20 Velocity Tower 66 217 22 2009 Sheffield
21 New Era Square 66 217 21 2018 Sheffield
22 West Point 65 213 17 1975 Leeds
23 The Gate 64 210 21 2020 Sheffield

Tallest under construction

Rank Name Height (m) Height (ft) Floors City Notes
1 Cirrus Point, Leeds 134 440 45 Leeds Superstructure construction underway
2 Sky Gardens 105 345 34 Leeds Core construction underway
3 Code Sheffield 99 318 32 Sheffield Foundations underway
4 Latitude Blue 1 98 321 32 Leeds Superstructure nearing completion
5 Triangle Yard 94 308 31 Leeds Superstructure construction underway
6 Calico Sheffield 85 279 27 Sheffield Core completed
7 Latitude Blue 2 82 269 27 Leeds Superstructure nearing completion
8 Lisbon Street 75 246 24 Leeds Superstructure nearing completion
9 Phoenix 68 223 22 Leeds Superstructure nearing completion
10 Saxton House 62 197 20 Leeds Superstructure nearing completion

See also

References

  1. ^ Farrell, Stephen (26 July 2022). "New plans for 40-storey Sheffield tower". Insider Media Ltd. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  2. ^ Casci, Mark (18 May 2020). "Plans unveiled for Leeds 46 storey skyscraper to create one of the UK's tallest residential buildings". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 27 August 2022.