tall buildings in london

London is a city with strict limits to building height and with protected views of certain buildings from particular locations (notably St Paul's). Permission to build skyscrapers in the centre of the city is granted on a case-by-case basis. For this reason, tall buildings in central London are notable landmarks. Until the early 1960s buildings in London were restricted to 100 feet (30 metres) in height, although there were some exceptions to this rule. This restriction was put in place so as to keep every floor of a building in reach of the fire brigade's ladders. The lifting of the height restriction caused a sudden boom in the building of tall buildings during the 1960s.

Structures taller than 100m

High-rise buildings

olspan="2"\|Name	Height (m)	Floors	Built
tyle="text-align:right; width:20;"\|1.	style="width:350px;"\|1 Canada Square (Canary Wharf Tower) C	235	50	1991
tyle="text-align:right;"\|2.	8 Canada Square (HSBC Building) C	200	45	2002
tyle="text-align:right;"\|3.	25 Canada Square (Citigroup Centre) C	200	45	2001
tyle="text-align:right;"\|4.	BT Tower (formerly Post Office Tower)	188	43	1965
tyle="text-align:right;"\|5.	Tower 42 (formerly NatWest Tower)	183	43	1980
tyle="text-align:right;"\|6.	30 St Mary Axe (the Swiss Re Building)	180	40	2003
tyle="text-align:right;"\|7.	One Churchill Place (Barclays Bank HQ)	156	32	2004
tyle="text-align:right;"\|8.	25 Bank Street H	153	33	2003
tyle="text-align:right;"\|9.	40 Bank Street H	153	33	2003
tyle="text-align:right;"\|10.	10 Upper Bank Street H	151	32	2003
tyle="text-align:right;"\|11.	Guy's Tower	143	34	1974
tyle="text-align:right;"\|12.	CityPoint	127	36	1967
tyle="text-align:right;"\|13.	Euston Tower	124	36	1970
tyle="text-align:right;"\|14.	Shakespeare Tower B	123	43	1976
tyle="text-align:right;"\|15.	Lauderdale Tower B	123	43	1974
tyle="text-align:right;"\|16.	Cromwell Tower B	123	42	1973
tyle="text-align:right;"\|17.	Millbank Tower	118	32	1963
tyle="text-align:right;"\|18.	St. Helen's	118	28	1969
tyle="text-align:right;"\|19.	Centre Point	117	35	1967
tyle="text-align:right;"\|20.	Empress State Building	117	31	1961
tyle="text-align:right;"\|21.	King's Reach Tower	111	30	1978
tyle="text-align:right;"\|22.	1 West India Quay	111	34	2004
tyle="text-align:right;"\|23.	Shell Tower	107	26	1961
tyle="text-align:right;"\|24.	33 Canada Square	105	18	1999
tyle="text-align:right;"\|25.	99 Bishopsgate	104	26	1976
tyle="text-align:right;"\|26.	Portland House	101	29	1963
tyle="text-align:right;"\|27.	The London Hilton on Park Lane	101	29	1963
tyle="text-align:right;"\|28.	Southwark Towers	100	25	1976
tyle="text-align:right;"\|29.	Draper's Gardens	100	30	1967
tyle="text-align:right;"\|30.	Stock Exchange Tower	100	26	1970

Other structures

olspan="2"\|Name	Height (m)	Built
tyle="text-align:right; width:20px;"\|1.	style="width:350px;"\|Crystal Palace Transmitter	222	1950
tyle="text-align:right;"\|2.	The London Eye	135	1999
tyle="text-align:right;"\|3.	Wembley Stadium U	133	2005
tyle="text-align:right;"\|4.	St Paul's Cathedral	112	1710
tyle="text-align:right;"\|5.	Victoria Tower (at the Palace of Westminster)	102	1858

^U Under construction.

^C Part of the Canary Wharf Complex.

^B Part of the Barbican Estate.

^H Part of the Heron Quays Complex.

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Other famous tall buildings

olspan="2"\|Name	Height (m)	Built
tyle="text-align:right; width:20px;"\|	style="width:350px;"\|Trellick Tower	98	1972
nbsp;	Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster (Big Ben)	96	1859
nbsp;	Lloyd's building	95	1986
nbsp;	Millennium Dome	95	1999
nbsp;	St Pancras railway station	82	1868
nbsp;	The London Ark	76	1992
nbsp;	OXO Tower	67	1900
nbsp;	The Old Bailey	67	1907

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