The Tallest Buildings and Structures In Cool London

Wandering around cool London on my adventures it crossed my mind as to how tall are some of the cities tallest buildings and structures.

Thankfully London isn’t a city, which is overrun with monstrosities of skyscrapers like New York City, but never the less there are a few big buildings that stand out.

London is an unbelievable cool city, here you will find buildings that are centuries old, standing next to monster glass skyscrapers that are hundreds of feet high. One thing I do know is that none of the modern buildings will still be standing in a couple of hundred years time.

London’s Tallest Buildings and Structures

1. One Canada Square – Located in Canary Wharf it is not only the tallest building in London, but the tallest in the UK. One Canada Square stands at 235 meters/ 800 feet tall.

2. 8 Canada Square – Again located in Canary Wharf it is the second equal tallest building in London and the UK. 8 Canada Square stands at 200 metres/655 feet tall

3. 25 Canada Square – As you can guess it is located in Canary Wharf and is the second equal tallest building in London and the UK. 25 Canada Square stands at 200 metres/655 feet tall

4. BT Tower – A tall cylindrical building located at 60 Cleveland Street, Fitrovia , which  is London’s 4th tallest building at 191 metres/625 feet tall.

5. Tower 42 – Is the tallest building in the City of London and the 5th tallest in London and stands at 183 feet/600 feet high, it can be found at 25 Old Broad Street.

6. 30 St Mary Axe – More commonly known as the Gherkin it  is the 6th tallest building in London, which stands at 180 metres/590 feet high. It is located in the financial district of London.

7. Crystal Palace Transmitter – The tallest structure in London, which is a broadcasting and telecommunications transmitter in the Crystal Palace area, it is 220 metres/ 720 feet high.

8. London Eye – The most popular paid  tourist attraction in London  and the tallest Ferris wheel in Europe, which  stands an impressive 135 metres/443 feet tall.

9. Pan Peninsula East – This is the tallest all residential tower in London and the UK, which is located in the Docklands. It stands at 147 metres/ 482 feet high. That equates to 48 storeys, that is too high for me.

10. Battersea Power Station – The iconic power station, which was once upon a time a coal fired power station, has four concrete chimneys, which  stand  around 103 metres/340 feet high.

11. St Pauls Cathedral – Is the tallest place of worship in London, which  stands at 111 metres/364 feet high and was built in the 1700′s.

12.Wembley Stadium – The tallest stadium in the world standing at 133 metres/436 feet high.

13. The London Hilton on Park Lane – The tallest hotel in London, which is 29 floors high and stands at 101 metres/331 feet high.

14. Heron Tower – It will when it is completed become  the tallest building in the UK  sometime in 2010, by pinnacle height. Basically they are putting a big antenna on top the building to make it the tallest structure in the UK. The actual building height will only be 202.52 metres/ 664 feet high, which is not quite good enough. With the antenna on top it will be 246 metres/807 feet tall.

London’s tallest buildings are small fry compared to that other epicentre of the world New York. The tallest building in London, One Canada Square would only make it into the top 15th tallest building in New York. The tallest building in NY, which is the Empire State Building is 381 metres/1250  feet tall or or including its spire 443.2 metres/1454 feet.

London Is Cool and the mixture of monster buildings and structures intermixed with the hundreds of year old buildings make this a unique city to live, visit and play in.

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