List of tallest buildings and structures in Leeds

Graphic showing the tallest buildings in Leeds.

See also: Architecture of Leeds

This list of the tallest buildings and structures in Leeds ranks skyscrapers, structures and towers in the city of Leeds, England by height.

Leeds is a major UK city and regional capital with a city population of 757,700, and a Metro population of 2,302,000 (2001 est).

Currently, the tallest building in Leeds is Bridgewater Place at 112 m (370 ft). which has held the record since topping out in 2007.

The oldest building on the list is Leeds Town Hall, constructed in 1858, which stands at a height of 69 m (225 ft). The newest is Central Village Tower, completed in 2014, which stands at an height of 70 m (230 ft).

There are currently two skyscrapers with a height of 100 metres (328 ft) or more, and 130 high-rise buildings with a height of at least 35 metres (115 ft) or more.

Tallest buildings and structures

This list ranks externally complete Leeds buildings and free-standing structures that stand at least 50 metres (164 ft), based on standard height measurement. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts. An equals sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed. Buildings that have been demolished are not included.

Rank	Name	Image	Height m (ft)	Floors	Year	Notes
1	Bridgewater Place		112 (367)	32	2007	Currently the tallest building in Leeds
2	Sky Plaza		106 (348)	37	2009
3	Opal 3		90 (295)	27	2008
4	Pinnacle		80 (262)	20	1973	Formerly and colloquially known as West Riding House
5=	Park Plaza Hotel		77 (253)	20	1966	Formerly known as Royal Exchange House, renovated 2004
5=	Tower North Central		77 (253)	19	1967	Formerly known as Tower House, renovated 2004
7	Candle House		75 (246)	23	2009
8	K2		74 (243)	20	1972	Formerly known as Dudley House, renovated 2003
9=	Cottingley Heights		72 (236)	25	1972	Renovated 1989
9=	Cottingley Towers		72 (236)	25	1972	Renovated 1989
11=	Broadcasting Tower		70 (230)	23	2009	Voted World's best tall building 2010
11=	Central Village Tower		70 (230)	22	2014
13	Leeds Town Hall		68.6 (225)		1858
14	Clarence House		66.5 (218)	20	2008
15	West Point		65 (213)	17	1975	Formerly known as Royal Mail House, renovated 2005
16	City Island Phase 2		61 (200)	20	2007
17	Parkinson Building		57 (187)	5	1951
18	Holy Trinity Church		56.7 (186)	2	1727	Current spire added 1839
19	Castle House		56 (184)	14	1988
20=	1 City Square		54 (177)	12	1997
20=	Blue		54 (177)	14	2004
22=	British Gas Building		53 (174)	14	1960s	Plan raised for redevelopment into a hotel
22=	Tinshill BT Tower		53 (174)		1967	Commonly known as Cookridge Tower
24=	Bond Court		52 (171)	13	1970s	Formerly known as Sun Alliance House, renovated 2005
24=	City House		52 (171)	15	1962	Formerly known as British Railways House, major renovation commenced
24=	Leeds Civic Hall	120px	52 (171)	6	1933
24=	Leeds Metropolitan University Block F		52 (171)	13	1960s
24=	The Gateway		52 (171)	15	2008
29=	Leeds Metropolitan University Block C		50 (164)	12	1960s
29=	Nuffield Hospital		50 (164)	12	2003
29=	Skyline Tower		50 (164)	17	2009
29=	Whitehall Waterfront		50 (164)	16	2004
29=	Whitehall Quay		50 (164)	18	2002
29=	City Island	Error creating thumbnail: File missing	50 (164)	16	2006
29=	Watermans Place		50 (164)	16	2009
29=	Merrion House		50 (164)	13	1964
29=	Wade House		50 (164)	13	1964
29=	Leeds City College		50 (164)	12	1965
29=	Lloyds Bank		50 (164)	10	1972
29=	Princes Exchange		50 (164)	12	2001

Tallest under construction, approved and proposed

Under construction

Rank	Name	Use	Height		Floors	Image	Notes
			metres	feet
1	Central Square Leeds	Office	65	212	12		Est. completion: 2016
2	Central Village Phase 3	Residential	52	170	17		Est. completion 2016
3	Hilton Leeds Arena	Hotel	50	164	15		Est. completion 2015
4	Central Village Phase 3	Residential	42	136	13		Est. completion 2016
5	Dakota Hotel	Hotel	40	132	12		Est. completion 2015
6	3 Sovereign Square	Office	38	130	7		Est. completion 2015
7	No.6 Wellington Place	Office	35	125	7		Est. completion 2015

Approved

Rank	Name	Height (m)	Height (ft)	Floors	Year (Estimated Completion)
1	Doncaster Monksbridge Tower (1)	122	400	33	Approved
2	Doncaster Monksbridge Tower (2)	90	295	23	Approved
3	Doncaster Monksbirdge Tower (3)	70	230	17	Approved
4	GreenBank Tower	65	230	18	Approved
5	City Square House	60	200	15	Approved
7	Whitehall Riverside (Block 1)	40	130	8	Approved
7	Whitehall Riverside (Block 2)	40	130	8	Approved
7	Whitehall Riverside(Block 3)	40	130	8	Approved
8	Latitude (Blue)	38	125	7	Approved
9	No.5 Wellington Place	35	115	7	Approved

Proposed

Rank	Name	Height (m)	Height (ft)	Floors
1	Millgarth Tower	190 - 210	623 - 689	55 - 65
2	New York Road Tower 1	110	361	37
3	New York Road Tower 2	105	344	35
4	Manor Point [1]	102	335	35
5	Bridge House	98	322	22
6	New York Road Tower 3	87	285	29
7	Cromwell Mount Proposal Tower 1 [2]	Est 85	Est 279	26
8	Capitol House	76	249	18
9	Monkbridge Forge Main Tower	70	230	23
9	Cromwell Mount Proposal Tower 2 [3]	Est 70	Est 230	19
11	New York Road Tower 4	69	226	23
12	Wellington Place Block 14	60	197	15
13	Bankside	52	171	17
14	67 Water Lane	52	171	16

Unbuilt

This lists proposals for the construction of buildings in Leeds that were planned to rise at least 100 metres (328 ft), for which planning permission was rejected or which were otherwise withdrawn.

Rank	Name	Use	Height		Floors	Year	Image	Notes
			metres	feet
1	Criterion Place Tower 1	Residential	180	591	53	2008
2	Lumiere Tower 1	Residential	171	561	54	2008		Tower 1 was to provide 618 residential apartments, including a number of Prime Apartments aimed specifically at over-55s. It would have also provided a health centre, 1,660 sq m of offices and an artist studio/exhibition space.
3	Providence Tower	Residential	120	394	30
4	Criterion Place Tower 2	Residential	118	387	33
5	Lumiere Tower 2	Serviced Apartments/Residential/Office	113	371	32	2008		Tower 2 was to provide 220 apartments, providing a mix of serviced apartments and standard residential dwellings. The tower would have also contained 12,439sq m of offices and 2,733 sq m of retail.
	Briggate Tower	Office	113	371	25	1938		Cancelled due to World War II, site now occupied by Marks and Spencer.
7	City 1	Residential/Hotel	112	367	37	2004

Other unbuilt

• EMI Westgate Tower, 120–140 metres, 36 storeys (circa 1970, around metres in height, cancelled for excessive height, site now occupied by 1980s Westgate Point development)
• Triple Five Leeds Development - Height unknown (circa 1989, planned complex in Holbeck including shopping, residential and offices which was to include a number of high rise buildings of unspecified height, cancelled)
• Norman Foster plan for Criterion Place for Royal London Insurance - circa 60-70m (proposed 1994, development on site cancelled)
• Kite Tower - 90 m (vision from 2005 since superseded by The Spiracle)
• Mayfair Tower - 98 m (cancelled 2006 due to failure to make profitable)
• Brunswick Place - 91 m and 85 m (vision from 2006 for a redevelopment of this former Leeds Metropolitan University site)
• The Spiricle - 80 m / 262 ft / 25 storeys (cancelled 2008 due to failure to make it profitable)

Demolished buildings

• Elland Road four floodlights - 79m / 260 ft. Constructed 1970 demolished 1991-3 for replacement with new East Stand and lighting above stands.
• Albion Tower aka Leeds Permanent Building Society Tower - 61 m / 200 ft. Constructed 1960s demolished 1998 for replacement with The Light leisure / shopping complex.

History of tallest buildings in Leeds

Held record		Name and Location	Constructed	Height (m)	Height (ft)	Notes
From	To
1841	1858	Leeds Parish Church	1841	35	115	The only C of E church in the UK to have a daily choral service.
1858	1966	Leeds Town Hall	1858	69	226	One of the tallest Town Halls in the United Kingdom.
1966	1973	Park Plaza Hotel Leeds	1965–1966	77	253	Also called Royal Exchange House.
1973	2005	West Riding House	1972–1973	80	262	The tallest building in Leeds for 32 years.
2005	—	Bridgewater Place	2004–2007	112	367	The tallest building in Yorkshire and the North East.

See also

• Leeds
• Listed buildings in Leeds
• List of tallest buildings in Yorkshire

External links

• SkyscraperNews: Leeds
• Broadcasting Tower Website
• Broadcasting Tower - Downing Information Page