Yorkshire has a range of tall buildings primarily located in its largest city, Leeds, which hosts the current tallest building, Altus House. Two 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, Middlesbrough, Bradford and 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.
Tallest complete This list ranks externally complete buildings in Yorkshire that are at least . Spires and architectural details are considered, but a strict definition of "building" is taken, omitting bridges, chimneys, masts, etc..An equals sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings.
{| class="sortable wikitable" |- ! Rank ! Name ! Height ! Floors ! Year ! City ! class="unsortable"| Image ! Notes
| 1||Altus House||||38||2021||Leeds||||Was the tallest building in Leeds and Yorkshire upon completion in 2021. |- | 2||Bridgewater Place|| ||32||2007||Leeds|||| Tallest building in Leeds and Yorkshire from 2007 to 2021. |- | 3||Sky Plaza||||36||2009||Leeds||||Was the tallest student accommodation in the world upon completion |- | 4||St Paul's Tower||||32||2010||Sheffield||||Tallest building in Sheffield. |- | 5||Jackson House, 44 Merrion Street||||33||2024||Leeds|||| |- | 6||Latitude Blue, Tower A||||32||2025||Leeds|||| |- | 7||Opal Tower||||26||2008||Leeds|||| |- | 8||Wainhouse Tower||||2||1875||King Cross, Halifax|||| |- | 9||Latitude Blue, Tower B||||27||2025||Leeds|||| |- | 10||Pinnacle||||20||1973||Leeds||||Tallest building in Leeds and Yorkshire from 1973 to 2007. |- | 11||White Rose View Tower 1||||28||2020||Leeds|||| |- | 12||Arts Tower||||20||1965||Sheffield||||Tallest building in Sheffield from 1965 to 2010. Was the tallest building in Yorkshire from 1965 to 1973. |- | 13||Park Plaza Hotel||||20||1965||Leeds|||| |- | 14||Royal Hallamshire Hospital||||17||1974||Sheffield|||| |- | 15=|| Wakefield Cathedral||||N/A||1420||Wakefield||||Tallest church building in Yorkshire |- | 15=|| Threadworks, Lisbon Street ||||24||2025||Leeds|| |- | 15=||Candle House||||23||2009||Leeds|||| |- | 18||K2||||20||1972||Leeds|||| |- | 19=||Cottingley Towers and Cottingley Heights||||25||1972||Leeds|||| |- | 19=||All Souls Church, Halifax||||N/A||1859||Halifax|||| |- | 21||York Minster||||1||1465||York||
| 22||Square Congregational Church||||1||1857||Halifax|||| |- | 23||Centre North East||||19||1974||Middlesbrough||||Tallest building in Middlesbrough |- | 24=||Central Village Tower||||22||2014||Leeds|||| |- | 24=||Symons House||||22||2020||Leeds|| || |- | 24=||The Junction||||23||2023||Leeds|| || |- | 24=||Broadcasting Tower||||23||2009||Leeds||||
Tallest under construction
The following lists buildings being constructed in Yorkshire that are at least .
Rank Name Height Floors City Notes1Cirrus Point, Leeds45LeedsTopped out with opening imminent2Sky Gardens34LeedsCore construction underway 3 Code Sheffield 32 Sheffield Foundations underway4Triangle Yard31LeedsSuperstructure construction underway5Calico Sheffield27SheffieldCore completed6BeckYard26LeedsSuperstructure construction underway
Tallest approved
The following lists buildings in Yorkshire that are at least and have approval to be built.
{| class="sortable wikitable" |- ! Rank ! Name ! Height ! Floors ! City ! Notes |- | 1||The Hexagon, Wellington Square||||45||Leeds||
| 2||Former Yorkshire Post Site, Tower A||||42||Leeds|| |- | 3||Merrion Centre Tower||||37||Leeds|| |- | 4||Kings Tower||||40||Sheffield|| |- | 5||Former Yorkshire Bank HQ Site||||39||Leeds
| 6||Former Yorkshire Post Site, Tower B||||32||Leeds||
| 7||Former Yorkshire Post Site, Tower C||||25||Leeds||
| 8||The Meridian||||23||Sheffield||Although approved, permission is being sought for a 29-storey development on the same site
Tallest demolished
The following lists buildings in Yorkshire that are at least and have been demolished.
{| class="sortable wikitable" |- ! Rank ! Name ! Height ! Floors ! class="unsortable"| Years extant ! City ! class="unsortable"| Image |- | 1||Arena Point||||20||1967–2023||Leeds||
See also List of tallest buildings in Leeds List of tallest buildings in Sheffield
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