Beetham Tower

Beetham Tower (also known as the Hilton Tower) is a landmark 47-storey mixed use skyscraper in Manchester, England. Completed in 2006, it is named after its developers, the Beetham Organisation, and was designed by SimpsonHaugh and Partners.nAt a height of 554 feet (169 m), it is the tallest externally complete building in Manchester and tallest outside London in the United Kingdom. It was described by the Financial Times as “the UK’s first proper skyscraper outside London”. From 2006 to 2018, the skyscraper was the tallest building in Manchester and outside London in the United Kingdom.nThe top floor penthouse offers views of Greater Manchester, the Cheshire Plain, the Pennines and Snowdonia. nOthers feel its dramatic appearance and peculiarity is reflective of Manchester, and that the Beetham Tower symbolises Manchester’s reinvention as a post-industrial city – particularly since the bombing of 1996. Nevertheless, it has received praise and was awarded the best tall building in the world in 2007 by the Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.