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The Tower, Meridian Quay
The Tower, Meridian Quay part of the Meridian Quay development currently under construction near the Marriott Hotel in the Maritime Quarter, Swansea, Wales is the tallest building in Swansea and Wales at 107m.

The tower has 29 storeys, double the number of the previous tallest building in Swansea, the BT Tower. Working names in use for the structure included 'Ferrara Tower', 'Meridian Tower' and 'Oceangate Tower'. The Tower, Meridian Quay is now the tallest in Wales. A proposal for an even taller tower at Bay Pointe in Cardiff was granted planning permission in February 2008, but in December 2008 the scheme's developers stated that is unlikely to ever be built.

On 26 January 2008, one of the construction workers died after falling three stories from the tower. The construction company, Carillion, chose not to release his name. The tower "topped-out" to its full height on 12 September 2008.

Most of the tower will house residential apartments. The ground floor will feature commercial units, whilst the top three floors will feature a 290-cover restaurant. Press reports stated that the penthouse apartment on the 26th floor sold for £1 million.