The 1996 UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston, England.

Stephen Hendry won his third UK Championship in a row and fifth overall by defeating John Higgins 10–9 in the final.

[1] Ken Doherty made the highest break of the tournament with 141.

Tony Drago made the fastest century break in a ranking event with a time of 3 minutes 31 seconds.

[2] The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: [3][4]