The 1988 UK Championship (also known as the 1988 Tennent's UK Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 19 and 27 November 1988 at the Guild Hall in Preston, England. This was the last UK Championship to be sponsored by Tennent's, and for the following two years the championship would be sponsored by . The highest break of the tournament was 139 made by David Roe.