Council tax
Council tax Band A: what it costs in 2026/27
Band A costs £1,594 a year on average in England from April 2026, about £133 a month. It ranges from £685 in Wandsworth to £1,843 in Dorset.
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Band A is for homes worth up to £40,000 on 1 April 1991, when homes in England were last valued for council tax. Its charge is two-thirds of Band D, in every council. 24% of homes in England are in Band A.
How much is Band A council tax?
The average across England for 2026/27 is £1,594 a year, or £133 a month over 12 months. It depends on your council: £685 in Wandsworth, the lowest, and £1,843 in Dorset, the highest.
Lowest Band A
- Wandsworth£685
- Westminster£700
- City of London£886
- Hammersmith and Fulham£1,013
- Kensington and Chelsea£1,111
- Tower Hamlets£1,225
- Newham£1,296
- Windsor and Maidenhead£1,302
- Southwark£1,312
- Hillingdon£1,364
Highest Band A
- Dorset£1,843
- Lewes£1,837
- Nottingham£1,837
- Rutland£1,825
- Wealden£1,819
- Gateshead£1,811
- Bristol£1,809
- West Devon£1,804
- Rother£1,801
- Newark and Sherwood£1,788
Band A in every council, 2026/27
A year and a month (over 12), and the share of the council’s homes in Band A. Choose a council for all its bands and who the money goes to.
East Midlands
| Council | A year | A month | Homes in Band A |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amber Valley | £1,605 | £134 | 37% |
| Ashfield | £1,739 | £145 | 52% |
| Bassetlaw | £1,763 | £147 | 49% |
| Blaby | £1,660 | £138 | 11% |
| Bolsover | £1,706 | £142 | 57% |
| Boston | £1,539 | £128 | 48% |
| Broxtowe | £1,745 | £145 | 32% |
| Charnwood | £1,604 | £134 | 17% |
| Chesterfield | £1,560 | £130 | 53% |
| Derby | £1,537 | £128 | 51% |
| Derbyshire Dales | £1,630 | £136 | 10% |
| East Lindsey | £1,517 | £126 | 38% |
| Erewash | £1,574 | £131 | 41% |
| Gedling | £1,740 | £145 | 27% |
| Harborough | £1,593 | £133 | 11% |
| High Peak | £1,590 | £132 | 20% |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | £1,588 | £132 | 17% |
| Leicester | £1,686 | £140 | 60% |
| Lincoln | £1,549 | £129 | 61% |
| Mansfield | £1,734 | £144 | 54% |
| Melton | £1,620 | £135 | 14% |
| Newark and Sherwood | £1,788 | £149 | 41% |
| North East Derbyshire | £1,644 | £137 | 39% |
| North Kesteven | £1,559 | £130 | 26% |
| North Northamptonshire | £1,616 | £135 | 30% |
| North West Leicestershire | £1,612 | £134 | 21% |
| Nottingham | £1,837 | £153 | 62% |
| Oadby and Wigston | £1,605 | £134 | 17% |
| Rushcliffe | £1,762 | £147 | 11% |
| Rutland | £1,825 | £152 | 10% |
| South Derbyshire | £1,560 | £130 | 23% |
| South Holland | £1,519 | £127 | 37% |
| South Kesteven | £1,507 | £126 | 30% |
| West Lindsey | £1,570 | £131 | 37% |
| West Northamptonshire | £1,658 | £138 | 21% |
East of England
| Council | A year | A month | Homes in Band A |
|---|---|---|---|
| Babergh | £1,561 | £130 | 12% |
| Basildon | £1,551 | £129 | 11% |
| Bedford | £1,648 | £137 | 13% |
| Braintree | £1,520 | £127 | 9% |
| Breckland | £1,629 | £136 | 24% |
| Brentwood | £1,505 | £125 | 2% |
| Broadland | £1,625 | £135 | 8% |
| Broxbourne | £1,538 | £128 | 1% |
| Cambridge | £1,645 | £137 | 7% |
| Castle Point | £1,546 | £129 | 8% |
| Central Bedfordshire | £1,677 | £140 | 8% |
| Chelmsford | £1,533 | £128 | 6% |
| Colchester | £1,522 | £127 | 11% |
| Dacorum | £1,606 | £134 | 2% |
| East Cambridgeshire | £1,657 | £138 | 12% |
| East Hertfordshire | £1,637 | £136 | 1% |
| East Suffolk | £1,557 | £130 | 23% |
| Epping Forest | £1,518 | £127 | 4% |
| Fenland | £1,692 | £141 | 36% |
| Great Yarmouth | £1,610 | £134 | 41% |
| Harlow | £1,532 | £128 | 6% |
| Hertsmere | £1,604 | £134 | 2% |
| Huntingdonshire | £1,704 | £142 | 15% |
| Ipswich | £1,646 | £137 | 31% |
| Kings Lynn and West Norfolk | £1,620 | £135 | 32% |
| Luton | £1,627 | £136 | 25% |
| Maldon | £1,552 | £129 | 8% |
| Mid Suffolk | £1,545 | £129 | 12% |
| North Hertfordshire | £1,632 | £136 | 6% |
| North Norfolk | £1,640 | £137 | 21% |
| Norwich | £1,669 | £139 | 41% |
| Peterborough | £1,529 | £127 | 39% |
| Rochford | £1,576 | £131 | 4% |
| South Cambridgeshire | £1,691 | £141 | 4% |
| South Norfolk | £1,655 | £138 | 11% |
| Southend-on-Sea | £1,510 | £126 | 21% |
| St Albans | £1,613 | £134 | 1% |
| Stevenage | £1,595 | £133 | 4% |
| Tendring | £1,513 | £126 | 18% |
| Three Rivers | £1,615 | £135 | 2% |
| Thurrock | £1,503 | £125 | 11% |
| Uttlesford | £1,556 | £130 | 3% |
| Watford | £1,631 | £136 | 1% |
| Welwyn Hatfield | £1,635 | £136 | 2% |
| West Suffolk | £1,568 | £131 | 15% |
London
| Council | A year | A month | Homes in Band A |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barking and Dagenham | £1,466 | £122 | 7% |
| Barnet | £1,422 | £118 | 2% |
| Bexley | £1,578 | £131 | 4% |
| Brent | £1,490 | £124 | 5% |
| Bromley | £1,427 | £119 | 1% |
| Camden | £1,472 | £123 | 3% |
| City of London | £886 | £74 | 0% |
| Croydon | £1,733 | £144 | 3% |
| Ealing | £1,426 | £119 | 3% |
| Enfield | £1,512 | £126 | 4% |
| Greenwich | £1,405 | £117 | 8% |
| Hackney | £1,374 | £114 | 7% |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | £1,013 | £84 | 4% |
| Haringey | £1,543 | £129 | 7% |
| Harrow | £1,674 | £140 | 1% |
| Havering | £1,616 | £135 | 5% |
| Hillingdon | £1,364 | £114 | 1% |
| Hounslow | £1,457 | £121 | 2% |
| Islington | £1,405 | £117 | 4% |
| Kensington and Chelsea | £1,111 | £93 | 2% |
| Kingston upon Thames | £1,739 | £145 | 1% |
| Lambeth | £1,365 | £114 | 3% |
| Lewisham | £1,492 | £124 | 7% |
| Merton | £1,431 | £119 | 1% |
| Newham | £1,296 | £108 | 4% |
| Redbridge | £1,530 | £127 | 3% |
| Richmond upon Thames | £1,657 | £138 | 1% |
| Southwark | £1,312 | £109 | 9% |
| Sutton | £1,586 | £132 | 1% |
| Tower Hamlets | £1,225 | £102 | 3% |
| Waltham Forest | £1,591 | £133 | 5% |
| Wandsworth | £685 | £57 | 4% |
| Westminster | £700 | £58 | 1% |
North East
| Council | A year | A month | Homes in Band A |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darlington | £1,663 | £139 | 43% |
| Durham | £1,748 | £146 | 56% |
| Gateshead | £1,811 | £151 | 58% |
| Hartlepool | £1,707 | £142 | 52% |
| Middlesbrough | £1,699 | £142 | 50% |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | £1,695 | £141 | 55% |
| North Tyneside | £1,641 | £137 | 49% |
| Northumberland | £1,731 | £144 | 43% |
| Redcar and Cleveland | £1,696 | £141 | 40% |
| South Tyneside | £1,623 | £135 | 63% |
| Stockton-on-Tees | £1,727 | £144 | 38% |
| Sunderland | £1,465 | £122 | 59% |
North West
| Council | A year | A month | Homes in Band A |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackburn with Darwen | £1,637 | £136 | 55% |
| Blackpool | £1,675 | £140 | 44% |
| Bolton | £1,600 | £133 | 51% |
| Burnley | £1,700 | £142 | 60% |
| Bury | £1,703 | £142 | 36% |
| Cheshire East | £1,637 | £136 | 17% |
| Cheshire West and Chester | £1,678 | £140 | 21% |
| Chorley | £1,620 | £135 | 28% |
| Cumberland | £1,674 | £140 | 46% |
| Fylde | £1,656 | £138 | 17% |
| Halton | £1,578 | £131 | 46% |
| Hyndburn | £1,644 | £137 | 58% |
| Knowsley | £1,659 | £138 | 53% |
| Lancaster | £1,669 | £139 | 35% |
| Liverpool | £1,782 | £149 | 59% |
| Manchester | £1,541 | £128 | 54% |
| Oldham | £1,735 | £145 | 51% |
| Pendle | £1,760 | £147 | 60% |
| Preston | £1,717 | £143 | 43% |
| Ribble Valley | £1,591 | £133 | 13% |
| Rochdale | £1,734 | £144 | 53% |
| Rossendale | £1,680 | £140 | 50% |
| Salford | £1,730 | £144 | 47% |
| Sefton | £1,722 | £144 | 30% |
| South Ribble | £1,628 | £136 | 19% |
| St Helens | £1,602 | £134 | 44% |
| Stockport | £1,746 | £145 | 24% |
| Tameside | £1,631 | £136 | 50% |
| Trafford | £1,528 | £127 | 19% |
| Warrington | £1,632 | £136 | 28% |
| West Lancashire | £1,637 | £136 | 28% |
| Westmorland and Furness | £1,672 | £139 | 25% |
| Wigan | £1,435 | £120 | 45% |
| Wirral | £1,667 | £139 | 40% |
| Wyre | £1,640 | £137 | 21% |
South East
| Council | A year | A month | Homes in Band A |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adur | £1,699 | £142 | 9% |
| Arun | £1,658 | £138 | 11% |
| Ashford | £1,607 | £134 | 7% |
| Basingstoke and Deane | £1,503 | £125 | 3% |
| Bracknell Forest | £1,510 | £126 | 3% |
| Brighton and Hove | £1,720 | £143 | 22% |
| Buckinghamshire | £1,684 | £140 | 3% |
| Canterbury | £1,613 | £134 | 11% |
| Cherwell | £1,722 | £143 | 9% |
| Chichester | £1,646 | £137 | 5% |
| Crawley | £1,612 | £134 | 3% |
| Dartford | £1,583 | £132 | 3% |
| Dover | £1,641 | £137 | 13% |
| East Hampshire | £1,563 | £130 | 5% |
| Eastbourne | £1,770 | £147 | 18% |
| Eastleigh | £1,561 | £130 | 8% |
| Elmbridge | £1,705 | £142 | 1% |
| Epsom and Ewell | £1,687 | £141 | <1% |
| Fareham | £1,514 | £126 | 7% |
| Folkestone and Hythe | £1,693 | £141 | 13% |
| Gosport | £1,563 | £130 | 16% |
| Gravesham | £1,605 | £134 | 8% |
| Guildford | £1,698 | £142 | 4% |
| Hart | £1,600 | £133 | 2% |
| Hastings | £1,784 | £149 | 33% |
| Havant | £1,547 | £129 | 15% |
| Horsham | £1,627 | £136 | 4% |
| Isle of Wight | £1,751 | £146 | 15% |
| Lewes | £1,837 | £153 | 10% |
| Maidstone | £1,668 | £139 | 6% |
| Medway | £1,552 | £129 | 9% |
| Mid Sussex | £1,650 | £137 | 3% |
| Milton Keynes | £1,581 | £132 | 14% |
| Mole Valley | £1,680 | £140 | 4% |
| New Forest | £1,613 | £134 | 9% |
| Oxford | £1,786 | £149 | 5% |
| Portsmouth | £1,528 | £127 | 29% |
| Reading | £1,742 | £145 | 9% |
| Reigate and Banstead | £1,711 | £143 | 2% |
| Rother | £1,801 | £150 | 11% |
| Runnymede | £1,662 | £138 | 6% |
| Rushmoor | £1,547 | £129 | 3% |
| Sevenoaks | £1,682 | £140 | 4% |
| Slough | £1,610 | £134 | 3% |
| South Oxfordshire | £1,732 | £144 | 3% |
| Southampton | £1,588 | £132 | 33% |
| Spelthorne | £1,684 | £140 | 1% |
| Surrey Heath | £1,723 | £144 | 2% |
| Swale | £1,604 | £134 | 15% |
| Tandridge | £1,730 | £144 | 3% |
| Test Valley | £1,537 | £128 | 5% |
| Thanet | £1,661 | £138 | 23% |
| Tonbridge and Malling | £1,648 | £137 | 3% |
| Tunbridge Wells | £1,631 | £136 | 7% |
| Vale of White Horse | £1,718 | £143 | 3% |
| Waverley | £1,737 | £145 | 2% |
| Wealden | £1,819 | £152 | 6% |
| West Berkshire | £1,670 | £139 | 4% |
| West Oxfordshire | £1,711 | £143 | 3% |
| Winchester | £1,573 | £131 | 5% |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | £1,302 | £108 | 3% |
| Woking | £1,732 | £144 | 1% |
| Wokingham | £1,665 | £139 | 3% |
| Worthing | £1,637 | £136 | 16% |
South West
| Council | A year | A month | Homes in Band A |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bath and North East Somerset | £1,589 | £132 | 11% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | £1,624 | £135 | 14% |
| Bristol | £1,809 | £151 | 27% |
| Cheltenham | £1,580 | £132 | 17% |
| Cornwall | £1,727 | £144 | 23% |
| Cotswold | £1,594 | £133 | 8% |
| Dorset | £1,843 | £154 | 11% |
| East Devon | £1,730 | £144 | 9% |
| Exeter | £1,664 | £139 | 22% |
| Forest of Dean | £1,629 | £136 | 18% |
| Gloucester | £1,571 | £131 | 29% |
| Isles of Scilly | £1,365 | £114 | 1% |
| Mid Devon | £1,771 | £148 | 17% |
| North Devon | £1,761 | £147 | 21% |
| North Somerset | £1,661 | £138 | 14% |
| Plymouth | £1,628 | £136 | 39% |
| Somerset | £1,707 | £142 | 16% |
| South Gloucestershire | £1,700 | £142 | 11% |
| South Hams | £1,743 | £145 | 11% |
| Stroud | £1,661 | £138 | 13% |
| Swindon | £1,625 | £135 | 15% |
| Teignbridge | £1,762 | £147 | 14% |
| Tewkesbury | £1,560 | £130 | 15% |
| Torbay | £1,647 | £137 | 20% |
| Torridge | £1,734 | £145 | 24% |
| West Devon | £1,804 | £150 | 13% |
| Wiltshire | £1,715 | £143 | 12% |
West Midlands
| Council | A year | A month | Homes in Band A |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | £1,575 | £131 | 35% |
| Bromsgrove | £1,652 | £138 | 9% |
| Cannock Chase | £1,584 | £132 | 31% |
| Coventry | £1,678 | £140 | 41% |
| Dudley | £1,430 | £119 | 31% |
| East Staffordshire | £1,568 | £131 | 32% |
| Herefordshire | £1,716 | £143 | 15% |
| Lichfield | £1,568 | £131 | 12% |
| Malvern Hills | £1,634 | £136 | 11% |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | £1,556 | £130 | 43% |
| North Warwickshire | £1,688 | £141 | 22% |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | £1,668 | £139 | 34% |
| Redditch | £1,642 | £137 | 21% |
| Rugby | £1,655 | £138 | 17% |
| Sandwell | £1,496 | £125 | 43% |
| Shropshire | £1,685 | £140 | 18% |
| Solihull | £1,465 | £122 | 15% |
| South Staffordshire | £1,542 | £129 | 14% |
| Stafford | £1,535 | £128 | 19% |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | £1,559 | £130 | 21% |
| Stoke-on-Trent | £1,455 | £121 | 59% |
| Stratford-on-Avon | £1,656 | £138 | 6% |
| Tamworth | £1,534 | £128 | 27% |
| Telford and Wrekin | £1,504 | £125 | 31% |
| Walsall | £1,752 | £146 | 44% |
| Warwick | £1,641 | £137 | 7% |
| Wolverhampton | £1,693 | £141 | 50% |
| Worcester | £1,604 | £134 | 19% |
| Wychavon | £1,582 | £132 | 12% |
| Wyre Forest | £1,675 | £140 | 24% |
Yorkshire and The Humber
| Council | A year | A month | Homes in Band A |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnsley | £1,551 | £129 | 56% |
| Bradford | £1,574 | £131 | 41% |
| Calderdale | £1,613 | £134 | 46% |
| Doncaster | £1,445 | £120 | 57% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | £1,644 | £137 | 24% |
| Kingston upon Hull | £1,530 | £128 | 66% |
| Kirklees | £1,627 | £136 | 44% |
| Leeds | £1,522 | £127 | 38% |
| North East Lincolnshire | £1,656 | £138 | 51% |
| North Lincolnshire | £1,566 | £130 | 46% |
| North Yorkshire | £1,696 | £141 | 16% |
| Rotherham | £1,588 | £132 | 52% |
| Sheffield | £1,673 | £139 | 58% |
| Wakefield | £1,531 | £128 | 48% |
| York | £1,525 | £127 | 14% |
How much is Band A a month?
About £159 a month on average, because most councils bill in 10 monthly instalments. Spread over 12, which you can ask for, it is about £133.
Is it cheaper if I live alone?
Yes, by 25%. The England average for Band A comes down to £1,196 a year for a single adult. A home where everyone is a full-time student pays nothing.
How do I find out a home’s band?
Look the address up on GOV.UK’s council tax band search, which is free. If you are renting, ask the agent too: the band should be in the listing.
Work out a bill: council tax calculator. Check a home’s band: GOV.UK council tax band search. Other bands: Band B, Band C, Band D, Band E, Band F, Band G, Band H.
Where these figures come from
Charges from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England, 2026/27 (Table 9), for two adults including the average parish charge. England’s average is the published Band D average scaled by the band’s fixed ratio. Homes in each band from the Valuation Office Agency’s Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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