Council tax
Council tax bands 2026/27
What council tax costs for each band in every council in England, from April 2026. The average Band D bill in England is £2,392 a year, up 4.9% on last year. Choose your council below for its bands, who the money goes to and how it compares with its neighbours.
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| Band | Value in April 1991 | Average a year | Homes in England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | Up to £40,000 | £1,594 | 24% |
| Band B | £40,001 to £52,000 | £1,860 | 19% |
| Band C | £52,001 to £68,000 | £2,126 | 22% |
| Band D | £68,001 to £88,000 | £2,392 | 16% |
| Band E | £88,001 to £120,000 | £2,923 | 10% |
| Band F | £120,001 to £160,000 | £3,454 | 5% |
| Band G | £160,001 to £320,000 | £3,986 | 4% |
| Band H | Over £320,000 | £4,783 | 1% |
Each band is a fixed share of Band D: Band A is six-ninths of it and Band H twice it. So the average for a band is England’s Band D average scaled by the same share. Your council’s figure is the one you pay: work it out with the council tax calculator.
Highest Band D
- Dorset£2,765
- Lewes£2,756
- Nottingham£2,755
- Rutland£2,738
- Wealden£2,728
Lowest Band D
- Wandsworth£1,028
- Westminster£1,050
- City of London£1,330
- Hammersmith and Fulham£1,520
- Kensington and Chelsea£1,667
Council tax bands in every council
Band D a year for 2026/27, for each of England’s 296 councils.
London
- Barking and Dagenham£2,199
- Barnet£2,133
- Bexley£2,366
- Brent£2,235
- Bromley£2,140
- Camden£2,208
- City of London£1,330
- Croydon£2,600
- Ealing£2,139
- Enfield£2,268
- Greenwich£2,108
- Hackney£2,060
- Hammersmith and Fulham£1,520
- Haringey£2,314
- Harrow£2,511
- Havering£2,425
- Hillingdon£2,045
- Hounslow£2,186
- Islington£2,108
- Kensington and Chelsea£1,667
- Kingston upon Thames£2,609
- Lambeth£2,047
- Lewisham£2,237
- Merton£2,147
- Newham£1,944
- Redbridge£2,295
- Richmond upon Thames£2,486
- Southwark£1,967
- Sutton£2,379
- Tower Hamlets£1,838
- Waltham Forest£2,387
- Wandsworth£1,028
- Westminster£1,050
South East
- Adur£2,548
- Arun£2,487
- Ashford£2,410
- Basingstoke and Deane£2,255
- Bracknell Forest£2,265
- Brighton and Hove£2,581
- Buckinghamshire£2,527
- Canterbury£2,419
- Cherwell£2,583
- Chichester£2,470
- Crawley£2,418
- Dartford£2,375
- Dover£2,462
- East Hampshire£2,344
- Eastbourne£2,654
- Eastleigh£2,342
- Elmbridge£2,558
- Epsom and Ewell£2,531
- Fareham£2,271
- Folkestone and Hythe£2,539
- Gosport£2,344
- Gravesham£2,408
- Guildford£2,547
- Hart£2,400
- Hastings£2,677
- Havant£2,320
- Horsham£2,441
- Isle of Wight£2,626
- Lewes£2,756
- Maidstone£2,503
- Medway£2,329
- Mid Sussex£2,474
- Milton Keynes£2,372
- Mole Valley£2,520
- New Forest£2,420
- Oxford£2,678
- Portsmouth£2,292
- Reading£2,613
- Reigate and Banstead£2,567
- Rother£2,701
- Runnymede£2,493
- Rushmoor£2,320
- Sevenoaks£2,522
- Slough£2,414
- South Oxfordshire£2,598
- Southampton£2,381
- Spelthorne£2,526
- Surrey Heath£2,585
- Swale£2,406
- Tandridge£2,595
- Test Valley£2,306
- Thanet£2,491
- Tonbridge and Malling£2,472
- Tunbridge Wells£2,446
- Vale of White Horse£2,577
- Waverley£2,605
- Wealden£2,728
- West Berkshire£2,505
- West Oxfordshire£2,567
- Winchester£2,360
- Windsor and Maidenhead£1,953
- Woking£2,598
- Wokingham£2,498
- Worthing£2,456
East of England
- Babergh£2,342
- Basildon£2,327
- Bedford£2,472
- Braintree£2,280
- Breckland£2,444
- Brentwood£2,258
- Broadland£2,438
- Broxbourne£2,306
- Cambridge£2,467
- Castle Point£2,319
- Central Bedfordshire£2,516
- Chelmsford£2,300
- Colchester£2,283
- Dacorum£2,409
- East Cambridgeshire£2,485
- East Hertfordshire£2,455
- East Suffolk£2,335
- Epping Forest£2,277
- Fenland£2,538
- Great Yarmouth£2,414
- Harlow£2,299
- Hertsmere£2,406
- Huntingdonshire£2,556
- Ipswich£2,468
- Kings Lynn and West Norfolk£2,430
- Luton£2,440
- Maldon£2,328
- Mid Suffolk£2,317
- North Hertfordshire£2,449
- North Norfolk£2,460
- Norwich£2,503
- Peterborough£2,293
- Rochford£2,363
- South Cambridgeshire£2,536
- South Norfolk£2,483
- Southend-on-Sea£2,265
- St Albans£2,419
- Stevenage£2,392
- Tendring£2,270
- Three Rivers£2,422
- Thurrock£2,255
- Uttlesford£2,334
- Watford£2,447
- Welwyn Hatfield£2,452
- West Suffolk£2,351
South West
- Bath and North East Somerset£2,383
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole£2,436
- Bristol£2,714
- Cheltenham£2,370
- Cornwall£2,591
- Cotswold£2,392
- Dorset£2,765
- East Devon£2,595
- Exeter£2,495
- Forest of Dean£2,443
- Gloucester£2,356
- Isles of Scilly£2,048
- Mid Devon£2,656
- North Devon£2,642
- North Somerset£2,491
- Plymouth£2,442
- Somerset£2,561
- South Gloucestershire£2,551
- South Hams£2,615
- Stroud£2,491
- Swindon£2,438
- Teignbridge£2,643
- Tewkesbury£2,341
- Torbay£2,470
- Torridge£2,601
- West Devon£2,705
- Wiltshire£2,572
West Midlands
- Birmingham£2,363
- Bromsgrove£2,479
- Cannock Chase£2,376
- Coventry£2,517
- Dudley£2,145
- East Staffordshire£2,351
- Herefordshire£2,574
- Lichfield£2,352
- Malvern Hills£2,451
- Newcastle-under-Lyme£2,334
- North Warwickshire£2,532
- Nuneaton and Bedworth£2,502
- Redditch£2,463
- Rugby£2,483
- Sandwell£2,244
- Shropshire£2,528
- Solihull£2,197
- South Staffordshire£2,314
- Stafford£2,303
- Staffordshire Moorlands£2,338
- Stoke-on-Trent£2,183
- Stratford-on-Avon£2,484
- Tamworth£2,301
- Telford and Wrekin£2,256
- Walsall£2,627
- Warwick£2,462
- Wolverhampton£2,539
- Worcester£2,406
- Wychavon£2,373
- Wyre Forest£2,512
East Midlands
- Amber Valley£2,408
- Ashfield£2,609
- Bassetlaw£2,645
- Blaby£2,490
- Bolsover£2,559
- Boston£2,309
- Broxtowe£2,618
- Charnwood£2,406
- Chesterfield£2,339
- Derby£2,306
- Derbyshire Dales£2,445
- East Lindsey£2,276
- Erewash£2,361
- Gedling£2,610
- Harborough£2,390
- High Peak£2,385
- Hinckley and Bosworth£2,383
- Leicester£2,529
- Lincoln£2,323
- Mansfield£2,600
- Melton£2,430
- Newark and Sherwood£2,682
- North East Derbyshire£2,467
- North Kesteven£2,338
- North Northamptonshire£2,424
- North West Leicestershire£2,418
- Nottingham£2,755
- Oadby and Wigston£2,407
- Rushcliffe£2,643
- Rutland£2,738
- South Derbyshire£2,340
- South Holland£2,278
- South Kesteven£2,260
- West Lindsey£2,354
- West Northamptonshire£2,487
Yorkshire and The Humber
- Barnsley£2,326
- Bradford£2,361
- Calderdale£2,420
- Doncaster£2,168
- East Riding of Yorkshire£2,466
- Kingston upon Hull£2,295
- Kirklees£2,441
- Leeds£2,284
- North East Lincolnshire£2,484
- North Lincolnshire£2,348
- North Yorkshire£2,544
- Rotherham£2,382
- Sheffield£2,510
- Wakefield£2,297
- York£2,287
North West
- Blackburn with Darwen£2,455
- Blackpool£2,513
- Bolton£2,400
- Burnley£2,549
- Bury£2,555
- Cheshire East£2,455
- Cheshire West and Chester£2,517
- Chorley£2,430
- Cumberland£2,511
- Fylde£2,484
- Halton£2,367
- Hyndburn£2,466
- Knowsley£2,488
- Lancaster£2,503
- Liverpool£2,674
- Manchester£2,312
- Oldham£2,602
- Pendle£2,640
- Preston£2,576
- Ribble Valley£2,387
- Rochdale£2,601
- Rossendale£2,520
- Salford£2,594
- Sefton£2,583
- South Ribble£2,443
- St Helens£2,403
- Stockport£2,619
- Tameside£2,447
- Trafford£2,292
- Warrington£2,448
- West Lancashire£2,456
- Westmorland and Furness£2,508
- Wigan£2,153
- Wirral£2,501
- Wyre£2,461
North East
- Darlington£2,494
- Durham£2,622
- Gateshead£2,716
- Hartlepool£2,560
- Middlesbrough£2,549
- Newcastle upon Tyne£2,542
- North Tyneside£2,462
- Northumberland£2,597
- Redcar and Cleveland£2,544
- South Tyneside£2,434
- Stockton-on-Tees£2,590
- Sunderland£2,197
From the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England and the Valuation Office Agency’s Council Tax: stock of properties, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are for two adults and include the average parish charge.