Council Tax · England, Wales and Scotland

Council Tax 2026/27 by council

Council Tax for 2026/27 varies a lot between councils. In England, Band D ranges from £1,028.21 in Wandsworth to £2,765.02 in Dorset. Pick your council for every band, monthly payments and discounts, taken from the official tables for England, Wales and Scotland.

Figures from the official England, Wales and Scotland Council Tax tables for 2026/27, checked on .

Councils covered

350

England, Wales, Scotland

Highest Band D, England

£2,765

Dorset

Lowest Band D, England

£1,028

Wandsworth

Tax year

2026/27

1 April to 31 March

England: council tax by council, highest Band D first

Figures are area averages including parish precepts; your exact bill depends on your parish/town council.

CouncilBand A a yearBand D a yearBand D a month (10)
Dorset£1,843.35£2,765.02£277
Lewes£1,837.45£2,756.17£276
Nottingham£1,836.93£2,755.39£276
Rutland£1,825.05£2,737.58£274
Wealden£1,818.95£2,728.43£273
Gateshead£1,810.54£2,715.81£272
Bristol£1,809.12£2,713.68£271
West Devon£1,803.55£2,705.33£271
Rother£1,800.63£2,700.95£270
Newark and Sherwood£1,788.07£2,682.10£268
Oxford£1,785.60£2,678.40£268
Hastings£1,784.39£2,676.58£268
Liverpool£1,782.39£2,673.59£267
Mid Devon£1,770.94£2,656.41£266
Eastbourne£1,769.52£2,654.28£265
Bassetlaw£1,763.30£2,644.95£264
Rushcliffe£1,762.18£2,643.27£264
Teignbridge£1,762.08£2,643.12£264
North Devon£1,761.47£2,642.21£264
Pendle£1,760.12£2,640.18£264
Walsall£1,751.65£2,627.48£263
Isle of Wight£1,750.53£2,625.79£263
Durham£1,748.10£2,622.15£262
Stockport£1,745.93£2,618.90£262
Broxtowe£1,745.47£2,618.21£262
South Hams£1,743.48£2,615.22£262
Reading£1,741.85£2,612.77£261
Gedling£1,739.70£2,609.55£261
Kingston upon Thames£1,739.47£2,609.20£261
Ashfield£1,739.17£2,608.76£261
Waverley£1,736.58£2,604.87£260
Oldham£1,734.82£2,602.23£260
Torridge£1,734.28£2,601.42£260
Rochdale£1,733.89£2,600.83£260
Mansfield£1,733.59£2,600.38£260
Croydon£1,733.27£2,599.91£260
Woking£1,732.03£2,598.04£260
South Oxfordshire£1,731.71£2,597.57£260
Northumberland£1,731.29£2,596.94£260
East Devon£1,730.31£2,595.46£260
Tandridge£1,729.90£2,594.85£259
Salford£1,729.63£2,594.45£259
Cornwall£1,727.29£2,590.93£259
Stockton-on-Tees£1,726.55£2,589.83£259
Surrey Heath£1,723.44£2,585.16£259
Sefton£1,722.15£2,583.22£258
Cherwell£1,721.97£2,582.96£258
Brighton and Hove£1,720.36£2,580.54£258
Vale of White Horse£1,718.29£2,577.44£258
Preston£1,717.16£2,575.74£258
Herefordshire£1,716.25£2,574.37£257
Wiltshire£1,714.52£2,571.78£257
West Oxfordshire£1,711.30£2,566.95£257
Reigate and Banstead£1,711.07£2,566.61£257
Somerset£1,707.06£2,560.59£256
Hartlepool£1,706.80£2,560.20£256
Bolsover£1,706.27£2,559.41£256
Elmbridge£1,705.17£2,557.75£256
Huntingdonshire£1,704.27£2,556.40£256
Bury£1,703.43£2,555.15£256
South Gloucestershire£1,700.39£2,550.59£255
Burnley£1,699.61£2,549.42£255
Middlesbrough£1,699.44£2,549.16£255
Adur£1,698.85£2,548.28£255
Guildford£1,698.20£2,547.30£255
Redcar and Cleveland£1,696.32£2,544.48£254
North Yorkshire£1,696.23£2,544.34£254
Newcastle upon Tyne£1,694.79£2,542.19£254
Wolverhampton£1,692.66£2,538.99£254
Folkestone and Hythe£1,692.50£2,538.75£254
Fenland£1,691.83£2,537.74£254
South Cambridgeshire£1,690.83£2,536.25£254
North Warwickshire£1,688.07£2,532.10£253
Epsom and Ewell£1,687.23£2,530.84£253
Leicester£1,685.83£2,528.75£253
Shropshire£1,685.45£2,528.18£253
Buckinghamshire£1,684.39£2,526.58£253
Spelthorne£1,684.29£2,526.44£253
Sevenoaks£1,681.57£2,522.36£252
Rossendale£1,679.98£2,519.97£252
Mole Valley£1,679.91£2,519.86£252
Cheshire West and Chester£1,678.22£2,517.33£252
Coventry£1,677.81£2,516.72£252
Central Bedfordshire£1,677.44£2,516.16£252
Blackpool£1,675.48£2,513.22£251
Wyre Forest£1,674.98£2,512.47£251
Cumberland£1,674.21£2,511.32£251
Harrow£1,674.05£2,511.07£251
Sheffield£1,673.44£2,510.16£251
Westmorland and Furness£1,671.99£2,507.99£251
West Berkshire£1,670.25£2,505.37£251
Norwich£1,668.96£2,503.44£250
Lancaster£1,668.79£2,503.19£250
Maidstone£1,668.39£2,502.59£250
Nuneaton and Bedworth£1,668.11£2,502.16£250
Wirral£1,667.06£2,500.59£250
Wokingham£1,665.13£2,497.70£250
Exeter£1,663.57£2,495.36£250
Darlington£1,662.55£2,493.83£249
Runnymede£1,661.99£2,492.99£249
Stroud£1,660.91£2,491.36£249
North Somerset£1,660.81£2,491.22£249
Thanet£1,660.60£2,490.90£249
Blaby£1,660.15£2,490.22£249
Knowsley£1,658.83£2,488.25£249
Arun£1,658.16£2,487.24£249
West Northamptonshire£1,657.77£2,486.66£249
Richmond upon Thames£1,657.40£2,486.10£249
East Cambridgeshire£1,656.79£2,485.18£249
Stratford-on-Avon£1,656.11£2,484.17£248
Fylde£1,655.96£2,483.94£248
North East Lincolnshire£1,655.90£2,483.85£248
Rugby£1,655.37£2,483.05£248
South Norfolk£1,655.25£2,482.87£248
Bromsgrove£1,652.43£2,478.65£248
Mid Sussex£1,649.51£2,474.26£247
Tonbridge and Malling£1,647.89£2,471.83£247
Bedford£1,647.83£2,471.74£247
Torbay£1,646.83£2,470.25£247
Chichester£1,646.45£2,469.68£247
Ipswich£1,645.50£2,468.25£247
Cambridge£1,644.68£2,467.02£247
North East Derbyshire£1,644.38£2,466.57£247
East Riding of Yorkshire£1,644.05£2,466.08£247
Hyndburn£1,643.99£2,465.98£247
Redditch£1,641.97£2,462.95£246
North Tyneside£1,641.18£2,461.77£246
Dover£1,641.16£2,461.74£246
Warwick£1,641.03£2,461.55£246
Wyre£1,640.35£2,460.53£246
North Norfolk£1,639.95£2,459.93£246
West Lancashire£1,637.49£2,456.23£246
Worthing£1,637.42£2,456.13£246
Blackburn with Darwen£1,636.85£2,455.27£246
Cheshire East£1,636.58£2,454.87£245
East Hertfordshire£1,636.52£2,454.78£245
Welwyn Hatfield£1,634.84£2,452.26£245
Malvern Hills£1,633.95£2,450.92£245
North Hertfordshire£1,632.35£2,448.52£245
Warrington£1,631.74£2,447.61£245
Tameside£1,631.47£2,447.21£245
Watford£1,631.13£2,446.70£245
Tunbridge Wells£1,630.77£2,446.15£245
Derbyshire Dales£1,629.80£2,444.70£244
Breckland£1,629.11£2,443.67£244
Forest of Dean£1,628.95£2,443.42£244
South Ribble£1,628.44£2,442.66£244
Plymouth£1,627.90£2,441.85£244
Kirklees£1,627.38£2,441.07£244
Horsham£1,627.34£2,441.01£244
Luton£1,626.62£2,439.93£244
Swindon£1,625.40£2,438.10£244
Broadland£1,625.19£2,437.78£244
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole£1,623.72£2,435.58£244
South Tyneside£1,622.95£2,434.43£243
Chorley£1,620.15£2,430.23£243
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk£1,620.09£2,430.13£243
Melton£1,619.78£2,429.67£243
Havering£1,616.44£2,424.66£242
North Northamptonshire£1,615.97£2,423.96£242
Three Rivers£1,614.87£2,422.31£242
Calderdale£1,613.43£2,420.15£242
New Forest£1,613.17£2,419.76£242
Canterbury£1,612.89£2,419.33£242
St Albans£1,612.81£2,419.22£242
Crawley£1,612.31£2,418.46£242
North West Leicestershire£1,612.13£2,418.20£242
Slough£1,609.63£2,414.44£241
Great Yarmouth£1,609.61£2,414.41£241
Ashford£1,606.77£2,410.16£241
Dacorum£1,605.67£2,408.51£241
Gravesham£1,605.49£2,408.24£241
Amber Valley£1,605.13£2,407.69£241
Oadby and Wigston£1,604.57£2,406.85£241
Hertsmere£1,603.89£2,405.83£241
Worcester£1,603.87£2,405.81£241
Swale£1,603.77£2,405.65£241
Charnwood£1,603.76£2,405.64£241
St Helens£1,602.25£2,403.38£240
Hart£1,600.01£2,400.02£240
Bolton£1,599.83£2,399.74£240
Stevenage£1,594.65£2,391.97£239
Cotswold£1,594.43£2,391.65£239
Harborough£1,593.25£2,389.87£239
Waltham Forest£1,591.31£2,386.96£239
Ribble Valley£1,591.00£2,386.50£239
High Peak£1,589.77£2,384.66£238
Bath and North East Somerset£1,588.95£2,383.42£238
Hinckley and Bosworth£1,588.41£2,382.62£238
Rotherham£1,587.69£2,381.53£238
Southampton£1,587.65£2,381.48£238
Sutton£1,585.76£2,378.64£238
Cannock Chase£1,583.89£2,375.83£238
Dartford£1,583.43£2,375.15£238
Wychavon£1,582.13£2,373.19£237
Milton Keynes£1,581.47£2,372.21£237
Cheltenham£1,579.68£2,369.52£237
Halton£1,577.74£2,366.61£237
Bexley£1,577.57£2,366.36£237
Rochford£1,575.65£2,363.48£236
Birmingham£1,575.27£2,362.90£236
Bradford£1,573.82£2,360.73£236
Erewash£1,573.76£2,360.64£236
Winchester£1,573.17£2,359.76£236
Gloucester£1,570.56£2,355.84£236
West Lindsey£1,569.50£2,354.25£235
Lichfield£1,567.93£2,351.90£235
West Suffolk£1,567.65£2,351.47£235
East Staffordshire£1,567.56£2,351.34£235
North Lincolnshire£1,565.64£2,348.46£235
Gosport£1,562.86£2,344.29£234
East Hampshire£1,562.61£2,343.92£234
Eastleigh£1,561.47£2,342.21£234
Babergh£1,561.03£2,341.55£234
Tewkesbury£1,560.35£2,340.53£234
South Derbyshire£1,559.74£2,339.61£234
Chesterfield£1,559.66£2,339.49£234
Staffordshire Moorlands£1,558.81£2,338.21£234
North Kesteven£1,558.54£2,337.81£234
East Suffolk£1,556.53£2,334.80£233
Newcastle-under-Lyme£1,556.17£2,334.25£233
Uttlesford£1,555.88£2,333.82£233
Medway£1,552.37£2,328.55£233
Maldon£1,552.25£2,328.37£233
Basildon£1,551.49£2,327.24£233
Barnsley£1,550.64£2,325.96£233
Lincoln£1,548.72£2,323.08£232
Havant£1,546.85£2,320.28£232
Rushmoor£1,546.85£2,320.28£232
Castle Point£1,545.75£2,318.63£232
Mid Suffolk£1,544.59£2,316.88£232
Haringey£1,542.52£2,313.78£231
South Staffordshire£1,542.45£2,313.67£231
Manchester£1,541.36£2,312.04£231
Boston£1,539.15£2,308.73£231
Broxbourne£1,537.62£2,306.43£231
Derby£1,537.33£2,306.00£231
Test Valley£1,537.01£2,305.52£231
Stafford£1,535.12£2,302.68£230
Tamworth£1,533.84£2,300.76£230
Chelmsford£1,533.45£2,300.18£230
Harlow£1,532.46£2,298.69£230
Wakefield£1,531.26£2,296.89£230
Kingston upon Hull£1,530.03£2,295.04£230
Redbridge£1,529.72£2,294.58£229
Peterborough£1,528.98£2,293.47£229
Portsmouth£1,527.81£2,291.71£229
Trafford£1,527.80£2,291.70£229
York£1,524.77£2,287.15£229
Leeds£1,522.49£2,283.73£228
Colchester£1,521.90£2,282.85£228
Braintree£1,520.23£2,280.34£228
South Holland£1,518.80£2,278.20£228
Epping Forest£1,518.14£2,277.21£228
East Lindsey£1,517.25£2,275.88£228
Fareham£1,513.70£2,270.55£227
Tendring£1,513.09£2,269.63£227
Enfield£1,511.78£2,267.67£227
Southend-on-Sea£1,510.11£2,265.17£227
Bracknell Forest£1,509.87£2,264.80£226
South Kesteven£1,506.67£2,260.00£226
Brentwood£1,505.43£2,258.14£226
Telford and Wrekin£1,504.17£2,256.26£226
Basingstoke and Deane£1,503.47£2,255.21£226
Thurrock£1,503.12£2,254.68£225
Sandwell£1,496.31£2,244.46£224
Lewisham£1,491.55£2,237.33£224
Brent£1,490.18£2,235.27£224
Camden£1,471.70£2,207.55£221
Barking and Dagenham£1,465.67£2,198.51£220
Solihull£1,464.84£2,197.26£220
Sunderland£1,464.76£2,197.14£220
Hounslow£1,457.04£2,185.56£219
Stoke-on-Trent£1,455.41£2,183.12£218
Doncaster£1,445.17£2,167.75£217
Wigan£1,435.12£2,152.68£215
Merton£1,431.17£2,146.76£215
Dudley£1,429.89£2,144.84£214
Bromley£1,426.69£2,140.04£214
Ealing£1,425.69£2,138.53£214
Barnet£1,421.73£2,132.60£213
Islington£1,405.43£2,108.15£211
Greenwich£1,405.24£2,107.86£211
Hackney£1,373.53£2,060.30£206
Isles of Scilly£1,365.31£2,047.96£205
Lambeth£1,364.74£2,047.11£205
Hillingdon£1,363.64£2,045.46£205
Southwark£1,311.51£1,967.26£197
Windsor and Maidenhead£1,301.75£1,952.62£195
Newham£1,296.15£1,944.23£194
Tower Hamlets£1,225.19£1,837.78£184
Kensington and Chelsea£1,111.10£1,666.65£167
Hammersmith and Fulham£1,013.01£1,519.51£152
City of London£886.37£1,329.56£133
Westminster£699.70£1,049.55£105
Wandsworth£685.47£1,028.21£103

Wales: council tax by council, highest Band D first

Figures are area averages including community council precepts; your exact bill depends on your community or town council.

CouncilBand A a yearBand D a yearBand D a month (10)
Merthyr Tydfil£1,729.07£2,593.60£259
Neath Port Talbot£1,694.26£2,541.39£254
Blaenau Gwent£1,687.51£2,531.26£253
Bridgend£1,651.99£2,477.99£248
Conwy£1,648.55£2,472.82£247
Gwynedd£1,645.85£2,468.77£247
Ceredigion£1,612.97£2,419.45£242
Monmouthshire£1,611.00£2,416.50£242
Flintshire£1,584.11£2,376.17£238
Powys£1,567.81£2,351.72£235
Carmarthenshire£1,567.47£2,351.20£235
Denbighshire£1,559.35£2,339.03£234
Wrexham£1,539.25£2,308.88£231
Rhondda Cynon Taf£1,526.29£2,289.43£229
Isle of Anglesey£1,507.15£2,260.73£226
Swansea£1,492.19£2,238.29£224
Vale of Glamorgan£1,487.69£2,231.54£223
Pembrokeshire£1,444.10£2,166.15£217
Torfaen£1,437.12£2,155.68£216
Newport£1,392.32£2,088.48£209
Caerphilly£1,388.59£2,082.88£208
Cardiff£1,342.12£2,013.18£201

Scotland: council tax by council, highest Band D first

Figures exclude Scottish Water water and waste water charges, which appear on the same bill.

CouncilBand A a yearBand D a yearBand D a month (10)
Midlothian£1,210.77£1,816.16£182
Argyll and Bute£1,188.89£1,783.33£178
Stirling£1,168.58£1,752.87£175
East Dunbartonshire£1,167.78£1,751.67£175
Aberdeen City£1,165.03£1,747.54£175
Moray£1,154.09£1,731.14£173
Dundee City£1,153.13£1,729.69£173
East Ayrshire£1,144.85£1,717.28£172
Falkirk£1,143.39£1,715.09£172
Glasgow City£1,137.33£1,706.00£171
East Lothian£1,131.75£1,697.62£170
South Ayrshire£1,129.97£1,694.96£169
Renfrewshire£1,127.04£1,690.56£169
Aberdeenshire£1,124.03£1,686.04£169
North Ayrshire£1,123.89£1,685.84£169
Clackmannanshire£1,122.45£1,683.67£168
West Dunbartonshire£1,121.02£1,681.53£168
Inverclyde£1,115.90£1,673.85£167
Perth and Kinross£1,115.89£1,673.84£167
Orkney Islands£1,112.71£1,669.07£167
Highland£1,089.33£1,633.99£163
West Lothian£1,085.06£1,627.59£163
City of Edinburgh£1,084.03£1,626.05£163
East Renfrewshire£1,080.10£1,620.15£162
Scottish Borders£1,079.01£1,618.52£162
Angus£1,065.77£1,598.65£160
Dumfries and Galloway£1,052.43£1,578.65£158
Fife£1,049.13£1,573.70£157
North Lanarkshire£1,036.37£1,554.56£155
Na h-Eileanan Siar£1,003.67£1,505.50£151
Shetland Islands£991.93£1,487.90£149
South Lanarkshire£978.98£1,468.47£147

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Common questions

Why is council tax different in each area?

Each council sets its own Band D figure to fund local services, and the police, fire service and any parish or town council add their own charges. The other bands are fixed fractions of Band D, so a council with a high Band D is high across every band.

How are council tax bands worked out?

Bands in England and Scotland are based on what a home would have sold for on 1 April 1991, and in Wales on 1 April 2003. You can look up your band on GOV.UK for England and Wales, or through the Scottish Assessors in Scotland.

Does Northern Ireland have council tax?

No. Homes in Northern Ireland pay domestic rates, worked out from the property's capital value at 1 January 2005 multiplied by the regional rate and the district council's rate.

Sources and assumptions

  • Figures are for a home with two adults, before discounts, exemptions or Council Tax Reduction. English and Welsh figures are area averages including parish or community precepts.

Your council's bill is the final word on what you owe.