Band A Council Tax 2026/27 — Every UK Council, Ranked

What Band A council tax costs in 2026/27 across all 350 UK billing authorities, ranked highest to lowest. Each figure is derived from the council's official Band D charge using the statutory band proportions.

Band A, 2026/27 at a glance

Across 350 UK councils, the average Band A council tax for 2026/27 is £1,558. The highest is £1,843 (Dorset) and the lowest £685 (Wandsworth). Band A is a fixed statutory fraction of each council's Band D charge. Sources: MHCLG, Welsh Government, gov.scot official releases (OGL v3.0); rates last verified 4 July 2026.

This ranks the Band A charge in each council — it doesn't tell you which band a home is in. A specific property's band is on the official register only: check the exact band free on the VOA register → (England & Wales) or the Scottish Assessors portal (Scotland).

Highest Band A, 2026/27

1. Dorset£1,843
2. Lewes£1,837
3. Nottingham£1,837
4. Rutland£1,825
5. Wealden£1,819
6. Gateshead£1,811
7. Bristol£1,809
8. West Devon£1,804
9. Rother£1,801
10. Newark and Sherwood£1,788

Lowest Band A, 2026/27

1. Wandsworth£685
2. Westminster£700
3. City of London£886
4. South Lanarkshire£979
5. Shetland Islands£992
6. Na h-Eileanan Siar£1,004
7. Hammersmith and Fulham£1,013
8. North Lanarkshire£1,036
9. Fife£1,049
10. Dumfries & Galloway£1,052

Band A council tax, every UK council ranked

Highest to lowest, 2026/27. Monthly is the annual charge divided by 12.

#	Council	Nation	Band A annual	Monthly
1	Dorset	England	£1,843	£153.61
2	Lewes	England	£1,837	£153.12
3	Nottingham	England	£1,837	£153.08
4	Rutland	England	£1,825	£152.09
5	Wealden	England	£1,819	£151.58
6	Gateshead	England	£1,811	£150.88
7	Bristol	England	£1,809	£150.76
8	West Devon	England	£1,804	£150.30
9	Rother	England	£1,801	£150.05
10	Newark and Sherwood	England	£1,788	£149.01
11	Oxford	England	£1,786	£148.80
12	Hastings	England	£1,784	£148.70
13	Liverpool	England	£1,782	£148.53
14	Mid Devon	England	£1,771	£147.58
15	Eastbourne	England	£1,770	£147.46
16	Bassetlaw	England	£1,763	£146.94
17	Rushcliffe	England	£1,762	£146.85
18	Teignbridge	England	£1,762	£146.84
19	North Devon	England	£1,761	£146.79
20	Pendle	England	£1,760	£146.68
21	Walsall	England	£1,752	£145.97
22	Isle of Wight	England	£1,751	£145.88
23	Durham	England	£1,748	£145.67
24	Stockport	England	£1,746	£145.49
25	Broxtowe	England	£1,745	£145.46
26	South Hams	England	£1,743	£145.29
27	Reading	England	£1,742	£145.15
28	Gedling	England	£1,740	£144.98
29	Kingston upon Thames	England	£1,739	£144.96
30	Ashfield	England	£1,739	£144.93
31	Waverley	England	£1,737	£144.72
32	Oldham	England	£1,735	£144.57
33	Torridge	England	£1,734	£144.52
34	Rochdale	England	£1,734	£144.49
35	Mansfield	England	£1,734	£144.47
36	Croydon	England	£1,733	£144.44
37	Woking	England	£1,732	£144.34
38	South Oxfordshire	England	£1,732	£144.31
39	Northumberland	England	£1,731	£144.27
40	East Devon	England	£1,730	£144.19
41	Tandridge	England	£1,730	£144.16
42	Salford	England	£1,730	£144.14
43	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	£1,729	£144.09
44	Cornwall	England	£1,727	£143.94
45	Stockton-on-Tees	England	£1,727	£143.88
46	Surrey Heath	England	£1,723	£143.62
47	Sefton	England	£1,722	£143.51
48	Cherwell	England	£1,722	£143.50
49	Brighton and Hove	England	£1,720	£143.36
50	Vale of White Horse	England	£1,718	£143.19
51	Preston	England	£1,717	£143.10
52	Herefordshire	England	£1,716	£143.02
53	Wiltshire	England	£1,715	£142.88
54	West Oxfordshire	England	£1,711	£142.61
55	Reigate and Banstead	England	£1,711	£142.59
56	Somerset	England	£1,707	£142.26
57	Hartlepool	England	£1,707	£142.23
58	Bolsover	England	£1,706	£142.19
59	Elmbridge	England	£1,705	£142.10
60	Huntingdonshire	England	£1,704	£142.02
61	Bury	England	£1,703	£141.95
62	South Gloucestershire	England	£1,700	£141.70
63	Burnley	England	£1,700	£141.63
64	Middlesbrough	England	£1,699	£141.62
65	Adur	England	£1,699	£141.57
66	Guildford	England	£1,698	£141.52
67	Redcar and Cleveland	England	£1,696	£141.36
68	North Yorkshire	England	£1,696	£141.35
69	Newcastle upon Tyne	England	£1,695	£141.23
70	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	£1,694	£141.19
71	Wolverhampton	England	£1,693	£141.05
72	Folkestone and Hythe	England	£1,693	£141.04
73	Fenland	England	£1,692	£140.99
74	South Cambridgeshire	England	£1,691	£140.90
75	North Warwickshire	England	£1,688	£140.67
76	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	£1,688	£140.63
77	Epsom and Ewell	England	£1,687	£140.60
78	Leicester	England	£1,686	£140.49
79	Shropshire	England	£1,685	£140.45
80	Buckinghamshire	England	£1,684	£140.37
81	Spelthorne	England	£1,684	£140.36
82	Sevenoaks	England	£1,682	£140.13
83	Rossendale	England	£1,680	£140.00
84	Mole Valley	England	£1,680	£139.99
85	Cheshire West and Chester	England	£1,678	£139.85
86	Coventry	England	£1,678	£139.82
87	Central Bedfordshire	England	£1,677	£139.79
88	Blackpool	England	£1,675	£139.62
89	Wyre Forest	England	£1,675	£139.58
90	Cumberland	England	£1,674	£139.52
91	Harrow	England	£1,674	£139.50
92	Sheffield	England	£1,673	£139.45
93	Westmorland and Furness	England	£1,672	£139.33
94	West Berkshire	England	£1,670	£139.19
95	Norwich	England	£1,669	£139.08
96	Lancaster	England	£1,669	£139.07
97	Maidstone	England	£1,668	£139.03
98	Nuneaton and Bedworth	England	£1,668	£139.01
99	Wirral	England	£1,667	£138.92
100	Wokingham	England	£1,665	£138.76
101	Exeter	England	£1,664	£138.63
102	Darlington	England	£1,663	£138.55
103	Runnymede	England	£1,662	£138.50
104	Stroud	England	£1,661	£138.41
105	North Somerset	England	£1,661	£138.40
106	Thanet	England	£1,661	£138.38
107	Blaby	England	£1,660	£138.35
108	Knowsley	England	£1,659	£138.24
109	Arun	England	£1,658	£138.18
110	West Northamptonshire	England	£1,658	£138.15
111	Richmond upon Thames	England	£1,657	£138.12
112	East Cambridgeshire	England	£1,657	£138.07
113	Stratford-on-Avon	England	£1,656	£138.01
114	Fylde	England	£1,656	£138.00
115	North East Lincolnshire	England	£1,656	£137.99
116	Rugby	England	£1,655	£137.95
117	South Norfolk	England	£1,655	£137.94
118	Bromsgrove	England	£1,652	£137.70
119	Bridgend	Wales	£1,652	£137.67
120	Mid Sussex	England	£1,650	£137.46
121	Conwy	Wales	£1,649	£137.38
122	Tonbridge and Malling	England	£1,648	£137.32
123	Bedford	England	£1,648	£137.32
124	Torbay	England	£1,647	£137.24
125	Chichester	England	£1,646	£137.20
126	Gwynedd	Wales	£1,646	£137.15
127	Ipswich	England	£1,646	£137.13
128	Cambridge	England	£1,645	£137.06
129	North East Derbyshire	England	£1,644	£137.03
130	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	£1,644	£137.00
131	Hyndburn	England	£1,644	£137.00
132	Redditch	England	£1,642	£136.83
133	North Tyneside	England	£1,641	£136.77
134	Dover	England	£1,641	£136.76
135	Warwick	England	£1,641	£136.75
136	Wyre	England	£1,640	£136.70
137	North Norfolk	England	£1,640	£136.66
138	West Lancashire	England	£1,637	£136.46
139	Worthing	England	£1,637	£136.45
140	Blackburn with Darwen	England	£1,637	£136.40
141	Cheshire East	England	£1,637	£136.38
142	East Hertfordshire	England	£1,637	£136.38
143	Welwyn Hatfield	England	£1,635	£136.24
144	Malvern Hills	England	£1,634	£136.16
145	North Hertfordshire	England	£1,632	£136.03
146	Warrington	England	£1,632	£135.98
147	Tameside	England	£1,631	£135.96
148	Watford	England	£1,631	£135.93
149	Tunbridge Wells	England	£1,631	£135.90
150	Derbyshire Dales	England	£1,630	£135.82
151	Breckland	England	£1,629	£135.76
152	Forest of Dean	England	£1,629	£135.75
153	South Ribble	England	£1,628	£135.70
154	Plymouth	England	£1,628	£135.66
155	Kirklees	England	£1,627	£135.62
156	Horsham	England	£1,627	£135.61
157	Luton	England	£1,627	£135.55
158	Swindon	England	£1,625	£135.45
159	Broadland	England	£1,625	£135.43
160	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	England	£1,624	£135.31
161	South Tyneside	England	£1,623	£135.25
162	Chorley	England	£1,620	£135.01
163	Kings Lynn and West Norfolk	England	£1,620	£135.01
164	Melton	England	£1,620	£134.98
165	Havering	England	£1,616	£134.70
166	North Northamptonshire	England	£1,616	£134.66
167	Three Rivers	England	£1,615	£134.57
168	Calderdale	England	£1,613	£134.45
169	New Forest	England	£1,613	£134.43
170	Ceredigion	Wales	£1,613	£134.41
171	Canterbury	England	£1,613	£134.41
172	St Albans	England	£1,613	£134.40
173	Crawley	England	£1,612	£134.36
174	North West Leicestershire	England	£1,612	£134.34
175	Monmouthshire	Wales	£1,611	£134.25
176	Slough	England	£1,610	£134.14
177	Great Yarmouth	England	£1,610	£134.13
178	Ashford	England	£1,607	£133.90
179	Dacorum	England	£1,606	£133.81
180	Gravesham	England	£1,605	£133.79
181	Amber Valley	England	£1,605	£133.76
182	Oadby and Wigston	England	£1,605	£133.71
183	Hertsmere	England	£1,604	£133.66
184	Worcester	England	£1,604	£133.66
185	Swale	England	£1,604	£133.65
186	Charnwood	England	£1,604	£133.65
187	St Helens	England	£1,602	£133.52
188	Hart	England	£1,600	£133.33
189	Bolton	England	£1,600	£133.32
190	Stevenage	England	£1,595	£132.89
191	Cotswold	England	£1,594	£132.87
192	Harborough	England	£1,593	£132.77
193	Waltham Forest	England	£1,591	£132.61
194	Ribble Valley	England	£1,591	£132.58
195	High Peak	England	£1,590	£132.48
196	Bath and North East Somerset	England	£1,589	£132.41
197	Hinckley and Bosworth	England	£1,588	£132.37
198	Rotherham	England	£1,588	£132.31
199	Southampton	England	£1,588	£132.30
200	Sutton	England	£1,586	£132.15
201	Flintshire	Wales	£1,584	£132.01
202	Cannock Chase	England	£1,584	£131.99
203	Dartford	England	£1,583	£131.95
204	Wychavon	England	£1,582	£131.84
205	Milton Keynes	England	£1,581	£131.79
206	Cheltenham	England	£1,580	£131.64
207	Halton	England	£1,578	£131.48
208	Bexley	England	£1,578	£131.46
209	Rochford	England	£1,576	£131.30
210	Birmingham	England	£1,575	£131.27
211	Bradford	England	£1,574	£131.15
212	Erewash	England	£1,574	£131.15
213	Winchester	England	£1,573	£131.10
214	Gloucester	England	£1,571	£130.88
215	West Lindsey	England	£1,570	£130.79
216	Lichfield	England	£1,568	£130.66
217	Powys	Wales	£1,568	£130.65
218	West Suffolk	England	£1,568	£130.64
219	East Staffordshire	England	£1,568	£130.63
220	Carmarthenshire	Wales	£1,567	£130.62
221	North Lincolnshire	England	£1,566	£130.47
222	Gosport	England	£1,563	£130.24
223	East Hampshire	England	£1,563	£130.22
224	Eastleigh	England	£1,561	£130.12
225	Babergh	England	£1,561	£130.09
226	Tewkesbury	England	£1,560	£130.03
227	South Derbyshire	England	£1,560	£129.98
228	Chesterfield	England	£1,560	£129.97
229	Denbighshire	Wales	£1,559	£129.95
230	Staffordshire Moorlands	England	£1,559	£129.90
231	North Kesteven	England	£1,559	£129.88
232	East Suffolk	England	£1,557	£129.71
233	Newcastle-under-Lyme	England	£1,556	£129.68
234	Uttlesford	England	£1,556	£129.66
235	Medway	England	£1,552	£129.36
236	Maldon	England	£1,552	£129.35
237	Basildon	England	£1,551	£129.29
238	Barnsley	England	£1,551	£129.22
239	Lincoln	England	£1,549	£129.06
240	Havant	England	£1,547	£128.90
241	Rushmoor	England	£1,547	£128.90
242	Castle Point	England	£1,546	£128.81
243	Mid Suffolk	England	£1,545	£128.72
244	Haringey	England	£1,543	£128.54
245	South Staffordshire	England	£1,542	£128.54
246	Manchester	England	£1,541	£128.45
247	Wrexham	Wales	£1,539	£128.27
248	Boston	England	£1,539	£128.26
249	Broxbourne	England	£1,538	£128.14
250	Derby	England	£1,537	£128.11
251	Test Valley	England	£1,537	£128.08
252	Stafford	England	£1,535	£127.93
253	Tamworth	England	£1,534	£127.82
254	Chelmsford	England	£1,533	£127.79
255	Harlow	England	£1,532	£127.71
256	Wakefield	England	£1,531	£127.60
257	Kingston upon Hull	England	£1,530	£127.50
258	Redbridge	England	£1,530	£127.48
259	Peterborough	England	£1,529	£127.41
260	Portsmouth	England	£1,528	£127.32
261	Trafford	England	£1,528	£127.32
262	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	£1,526	£127.19
263	York	England	£1,525	£127.06
264	Leeds	England	£1,522	£126.87
265	Colchester	England	£1,522	£126.82
266	Braintree	England	£1,520	£126.69
267	South Holland	England	£1,519	£126.57
268	Epping Forest	England	£1,518	£126.51
269	East Lindsey	England	£1,517	£126.44
270	Fareham	England	£1,514	£126.14
271	Tendring	England	£1,513	£126.09
272	Enfield	England	£1,512	£125.98
273	Southend-on-Sea	England	£1,510	£125.84
274	Bracknell Forest	England	£1,510	£125.82
275	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	£1,507	£125.60
276	South Kesteven	England	£1,507	£125.56
277	Brentwood	England	£1,505	£125.45
278	Telford and Wrekin	England	£1,504	£125.35
279	Basingstoke and Deane	England	£1,503	£125.29
280	Thurrock	England	£1,503	£125.26
281	Sandwell	England	£1,496	£124.69
282	Swansea	Wales	£1,492	£124.35
283	Lewisham	England	£1,492	£124.30
284	Brent	England	£1,490	£124.18
285	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	£1,488	£123.97
286	Camden	England	£1,472	£122.64
287	Barking and Dagenham	England	£1,466	£122.14
288	Solihull	England	£1,465	£122.07
289	Sunderland	England	£1,465	£122.06
290	Hounslow	England	£1,457	£121.42
291	Stoke-on-Trent	England	£1,455	£121.28
292	Doncaster	England	£1,445	£120.43
293	Pembrokeshire	Wales	£1,444	£120.34
294	Torfaen	Wales	£1,437	£119.76
295	Wigan	England	£1,435	£119.59
296	Merton	England	£1,431	£119.26
297	Dudley	England	£1,430	£119.16
298	Bromley	England	£1,427	£118.89
299	Ealing	England	£1,426	£118.81
300	Barnet	England	£1,422	£118.48
301	Islington	England	£1,405	£117.12
302	Greenwich	England	£1,405	£117.10
303	Newport	Wales	£1,392	£116.03
304	Caerphilly	Wales	£1,389	£115.72
305	Hackney	England	£1,374	£114.46
306	Isles of Scilly	England	£1,365	£113.78
307	Lambeth	England	£1,365	£113.73
308	Hillingdon	England	£1,364	£113.64
309	Cardiff	Wales	£1,342	£111.84
310	Southwark	England	£1,312	£109.29
311	Windsor and Maidenhead	England	£1,302	£108.48
312	Newham	England	£1,296	£108.01
313	Tower Hamlets	England	£1,225	£102.10
314	Midlothian	Scotland	£1,211	£100.90
315	Argyll & Bute	Scotland	£1,189	£99.07
316	Stirling	Scotland	£1,169	£97.38
317	East Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£1,168	£97.32
318	Aberdeen City	Scotland	£1,165	£97.09
319	Moray	Scotland	£1,154	£96.17
320	Dundee City	Scotland	£1,153	£96.09
321	East Ayrshire	Scotland	£1,145	£95.40
322	Falkirk	Scotland	£1,143	£95.28
323	Glasgow City	Scotland	£1,137	£94.78
324	East Lothian	Scotland	£1,132	£94.31
325	South Ayrshire	Scotland	£1,130	£94.16
326	Renfrewshire	Scotland	£1,127	£93.92
327	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	£1,124	£93.67
328	North Ayrshire	Scotland	£1,124	£93.66
329	Clackmannanshire	Scotland	£1,122	£93.54
330	West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£1,121	£93.42
331	Inverclyde	Scotland	£1,116	£92.99
332	Perth & Kinross	Scotland	£1,116	£92.99
333	Orkney Islands	Scotland	£1,113	£92.73
334	Kensington and Chelsea	England	£1,111	£92.59
335	Highland	Scotland	£1,089	£90.78
336	West Lothian	Scotland	£1,085	£90.42
337	City of Edinburgh	Scotland	£1,084	£90.34
338	East Renfrewshire	Scotland	£1,080	£90.01
339	Scottish Borders	Scotland	£1,079	£89.92
340	Angus	Scotland	£1,066	£88.81
341	Dumfries & Galloway	Scotland	£1,052	£87.70
342	Fife	Scotland	£1,049	£87.43
343	North Lanarkshire	Scotland	£1,036	£86.36
344	Hammersmith and Fulham	England	£1,013	£84.42
345	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	£1,004	£83.64
346	Shetland Islands	Scotland	£992	£82.66
347	South Lanarkshire	Scotland	£979	£81.58
348	City of London	England	£886	£73.86
349	Westminster	England	£700	£58.31
350	Wandsworth	England	£685	£57.12

English & Welsh figures include an area-average parish/community precept; Scottish figures exclude water and sewerage (set by Scottish Water), so a real Scottish bill is higher than shown. Band D is the official published figure; Band A is derived from the statutory proportions (Local Government Finance Act 1992, s.5; Scottish E–H per SSI 2016/368) and rounded to the nearest pound. Rates last verified 4 July 2026.

Methodology and sources

Band D figures for all 350 UK billing authorities are parsed from the official machine-readable 2026/27 releases — nothing is hand-typed. Band A is derived by multiplying each council's Band D by the statutory proportion for that band: in England and Wales the ladder runs 6/9 (Band A) to 18/9 (Band H); Scotland keeps 6/9–9/9 for A–D but uses raised multipliers for E–H (Band E is 473/360 of Band D, Band H 882/360) from April 2017. All sources are published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Rates last verified 4 July 2026; re-ingested each April.

Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 — MHCLG
Council Tax levels: April 2026 to March 2027 — Welsh Government
Council Tax datasets (Band D rates by year) — Scottish Government
Local Government Finance Act 1992, s.5 (band proportions) — legislation.gov.uk
Council Tax (Substitution of Proportion) (Scotland) Order 2016 — legislation.gov.uk

Band A council tax — FAQ

It depends on the council. Across 350 UK councils the average Band A charge for 2026/27 is £1,558, ranging from £685 (Wandsworth) to £1,843 (Dorset). Band A is a fixed statutory fraction of each council's Band D charge — the full ranked table is on this page. Sources: MHCLG, Welsh Government and Scottish Government 2026/27 releases (OGL v3.0).

Councils publish one number — the Band D charge — and every other band is a fixed proportion of it, set in law. In England and Wales Band A is 6/9 of Band D (Local Government Finance Act 1992, s.5). Scotland uses the same A–D ladder but higher E–H multipliers since April 2017 (SSI 2016/368), so Scottish Band E–H charges here use those raised proportions.

This page can't tell you your band, and no postcode tool can honestly. A specific home's band is on the official register: the VOA's 'Check your Council Tax band' service (England and Wales) or the Scottish Assessors portal (Scotland), both free. This page shows what Band A costs in each council once you know the band.

Broadly, with two caveats. English and Welsh figures include an area-average parish or community precept, so an individual bill varies slightly by parish. Scottish figures exclude water and sewerage charges, which are added to the same bill by Scottish Water — so a real Scottish bill is higher than the figure shown. The ranking is indicative rather than perfectly like-for-like.

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