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

What Band H 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 H, 2026/27 at a glance

Across 350 UK councils, the average Band H council tax for 2026/27 is £4,743. The highest is £5,530 (Dorset) and the lowest £2,056 (Wandsworth). Band H 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 H 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 H, 2026/27

1. Dorset£5,530
2. Lewes£5,512
3. Nottingham£5,511
4. Rutland£5,475
5. Wealden£5,457
6. Gateshead£5,432
7. Bristol£5,427
8. West Devon£5,411
9. Rother£5,402
10. Newark and Sherwood£5,364

Lowest Band H, 2026/27

1. Wandsworth£2,056
2. Westminster£2,099
3. City of London£2,659
4. Hammersmith and Fulham£3,039
5. Kensington and Chelsea£3,333
6. South Lanarkshire£3,598
7. Shetland Islands£3,645
8. Tower Hamlets£3,676
9. Na h-Eileanan Siar£3,688
10. North Lanarkshire£3,809

Band H council tax, every UK council ranked

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

#	Council	Nation	Band H annual	Monthly
1	Dorset	England	£5,530	£460.84
2	Lewes	England	£5,512	£459.36
3	Nottingham	England	£5,511	£459.23
4	Rutland	England	£5,475	£456.26
5	Wealden	England	£5,457	£454.74
6	Gateshead	England	£5,432	£452.64
7	Bristol	England	£5,427	£452.28
8	West Devon	England	£5,411	£450.89
9	Rother	England	£5,402	£450.16
10	Newark and Sherwood	England	£5,364	£447.02
11	Oxford	England	£5,357	£446.40
12	Hastings	England	£5,353	£446.10
13	Liverpool	England	£5,347	£445.60
14	Mid Devon	England	£5,313	£442.73
15	Eastbourne	England	£5,309	£442.38
16	Bassetlaw	England	£5,290	£440.83
17	Rushcliffe	England	£5,287	£440.55
18	Teignbridge	England	£5,286	£440.52
19	North Devon	England	£5,284	£440.37
20	Pendle	England	£5,280	£440.03
21	Walsall	England	£5,255	£437.91
22	Isle of Wight	England	£5,252	£437.63
23	Durham	England	£5,244	£437.03
24	Stockport	England	£5,238	£436.48
25	Broxtowe	England	£5,236	£436.37
26	South Hams	England	£5,230	£435.87
27	Reading	England	£5,226	£435.46
28	Gedling	England	£5,219	£434.93
29	Kingston upon Thames	England	£5,218	£434.87
30	Ashfield	England	£5,218	£434.79
31	Waverley	England	£5,210	£434.15
32	Oldham	England	£5,204	£433.71
33	Torridge	England	£5,203	£433.57
34	Rochdale	England	£5,202	£433.47
35	Mansfield	England	£5,201	£433.40
36	Croydon	England	£5,200	£433.32
37	Woking	England	£5,196	£433.01
38	South Oxfordshire	England	£5,195	£432.93
39	Northumberland	England	£5,194	£432.82
40	East Devon	England	£5,191	£432.58
41	Tandridge	England	£5,190	£432.47
42	Salford	England	£5,189	£432.41
43	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	£5,187	£432.27
44	Cornwall	England	£5,182	£431.82
45	Stockton-on-Tees	England	£5,180	£431.64
46	Surrey Heath	England	£5,170	£430.86
47	Sefton	England	£5,166	£430.54
48	Cherwell	England	£5,166	£430.49
49	Brighton and Hove	England	£5,161	£430.09
50	Vale of White Horse	England	£5,155	£429.57
51	Preston	England	£5,151	£429.29
52	Herefordshire	England	£5,149	£429.06
53	Wiltshire	England	£5,144	£428.63
54	West Oxfordshire	England	£5,134	£427.83
55	Reigate and Banstead	England	£5,133	£427.77
56	Somerset	England	£5,121	£426.77
57	Hartlepool	England	£5,120	£426.70
58	Bolsover	England	£5,119	£426.57
59	Elmbridge	England	£5,116	£426.29
60	Huntingdonshire	England	£5,113	£426.07
61	Bury	England	£5,110	£425.86
62	South Gloucestershire	England	£5,101	£425.10
63	Burnley	England	£5,099	£424.90
64	Middlesbrough	England	£5,098	£424.86
65	Adur	England	£5,097	£424.71
66	Guildford	England	£5,095	£424.55
67	Redcar and Cleveland	England	£5,089	£424.08
68	North Yorkshire	England	£5,089	£424.06
69	Newcastle upon Tyne	England	£5,084	£423.70
70	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	£5,083	£423.57
71	Wolverhampton	England	£5,078	£423.16
72	Folkestone and Hythe	England	£5,078	£423.13
73	Fenland	England	£5,075	£422.96
74	South Cambridgeshire	England	£5,073	£422.71
75	North Warwickshire	England	£5,064	£422.02
76	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	£5,063	£421.88
77	Epsom and Ewell	England	£5,062	£421.81
78	Leicester	England	£5,058	£421.46
79	Shropshire	England	£5,056	£421.36
80	Buckinghamshire	England	£5,053	£421.10
81	Spelthorne	England	£5,053	£421.07
82	Sevenoaks	England	£5,045	£420.39
83	Rossendale	England	£5,040	£419.99
84	Mole Valley	England	£5,040	£419.98
85	Cheshire West and Chester	England	£5,035	£419.56
86	Coventry	England	£5,033	£419.45
87	Central Bedfordshire	England	£5,032	£419.36
88	Blackpool	England	£5,026	£418.87
89	Wyre Forest	England	£5,025	£418.74
90	Cumberland	England	£5,023	£418.55
91	Harrow	England	£5,022	£418.51
92	Sheffield	England	£5,020	£418.36
93	Westmorland and Furness	England	£5,016	£418.00
94	West Berkshire	England	£5,011	£417.56
95	Norwich	England	£5,007	£417.24
96	Lancaster	England	£5,006	£417.20
97	Maidstone	England	£5,005	£417.10
98	Nuneaton and Bedworth	England	£5,004	£417.03
99	Wirral	England	£5,001	£416.77
100	Wokingham	England	£4,995	£416.28
101	Exeter	England	£4,991	£415.89
102	Darlington	England	£4,988	£415.64
103	Runnymede	England	£4,986	£415.50
104	Stroud	England	£4,983	£415.23
105	North Somerset	England	£4,982	£415.20
106	Thanet	England	£4,982	£415.15
107	Blaby	England	£4,980	£415.04
108	Knowsley	England	£4,977	£414.71
109	Arun	England	£4,974	£414.54
110	West Northamptonshire	England	£4,973	£414.44
111	Richmond upon Thames	England	£4,972	£414.35
112	East Cambridgeshire	England	£4,970	£414.20
113	Stratford-on-Avon	England	£4,968	£414.03
114	Fylde	England	£4,968	£413.99
115	North East Lincolnshire	England	£4,968	£413.97
116	Rugby	England	£4,966	£413.84
117	South Norfolk	England	£4,966	£413.81
118	Bromsgrove	England	£4,957	£413.11
119	Bridgend	Wales	£4,956	£413.00
120	Mid Sussex	England	£4,949	£412.38
121	Conwy	Wales	£4,946	£412.14
122	Tonbridge and Malling	England	£4,944	£411.97
123	Bedford	England	£4,943	£411.96
124	Torbay	England	£4,941	£411.71
125	Chichester	England	£4,939	£411.61
126	Gwynedd	Wales	£4,938	£411.46
127	Ipswich	England	£4,937	£411.38
128	Cambridge	England	£4,934	£411.17
129	North East Derbyshire	England	£4,933	£411.10
130	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	£4,932	£411.01
131	Hyndburn	England	£4,932	£411.00
132	Redditch	England	£4,926	£410.49
133	North Tyneside	England	£4,924	£410.30
134	Dover	England	£4,923	£410.29
135	Warwick	England	£4,923	£410.26
136	Wyre	England	£4,921	£410.09
137	North Norfolk	England	£4,920	£409.99
138	West Lancashire	England	£4,912	£409.37
139	Worthing	England	£4,912	£409.36
140	Blackburn with Darwen	England	£4,911	£409.21
141	Cheshire East	England	£4,910	£409.15
142	East Hertfordshire	England	£4,910	£409.13
143	Welwyn Hatfield	England	£4,905	£408.71
144	Malvern Hills	England	£4,902	£408.49
145	North Hertfordshire	England	£4,897	£408.09
146	Warrington	England	£4,895	£407.94
147	Tameside	England	£4,894	£407.87
148	Watford	England	£4,893	£407.78
149	Tunbridge Wells	England	£4,892	£407.69
150	Derbyshire Dales	England	£4,889	£407.45
151	Breckland	England	£4,887	£407.28
152	Forest of Dean	England	£4,887	£407.24
153	South Ribble	England	£4,885	£407.11
154	Plymouth	England	£4,884	£406.97
155	Kirklees	England	£4,882	£406.85
156	Horsham	England	£4,882	£406.84
157	Luton	England	£4,880	£406.66
158	Swindon	England	£4,876	£406.35
159	Broadland	England	£4,876	£406.30
160	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	England	£4,871	£405.93
161	South Tyneside	England	£4,869	£405.74
162	Chorley	England	£4,860	£405.04
163	Kings Lynn and West Norfolk	England	£4,860	£405.02
164	Melton	England	£4,859	£404.95
165	Havering	England	£4,849	£404.11
166	North Northamptonshire	England	£4,848	£403.99
167	Three Rivers	England	£4,845	£403.72
168	Calderdale	England	£4,840	£403.36
169	New Forest	England	£4,840	£403.29
170	Ceredigion	Wales	£4,839	£403.24
171	Canterbury	England	£4,839	£403.22
172	St Albans	England	£4,838	£403.20
173	Crawley	England	£4,837	£403.08
174	North West Leicestershire	England	£4,836	£403.03
175	Monmouthshire	Wales	£4,833	£402.75
176	Slough	England	£4,829	£402.41
177	Great Yarmouth	England	£4,829	£402.40
178	Ashford	England	£4,820	£401.69
179	Dacorum	England	£4,817	£401.42
180	Gravesham	England	£4,816	£401.37
181	Amber Valley	England	£4,815	£401.28
182	Oadby and Wigston	England	£4,814	£401.14
183	Hertsmere	England	£4,812	£400.97
184	Worcester	England	£4,812	£400.97
185	Swale	England	£4,811	£400.94
186	Charnwood	England	£4,811	£400.94
187	St Helens	England	£4,807	£400.56
188	Hart	England	£4,800	£400.00
189	Bolton	England	£4,799	£399.96
190	Stevenage	England	£4,784	£398.66
191	Cotswold	England	£4,783	£398.61
192	Harborough	England	£4,780	£398.31
193	Waltham Forest	England	£4,774	£397.83
194	Ribble Valley	England	£4,773	£397.75
195	High Peak	England	£4,769	£397.44
196	Bath and North East Somerset	England	£4,767	£397.24
197	Hinckley and Bosworth	England	£4,765	£397.10
198	Rotherham	England	£4,763	£396.92
199	Southampton	England	£4,763	£396.91
200	Sutton	England	£4,757	£396.44
201	Flintshire	Wales	£4,752	£396.03
202	Cannock Chase	England	£4,752	£395.97
203	Dartford	England	£4,750	£395.86
204	Wychavon	England	£4,746	£395.53
205	Milton Keynes	England	£4,744	£395.37
206	Cheltenham	England	£4,739	£394.92
207	Halton	England	£4,733	£394.44
208	Bexley	England	£4,733	£394.39
209	Rochford	England	£4,727	£393.91
210	Birmingham	England	£4,726	£393.82
211	Bradford	England	£4,721	£393.46
212	Erewash	England	£4,721	£393.44
213	Winchester	England	£4,720	£393.29
214	Gloucester	England	£4,712	£392.64
215	West Lindsey	England	£4,709	£392.38
216	Lichfield	England	£4,704	£391.98
217	Powys	Wales	£4,703	£391.95
218	West Suffolk	England	£4,703	£391.91
219	East Staffordshire	England	£4,703	£391.89
220	Carmarthenshire	Wales	£4,702	£391.87
221	North Lincolnshire	England	£4,697	£391.41
222	Gosport	England	£4,689	£390.72
223	East Hampshire	England	£4,688	£390.65
224	Eastleigh	England	£4,684	£390.37
225	Babergh	England	£4,683	£390.26
226	Tewkesbury	England	£4,681	£390.09
227	South Derbyshire	England	£4,679	£389.94
228	Chesterfield	England	£4,679	£389.91
229	Denbighshire	Wales	£4,678	£389.84
230	Staffordshire Moorlands	England	£4,676	£389.70
231	North Kesteven	England	£4,676	£389.64
232	East Suffolk	England	£4,670	£389.13
233	Newcastle-under-Lyme	England	£4,669	£389.04
234	Uttlesford	England	£4,668	£388.97
235	Medway	England	£4,657	£388.09
236	Maldon	England	£4,657	£388.06
237	Basildon	England	£4,654	£387.87
238	Barnsley	England	£4,652	£387.66
239	Lincoln	England	£4,646	£387.18
240	Havant	England	£4,641	£386.71
241	Rushmoor	England	£4,641	£386.71
242	Castle Point	England	£4,637	£386.44
243	Mid Suffolk	England	£4,634	£386.15
244	Haringey	England	£4,628	£385.63
245	South Staffordshire	England	£4,627	£385.61
246	Manchester	England	£4,624	£385.34
247	Wrexham	Wales	£4,618	£384.81
248	Boston	England	£4,617	£384.79
249	Broxbourne	England	£4,613	£384.41
250	Derby	England	£4,612	£384.33
251	Test Valley	England	£4,611	£384.25
252	Stafford	England	£4,605	£383.78
253	Tamworth	England	£4,602	£383.46
254	Chelmsford	England	£4,600	£383.36
255	Harlow	England	£4,597	£383.12
256	Wakefield	England	£4,594	£382.82
257	Kingston upon Hull	England	£4,590	£382.51
258	Redbridge	England	£4,589	£382.43
259	Peterborough	England	£4,587	£382.24
260	Portsmouth	England	£4,583	£381.95
261	Trafford	England	£4,583	£381.95
262	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	£4,579	£381.57
263	York	England	£4,574	£381.19
264	Leeds	England	£4,567	£380.62
265	Colchester	England	£4,566	£380.47
266	Braintree	England	£4,561	£380.06
267	South Holland	England	£4,556	£379.70
268	Epping Forest	England	£4,554	£379.54
269	East Lindsey	England	£4,552	£379.31
270	Fareham	England	£4,541	£378.43
271	Tendring	England	£4,539	£378.27
272	Enfield	England	£4,535	£377.95
273	Southend-on-Sea	England	£4,530	£377.53
274	Bracknell Forest	England	£4,530	£377.47
275	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	£4,521	£376.79
276	South Kesteven	England	£4,520	£376.67
277	Brentwood	England	£4,516	£376.36
278	Telford and Wrekin	England	£4,513	£376.04
279	Basingstoke and Deane	England	£4,510	£375.87
280	Thurrock	England	£4,509	£375.78
281	Sandwell	England	£4,489	£374.08
282	Swansea	Wales	£4,477	£373.05
283	Lewisham	England	£4,475	£372.89
284	Brent	England	£4,471	£372.55
285	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	£4,463	£371.92
286	Midlothian	Scotland	£4,450	£370.80
287	Camden	England	£4,415	£367.93
288	Barking and Dagenham	England	£4,397	£366.42
289	Solihull	England	£4,395	£366.21
290	Sunderland	England	£4,394	£366.19
291	Hounslow	England	£4,371	£364.26
292	Argyll & Bute	Scotland	£4,369	£364.10
293	Stoke-on-Trent	England	£4,366	£363.85
294	Doncaster	England	£4,336	£361.29
295	Pembrokeshire	Wales	£4,332	£361.03
296	Torfaen	Wales	£4,311	£359.28
297	Wigan	England	£4,305	£358.78
298	Stirling	Scotland	£4,295	£357.88
299	Merton	England	£4,294	£357.79
300	East Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£4,292	£357.63
301	Dudley	England	£4,290	£357.47
302	Aberdeen City	Scotland	£4,281	£356.79
303	Bromley	England	£4,280	£356.67
304	Ealing	England	£4,277	£356.42
305	Barnet	England	£4,265	£355.43
306	Moray	Scotland	£4,241	£353.44
307	Dundee City	Scotland	£4,238	£353.15
308	Islington	England	£4,216	£351.36
309	Greenwich	England	£4,216	£351.31
310	East Ayrshire	Scotland	£4,207	£350.61
311	Falkirk	Scotland	£4,202	£350.16
312	Glasgow City	Scotland	£4,180	£348.31
313	Newport	Wales	£4,177	£348.08
314	Caerphilly	Wales	£4,166	£347.15
315	East Lothian	Scotland	£4,159	£346.60
316	South Ayrshire	Scotland	£4,153	£346.05
317	Renfrewshire	Scotland	£4,142	£345.16
318	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	£4,131	£344.23
319	North Ayrshire	Scotland	£4,130	£344.19
320	Clackmannanshire	Scotland	£4,125	£343.75
321	Hackney	England	£4,121	£343.38
322	West Dunbartonshire	Scotland	£4,120	£343.31
323	Inverclyde	Scotland	£4,101	£341.74
324	Perth & Kinross	Scotland	£4,101	£341.74
325	Isles of Scilly	England	£4,096	£341.33
326	Lambeth	England	£4,094	£341.19
327	Hillingdon	England	£4,091	£340.91
328	Orkney Islands	Scotland	£4,089	£340.77
329	Cardiff	Wales	£4,026	£335.53
330	Highland	Scotland	£4,003	£333.61
331	West Lothian	Scotland	£3,988	£332.30
332	City of Edinburgh	Scotland	£3,984	£331.99
333	East Renfrewshire	Scotland	£3,969	£330.78
334	Scottish Borders	Scotland	£3,965	£330.45
335	Southwark	England	£3,935	£327.88
336	Angus	Scotland	£3,917	£326.39
337	Windsor and Maidenhead	England	£3,905	£325.44
338	Newham	England	£3,888	£324.04
339	Dumfries & Galloway	Scotland	£3,868	£322.31
340	Fife	Scotland	£3,856	£321.30
341	North Lanarkshire	Scotland	£3,809	£317.39
342	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	£3,688	£307.37
343	Tower Hamlets	England	£3,676	£306.30
344	Shetland Islands	Scotland	£3,645	£303.78
345	South Lanarkshire	Scotland	£3,598	£299.81
346	Kensington and Chelsea	England	£3,333	£277.78
347	Hammersmith and Fulham	England	£3,039	£253.25
348	City of London	England	£2,659	£221.59
349	Westminster	England	£2,099	£174.92
350	Wandsworth	England	£2,056	£171.37

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 H 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 H 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 H council tax — FAQ

It depends on the council. Across 350 UK councils the average Band H charge for 2026/27 is £4,743, ranging from £2,056 (Wandsworth) to £5,530 (Dorset). Band H 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 H is 18/9 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 H 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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Full A–H rates for every council

Tool

Council tax checker — bands in your postcode

Guide

Challenge your council tax band — evidence guide