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Band A council tax 2026/27

Band A is for homes valued up to £40,000 in England on 1 April 1991. On average it costs £1,594.35 a year in England in 2026/27, or £159.44 a month over 10 payments.

What Band A means in each nation
NationHome's valueShare of Band DAverage a yearA month (10)
Englandup to £40,000value on 1 April 19916/9£1,594.35£159.44
Scotlandup to £27,000value on 1 April 1991240/360£1,102.29£110.23
Walesup to £44,000value on 1 April 20036/9£1,522.05£152.20

Averages are each nation's official average Band D multiplied by the band's fixed share. Scotland excludes water and sewerage.

How many homes are in Band A

6,121,570 homes in England are in Band A, 23.6% of all homes there. 498,707 homes in Scotland are in Band A, 19% of all homes there. 216,290 homes in Wales are in Band A, 14.5% of all homes there. Band A is one of the most common bands, so this is what many households actually pay.

Your band depends on your home's value on 1 April 1991 (England and Scotland) or 1 April 2003 (Wales), not today's price. How to check or challenge your band. Discounts can cut the bill: 25% off if you live alone, or one band lower if your home is adapted for a disabled person.

Band A in every council in England

From £685.47 in Wandsworth to £1,843.35 in Dorset, cheapest first.

Band A council tax by council, England
#CouncilA yearA month (10)Homes in band A
1Wandsworth£685.47£68.554%
2Westminster£699.70£69.971%
3City of London£886.37£88.640%
4Hammersmith and Fulham£1,013.01£101.304%
5Kensington and Chelsea£1,111.10£111.112%
6Tower Hamlets£1,225.19£122.523%
7Newham£1,296.15£129.624%
8Windsor and Maidenhead£1,301.75£130.183%
9Southwark£1,311.51£131.159%
10Hillingdon£1,363.64£136.361%
11Lambeth£1,364.74£136.473%
12Isles of Scilly£1,365.31£136.531%
13Hackney£1,373.53£137.357%
14Greenwich£1,405.24£140.528%
15Islington£1,405.43£140.544%
16Barnet£1,421.73£142.172%
17Ealing£1,425.69£142.573%
18Bromley£1,426.69£142.671%
19Dudley£1,429.89£142.9931%
20Merton£1,431.17£143.121%
21Wigan£1,435.12£143.5145%
22Doncaster£1,445.17£144.5257%
23Stoke-on-Trent£1,455.41£145.5459%
24Hounslow£1,457.04£145.702%
25Sunderland£1,464.76£146.4859%
26Solihull£1,464.84£146.4815%
27Barking and Dagenham£1,465.67£146.577%
28Camden£1,471.70£147.173%
29Brent£1,490.18£149.025%
30Lewisham£1,491.55£149.167%
31Sandwell£1,496.31£149.6343%
32Thurrock£1,503.12£150.3111%
33Basingstoke and Deane£1,503.47£150.353%
34Telford and Wrekin£1,504.17£150.4232%
35Brentwood£1,505.43£150.542%
36South Kesteven£1,506.67£150.6730%
37Bracknell Forest£1,509.87£150.993%
38Southend-on-Sea£1,510.11£151.0121%
39Enfield£1,511.78£151.184%
40Tendring£1,513.09£151.3118%
41Fareham£1,513.70£151.377%
42East Lindsey£1,517.25£151.7338%
43Epping Forest£1,518.14£151.814%
44South Holland£1,518.80£151.8837%
45Braintree£1,520.23£152.029%
46Colchester£1,521.90£152.1911%
47Leeds£1,522.49£152.2538%
48York£1,524.77£152.4814%
49Trafford£1,527.80£152.7819%
50Portsmouth£1,527.81£152.7829%
51Peterborough£1,528.98£152.9039%
52Redbridge£1,529.72£152.973%
53Kingston upon Hull£1,530.03£153.0066%
54Wakefield£1,531.26£153.1348%
55Harlow£1,532.46£153.256%
56Chelmsford£1,533.45£153.356%
57Tamworth£1,533.84£153.3827%
58Stafford£1,535.12£153.5119%
59Test Valley£1,537.01£153.705%
60Derby£1,537.33£153.7351%
61Broxbourne£1,537.62£153.761%
62Boston£1,539.15£153.9248%
63Manchester£1,541.36£154.1454%
64South Staffordshire£1,542.45£154.2514%
65Haringey£1,542.52£154.257%
66Mid Suffolk£1,544.59£154.4612%
67Castle Point£1,545.75£154.578%
68Havant£1,546.85£154.6915%
69Rushmoor£1,546.85£154.693%
70Lincoln£1,548.72£154.8761%
71Barnsley£1,550.64£155.0656%
72Basildon£1,551.49£155.1511%
73Maldon£1,552.25£155.238%
74Medway£1,552.37£155.249%
75Uttlesford£1,555.88£155.593%
76Newcastle-under-Lyme£1,556.17£155.6243%
77East Suffolk£1,556.53£155.6523%
78North Kesteven£1,558.54£155.8526%
79Staffordshire Moorlands£1,558.81£155.8821%
80Chesterfield£1,559.66£155.9753%
81South Derbyshire£1,559.74£155.9723%
82Tewkesbury£1,560.35£156.0415%
83Babergh£1,561.03£156.1012%
84Eastleigh£1,561.47£156.158%
85East Hampshire£1,562.61£156.265%
86Gosport£1,562.86£156.2916%
87North Lincolnshire£1,565.64£156.5646%
88East Staffordshire£1,567.56£156.7632%
89West Suffolk£1,567.65£156.7715%
90Lichfield£1,567.93£156.7912%
91West Lindsey£1,569.50£156.9537%
92Gloucester£1,570.56£157.0629%
93Winchester£1,573.17£157.325%
94Erewash£1,573.76£157.3841%
95Bradford£1,573.82£157.3841%
96Birmingham£1,575.27£157.5335%
97Rochford£1,575.65£157.574%
98Bexley£1,577.57£157.764%
99Halton£1,577.74£157.7746%
100Cheltenham£1,579.68£157.9717%
101Milton Keynes£1,581.47£158.1514%
102Wychavon£1,582.13£158.2112%
103Dartford£1,583.43£158.343%
104Cannock Chase£1,583.89£158.3931%
105Sutton£1,585.76£158.581%
106Southampton£1,587.65£158.7733%
107Rotherham£1,587.69£158.7752%
108Hinckley and Bosworth£1,588.41£158.8417%
109Bath and North East Somerset£1,588.95£158.9011%
110High Peak£1,589.77£158.9820%
111Ribble Valley£1,591.00£159.1013%
112Waltham Forest£1,591.31£159.135%
113Harborough£1,593.25£159.3211%
114Cotswold£1,594.43£159.448%
115Stevenage£1,594.65£159.474%
116Bolton£1,599.83£159.9851%
117Hart£1,600.01£160.002%
118St Helens£1,602.25£160.2344%
119Charnwood£1,603.76£160.3817%
120Swale£1,603.77£160.3815%
121Worcester£1,603.87£160.3919%
122Hertsmere£1,603.89£160.392%
123Oadby and Wigston£1,604.57£160.4617%
124Amber Valley£1,605.13£160.5137%
125Gravesham£1,605.49£160.558%
126Dacorum£1,605.67£160.572%
127Ashford£1,606.77£160.687%
128Great Yarmouth£1,609.61£160.9641%
129Slough£1,609.63£160.963%
130North West Leicestershire£1,612.13£161.2121%
131Crawley£1,612.31£161.233%
132St Albans£1,612.81£161.281%
133Canterbury£1,612.89£161.2911%
134New Forest£1,613.17£161.329%
135Calderdale£1,613.43£161.3446%
136Three Rivers£1,614.87£161.492%
137North Northamptonshire£1,615.97£161.6030%
138Havering£1,616.44£161.645%
139Melton£1,619.78£161.9814%
140King's Lynn and West Norfolk£1,620.09£162.0132%
141Chorley£1,620.15£162.0228%
142South Tyneside£1,622.95£162.3063%
143Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole£1,623.72£162.3714%
144Broadland£1,625.19£162.528%
145Swindon£1,625.40£162.5415%
146Luton£1,626.62£162.6625%
147Horsham£1,627.34£162.734%
148Kirklees£1,627.38£162.7444%
149Plymouth£1,627.90£162.7939%
150South Ribble£1,628.44£162.8419%
151Forest of Dean£1,628.95£162.9018%
152Breckland£1,629.11£162.9124%
153Derbyshire Dales£1,629.80£162.9810%
154Tunbridge Wells£1,630.77£163.087%
155Watford£1,631.13£163.111%
156Tameside£1,631.47£163.1550%
157Warrington£1,631.74£163.1728%
158North Hertfordshire£1,632.35£163.236%
159Malvern Hills£1,633.95£163.4011%
160Welwyn Hatfield£1,634.84£163.482%
161East Hertfordshire£1,636.52£163.651%
162Cheshire East£1,636.58£163.6617%
163Blackburn with Darwen£1,636.85£163.6955%
164Worthing£1,637.42£163.7416%
165West Lancashire£1,637.49£163.7528%
166North Norfolk£1,639.95£164.0021%
167Wyre£1,640.35£164.0421%
168Warwick£1,641.03£164.107%
169Dover£1,641.16£164.1213%
170North Tyneside£1,641.18£164.1249%
171Redditch£1,641.97£164.2021%
172Hyndburn£1,643.99£164.4058%
173East Riding of Yorkshire£1,644.05£164.4124%
174North East Derbyshire£1,644.38£164.4439%
175Cambridge£1,644.68£164.477%
176Ipswich£1,645.50£164.5531%
177Chichester£1,646.45£164.655%
178Torbay£1,646.83£164.6820%
179Bedford£1,647.83£164.7813%
180Tonbridge and Malling£1,647.89£164.793%
181Mid Sussex£1,649.51£164.953%
182Bromsgrove£1,652.43£165.249%
183South Norfolk£1,655.25£165.5311%
184Rugby£1,655.37£165.5417%
185North East Lincolnshire£1,655.90£165.5951%
186Fylde£1,655.96£165.6017%
187Stratford-on-Avon£1,656.11£165.616%
188East Cambridgeshire£1,656.79£165.6812%
189Richmond upon Thames£1,657.40£165.741%
190West Northamptonshire£1,657.77£165.7821%
191Arun£1,658.16£165.8211%
192Knowsley£1,658.83£165.8853%
193Blaby£1,660.15£166.0211%
194Thanet£1,660.60£166.0623%
195North Somerset£1,660.81£166.0814%
196Stroud£1,660.91£166.0913%
197Runnymede£1,661.99£166.206%
198Darlington£1,662.55£166.2643%
199Exeter£1,663.57£166.3622%
200Wokingham£1,665.13£166.513%
201Wirral£1,667.06£166.7140%
202Nuneaton and Bedworth£1,668.11£166.8134%
203Maidstone£1,668.39£166.846%
204Lancaster£1,668.79£166.8835%
205Norwich£1,668.96£166.9041%
206West Berkshire£1,670.25£167.034%
207Westmorland and Furness£1,671.99£167.2025%
208Sheffield£1,673.44£167.3458%
209Harrow£1,674.05£167.411%
210Cumberland£1,674.21£167.4246%
211Wyre Forest£1,674.98£167.5024%
212Blackpool£1,675.48£167.5544%
213Central Bedfordshire£1,677.44£167.748%
214Coventry£1,677.81£167.7841%
215Cheshire West and Chester£1,678.22£167.8221%
216Mole Valley£1,679.91£167.994%
217Rossendale£1,679.98£168.0050%
218Sevenoaks£1,681.57£168.164%
219Spelthorne£1,684.29£168.431%
220Buckinghamshire£1,684.39£168.443%
221Shropshire£1,685.45£168.5518%
222Leicester£1,685.83£168.5860%
223Epsom and Ewell£1,687.23£168.720%
224North Warwickshire£1,688.07£168.8123%
225South Cambridgeshire£1,690.83£169.084%
226Fenland£1,691.83£169.1836%
227Folkestone and Hythe£1,692.50£169.2513%
228Wolverhampton£1,692.66£169.2750%
229Newcastle upon Tyne£1,694.79£169.4855%
230North Yorkshire£1,696.23£169.6216%
231Redcar and Cleveland£1,696.32£169.6340%
232Guildford£1,698.20£169.824%
233Adur£1,698.85£169.899%
234Middlesbrough£1,699.44£169.9450%
235Burnley£1,699.61£169.9660%
236South Gloucestershire£1,700.39£170.0411%
237Bury£1,703.43£170.3436%
238Huntingdonshire£1,704.27£170.4315%
239Elmbridge£1,705.17£170.521%
240Bolsover£1,706.27£170.6357%
241Hartlepool£1,706.80£170.6852%
242Somerset£1,707.06£170.7116%
243Reigate and Banstead£1,711.07£171.112%
244West Oxfordshire£1,711.30£171.133%
245Wiltshire£1,714.52£171.4512%
246Herefordshire£1,716.25£171.6316%
247Preston£1,717.16£171.7243%
248Vale of White Horse£1,718.29£171.833%
249Brighton and Hove£1,720.36£172.0422%
250Cherwell£1,721.97£172.209%
251Sefton£1,722.15£172.2230%
252Surrey Heath£1,723.44£172.342%
253Stockton-on-Tees£1,726.55£172.6638%
254Cornwall£1,727.29£172.7323%
255Salford£1,729.63£172.9647%
256Tandridge£1,729.90£172.993%
257East Devon£1,730.31£173.039%
258Northumberland£1,731.29£173.1343%
259South Oxfordshire£1,731.71£173.173%
260Woking£1,732.03£173.201%
261Croydon£1,733.27£173.333%
262Mansfield£1,733.59£173.3654%
263Rochdale£1,733.89£173.3953%
264Torridge£1,734.28£173.4324%
265Oldham£1,734.82£173.4851%
266Waverley£1,736.58£173.662%
267Ashfield£1,739.17£173.9252%
268Kingston upon Thames£1,739.47£173.951%
269Gedling£1,739.70£173.9727%
270Reading£1,741.85£174.199%
271South Hams£1,743.48£174.3511%
272Broxtowe£1,745.47£174.5532%
273Stockport£1,745.93£174.5924%
274Durham£1,748.10£174.8156%
275Isle of Wight£1,750.53£175.0515%
276Walsall£1,751.65£175.1744%
277Pendle£1,760.12£176.0160%
278North Devon£1,761.47£176.1521%
279Teignbridge£1,762.08£176.2114%
280Rushcliffe£1,762.18£176.2211%
281Bassetlaw£1,763.30£176.3349%
282Eastbourne£1,769.52£176.9518%
283Mid Devon£1,770.94£177.0917%
284Liverpool£1,782.39£178.2459%
285Hastings£1,784.39£178.4433%
286Oxford£1,785.60£178.565%
287Newark and Sherwood£1,788.07£178.8141%
288Rother£1,800.63£180.0611%
289West Devon£1,803.55£180.3613%
290Bristol£1,809.12£180.9127%
291Gateshead£1,810.54£181.0558%
292Wealden£1,818.95£181.906%
293Rutland£1,825.05£182.5110%
294Nottingham£1,836.93£183.6962%
295Lewes£1,837.45£183.7510%
296Dorset£1,843.35£184.3311%

Band A in every council in Scotland

From £978.98 in South Lanarkshire to £1,210.77 in Midlothian, cheapest first.

Band A council tax by council, Scotland
#CouncilA yearA month (10)Homes in band A
1South Lanarkshire£978.98£97.9022%
2Shetland Islands£991.93£99.1925%
3Na h-Eileanan Siar£1,003.67£100.3731%
4North Lanarkshire£1,036.37£103.6432%
5Fife£1,049.13£104.9122%
6Dumfries and Galloway£1,052.43£105.2414%
7Angus£1,065.77£106.5825%
8Scottish Borders£1,079.01£107.9027%
9East Renfrewshire£1,080.10£108.013%
10Edinburgh£1,084.03£108.408%
11West Lothian£1,085.06£108.5120%
12Highland£1,089.33£108.9315%
13Orkney Islands£1,112.71£111.2719%
14Perth and Kinross£1,115.89£111.5911%
15Inverclyde£1,115.90£111.5946%
16West Dunbartonshire£1,121.02£112.1016%
17Clackmannanshire£1,122.45£112.2524%
18North Ayrshire£1,123.89£112.3930%
19Aberdeenshire£1,124.03£112.4016%
20Renfrewshire£1,127.04£112.7013%
21South Ayrshire£1,129.97£113.0012%
22East Lothian£1,131.75£113.182%
23Glasgow£1,137.33£113.7319%
24Falkirk£1,143.39£114.3428%
25East Ayrshire£1,144.85£114.4842%
26Dundee£1,153.13£115.3136%
27Moray£1,154.09£115.4125%
28Aberdeen£1,165.03£116.5017%
29East Dunbartonshire£1,167.78£116.782%
30Stirling£1,168.58£116.8613%
31Argyll and Bute£1,188.89£118.8915%
32Midlothian£1,210.77£121.082%

Band A in every council in Wales

From £1,342.12 in Cardiff to £1,729.07 in Merthyr Tydfil, cheapest first.

Band A council tax by council, Wales
#CouncilA yearA month (10)Homes in band A
1Cardiff£1,342.12£134.213%
2Caerphilly£1,388.59£138.8619%
3Newport£1,392.32£139.2310%
4Torfaen£1,437.12£143.7115%
5Pembrokeshire£1,444.10£144.4111%
6Vale of Glamorgan£1,487.70£148.772%
7Swansea£1,492.19£149.2215%
8Isle of Anglesey£1,507.15£150.7214%
9Rhondda Cynon Taf£1,526.29£152.6342%
10Wrexham£1,539.25£153.937%
11Denbighshire£1,559.35£155.949%
12Carmarthenshire£1,567.47£156.7510%
13Powys£1,567.81£156.789%
14Flintshire£1,584.11£158.416%
15Monmouthshire£1,611.00£161.101%
16Ceredigion£1,612.97£161.305%
17Gwynedd£1,645.85£164.5815%
18Conwy£1,648.55£164.869%
19Bridgend£1,651.99£165.2016%
20Blaenau Gwent£1,687.51£168.7558%
21Neath Port Talbot£1,694.26£169.4321%
22Merthyr Tydfil£1,729.07£172.9151%