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Band B council tax 2026/27

Band B is for homes valued £40,001 to £52,000 in England on 1 April 1991. On average it costs £1,860.07 a year in England in 2026/27, or £186.01 a month over 10 payments.

What Band B means in each nation
NationHome's valueShare of Band DAverage a yearA month (10)
England£40,001 to £52,000value on 1 April 19917/9£1,860.07£186.01
Scotland£27,001 to £35,000value on 1 April 1991280/360£1,286.01£128.60
Wales£44,001 to £65,000value on 1 April 20037/9£1,775.73£177.57

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 B

5,052,690 homes in England are in Band B, 19.5% of all homes there. 583,705 homes in Scotland are in Band B, 22.3% of all homes there. 308,380 homes in Wales are in Band B, 20.7% of all homes there. Band B 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 B in every council in England

From £799.72 in Wandsworth to £2,150.57 in Dorset, cheapest first.

Band B council tax by council, England
#CouncilA yearA month (10)Homes in band B
1Wandsworth£799.72£79.978%
2Westminster£816.32£81.635%
3City of London£1,034.10£103.414%
4Hammersmith and Fulham£1,181.84£118.187%
5Kensington and Chelsea£1,296.28£129.634%
6Tower Hamlets£1,429.38£142.9417%
7Newham£1,512.18£151.2226%
8Windsor and Maidenhead£1,518.70£151.876%
9Southwark£1,530.09£153.0125%
10Hillingdon£1,590.91£159.096%
11Lambeth£1,592.20£159.2222%
12Isles of Scilly£1,592.86£159.293%
13Hackney£1,602.46£160.2526%
14Greenwich£1,639.45£163.9518%
15Islington£1,639.67£163.975%
16Barnet£1,658.69£165.876%
17Ealing£1,663.30£166.3310%
18Bromley£1,664.48£166.457%
19Dudley£1,668.21£166.8228%
20Merton£1,669.70£166.9710%
21Wigan£1,674.31£167.4323%
22Doncaster£1,686.03£168.6019%
23Stoke-on-Trent£1,697.98£169.8021%
24Hounslow£1,699.88£169.999%
25Sunderland£1,708.89£170.8915%
26Solihull£1,708.98£170.9013%
27Barking and Dagenham£1,709.95£171.0015%
28Camden£1,716.98£171.7011%
29Brent£1,738.54£173.8510%
30Lewisham£1,740.15£174.0227%
31Sandwell£1,745.69£174.5733%
32Thurrock£1,753.64£175.3620%
33Basingstoke and Deane£1,754.05£175.4116%
34Telford and Wrekin£1,754.87£175.4927%
35Brentwood£1,756.33£175.639%
36South Kesteven£1,757.78£175.7823%
37Bracknell Forest£1,761.51£176.1510%
38Southend-on-Sea£1,761.80£176.1819%
39Enfield£1,763.74£176.3710%
40Tendring£1,765.27£176.5324%
41Fareham£1,765.98£176.6014%
42East Lindsey£1,770.13£177.0121%
43Epping Forest£1,771.16£177.129%
44South Holland£1,771.93£177.1922%
45Braintree£1,773.60£177.3625%
46Colchester£1,775.55£177.5627%
47Leeds£1,776.23£177.6221%
48York£1,778.89£177.8927%
49Trafford£1,782.43£178.2422%
50Portsmouth£1,782.44£178.2434%
51Peterborough£1,783.81£178.3825%
52Redbridge£1,784.67£178.4713%
53Kingston upon Hull£1,785.03£178.5020%
54Wakefield£1,786.47£178.6519%
55Harlow£1,787.87£178.7921%
56Chelmsford£1,789.03£178.9013%
57Tamworth£1,789.48£178.9535%
58Stafford£1,790.97£179.1023%
59Test Valley£1,793.18£179.3217%
60Derby£1,793.56£179.3619%
61Broxbourne£1,793.89£179.399%
62Boston£1,795.68£179.5721%
63Manchester£1,798.25£179.8317%
64South Staffordshire£1,799.52£179.9522%
65Haringey£1,799.61£179.9617%
66Mid Suffolk£1,802.02£180.2027%
67Castle Point£1,803.38£180.3416%
68Havant£1,804.66£180.4726%
69Rushmoor£1,804.66£180.4721%
70Lincoln£1,806.84£180.6819%
71Barnsley£1,809.08£180.9117%
72Basildon£1,810.08£181.0120%
73Maldon£1,810.95£181.1013%
74Medway£1,811.09£181.1132%
75Uttlesford£1,815.19£181.5210%
76Newcastle-under-Lyme£1,815.53£181.5519%
77East Suffolk£1,815.96£181.6025%
78North Kesteven£1,818.30£181.8326%
79Staffordshire Moorlands£1,818.61£181.8624%
80Chesterfield£1,819.60£181.9621%
81South Derbyshire£1,819.70£181.9723%
82Tewkesbury£1,820.41£182.0415%
83Babergh£1,821.21£182.1228%
84Eastleigh£1,821.72£182.1720%
85East Hampshire£1,823.05£182.3111%
86Gosport£1,823.34£182.3335%
87North Lincolnshire£1,826.58£182.6621%
88East Staffordshire£1,828.82£182.8822%
89West Suffolk£1,828.92£182.8934%
90Lichfield£1,829.26£182.9322%
91West Lindsey£1,831.08£183.1119%
92Gloucester£1,832.32£183.2328%
93Winchester£1,835.37£183.5413%
94Erewash£1,836.05£183.6127%
95Bradford£1,836.12£183.6121%
96Birmingham£1,837.81£183.7828%
97Rochford£1,838.26£183.8311%
98Bexley£1,840.50£184.0511%
99Halton£1,840.70£184.0722%
100Cheltenham£1,842.96£184.3023%
101Milton Keynes£1,845.05£184.5128%
102Wychavon£1,845.81£184.5819%
103Dartford£1,847.34£184.7313%
104Cannock Chase£1,847.87£184.7931%
105Sutton£1,850.05£185.019%
106Southampton£1,852.26£185.2332%
107Rotherham£1,852.30£185.2320%
108Hinckley and Bosworth£1,853.15£185.3231%
109Bath and North East Somerset£1,853.77£185.3823%
110High Peak£1,854.74£185.4730%
111Ribble Valley£1,856.17£185.6219%
112Waltham Forest£1,856.52£185.6529%
113Harborough£1,858.79£185.8822%
114Cotswold£1,860.17£186.0212%
115Stevenage£1,860.42£186.0418%
116Bolton£1,866.46£186.6518%
117Hart£1,866.68£186.676%
118St Helens£1,869.30£186.9322%
119Charnwood£1,871.05£187.1128%
120Swale£1,871.06£187.1124%
121Worcester£1,871.19£187.1232%
122Hertsmere£1,871.20£187.127%
123Oadby and Wigston£1,871.99£187.2026%
124Amber Valley£1,872.65£187.2721%
125Gravesham£1,873.08£187.3116%
126Dacorum£1,873.29£187.3312%
127Ashford£1,874.57£187.4623%
128Great Yarmouth£1,877.87£187.7926%
129Slough£1,877.90£187.7919%
130North West Leicestershire£1,880.82£188.0830%
131Crawley£1,881.02£188.1016%
132St Albans£1,881.62£188.165%
133Canterbury£1,881.70£188.1720%
134New Forest£1,882.04£188.2015%
135Calderdale£1,882.34£188.2319%
136Three Rivers£1,884.02£188.406%
137North Northamptonshire£1,885.30£188.5327%
138Havering£1,885.85£188.5810%
139Melton£1,889.74£188.9731%
140King's Lynn and West Norfolk£1,890.10£189.0124%
141Chorley£1,890.18£189.0223%
142South Tyneside£1,893.45£189.3514%
143Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole£1,894.34£189.4318%
144Broadland£1,896.05£189.6126%
145Swindon£1,896.30£189.6327%
146Luton£1,897.72£189.7733%
147Horsham£1,898.56£189.8610%
148Kirklees£1,898.61£189.8618%
149Plymouth£1,899.22£189.9227%
150South Ribble£1,899.85£189.9926%
151Forest of Dean£1,900.44£190.0425%
152Breckland£1,900.63£190.0628%
153Derbyshire Dales£1,901.43£190.1421%
154Tunbridge Wells£1,902.56£190.2610%
155Watford£1,902.99£190.3010%
156Tameside£1,903.39£190.3419%
157Warrington£1,903.70£190.3722%
158North Hertfordshire£1,904.40£190.4416%
159Malvern Hills£1,906.27£190.6320%
160Welwyn Hatfield£1,907.31£190.7312%
161East Hertfordshire£1,909.27£190.9310%
162Cheshire East£1,909.34£190.9321%
163Blackburn with Darwen£1,909.65£190.9716%
164Worthing£1,910.32£191.0322%
165West Lancashire£1,910.40£191.0418%
166North Norfolk£1,913.28£191.3326%
167Wyre£1,913.75£191.3822%
168Warwick£1,914.54£191.4518%
169Dover£1,914.69£191.4731%
170North Tyneside£1,914.71£191.4716%
171Redditch£1,915.63£191.5632%
172Hyndburn£1,917.98£191.8016%
173East Riding of Yorkshire£1,918.06£191.8123%
174North East Derbyshire£1,918.44£191.8421%
175Cambridge£1,918.79£191.8818%
176Ipswich£1,919.75£191.9837%
177Chichester£1,920.86£192.0911%
178Torbay£1,921.31£192.1326%
179Bedford£1,922.46£192.2523%
180Tonbridge and Malling£1,922.53£192.257%
181Mid Sussex£1,924.42£192.4411%
182Bromsgrove£1,927.84£192.7817%
183South Norfolk£1,931.12£193.1127%
184Rugby£1,931.26£193.1323%
185North East Lincolnshire£1,931.88£193.1924%
186Fylde£1,931.95£193.2017%
187Stratford-on-Avon£1,932.13£193.2113%
188East Cambridgeshire£1,932.92£193.2928%
189Richmond upon Thames£1,933.63£193.363%
190West Northamptonshire£1,934.07£193.4122%
191Arun£1,934.52£193.4516%
192Knowsley£1,935.31£193.5321%
193Blaby£1,936.84£193.6835%
194Thanet£1,937.37£193.7429%
195North Somerset£1,937.62£193.7622%
196Stroud£1,937.72£193.7723%
197Runnymede£1,938.99£193.904%
198Darlington£1,939.65£193.9721%
199Exeter£1,940.84£194.0825%
200Wokingham£1,942.66£194.276%
201Wirral£1,944.90£194.4922%
202Nuneaton and Bedworth£1,946.12£194.6122%
203Maidstone£1,946.46£194.6512%
204Lancaster£1,946.93£194.6924%
205Norwich£1,947.12£194.7134%
206West Berkshire£1,948.62£194.8610%
207Westmorland and Furness£1,950.66£195.0721%
208Sheffield£1,952.35£195.2416%
209Harrow£1,953.05£195.315%
210Cumberland£1,953.25£195.3319%
211Wyre Forest£1,954.14£195.4124%
212Blackpool£1,954.73£195.4729%
213Central Bedfordshire£1,957.01£195.7019%
214Coventry£1,957.45£195.7529%
215Cheshire West and Chester£1,957.92£195.7923%
216Mole Valley£1,959.89£195.997%
217Rossendale£1,959.98£196.0016%
218Sevenoaks£1,961.84£196.187%
219Spelthorne£1,965.01£196.504%
220Buckinghamshire£1,965.12£196.5111%
221Shropshire£1,966.36£196.6426%
222Leicester£1,966.81£196.6820%
223Epsom and Ewell£1,968.43£196.844%
224North Warwickshire£1,969.41£196.9425%
225South Cambridgeshire£1,972.64£197.2612%
226Fenland£1,973.80£197.3828%
227Folkestone and Hythe£1,974.58£197.4624%
228Wolverhampton£1,974.77£197.4822%
229Newcastle upon Tyne£1,977.26£197.7315%
230North Yorkshire£1,978.93£197.8921%
231Redcar and Cleveland£1,979.04£197.9021%
232Guildford£1,981.23£198.126%
233Adur£1,982.00£198.2018%
234Middlesbrough£1,982.68£198.2718%
235Burnley£1,982.88£198.2914%
236South Gloucestershire£1,983.79£198.3829%
237Bury£1,987.34£198.7322%
238Huntingdonshire£1,988.31£198.8326%
239Elmbridge£1,989.36£198.943%
240Bolsover£1,990.65£199.0718%
241Hartlepool£1,991.27£199.1317%
242Somerset£1,991.57£199.1627%
243Reigate and Banstead£1,996.25£199.637%
244West Oxfordshire£1,996.52£199.6512%
245Wiltshire£2,000.27£200.0318%
246Herefordshire£2,002.29£200.2323%
247Preston£2,003.35£200.3319%
248Vale of White Horse£2,004.68£200.4711%
249Brighton and Hove£2,007.09£200.7122%
250Cherwell£2,008.97£200.9023%
251Sefton£2,009.17£200.9222%
252Surrey Heath£2,010.68£201.077%
253Stockton-on-Tees£2,014.31£201.4319%
254Cornwall£2,015.17£201.5226%
255Salford£2,017.91£201.7923%
256Tandridge£2,018.22£201.826%
257East Devon£2,018.69£201.8719%
258Northumberland£2,019.84£201.9816%
259South Oxfordshire£2,020.33£202.039%
260Woking£2,020.70£202.078%
261Croydon£2,022.15£202.2215%
262Mansfield£2,022.52£202.2519%
263Rochdale£2,022.87£202.2918%
264Torridge£2,023.33£202.3322%
265Oldham£2,023.96£202.4018%
266Waverley£2,026.01£202.606%
267Ashfield£2,029.04£202.9021%
268Kingston upon Thames£2,029.38£202.945%
269Gedling£2,029.65£202.9728%
270Reading£2,032.15£203.2219%
271South Hams£2,034.06£203.4119%
272Broxtowe£2,036.39£203.6426%
273Stockport£2,036.92£203.6922%
274Durham£2,039.45£203.9514%
275Isle of Wight£2,042.28£204.2326%
276Walsall£2,043.60£204.3623%
277Pendle£2,053.47£205.3512%
278North Devon£2,055.05£205.5124%
279Teignbridge£2,055.76£205.5822%
280Rushcliffe£2,055.88£205.5921%
281Bassetlaw£2,057.18£205.7216%
282Eastbourne£2,064.44£206.4427%
283Mid Devon£2,066.10£206.6124%
284Liverpool£2,079.46£207.9519%
285Hastings£2,081.78£208.1828%
286Oxford£2,083.20£208.3216%
287Newark and Sherwood£2,086.08£208.6115%
288Rother£2,100.74£210.0716%
289West Devon£2,104.15£210.4225%
290Bristol£2,110.64£211.0636%
291Gateshead£2,112.30£211.2314%
292Wealden£2,122.11£212.2111%
293Rutland£2,129.23£212.9227%
294Nottingham£2,143.08£214.3117%
295Lewes£2,143.69£214.3714%
296Dorset£2,150.57£215.0617%

Band B in every council in Scotland

From £1,142.14 in South Lanarkshire to £1,412.57 in Midlothian, cheapest first.

Band B council tax by council, Scotland
#CouncilA yearA month (10)Homes in band B
1South Lanarkshire£1,142.14£114.2119%
2Shetland Islands£1,157.26£115.7316%
3Na h-Eileanan Siar£1,170.94£117.0926%
4North Lanarkshire£1,209.10£120.9124%
5Fife£1,223.99£122.4027%
6Dumfries and Galloway£1,227.84£122.7830%
7Angus£1,243.39£124.3422%
8Scottish Borders£1,258.85£125.8921%
9East Renfrewshire£1,260.12£126.0112%
10Edinburgh£1,264.71£126.4718%
11West Lothian£1,265.90£126.5929%
12Highland£1,270.88£127.0919%
13Orkney Islands£1,298.17£129.8225%
14Inverclyde£1,301.88£130.1916%
15Perth and Kinross£1,301.88£130.1919%
16West Dunbartonshire£1,307.86£130.7937%
17Clackmannanshire£1,309.52£130.9529%
18North Ayrshire£1,311.21£131.1227%
19Aberdeenshire£1,311.36£131.1413%
20Renfrewshire£1,314.88£131.4928%
21South Ayrshire£1,318.30£131.8323%
22East Lothian£1,320.37£132.0417%
23Glasgow£1,326.89£132.6926%
24Falkirk£1,333.96£133.4025%
25East Ayrshire£1,335.66£133.5716%
26Dundee£1,345.31£134.5323%
27Moray£1,346.44£134.6423%
28Aberdeen£1,359.20£135.9223%
29East Dunbartonshire£1,362.41£136.248%
30Stirling£1,363.34£136.3320%
31Argyll and Bute£1,387.03£138.7021%
32Midlothian£1,412.57£141.2628%

Band B in every council in Wales

From £1,565.81 in Cardiff to £2,017.25 in Merthyr Tydfil, cheapest first.

Band B council tax by council, Wales
#CouncilA yearA month (10)Homes in band B
1Cardiff£1,565.81£156.5812%
2Caerphilly£1,620.02£162.0033%
3Newport£1,624.37£162.4421%
4Torfaen£1,676.64£167.6630%
5Pembrokeshire£1,684.78£168.4815%
6Vale of Glamorgan£1,735.64£173.5611%
7Swansea£1,740.89£174.0925%
8Isle of Anglesey£1,758.35£175.8319%
9Rhondda Cynon Taf£1,780.67£178.0723%
10Wrexham£1,795.80£179.5821%
11Denbighshire£1,819.25£181.9316%
12Carmarthenshire£1,828.71£182.8727%
13Powys£1,829.12£182.9114%
14Flintshire£1,848.13£184.8113%
15Monmouthshire£1,879.50£187.958%
16Ceredigion£1,881.79£188.1814%
17Gwynedd£1,920.15£192.0225%
18Conwy£1,923.30£192.3314%
19Bridgend£1,927.33£192.7323%
20Blaenau Gwent£1,968.76£196.8825%
21Neath Port Talbot£1,976.64£197.6641%
22Merthyr Tydfil£2,017.25£201.7324%