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Band H council tax 2026/27

Band H is for homes valued over £320,000 in England on 1 April 1991. On average it costs £4,783.04 a year in England in 2026/27, or £478.30 a month over 10 payments.

What Band H means in each nation
NationHome's valueShare of Band DAverage a yearA month (10)
Englandover £320,000value on 1 April 199118/9£4,783.04£478.30
Scotlandover £212,000value on 1 April 1991882/360£4,050.93£405.09
Wales£324,001 to £424,000value on 1 April 200318/9£4,566.16£456.62

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 H

155,310 homes in England are in Band H, 0.6% of all homes there. 14,481 homes in Scotland are in Band H, 0.6% of all homes there. 13,270 homes in Wales are in Band H, 0.9% of all homes there. Band H homes are a small minority, mostly larger or more expensive properties.

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 H in every council in England

From £2,056.42 in Wandsworth to £5,530.04 in Dorset, cheapest first.

Band H council tax by council, England
#CouncilA yearA month (10)Homes in band H
1Wandsworth£2,056.42£205.642%
2Westminster£2,099.10£209.9113%
3City of London£2,659.12£265.914%
4Hammersmith and Fulham£3,039.02£303.903%
5Kensington and Chelsea£3,333.30£333.3317%
6Tower Hamlets£3,675.56£367.561%
7Newham£3,888.46£388.850%
8Windsor and Maidenhead£3,905.24£390.523%
9Southwark£3,934.52£393.451%
10Hillingdon£4,090.92£409.090%
11Lambeth£4,094.22£409.421%
12Isles of Scilly£4,095.92£409.591%
13Hackney£4,120.60£412.060%
14Greenwich£4,215.72£421.570%
15Islington£4,216.30£421.631%
16Barnet£4,265.20£426.523%
17Ealing£4,277.06£427.711%
18Bromley£4,280.08£428.011%
19Dudley£4,289.68£428.970%
20Merton£4,293.52£429.352%
21Wigan£4,305.36£430.540%
22Doncaster£4,335.50£433.550%
23Stoke-on-Trent£4,366.24£436.620%
24Hounslow£4,371.12£437.111%
25Sunderland£4,394.28£439.430%
26Solihull£4,394.52£439.451%
27Barking and Dagenham£4,397.02£439.700%
28Camden£4,415.10£441.514%
29Brent£4,470.54£447.050%
30Lewisham£4,474.66£447.470%
31Sandwell£4,488.92£448.890%
32Thurrock£4,509.36£450.940%
33Basingstoke and Deane£4,510.42£451.041%
34Telford and Wrekin£4,512.52£451.250%
35Brentwood£4,516.28£451.632%
36South Kesteven£4,520.00£452.000%
37Bracknell Forest£4,529.60£452.961%
38Southend-on-Sea£4,530.34£453.030%
39Enfield£4,535.34£453.531%
40Tendring£4,539.26£453.930%
41Fareham£4,541.10£454.110%
42East Lindsey£4,551.76£455.180%
43Epping Forest£4,554.42£455.442%
44South Holland£4,556.40£455.640%
45Braintree£4,560.68£456.070%
46Colchester£4,565.70£456.570%
47Leeds£4,567.46£456.750%
48York£4,574.30£457.430%
49Trafford£4,583.40£458.341%
50Portsmouth£4,583.42£458.340%
51Peterborough£4,586.94£458.690%
52Redbridge£4,589.16£458.920%
53Kingston upon Hull£4,590.08£459.010%
54Wakefield£4,593.78£459.380%
55Harlow£4,597.38£459.740%
56Chelmsford£4,600.36£460.041%
57Tamworth£4,601.52£460.150%
58Stafford£4,605.36£460.540%
59Test Valley£4,611.04£461.101%
60Derby£4,612.00£461.200%
61Broxbourne£4,612.86£461.291%
62Boston£4,617.46£461.750%
63Manchester£4,624.08£462.410%
64South Staffordshire£4,627.34£462.730%
65Haringey£4,627.56£462.761%
66Mid Suffolk£4,633.76£463.380%
67Castle Point£4,637.26£463.730%
68Havant£4,640.56£464.060%
69Rushmoor£4,640.56£464.060%
70Lincoln£4,646.16£464.620%
71Barnsley£4,651.92£465.190%
72Basildon£4,654.48£465.450%
73Maldon£4,656.74£465.671%
74Medway£4,657.10£465.710%
75Uttlesford£4,667.64£466.761%
76Newcastle-under-Lyme£4,668.50£466.850%
77East Suffolk£4,669.60£466.960%
78North Kesteven£4,675.62£467.560%
79Staffordshire Moorlands£4,676.42£467.640%
80Chesterfield£4,678.98£467.900%
81South Derbyshire£4,679.22£467.920%
82Tewkesbury£4,681.06£468.110%
83Babergh£4,683.10£468.310%
84Eastleigh£4,684.42£468.440%
85East Hampshire£4,687.84£468.781%
86Gosport£4,688.58£468.860%
87North Lincolnshire£4,696.92£469.690%
88East Staffordshire£4,702.68£470.270%
89West Suffolk£4,702.94£470.290%
90Lichfield£4,703.80£470.381%
91West Lindsey£4,708.50£470.850%
92Gloucester£4,711.68£471.170%
93Winchester£4,719.52£471.951%
94Erewash£4,721.28£472.130%
95Bradford£4,721.46£472.150%
96Birmingham£4,725.80£472.580%
97Rochford£4,726.96£472.700%
98Bexley£4,732.72£473.270%
99Halton£4,733.22£473.320%
100Cheltenham£4,739.04£473.900%
101Milton Keynes£4,744.42£474.440%
102Wychavon£4,746.38£474.640%
103Dartford£4,750.30£475.030%
104Cannock Chase£4,751.66£475.170%
105Sutton£4,757.28£475.730%
106Southampton£4,762.96£476.300%
107Rotherham£4,763.06£476.310%
108Hinckley and Bosworth£4,765.24£476.520%
109Bath and North East Somerset£4,766.84£476.681%
110High Peak£4,769.32£476.930%
111Ribble Valley£4,773.00£477.301%
112Waltham Forest£4,773.92£477.390%
113Harborough£4,779.74£477.971%
114Cotswold£4,783.30£478.332%
115Stevenage£4,783.94£478.390%
116Bolton£4,799.48£479.950%
117Hart£4,800.04£480.001%
118St Helens£4,806.76£480.680%
119Charnwood£4,811.28£481.130%
120Swale£4,811.30£481.130%
121Worcester£4,811.62£481.160%
122Hertsmere£4,811.66£481.173%
123Oadby and Wigston£4,813.70£481.370%
124Amber Valley£4,815.38£481.540%
125Gravesham£4,816.48£481.650%
126Dacorum£4,817.02£481.701%
127Ashford£4,820.32£482.030%
128Great Yarmouth£4,828.82£482.880%
129Slough£4,828.88£482.890%
130North West Leicestershire£4,836.40£483.640%
131Crawley£4,836.92£483.690%
132St Albans£4,838.44£483.842%
133Canterbury£4,838.66£483.870%
134New Forest£4,839.52£483.951%
135Calderdale£4,840.30£484.030%
136Three Rivers£4,844.62£484.464%
137North Northamptonshire£4,847.92£484.790%
138Havering£4,849.32£484.930%
139Melton£4,859.34£485.930%
140King's Lynn and West Norfolk£4,860.26£486.030%
141Chorley£4,860.46£486.050%
142South Tyneside£4,868.86£486.890%
143Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole£4,871.16£487.121%
144Broadland£4,875.56£487.560%
145Swindon£4,876.20£487.620%
146Luton£4,879.86£487.990%
147Horsham£4,882.02£488.201%
148Kirklees£4,882.14£488.210%
149Plymouth£4,883.70£488.370%
150South Ribble£4,885.32£488.530%
151Forest of Dean£4,886.84£488.680%
152Breckland£4,887.34£488.730%
153Derbyshire Dales£4,889.40£488.940%
154Tunbridge Wells£4,892.30£489.231%
155Watford£4,893.40£489.340%
156Tameside£4,894.42£489.440%
157Warrington£4,895.22£489.520%
158North Hertfordshire£4,897.04£489.701%
159Malvern Hills£4,901.84£490.180%
160Welwyn Hatfield£4,904.52£490.451%
161East Hertfordshire£4,909.56£490.961%
162Cheshire East£4,909.74£490.971%
163Blackburn with Darwen£4,910.54£491.050%
164Worthing£4,912.26£491.230%
165West Lancashire£4,912.46£491.250%
166North Norfolk£4,919.86£491.990%
167Wyre£4,921.06£492.110%
168Warwick£4,923.10£492.311%
169Dover£4,923.48£492.350%
170North Tyneside£4,923.54£492.350%
171Redditch£4,925.90£492.590%
172Hyndburn£4,931.96£493.200%
173East Riding of Yorkshire£4,932.16£493.220%
174North East Derbyshire£4,933.14£493.310%
175Cambridge£4,934.04£493.401%
176Ipswich£4,936.50£493.650%
177Chichester£4,939.36£493.942%
178Torbay£4,940.50£494.050%
179Bedford£4,943.48£494.350%
180Tonbridge and Malling£4,943.66£494.371%
181Mid Sussex£4,948.52£494.851%
182Bromsgrove£4,957.30£495.731%
183South Norfolk£4,965.74£496.570%
184Rugby£4,966.10£496.610%
185North East Lincolnshire£4,967.70£496.770%
186Fylde£4,967.88£496.790%
187Stratford-on-Avon£4,968.34£496.831%
188East Cambridgeshire£4,970.36£497.040%
189Richmond upon Thames£4,972.20£497.224%
190West Northamptonshire£4,973.32£497.330%
191Arun£4,974.48£497.450%
192Knowsley£4,976.50£497.650%
193Blaby£4,980.44£498.040%
194Thanet£4,981.80£498.180%
195North Somerset£4,982.44£498.240%
196Stroud£4,982.72£498.270%
197Runnymede£4,985.98£498.603%
198Darlington£4,987.66£498.770%
199Exeter£4,990.72£499.070%
200Wokingham£4,995.40£499.541%
201Wirral£5,001.18£500.120%
202Nuneaton and Bedworth£5,004.32£500.430%
203Maidstone£5,005.18£500.521%
204Lancaster£5,006.38£500.640%
205Norwich£5,006.88£500.690%
206West Berkshire£5,010.74£501.071%
207Westmorland and Furness£5,015.98£501.600%
208Sheffield£5,020.32£502.030%
209Harrow£5,022.14£502.211%
210Cumberland£5,022.64£502.260%
211Wyre Forest£5,024.94£502.490%
212Blackpool£5,026.44£502.640%
213Central Bedfordshire£5,032.32£503.230%
214Coventry£5,033.44£503.340%
215Cheshire West and Chester£5,034.66£503.470%
216Mole Valley£5,039.72£503.973%
217Rossendale£5,039.94£503.990%
218Sevenoaks£5,044.72£504.473%
219Spelthorne£5,052.88£505.290%
220Buckinghamshire£5,053.16£505.323%
221Shropshire£5,056.36£505.640%
222Leicester£5,057.50£505.750%
223Epsom and Ewell£5,061.68£506.170%
224North Warwickshire£5,064.20£506.420%
225South Cambridgeshire£5,072.50£507.251%
226Fenland£5,075.48£507.550%
227Folkestone and Hythe£5,077.50£507.750%
228Wolverhampton£5,077.98£507.800%
229Newcastle upon Tyne£5,084.38£508.440%
230North Yorkshire£5,088.68£508.870%
231Redcar and Cleveland£5,088.96£508.900%
232Guildford£5,094.60£509.463%
233Adur£5,096.56£509.660%
234Middlesbrough£5,098.32£509.830%
235Burnley£5,098.84£509.880%
236South Gloucestershire£5,101.18£510.120%
237Bury£5,110.30£511.030%
238Huntingdonshire£5,112.80£511.280%
239Elmbridge£5,115.50£511.558%
240Bolsover£5,118.82£511.880%
241Hartlepool£5,120.40£512.040%
242Somerset£5,121.18£512.120%
243Reigate and Banstead£5,133.22£513.322%
244West Oxfordshire£5,133.90£513.391%
245Wiltshire£5,143.56£514.361%
246Herefordshire£5,148.74£514.870%
247Preston£5,151.48£515.150%
248Vale of White Horse£5,154.88£515.491%
249Brighton and Hove£5,161.08£516.110%
250Cherwell£5,165.92£516.590%
251Sefton£5,166.44£516.640%
252Surrey Heath£5,170.32£517.031%
253Stockton-on-Tees£5,179.66£517.970%
254Cornwall£5,181.86£518.190%
255Salford£5,188.90£518.890%
256Tandridge£5,189.70£518.973%
257East Devon£5,190.92£519.090%
258Northumberland£5,193.88£519.390%
259South Oxfordshire£5,195.14£519.511%
260Woking£5,196.08£519.612%
261Croydon£5,199.82£519.980%
262Mansfield£5,200.76£520.080%
263Rochdale£5,201.66£520.170%
264Torridge£5,202.84£520.280%
265Oldham£5,204.46£520.450%
266Waverley£5,209.74£520.974%
267Ashfield£5,217.52£521.750%
268Kingston upon Thames£5,218.40£521.842%
269Gedling£5,219.10£521.910%
270Reading£5,225.54£522.550%
271South Hams£5,230.44£523.041%
272Broxtowe£5,236.42£523.640%
273Stockport£5,237.80£523.780%
274Durham£5,244.30£524.430%
275Isle of Wight£5,251.58£525.160%
276Walsall£5,254.96£525.500%
277Pendle£5,280.36£528.040%
278North Devon£5,284.42£528.440%
279Teignbridge£5,286.24£528.620%
280Rushcliffe£5,286.54£528.650%
281Bassetlaw£5,289.90£528.990%
282Eastbourne£5,308.56£530.860%
283Mid Devon£5,312.82£531.280%
284Liverpool£5,347.18£534.720%
285Hastings£5,353.16£535.320%
286Oxford£5,356.80£535.681%
287Newark and Sherwood£5,364.20£536.420%
288Rother£5,401.90£540.191%
289West Devon£5,410.66£541.070%
290Bristol£5,427.36£542.740%
291Gateshead£5,431.62£543.160%
292Wealden£5,456.86£545.691%
293Rutland£5,475.16£547.521%
294Nottingham£5,510.78£551.080%
295Lewes£5,512.34£551.231%
296Dorset£5,530.04£553.000%

Band H in every council in Scotland

From £3,597.75 in South Lanarkshire to £4,449.59 in Midlothian, cheapest first.

Band H council tax by council, Scotland
#CouncilA yearA month (10)Homes in band H
1South Lanarkshire£3,597.75£359.780%
2Shetland Islands£3,645.36£364.540%
3Na h-Eileanan Siar£3,688.48£368.850%
4North Lanarkshire£3,808.67£380.870%
5Fife£3,855.57£385.560%
6Dumfries and Galloway£3,867.69£386.770%
7Angus£3,916.69£391.670%
8Scottish Borders£3,965.37£396.541%
9East Renfrewshire£3,969.37£396.942%
10Edinburgh£3,983.82£398.382%
11West Lothian£3,987.60£398.760%
12Highland£4,003.28£400.330%
13Orkney Islands£4,089.22£408.920%
14Perth and Kinross£4,100.91£410.091%
15Inverclyde£4,100.93£410.091%
16West Dunbartonshire£4,119.75£411.980%
17Clackmannanshire£4,124.99£412.500%
18North Ayrshire£4,130.31£413.030%
19Aberdeenshire£4,130.80£413.081%
20Renfrewshire£4,141.87£414.190%
21South Ayrshire£4,152.65£415.271%
22East Lothian£4,159.17£415.921%
23Glasgow£4,179.70£417.970%
24Falkirk£4,201.97£420.200%
25East Ayrshire£4,207.34£420.730%
26Dundee£4,237.74£423.770%
27Moray£4,241.29£424.130%
28Aberdeen£4,281.47£428.151%
29East Dunbartonshire£4,291.59£429.161%
30Stirling£4,294.53£429.452%
31Argyll and Bute£4,369.16£436.921%
32Midlothian£4,449.59£444.960%

Band H in every council in Wales

From £4,026.36 in Cardiff to £5,187.20 in Merthyr Tydfil, cheapest first.

Band H council tax by council, Wales
#CouncilA yearA month (10)Homes in band H
1Cardiff£4,026.36£402.642%
2Caerphilly£4,165.76£416.580%
3Newport£4,176.96£417.701%
4Torfaen£4,311.36£431.140%
5Pembrokeshire£4,332.30£433.231%
6Vale of Glamorgan£4,463.09£446.314%
7Swansea£4,476.58£447.661%
8Isle of Anglesey£4,521.46£452.150%
9Rhondda Cynon Taf£4,578.86£457.890%
10Wrexham£4,617.76£461.781%
11Denbighshire£4,678.06£467.811%
12Carmarthenshire£4,702.40£470.240%
13Powys£4,703.44£470.341%
14Flintshire£4,752.34£475.231%
15Monmouthshire£4,833.00£483.304%
16Ceredigion£4,838.90£483.890%
17Gwynedd£4,937.54£493.750%
18Conwy£4,945.64£494.561%
19Bridgend£4,955.98£495.600%
20Blaenau Gwent£5,062.52£506.250%
21Neath Port Talbot£5,082.78£508.280%
22Merthyr Tydfil£5,187.20£518.720%