Northumberland council tax 2026/27
Band D council tax in Northumberland is £2,596.94 a year for 2026/27. That's up 5.4% on 2025/26 and £205 more than the England average. Most homes here are in band A: 43% of them.
Band D, 2026/27
£2,596.94 a year
- Council
- Northumberland
- Type
- Unitary
- Region
- North East
- Rank
- the 39th most expensive of 296 councils in England
the 3rd most expensive of 12 councils in the North East - England average
- £2,391.52 Band D
- Figures
- 2026/27, checked 27 October 2026
Northumberland council tax bands 2026/27
Yearly charge and the usual monthly payment. Councils collect in 10 monthly payments unless you ask for 12. These are averages across the council area; your parish changes the exact figure (see below).
| Band | A year | Monthly, 10 payments | Monthly, 12 payments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,731.29 | £173.13 | £144.27 |
| Band B | £2,019.84 | £201.98 | £168.32 |
| Band C | £2,308.39 | £230.84 | £192.37 |
| Band D | £2,596.94 | £259.69 | £216.41 |
| Band E | £3,174.04 | £317.40 | £264.50 |
| Band F | £3,751.14 | £375.11 | £312.59 |
| Band G | £4,328.23 | £432.82 | £360.69 |
| Band H | £5,193.88 | £519.39 | £432.82 |
Bands as published by the government (area council tax including the average parish precept). Monthly figures divide the year equally; the first payment can differ by a few pence.
Where your council tax goes
A Band D bill in Northumberland is split between 3 bodies. Northumberland council's own share is £2,279.36, including £43.42 raised this year for adult social care.
| Set by | Band D | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Northumberland council | £2,279.36 | 88% |
| Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner | £214.34 | 8% |
| Parish or town council (average) | £103.24 | 4% |
Homes in each band
60% of the 163,800 homes in Northumberland are in band A or B, and 8% are in band F or above.
Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax stock of properties, 31 March 2026. Counts are rounded.
Council tax by parish in Northumberland
150 parish and town councils in Northumberland add their own charge. Band D without any parish is £2,493.70; add the parish share for your area. Other bands are the same fraction of Band D as above.
| Parish or town council | Parish share | Band D total | Change in parish share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acklington | £39.36 | £2,533.06 | +£4.03 |
| Acomb | £117.34 | £2,611.04 | +£0.95 |
| Adderstone with Lucker | £18.26 | £2,511.96 | −£1.03 |
| Allendale | £53.76 | £2,547.46 | +£4.19 |
| Alnmouth | £48.32 | £2,542.02 | +£1.59 |
| Alnwick | £150.94 | £2,644.64 | +£3.74 |
| Alwinton | £17.09 | £2,510.79 | +£2.92 |
| Amble by the Sea | £121.72 | £2,615.42 | −£2.96 |
| Ancroft | £27.73 | £2,521.43 | +£0.53 |
| Ashington | £119.76 | £2,613.46 | +£3.82 |
| Bamburgh | £28.33 | £2,522.03 | +£0.14 |
| Bardon Mill | £28.56 | £2,522.26 | +£1.31 |
| Bavington | £29.55 | £2,523.25 | −£2.97 |
| Beadnell | £26.63 | £2,520.33 | +£0.89 |
| Belford with Middleton | £20.68 | £2,514.38 | +£2.45 |
| Bellingham | £94.24 | £2,587.94 | +£6.85 |
| Belsay | £19.27 | £2,512.97 | +£0.34 |
| Berwick upon Tweed | £139.95 | £2,633.65 | +£30.41 |
| Birtley | £52.20 | £2,545.90 | +£3.07 |
| Blanchland | £26.32 | £2,520.02 | +£0.75 |
| Blyth | £135.32 | £2,629.02 | −£0.12 |
| Bowsden | £14.72 | £2,508.42 | +£0.11 |
| Branxton | £50.40 | £2,544.10 | +£5.74 |
| Brinkburn & Hesleyhurst (Brinkburn) | £85.46 | £2,579.16 | +£30.74 |
| Brinkburn & Hesleyhurst (Hesleyhurst) | £123.33 | £2,617.03 | +£24.83 |
| Broomhaugh and Riding | £112.91 | £2,606.61 | +£4.74 |
| Bywell | £52.44 | £2,546.14 | +£0.21 |
| Capheaton | £38.31 | £2,532.01 | +£1.72 |
| Carham | £18.55 | £2,512.25 | +£1.95 |
| Chollerton | £28.82 | £2,522.52 | +£2.07 |
| Choppington | £175.13 | £2,668.83 | −£0.02 |
| Coanwood | £64.74 | £2,558.44 | +£20.40 |
| Corbridge | £94.24 | £2,587.94 | +£3.87 |
| Cornhill on Tweed | £42.01 | £2,535.71 | +£3.61 |
| Corsenside | £46.76 | £2,540.46 | +£1.07 |
| Cramlington | £131.34 | £2,625.04 | +£6.25 |
| Craster | £78.95 | £2,572.65 | +£2.45 |
| Cresswell | £48.41 | £2,542.11 | −£0.35 |
| Denwick | £4.70 | £2,498.40 | −£0.16 |
| Doddington | £27.51 | £2,521.21 | +£6.60 |
| Duddo | £10.49 | £2,504.19 | +£1.67 |
| East Bedlington | £144.42 | £2,638.12 | +£2.03 |
| East Chevington | £74.16 | £2,567.86 | +£2.44 |
| Edlingham | £7.14 | £2,500.84 | +£0.14 |
| Eglingham | £37.34 | £2,531.04 | +£2.24 |
| Ellingham | £20.19 | £2,513.89 | −£0.95 |
| Ellington and Linton | £65.91 | £2,559.61 | +£2.37 |
| Elsdon | £20.61 | £2,514.31 | +£0.22 |
| Embleton | £34.93 | £2,528.63 | +£5.12 |
| Falstone | £65.07 | £2,558.77 | +£21.24 |
| Featherstone | £50.24 | £2,543.94 | +£4.79 |
| Felton | £71.73 | £2,565.43 | −£4.56 |
| Ford | £22.67 | £2,516.37 | +£3.75 |
| Glanton | £17.85 | £2,511.55 | +£2.41 |
| Greenhead | £72.42 | £2,566.12 | +£2.31 |
| Haltwhistle | £174.42 | £2,668.12 | +£18.59 |
| Harbottle | £8.26 | £2,501.96 | −£0.20 |
| Hartburn | £35.44 | £2,529.14 | +£3.03 |
| Hartleyburn | £87.47 | £2,581.17 | none last year |
| Hauxley | £66.42 | £2,560.12 | +£0.86 |
| Haydon | £71.89 | £2,565.59 | +£16.99 |
| Healey | £39.12 | £2,532.82 | −£0.73 |
| Hebron | £9.21 | £2,502.91 | +£0.57 |
| Heddon on the Wall | £68.60 | £2,562.30 | +£3.40 |
| Hedgeley | £41.34 | £2,535.04 | +£3.65 |
| Hedley | £85.87 | £2,579.57 | +£2.73 |
| Henshaw | £69.38 | £2,563.08 | +£4.22 |
| Hepple | £15.80 | £2,509.50 | +£1.66 |
| Hepscott | £19.02 | £2,512.72 | +£1.00 |
| Hexham | £148.35 | £2,642.05 | +£18.54 |
| Hexhamshire | £27.95 | £2,521.65 | +£0.67 |
| Hollinghill & Rothley (Hollinghill) | £50.13 | £2,543.83 | −£0.48 |
| Hollinghill & Rothley (Rothley) | £9.71 | £2,503.41 | +£0.46 |
| Holy Island | £4.99 | £2,498.69 | +£0.46 |
| Horncliffe | £65.49 | £2,559.19 | +£0.15 |
| Horsley | £68.36 | £2,562.06 | −£0.29 |
| Humshaugh | £43.53 | £2,537.23 | +£1.21 |
| Ingram | £14.12 | £2,507.82 | +£0.22 |
| Kielder | £157.59 | £2,651.29 | −£0.14 |
| Kirknewton | £43.29 | £2,536.99 | +£3.99 |
| Kirkwhelpington | £54.54 | £2,548.24 | −£1.17 |
| Knaresdale with Kirkhaugh | £37.09 | £2,530.79 | +£2.12 |
| Kyloe | £9.20 | £2,502.90 | +£1.08 |
| Lesbury | £31.90 | £2,525.60 | −£0.47 |
| Longframlington | £29.22 | £2,522.92 | +£10.24 |
| Longhirst | £32.85 | £2,526.55 | +£0.09 |
| Longhorsley | £79.44 | £2,573.14 | +£3.78 |
| Longhoughton | £45.91 | £2,539.61 | +£2.10 |
| Lowick | £24.97 | £2,518.67 | +£0.96 |
| Lynemouth | £82.04 | £2,575.74 | +£1.01 |
| Matfen | £42.48 | £2,536.18 | −£0.50 |
| Meldon | £20.06 | £2,513.76 | +£2.73 |
| Melkridge | £51.37 | £2,545.07 | −£5.87 |
| Milfield | £54.10 | £2,547.80 | +£9.22 |
| Mitford | £36.03 | £2,529.73 | +£0.56 |
| Morpeth | £128.94 | £2,622.64 | +£3.76 |
| Netherton & Biddlestone | £16.76 | £2,510.46 | +£0.77 |
| Netherwitton | £53.14 | £2,546.84 | −£0.49 |
| Newbiggin by the Sea | £198.51 | £2,692.21 | +£0.00 |
| Newbrough | £60.33 | £2,554.03 | +£1.42 |
| Newton by the Sea | £43.67 | £2,537.37 | +£6.53 |
| Newton on the Moor and Swarland | £72.79 | £2,566.49 | +£23.60 |
| Norham | £27.46 | £2,521.16 | −£0.16 |
| North Sunderland | £31.54 | £2,525.24 | +£11.13 |
| Nunnykirk | £40.36 | £2,534.06 | +£6.53 |
| Ord | £47.06 | £2,540.76 | −£1.27 |
| Otterburn | £27.60 | £2,521.30 | +£1.13 |
| Ovingham | £49.31 | £2,543.01 | +£9.83 |
| Ovington | £47.52 | £2,541.22 | +£13.83 |
| Pegswood | £126.88 | £2,620.58 | −£1.66 |
| Plenmeller with Whitfield | £38.31 | £2,532.01 | +£1.50 |
| Ponteland | £76.84 | £2,570.54 | +£2.97 |
| Prudhoe | £126.59 | £2,620.29 | +£4.01 |
| Rennington | £43.09 | £2,536.79 | −£1.41 |
| Rochester | £64.57 | £2,558.27 | +£1.53 |
| Rothbury | £104.48 | £2,598.18 | −£0.57 |
| Sandhoe | £33.52 | £2,527.22 | +£0.56 |
| Seaton Valley | £145.60 | £2,639.30 | +£13.23 |
| Shilbottle | £73.10 | £2,566.80 | +£5.11 |
| Shoreswood | £30.76 | £2,524.46 | +£10.65 |
| Shotley Low Quarter | £31.40 | £2,525.10 | +£0.73 |
| Simonburn | £73.39 | £2,567.09 | +£1.28 |
| Slaley | £50.90 | £2,544.60 | none last year |
| Snitter | £38.97 | £2,532.67 | +£0.59 |
| Stamfordham | £17.38 | £2,511.08 | +£2.09 |
| Stannington | £33.84 | £2,527.54 | −£0.06 |
| Stocksfield | £81.08 | £2,574.78 | +£2.57 |
| Tarset with Greystead | £33.13 | £2,526.83 | −£0.23 |
| Thirlwall | £39.42 | £2,533.12 | −£0.62 |
| Thirston | £30.94 | £2,524.64 | −£2.13 |
| Thropton | £65.76 | £2,559.46 | +£1.90 |
| Tillside | £15.75 | £2,509.45 | +£0.45 |
| Togston | £59.69 | £2,553.39 | +£1.25 |
| Tritlington and West Chevington | £37.79 | £2,531.49 | +£1.68 |
| Ulgham | £68.59 | £2,562.29 | +£1.15 |
| Wall | £50.00 | £2,543.70 | +£4.47 |
| Wallington Demesne | £22.81 | £2,516.51 | +£0.95 |
| Warden | £38.37 | £2,532.07 | +£1.85 |
| Wark | £54.17 | £2,547.87 | +£6.78 |
| Warkworth | £67.13 | £2,560.83 | −£0.71 |
| West Allen | £14.18 | £2,507.88 | +£6.31 |
| West Bedlington | £88.03 | £2,581.73 | +£1.34 |
| Whalton | £26.29 | £2,519.99 | −£0.39 |
| Whittingham Callaly & Alnham | £45.58 | £2,539.28 | +£15.15 |
| Whittington | £28.69 | £2,522.39 | −£0.73 |
| Whitton and Tosson | £88.20 | £2,581.90 | +£1.45 |
| Widdrington Station and Stobswood | £91.18 | £2,584.88 | −£9.26 |
| Widdrington Village | £112.19 | £2,605.89 | +£76.34 |
| Wooler | £51.40 | £2,545.10 | +£1.34 |
| Wylam | £99.99 | £2,593.69 | +£35.80 |
Parish shares from the government's council tax statistics for town and parish councils, 2026/27.
Discounts and premiums in Northumberland
Everyone in England gets the national discounts: 25% off if you live alone, nothing to pay for all-student homes, and one band lower if your home has been adapted for a disabled person. How discounts work. Northumberland also sets its own rules on second and empty homes:
| Second homes | 100% premium: you pay double the normal chargesince 1 April 2025 |
|---|---|
| Long-term empty homes | 100% premium after 1 year; 200% premium after 5 years; 300% premium after 10 years |
| Local discounts | Care leavers: up to 100% discount up to their 25th birthday (raised from 21 from 1 April 2026); War widows/war disablement and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme income fully disregarded in council tax support |
Source: Northumberland website, checked 27 October 2026.
On a low income? Each English council runs its own Council Tax Reduction scheme for working-age people. Northumberland Council Tax Reduction.
Band D in Northumberland over the years
Show the figures
| Year | Band D |
|---|---|
| 2026/27 | £2,596.94 |
| 2025/26 | £2,464.63 |
| 2024/25 | £2,355.31 |
| 2023/24 | £2,247.63 |
| 2022/23 | £2,142.14 |
| 2021/22 | £2,055.44 |
| 2020/21 | £1,985.39 |
| 2019/20 | £1,915.42 |
| 2018/19 | £1,827.39 |
| 2017/18 | £1,737.19 |
| 2016/17 | £1,656.89 |
| 2015/16 | £1,591.12 |
| 2014/15 | £1,559.02 |
| 2013/14 | £1,512.70 |
| 2012/13 | £1,504.30 |
| 2011/12 | £1,495.70 |
| 2010/11 | £1,490.26 |
| 2009/10 | £1,445.08 |
Band D including the average parish or community precept. 2009/10 to 2026/27.
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D | Difference | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scottish BordersScotland | £1,618.52 | −£978.42 | Compare |
| Cumberland | £2,511.32 | −£85.62 | Compare |
| Durham | £2,622.15 | +£25.21 | Compare |
| Westmorland and Furness | £2,507.99 | −£88.95 | Compare |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | £2,542.19 | −£54.75 | Compare |
| North Tyneside | £2,461.77 | −£135.17 | Compare |
| Gateshead | £2,715.81 | +£118.87 | Compare |
Councils in different nations use different band values, so compare Band D with care.
Pay, check your band or apply for a discount
This site is independent. To pay, see your exact bill, tell the council you've moved or apply for a discount, use the council's own site.
Questions
How much is council tax in Northumberland?
In 2026/27 Band D is £2,596.94 a year. Bands run from £1,731.29 (Band A) to £5,193.88 (Band H). The exact figure depends on your parish or town council.
How much is Band A council tax a month in Northumberland?
Band A is £1,731.29 a year: £173.13 a month over 10 payments or £144.27 over 12. Band A is the most common band here (43% of homes).
How much did Northumberland council tax go up?
Band D rose from £2,464.63 in 2025/26 to £2,596.94 in 2026/27, an increase of 5.4% (£132.31).
Does Northumberland charge extra council tax on second homes?
Yes. Northumberland charges a 100% premium on second homes in 2026/27, so the owner pays 200% of the normal charge.
Who do I pay council tax to in Northumberland?
You pay Northumberland council, which collects the whole bill and passes on the shares set by Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner and Parish or town council. Use the council's own website to pay, check your bill or apply for discounts.
Sources
- Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, published 25 March 2026, checked 27 October 2026
- Council Tax: stock of properties, 2026 - CTSOP1.1: number of properties by Council Tax band, local authority and LSOA/MSOA at 31 March 2026 (geography = LAUA rows), Valuation Office Agency, checked 27 October 2026
- Council website (premiums and discounts), checked 27 October 2026
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we compile these figures.