Shropshire council tax 2026/27
Band D council tax in Shropshire is £2,528.18 a year for 2026/27. That's up 9.0% on 2025/26 and £137 more than the England average. Most homes here are in band B: 26% of them.
Band D, 2026/27
£2,528.18 a year
- Council
- Shropshire
- Type
- Unitary
- Region
- West Midlands
- Rank
- the 76th most expensive of 296 councils in England
the 5th most expensive of 30 councils in the West Midlands - England average
- £2,391.52 Band D
- Figures
- 2026/27, checked 27 October 2026
Shropshire 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 | £1,685.45 | £168.55 | £140.45 |
| Band B | £1,966.36 | £196.64 | £163.86 |
| Band C | £2,247.27 | £224.73 | £187.27 |
| Band D | £2,528.18 | £252.82 | £210.68 |
| Band E | £3,090.00 | £309.00 | £257.50 |
| Band F | £3,651.82 | £365.18 | £304.32 |
| Band G | £4,213.63 | £421.36 | £351.14 |
| Band H | £5,056.36 | £505.64 | £421.36 |
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 Shropshire is split between 4 bodies. Shropshire council's own share is £1,969.09, including £36.13 raised this year for adult social care.
| Set by | Band D | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Shropshire council | £1,969.09 | 78% |
| West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner | £306.50 | 12% |
| Shropshire fire and rescue | £124.44 | 5% |
| Parish or town council (average) | £128.15 | 5% |
Homes in each band
43% of the 153,360 homes in Shropshire are in band A or B, and 10% 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 Shropshire
155 parish and town councils in Shropshire add their own charge. Band D without any parish is £2,400.03; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abdon (grouped with Heath) | £8.54 | £2,408.57 | none last year |
| Acton Burnell Frodesley Pitchford & Ruckley & Langley | £28.90 | £2,428.93 | +£2.61 |
| Acton Scott | £16.43 | £2,416.46 | +£2.54 |
| Adderley | £79.72 | £2,479.75 | +£2.35 |
| Alberbury with Cardeston | £36.83 | £2,436.86 | +£0.47 |
| Albrighton & Donington | £123.71 | £2,523.74 | +£11.66 |
| All Stretton Smethcott & Woolstaston | £46.73 | £2,446.76 | +£7.84 |
| Alveley (grouped with Romsley) | £64.37 | £2,464.40 | +£1.87 |
| Ashford Carbonel | £51.96 | £2,451.99 | +£1.17 |
| Astley | £47.76 | £2,447.79 | +£0.46 |
| Astley Abbotts | £34.22 | £2,434.25 | +£3.52 |
| Aston Botterell (grouped with Burwarton & Cleobury North) | £69.88 | £2,469.91 | +£1.40 |
| Atcham | £61.88 | £2,461.91 | +£0.01 |
| Badger | £84.36 | £2,484.39 | +£0.00 |
| Barrow | £50.00 | £2,450.03 | +£3.59 |
| Baschurch | £43.41 | £2,443.44 | +£0.00 |
| Bayston Hill | £117.07 | £2,517.10 | +£6.80 |
| Beckbury | £73.49 | £2,473.52 | +£1.33 |
| Bedstone (grouped with Bucknell) | £100.95 | £2,500.98 | +£7.68 |
| Berrington | £36.21 | £2,436.24 | +£2.16 |
| Bettws y Crwyn | £74.37 | £2,474.40 | +£6.97 |
| Bicton | £39.43 | £2,439.46 | +£0.96 |
| Billinglsey (grouped with Deuxhill Glazeley & Middleton Scriven) | £57.85 | £2,457.88 | +£0.11 |
| Bishop's Castle | £308.06 | £2,708.09 | −£5.57 |
| Bitterley | £23.16 | £2,423.19 | +£0.00 |
| Bomere Heath & District Parish Council | £40.06 | £2,440.09 | +£1.16 |
| Boningale | £23.65 | £2,423.68 | +£2.23 |
| Boraston | £6.88 | £2,406.91 | +£0.00 |
| Bridgnorth | £211.26 | £2,611.29 | +£19.18 |
| Bromfield | £36.53 | £2,436.56 | +£1.36 |
| Broseley | £239.60 | £2,639.63 | +£37.04 |
| Buildwas | £78.23 | £2,478.26 | −£35.57 |
| Burford | £87.14 | £2,487.17 | +£1.54 |
| Cardington | £55.26 | £2,455.29 | +£15.80 |
| Caynham | £43.69 | £2,443.72 | +£3.87 |
| Chelmarsh | £61.70 | £2,461.73 | +£0.49 |
| Cheswardine | £61.95 | £2,461.98 | +£2.53 |
| Chetton | £47.95 | £2,447.98 | −£0.50 |
| Child's Ercall | £51.54 | £2,451.57 | +£2.16 |
| Chirbury with Brompton | £35.79 | £2,435.82 | −£0.70 |
| Church Preen Kenley & Hughley | £30.41 | £2,430.44 | +£0.34 |
| Church Pulverbatch | £34.62 | £2,434.65 | +£5.76 |
| Church Stretton | £302.57 | £2,702.60 | +£25.74 |
| Claverley | £26.95 | £2,426.98 | +£0.00 |
| Cleobury Mortimer | £191.79 | £2,591.82 | +£31.03 |
| Clive | £87.52 | £2,487.55 | +£9.94 |
| Clun & Chapel Lawn | £128.22 | £2,528.25 | +£2.68 |
| Clunbury | £23.47 | £2,423.50 | +£1.87 |
| Clungunford | £22.82 | £2,422.85 | +£0.00 |
| Cockshutt cum Petton | £63.07 | £2,463.10 | +£0.00 |
| Condover | £53.93 | £2,453.96 | +£2.77 |
| Coreley | £61.54 | £2,461.57 | +£5.38 |
| Cound | £40.15 | £2,440.18 | +£1.91 |
| Craven Arms | £79.78 | £2,479.81 | +£1.17 |
| Cressage Harley & Sheinton | £68.29 | £2,468.32 | +£0.00 |
| Culmington | £31.05 | £2,431.08 | +£1.96 |
| Diddlebury | £26.74 | £2,426.77 | +£1.73 |
| Ditton Priors | £62.77 | £2,462.80 | +£5.29 |
| Eardington | £43.82 | £2,443.85 | +£1.01 |
| Easthope (grouped with Shipton & Stanton Long) | £31.85 | £2,431.88 | +£4.61 |
| Eaton under Heywood (grouped with Hope Bowdler) | £33.58 | £2,433.61 | +£1.23 |
| Edgton | £29.05 | £2,429.08 | +£4.05 |
| Ellesmere Rural | £49.90 | £2,449.93 | +£2.94 |
| Ellesmere Urban | £204.14 | £2,604.17 | +£9.72 |
| Farlow | £31.99 | £2,432.02 | +£2.36 |
| Ford | £112.54 | £2,512.57 | +£13.21 |
| Great Hanwood | £95.36 | £2,495.39 | +£2.78 |
| Great Ness & Little Ness | £105.59 | £2,505.62 | +£35.40 |
| Grinshill | £75.86 | £2,475.89 | +£7.06 |
| Hadnall | £43.89 | £2,443.92 | +£3.62 |
| Highley | £142.77 | £2,542.80 | +£12.14 |
| Hinstock | £64.72 | £2,464.75 | +£2.02 |
| Hodnet | £57.16 | £2,457.19 | +£7.42 |
| Hopesay | £62.77 | £2,462.80 | +£1.59 |
| Hopton Cangeford (grouped with Stoke St. Milborough) | £14.06 | £2,414.09 | +£0.23 |
| Hopton Wafers | £34.02 | £2,434.05 | +£0.00 |
| Hordley | £56.16 | £2,456.19 | +£3.38 |
| Ightfield & Calverhall | £86.67 | £2,486.70 | +£9.75 |
| Kemberton | £35.95 | £2,435.98 | +£1.71 |
| Kinlet | £26.74 | £2,426.77 | +£1.14 |
| Kinnerley | £55.00 | £2,455.03 | +£5.00 |
| Knockin | £124.62 | £2,524.65 | +£5.11 |
| Leebotwood & Longnor | £49.66 | £2,449.69 | +£2.92 |
| Leighton and Eaton Constantine | £58.12 | £2,458.15 | +£6.75 |
| Llanfairwaterdine | £62.75 | £2,462.78 | +£2.32 |
| Llanyblodwel | £59.42 | £2,459.45 | +£8.86 |
| Llanymynech and Pant | £47.74 | £2,447.77 | +£3.40 |
| Longden | £74.21 | £2,474.24 | +£2.92 |
| Loppington | £26.25 | £2,426.28 | +£4.04 |
| Ludford | £23.20 | £2,423.23 | −£0.78 |
| Ludlow | £254.70 | £2,654.73 | +£0.00 |
| Lydbury North | £50.76 | £2,450.79 | +£0.41 |
| Mainstone (grouped with Colebatch) | £29.11 | £2,429.14 | +£0.63 |
| Market Drayton | £142.81 | £2,542.84 | +£6.79 |
| Melverley | £118.63 | £2,518.66 | +£14.20 |
| Milson (grouped with Neen Sollars) | £75.49 | £2,475.52 | +£0.10 |
| Minsterley | £48.97 | £2,449.00 | +£2.07 |
| Montford | £31.23 | £2,431.26 | +£6.32 |
| Moreton Corbet and Lee Brockhurst | £22.07 | £2,422.10 | +£5.08 |
| Moreton Say | £62.19 | £2,462.22 | +£0.00 |
| Morville (grouped with Acton Round Aston Eyre Monkhopton & Upton Cressett) | £30.70 | £2,430.73 | +£0.00 |
| Much Wenlock | £234.46 | £2,634.49 | +£10.53 |
| Munslow | £38.30 | £2,438.33 | +£2.39 |
| Myddle and Broughton | £46.41 | £2,446.44 | +£0.81 |
| Myndtown (grouped with Norbury Ratlinghope & Wentnor) | £17.29 | £2,417.32 | +£0.00 |
| Nash | £29.83 | £2,429.86 | +£2.28 |
| Neen Savage | £62.98 | £2,463.01 | +£14.52 |
| Newcastle on Clun | £134.32 | £2,534.35 | +£10.13 |
| Norton in Hales | £84.53 | £2,484.56 | +£7.59 |
| Onibury | £35.74 | £2,435.77 | +£0.00 |
| Oswestry | £147.76 | £2,547.79 | +£40.69 |
| Oswestry Rural (grouped with Oswestry (Trefonen)) | £32.62 | £2,432.65 | +£6.52 |
| Pontesbury | £165.56 | £2,565.59 | +£14.46 |
| Prees | £30.00 | £2,430.03 | +£4.44 |
| Quatt Malvern | £58.89 | £2,458.92 | +£0.00 |
| Richards Castle (Shropshire) | £51.26 | £2,451.29 | +£7.25 |
| Rushbury | £31.24 | £2,431.27 | +£0.86 |
| Ruyton XI Towns | £73.78 | £2,473.81 | +£2.71 |
| Ryton & Grindle | £65.50 | £2,465.53 | +£6.94 |
| Selattyn and Gobowen (grouped with Selattyn and Gobowen (2)) | £92.53 | £2,492.56 | +£21.52 |
| Shawbury | £68.54 | £2,468.57 | +£3.59 |
| Sheriffhales | £73.34 | £2,473.37 | +£14.03 |
| Shifnal | £181.24 | £2,581.27 | +£21.30 |
| Shrewsbury | £172.23 | £2,572.26 | +£85.19 |
| St. Martin's | £58.34 | £2,458.37 | +£0.00 |
| Stanton Lacy | £30.51 | £2,430.54 | +£0.84 |
| Stanton upon Hine Heath | £51.00 | £2,451.03 | +£4.18 |
| Stockton | £52.17 | £2,452.20 | +£4.99 |
| Stoke upon Tern | £48.65 | £2,448.68 | +£4.42 |
| Stottesdon (grouped with Sidbury) | £123.51 | £2,523.54 | +£11.32 |
| Stowe | £8.51 | £2,408.54 | +£1.09 |
| Sutton Maddock | £35.20 | £2,435.23 | +£1.50 |
| Sutton upon Tern | £23.20 | £2,423.23 | +£0.00 |
| Tasley | £30.26 | £2,430.29 | +£2.72 |
| Tong | £41.46 | £2,441.49 | +£3.00 |
| Uffington | £94.29 | £2,494.32 | +£2.13 |
| Upton Magna | £53.19 | £2,453.22 | +£5.08 |
| Welshampton and Lyneal | £71.30 | £2,471.33 | +£4.27 |
| Wem Rural | £45.80 | £2,445.83 | +£1.91 |
| Wem Urban | £222.85 | £2,622.88 | +£17.70 |
| West Felton | £43.24 | £2,443.27 | +£6.72 |
| Westbury | £43.39 | £2,443.42 | +£0.36 |
| Weston Rhyn | £38.40 | £2,438.43 | +£0.18 |
| Weston under Redcastle | £63.22 | £2,463.25 | +£1.43 |
| Wheathill | £64.31 | £2,464.34 | +£0.94 |
| Whitchurch Rural | £42.65 | £2,442.68 | +£2.28 |
| Whitchurch Urban | £167.92 | £2,567.95 | +£7.72 |
| Whittington | £63.72 | £2,463.75 | +£1.82 |
| Whixall | £42.24 | £2,442.27 | +£1.80 |
| Wistanstow | £38.73 | £2,438.76 | +£0.91 |
| Withington | £70.22 | £2,470.25 | +£7.69 |
| Woore | £50.35 | £2,450.38 | +£0.30 |
| Worfield (grouped with Rudge) | £44.23 | £2,444.26 | +£7.37 |
| Worthen with Shelve | £42.36 | £2,442.39 | +£2.43 |
| Wroxeter and Uppington | £31.27 | £2,431.30 | +£0.67 |
Parish shares from the government's council tax statistics for town and parish councils, 2026/27.
Discounts and premiums in Shropshire
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. Shropshire 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 | Empty and unfurnished homes: 100% discount for first month; Care leavers (formerly in Shropshire Council care) aged 18-25: 100% Section 13A discount (proportionate if jointly liable) |
Source: Shropshire website, checked 27 October 2026.
On a low income? Each English council runs its own Council Tax Reduction scheme for working-age people. Shropshire Council Tax Reduction.
Band D in Shropshire over the years
Show the figures
| Year | Band D |
|---|---|
| 2026/27 | £2,528.18 |
| 2025/26 | £2,318.80 |
| 2024/25 | £2,203.66 |
| 2023/24 | £2,100.66 |
| 2022/23 | £1,999.60 |
| 2021/22 | £1,925.74 |
| 2020/21 | £1,849.80 |
| 2019/20 | £1,778.96 |
| 2018/19 | £1,700.46 |
| 2017/18 | £1,610.77 |
| 2016/17 | £1,558.32 |
| 2015/16 | £1,504.42 |
| 2014/15 | £1,496.22 |
| 2013/14 | £1,488.18 |
| 2012/13 | £1,500.05 |
| 2011/12 | £1,495.28 |
| 2010/11 | £1,491.07 |
| 2009/10 | £1,471.54 |
Band D including the average parish or community precept. 2009/10 to 2026/27.
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D | Difference | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| PowysWales | £2,351.72 | −£176.46 | Compare |
| Telford and Wrekin | £2,256.26 | −£271.92 | Compare |
| Herefordshire | £2,574.37 | +£46.19 | Compare |
| WrexhamWales | £2,308.88 | −£219.30 | Compare |
| South Staffordshire | £2,313.67 | −£214.51 | Compare |
| Cheshire East | £2,454.87 | −£73.31 | Compare |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | £2,334.25 | −£193.93 | Compare |
| Malvern Hills | £2,450.92 | −£77.26 | Compare |
| Wyre Forest | £2,512.47 | −£15.71 | Compare |
| Stafford | £2,302.68 | −£225.50 | Compare |
| Cheshire West and Chester | £2,517.33 | −£10.85 | 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 Shropshire?
In 2026/27 Band D is £2,528.18 a year. Bands run from £1,685.45 (Band A) to £5,056.36 (Band H). The exact figure depends on your parish or town council.
How much is Band B council tax a month in Shropshire?
Band B is £1,966.36 a year: £196.64 a month over 10 payments or £163.86 over 12. Band B is the most common band here (26% of homes).
How much did Shropshire council tax go up?
Band D rose from £2,318.80 in 2025/26 to £2,528.18 in 2026/27, an increase of 9.0% (£209.38).
Does Shropshire charge extra council tax on second homes?
Yes. Shropshire 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 Shropshire?
You pay Shropshire council, which collects the whole bill and passes on the shares set by West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner, Shropshire fire and rescue 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.