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Council tax for 2026/27 England, Scotland and Wales

Band F council tax 2026/27: from £1,485.19 to £3,993.92 a year

Across the 350 councils of England, Scotland and Wales, Band F costs least in Wandsworth (£1,485.19 a year) and most in Dorset (£3,993.92), a gap of £2,508.73. Band F is 144% of the Band D charge in England and Wales, and 162% in Scotland.

Band F in your council

Manchester: Band F costs £3,339.61 a year, £333.96 over 10 payments or £278.30 over 12. It is 105th of 350 councils, cheapest first. 1% of its homes are in Band F.

The ten cheapest for Band F

CouncilA yearOver 12 payments
Wandsworth£1,485.19£123.77
Westminster£1,516.02£126.34
City of London£1,920.48£160.04
Hammersmith and Fulham£2,194.85£182.90
South Lanarkshire£2,386.27£198.86
Kensington and Chelsea£2,407.38£200.62
Shetland Islands£2,417.84£201.49
Na h-Eileanan Siar£2,446.44£203.87
North Lanarkshire£2,526.16£210.51
Fife£2,557.26£213.11

The ten dearest for Band F

CouncilA yearOver 12 payments
Dorset£3,993.92£332.83
Lewes£3,981.13£331.76
Nottingham£3,980.01£331.67
Rutland£3,954.28£329.52
Wealden£3,941.07£328.42
Gateshead£3,922.84£326.90
Bristol£3,919.76£326.65
West Devon£3,907.70£325.64
Rother£3,901.37£325.11
Newark and Sherwood£3,874.14£322.85

England: averages for the whole council area, parish charges included. Scotland: water and sewerage charges are not included, and homes are chargeable dwellings. Shares of homes leave out councils where the source does not publish the count for Band F. Monthly figures divide the yearly charge, rounded to the penny.

Councils where Band F is the most common band

Band F is the most common band in none of the 347 councils that publish the count of every band.

Where Band F is at least 1.5 times as common as in its nation

92 councils, each compared with its own nation’s share of homes in Band F, from the largest share down:

Isles of Scilly 23%, Monmouthshire 18%, City of London 17%, East Renfrewshire 17%, Hart 17%, Mole Valley 16%, East Dunbartonshire 15%, Surrey Heath 15%, St Albans 15%, Aberdeenshire 15%, Wokingham 15%, Westminster 15%, Epsom and Ewell 15%, Powys 15%, Richmond upon Thames 14%, Kensington and Chelsea 14%, Elmbridge 14%, Cardiff 13%, Stirling 13%, Wandsworth 13%, Uttlesford 13%, Brentwood 13%, Mid Sussex 13%, Tandridge 13%, Bromley 13%, Horsham 13%, Waverley 13%, Barnet 13%, Windsor and Maidenhead 12%, Kingston upon Thames 12%, East Hampshire 12%, Buckinghamshire 12%, Hammersmith and Fulham 12%, Epping Forest 12%, Winchester 12%, East Hertfordshire 12%, Reigate and Banstead 12%, Sevenoaks 12%, South Cambridgeshire 12%, Cotswold 12%, Three Rivers 11%, Camden 11%, Wychavon 11%, Guildford 11%, Runnymede 11%, Wealden 11%, Malvern Hills 11%, Spelthorne 11%, Maldon 11%, Ashford 11%, Chichester 10%, Vale of White Horse 10%, Stratford-on-Avon 10%, South Oxfordshire 10%, Hertsmere 10%, Bracknell Forest 10%, Tunbridge Wells 10%, West Berkshire 10%, Tonbridge and Malling 10%, Solihull 10%, Tower Hamlets 10%, Woking 10%, Islington 9%, Rutland 9%, Harborough 9%, Derbyshire Dales 9%, Ribble Valley 9%, Test Valley 9%, Bromsgrove 9%, East Devon 9%, Welwyn Hatfield 9%, Harrow 9%, Rother 9%, South Hams 9%, New Forest 9%, Dorset 9%, Dacorum 9%, West Oxfordshire 9%, Herefordshire 9%, Hillingdon 8%, Maidstone 8%, Rushcliffe 8%, Basingstoke and Deane 8%, Warwick 8%, Sutton 8%, North Hertfordshire 8%, Tewkesbury 8%, Lichfield 8%, Chelmsford 8%, Cheshire East 8%, Arun 8%, Wiltshire 8%.

Scotland, the eight councils with the largest share of homes in Band F: East Renfrewshire 17%, East Dunbartonshire 15%, Aberdeenshire 15%, Stirling 13%, East Lothian 13%, Midlothian 11%, Perth & Kinross 11%, City of Edinburgh 10%.

Wales, the eight councils with the largest share of homes in Band F: Monmouthshire 18%, Powys 15%, Cardiff 13%, Vale of Glamorgan 12%, Flintshire 11%, Ceredigion 11%, Pembrokeshire 10%, Conwy 9%.

The most homes in Band F

CouncilHomes
Buckinghamshire29,340
City of Edinburgh26,244
North Yorkshire22,530
Cardiff22,420
Wandsworth20,890
Barnet20,490
Westminster19,260
Wiltshire18,670
Bromley18,630
Aberdeenshire17,937
Somerset16,990
Dorset16,250
Cheshire East15,570
South Lanarkshire14,841
Fife14,780
Tower Hamlets14,580
Glasgow City14,245
Camden13,060
Kensington and Chelsea12,240
Richmond upon Thames12,180

Where Band F is rarest

CouncilHomes in Band F
Kingston upon Hull0.3%
Sandwell0.4%
Knowsley0.5%
Barking and Dagenham0.5%
Stoke-on-Trent0.5%
Hyndburn0.7%
Boston0.7%
Nottingham0.8%
Burnley0.8%
Blackpool0.8%
Bolsover0.9%
Tameside0.9%
Ashfield0.9%
Mansfield0.9%
Sunderland0.9%
Gateshead1.0%
Liverpool1.0%
South Tyneside1.0%
South Holland1%
Blaenau Gwent1%