Council tax for 2026/27 · England, Scotland and Wales
Lambeth council tax 2026/27: a Band D home pays £2,047.11 a year
The cheapest band, A, pays £1,364.74; the dearest, H, pays £4,094.22. 28% of Lambeth’s 149,380 homes are in Band C.
Band D costs £2,047.11 a year: £204.71 over 10 payments or £170.59 over 12. 22% of Lambeth’s homes are in this band.
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Lambeth, street by band. Walls rise to the yearly charge (one scale for all councils); each house is as wide as its band’s share of homes (all properties on the list at 31 March 2026, Valuation Office Agency). Narrow bands are kept visible.
Too narrow to draw to scale, so shown at a minimum width: Band H 0.8% of homes.
Every band in Lambeth
Band
A year
Over 10 payments
Over 12 payments
Homes
£1,364.74
£136.47
£113.73
3%
£1,592.20
£159.22
£132.68
22%
£1,819.65
£181.97
£151.64
28%
£2,047.11
£204.71
£170.59
22%
£2,502.02
£250.20
£208.50
11%
£2,956.94
£295.69
£246.41
7%
£3,411.85
£341.19
£284.32
4%
£4,094.22
£409.42
£341.19
0.8%
These are averages for the whole council area, parish charges included: your own bill may be higher or lower depending on your parish. Monthly figures divide the yearly charge, rounded to the penny.
About Lambeth’s figures
Lambeth's Band D bill for 2026/27 is £2,047.11; in 2025/26 it was £1,953.95, so homes in that band pay £93.16 more (4.8%). That leaves Lambeth 15.1% lower than the simple mean of English councils. Of the 32 London boroughs it ranks 24th, and it is 3.2% cheaper than their mean.
One feature of the borough's housing stands out. Bands B and D contain almost identical numbers of homes, 33,390 and 33,530; each represents about 22.4% of Lambeth's 149,380. Band C is larger than either, at 42,540 (28.5%). Band A is small, 3.4% or 5,030 homes, and the three dearest bands account for 12.1% between them. For Band B the 2026/27 bill is £1,592.20, and for Band C it is £1,819.65; the 16,820 Band E homes are billed £2,502.02, and Band H costs £4,094.22.
Lambeth's Band D splits between two authorities. The borough sets £1,536.60 (75.1%); the Greater London Authority's precept takes £510.51 (24.9%). Policing for the capital and its fire brigade sit inside that GLA line, so a Lambeth bill carries no police or fire charge of its own, and no parish precept exists.
Lambeth's return records 116,594 in Band D equivalents as the base, 7th in London, and works on the basis that 96.5% will be paid.
Band D is the band the national tables use to compare councils. In Lambeth it is £2,047.11 a year. Across the 296 councils in England the simple average of Band D is £2,410.97, and 10 of them charge less than Lambeth.
The dearest Band D in England is Dorset at £2,765.02; the cheapest is Wandsworth at £1,028.21.
Where Lambeth’s homes sit
The biggest share of homes, 28%, is in Band C. Bands A to C together hold 54% of the 149,380 homes, and bands E to H hold 23%.
Homes are counted as: all properties on the list at 31 March 2026, Valuation Office Agency.
Check your own band
The letter is printed on your council tax bill. To look up any home, use the official services: England and Wales or Scotland. Band by Band cannot tell you the band of an address.