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Band A Council Tax 2026/27

1991 value range (England): Up to £40,000Scotland (1991): Up to £27,000

Fraction of Band D: 6/9

How much is council tax Band A?

Band A council tax is 6/9 of your council's Band D rate. On the 2026/27 England average Band D of £2,392.00, that works out at about £1,595.00 a year - roughly £160.00 a month over the usual 10 instalments (April to January), or £133.00 a month over 12. Your exact bill depends on the Band D rate your council sets; see the rates-by-council table below.

England avg rate (est.)

£1,595.00

per year, Band D avg

Multiplier

6/9

of Band D rate

Value range

Up to £40,000

1991 England values

What is Band A?

Band A is the lowest council tax band, applying to the least expensive properties at the 1991 valuation date (or 2003 in Wales). It covers properties that were worth up to £40,000 in England (up to £27,000 in Scotland) at April 1991 prices. Band A households pay 6/9 (two-thirds) of the Band D rate set by their local authority.

Typical property types in Band A: Small terraced houses, purpose-built flats, maisonettes, and bedsits in lower-value areas. In the North East and some parts of Yorkshire and Lancashire, a significant proportion of the housing stock falls into Band A.

Source: Local Government Finance Act 1992, section 5 (England and Wales value ranges and fractions) and section 74 (Scotland), as amended for Scotland by the Council Tax (Substitution of Proportion) (Scotland) Order 2016 (SSI 2016/368).

Band A in Wales

In Wales, Band A covers a different value range because Wales revalued its properties in 2003 rather than 1991. Welsh Band A applies to properties valued at Up to £44,000 at 1 April 2003 prices. England, Wales and Scotland all apply the same 6/9 multiplier at Band A.

Wales also has an additional Band I (for properties over £424,000 at 2003 values) that does not exist in England or Scotland. See our Wales bands guide for the full Welsh band system.

How Band A Rates Are Calculated

Your Band A council tax bill is calculated by multiplying your council's Band D rate by 6/9. The Band D rate is set by your local authority each year in February or March. You cannot negotiate the fraction - it is set by central government.

Formula

Your council's Band D rate × 6/9 = Band A rate

Example: £2,392 (England average Band D) × 6/9 = £1,595.00 per year

That is about £160.00 a month over the usual 10 instalments (April to January), or about £133.00 if you ask to spread it over 12.

Cheapest and Most Expensive Band A Councils 2026/27

Band A bills vary by more than £1,163.12 a year across the 350 councils we cover, driven by the Band D rate each authority sets. Here are the lowest and highest for 2026/27.

Cheapest Band A

  1. Wandsworth Borough Council£680.23
  2. Westminster City Council£699.70
  3. City of London£886.37

Most expensive Band A

  1. Dorset Council£1,843.35
  2. Lewes£1,837.45
  3. Nottingham City Council£1,836.93

Rates are the 2026/27 area Band A figures (MHCLG for England, Welsh Government and Scottish Government), scaled from Band D at the statutory proportion: 6/9 in England and Wales, and the same proportion in Scotland. Compare every council in the full comparison table.

Band A Rates by Council 2026/27

CouncilBand A rate
Aberdeen City Council£1,165.03
Aberdeenshire£1,124.03
Adur£1,698.85
Amber Valley Borough Council£1,605.13
Angus£1,065.77
Argyll and Bute£1,188.89
Arun£1,658.16
Ashfield£1,739.17
Ashford Borough Council£1,606.77
Babergh£1,561.03
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham£1,465.67
London Borough of Barnet£1,421.73
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council£1,550.64
Basildon Borough Council£1,551.49
Basingstoke and Deane£1,503.47
Bassetlaw£1,763.30
Bath and North East Somerset Council£1,588.95
Bedford Borough Council£1,647.83
London Borough of Bexley£1,577.57
Birmingham City Council£1,575.27
Blaby£1,660.15
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council£1,636.85
Blackpool Council£1,675.48
Blaenau Gwent£1,687.51
Bolsover£1,706.27
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council£1,599.83
Boston£1,539.15
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council£1,623.72
Bracknell Forest Council£1,509.87
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council£1,573.82
Braintree£1,520.23
Breckland£1,629.11
London Borough of Brent£1,490.18
Brentwood£1,505.43
Bridgend County Borough Council£1,651.99
Brighton and Hove City Council£1,720.36
Bristol City Council£1,809.12
Broadland£1,625.19
London Borough of Bromley£1,426.69
Bromsgrove£1,652.43
Broxbourne£1,537.62
Broxtowe£1,745.47
Buckinghamshire Council£1,684.39
Burnley£1,699.61
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council£1,703.43
Caerphilly County Borough Council£1,388.59
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council£1,613.43
Cambridge City Council£1,644.68
Camden London Borough Council£1,471.70
Cannock Chase£1,583.89
Canterbury£1,612.89
Cardiff Council£1,342.12
Carmarthenshire£1,567.47
Castle Point£1,545.75
Central Bedfordshire Council£1,677.44
Ceredigion£1,612.97
Charnwood£1,603.76
Chelmsford£1,533.45
Cheltenham£1,579.68
Cherwell£1,721.97
Cheshire East Council£1,636.58
Cheshire West and Chester Council£1,678.22
Chesterfield Borough Council£1,559.66
Chichester£1,646.45
Chorley£1,620.15
Clackmannanshire£1,122.45
Colchester£1,521.90
Conwy£1,648.55
Cornwall Council£1,727.29
Cotswold£1,594.43
Coventry City Council£1,677.81
Crawley£1,612.31
Croydon London Borough Council£1,733.27
Cumberland Council£1,674.21
Dacorum£1,605.67
Darlington Borough Council£1,662.55
Dartford£1,583.43
Denbighshire£1,559.35
Derby City Council£1,537.33
Derbyshire Dales£1,629.80
City of Doncaster Council£1,445.17
Dorset Council£1,843.35
Dover£1,641.16
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council£1,429.89
Dumfries and Galloway£1,052.43
Dundee City Council£1,153.13
Durham County Council£1,748.10
London Borough of Ealing£1,425.69
East Ayrshire£1,144.85
East Cambridgeshire£1,656.79
East Devon£1,730.31
East Dunbartonshire£1,167.78
East Hampshire£1,562.61
East Hertfordshire£1,636.52
East Lindsey£1,517.25
East Lothian£1,131.75
East Renfrewshire£1,080.10
East Riding of Yorkshire Council£1,644.05
East Staffordshire£1,567.56
East Suffolk£1,556.53
Eastbourne£1,769.52
Eastleigh£1,561.47
City of Edinburgh Council£1,084.03
Elmbridge£1,705.17
London Borough of Enfield£1,511.78
Epping Forest£1,518.14
Epsom and Ewell£1,687.23
Erewash£1,573.76
Exeter£1,663.57
Falkirk£1,143.39
Fareham£1,513.70
Fenland£1,691.83
Fife Council£1,049.13
Flintshire£1,584.11
Folkestone and Hythe£1,692.50
Forest of Dean£1,628.95
Fylde£1,655.96
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council£1,810.54
Gedling£1,739.70
Glasgow City Council£1,137.33
Gloucester City Council£1,570.56
Gosport£1,562.86
Gravesham£1,605.49
Great Yarmouth£1,609.61
Royal Borough of Greenwich£1,405.24
Guildford Borough Council£1,698.20
Gwynedd£1,645.85
Hackney London Borough Council£1,373.53
Halton Borough Council£1,577.74
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham£1,013.01
Harborough£1,593.25
Haringey London Borough Council£1,542.52
Harlow£1,532.46
London Borough of Harrow£1,674.05
Hart£1,600.01
Hartlepool Borough Council£1,706.80
Hastings£1,784.39
Havant£1,546.85
London Borough of Havering£1,616.44
Herefordshire Council£1,716.25
Hertsmere£1,603.89
High Peak£1,589.77
Highland£1,089.33
London Borough of Hillingdon£1,363.64
Hinckley and Bosworth£1,588.41
Horsham£1,627.34
London Borough of Hounslow£1,457.04
Hull City Council£1,530.03
Huntingdonshire£1,704.27
Hyndburn£1,643.99
Inverclyde£1,115.90
Ipswich Borough Council£1,645.50
Isle of Anglesey County Council£1,507.15
Isle of Wight Council£1,750.53
Isles of Scilly£1,365.31
Islington London Borough Council£1,405.43
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea£1,111.10
Kings Lynn and West Norfolk£1,620.09
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames£1,739.47
Kirklees Metropolitan Council£1,627.38
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council£1,658.83
Lambeth London Borough Council£1,364.74
Lancaster£1,668.79
Leeds City Council£1,522.49
Leicester City Council£1,685.83
Lewes£1,837.45
Lewisham London Borough Council£1,491.55
Lichfield£1,567.93
City of Lincoln Council£1,548.72
Liverpool City Council£1,782.39
City of London£886.37
Luton Borough Council£1,626.62
Maidstone£1,668.39
Maldon£1,552.25
Malvern Hills£1,633.95
Manchester City Council£1,541.36
Mansfield District Council£1,733.59
Medway Council£1,552.37
Melton£1,619.78
Merthyr Tydfil£1,729.07
London Borough of Merton£1,431.17
Mid Devon£1,770.94
Mid Suffolk£1,544.59
Mid Sussex£1,649.51
Middlesbrough Council£1,699.44
Midlothian£1,210.77
Milton Keynes City Council£1,581.47
Mole Valley£1,679.91
Monmouthshire£1,611.00
Moray£1,154.09
Na h-Eileanan Siar£1,003.67
Neath Port Talbot£1,694.26
New Forest£1,613.17
Newark and Sherwood£1,788.07
Newcastle upon Tyne City Council£1,694.79
Newcastle-under-Lyme£1,556.17
Newham London Borough Council£1,296.15
Newport City Council£1,392.32
North Ayrshire£1,123.89
North Devon£1,761.47
North East Derbyshire£1,644.38
North East Lincolnshire Council£1,655.90
North Hertfordshire£1,632.35
North Kesteven£1,558.54
North Lanarkshire Council£1,036.37
North Lincolnshire Council£1,565.64
North Norfolk£1,639.95
North Northamptonshire£1,615.97
North Somerset Council£1,660.81
North Tyneside Council£1,641.18
North Warwickshire£1,688.07
North West Leicestershire£1,612.13
North Yorkshire Council£1,696.23
Northumberland County Council£1,731.29
Norwich City Council£1,668.96
Nottingham City Council£1,836.93
Nuneaton and Bedworth£1,668.11
Oadby and Wigston£1,604.57
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council£1,734.82
Orkney Islands£1,112.71
Oxford City Council£1,785.60
Pembrokeshire£1,444.10
Pendle£1,760.12
Perth and Kinross£1,115.89
Peterborough City Council£1,528.98
Plymouth City Council£1,627.90
Portsmouth City Council£1,527.81
Powys£1,567.81
Preston£1,717.16
Reading Borough Council£1,741.85
London Borough of Redbridge£1,529.72
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council£1,696.32
Redditch£1,641.97
Reigate and Banstead£1,711.07
Renfrewshire£1,127.04
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council£1,526.29
Ribble Valley£1,591.00
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames£1,657.40
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council£1,733.89
Rochford£1,575.65
Rossendale£1,679.98
Rother£1,800.63
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council£1,587.69
Rugby£1,655.37
Runnymede£1,661.99
Rushcliffe£1,762.18
Rushmoor£1,546.85
Rutland County Council£1,825.05
Salford City Council£1,729.63
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council£1,496.31
Scottish Borders£1,079.01
Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council£1,722.15
Sevenoaks£1,681.57
Sheffield City Council£1,673.44
Shetland Islands£991.93
Shropshire Council£1,685.45
Slough Borough Council£1,609.63
Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council£1,464.84
Somerset Council£1,707.06
South Ayrshire£1,129.97
South Cambridgeshire£1,690.83
South Derbyshire£1,559.74
South Gloucestershire£1,700.39
South Hams£1,743.48
South Holland£1,518.80
South Kesteven£1,506.67
South Lanarkshire Council£978.98
South Norfolk£1,655.25
South Oxfordshire£1,731.71
South Ribble£1,628.44
South Staffordshire£1,542.45
South Tyneside Council£1,622.95
Southampton City Council£1,587.65
Southend-on-Sea City Council£1,510.11
Southwark London Borough Council£1,311.51
Spelthorne£1,684.29
St Albans£1,612.81
St Helens Borough Council£1,602.25
Stafford£1,535.12
Staffordshire Moorlands£1,558.81
Stevenage£1,594.65
Stirling Council£1,168.58
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council£1,745.93
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council£1,726.55
Stoke-on-Trent City Council£1,455.41
Stratford-on-Avon£1,656.11
Stroud£1,660.91
Sunderland City Council£1,464.76
Surrey Heath£1,723.44
London Borough of Sutton£1,585.76
Swale£1,603.77
City and County of Swansea£1,492.19
Swindon Borough Council£1,625.40
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council£1,631.47
Tamworth£1,533.84
Tandridge£1,729.90
Teignbridge£1,762.08
Telford and Wrekin Council£1,504.17
Tendring£1,513.09
Test Valley£1,537.01
Tewkesbury£1,560.35
Thanet£1,660.60
Three Rivers£1,614.87
Thurrock Council£1,503.12
Tonbridge and Malling£1,647.89
Torbay Council£1,646.83
Torfaen£1,437.12
Torridge£1,734.28
Tower Hamlets London Borough Council£1,225.19
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council£1,527.80
Tunbridge Wells£1,630.77
Uttlesford£1,555.88
Vale of Glamorgan£1,487.69
Vale of White Horse£1,718.29
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council£1,531.26
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council£1,751.65
London Borough of Waltham Forest£1,591.31
Wandsworth Borough Council£680.23
Warrington Borough Council£1,631.74
Warwick£1,641.03
Watford Borough Council£1,631.13
Waverley£1,736.58
Wealden£1,818.95
Welwyn Hatfield£1,634.84
West Berkshire Council£1,670.25
West Devon£1,803.55
West Dunbartonshire£1,121.02
West Lancashire£1,637.49
West Lindsey£1,569.50
West Lothian£1,085.06
West Northamptonshire Council£1,657.77
West Oxfordshire£1,711.30
West Suffolk£1,567.65
Westminster City Council£699.70
Westmorland and Furness Council£1,671.99
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council£1,435.12
Wiltshire Council£1,714.52
Winchester£1,573.17
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead£1,301.75
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council£1,667.06
Woking£1,732.03
Wokingham Borough Council£1,665.13
City of Wolverhampton Council£1,692.66
Worcester£1,603.87
Worthing£1,637.42
Wrexham County Borough Council£1,539.25
Wychavon£1,582.13
Wyre£1,640.35
Wyre Forest£1,674.98
City of York Council£1,524.77

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Band A Council Tax: Common Questions

How much is council tax Band A in 2026/27?

Band A council tax varies by council because each local authority sets its own Band D rate. Based on the average England Band D of £2,392.00 for 2026/27, a typical Band A bill is about £1,595.00 per year (6/9 of Band D), or about £1,523.00 on the average Welsh Band D of £2,283.00. Your exact bill depends on your council; see the rates-by-council table above.

How much is council tax Band A per month?

Councils normally collect council tax in 10 monthly instalments from April to January, not 12. Based on the average England Band D of £2,392.00 for 2026/27, a typical Band A bill of about £1,595.00 a year works out at roughly £160.00 a month over 10 instalments. You have the right to ask your council to spread it over 12 instead, which brings it to about £133.00 a month. Your exact figure depends on the Band D rate your council sets.

What is council tax Band A?

Band A is the lowest council tax band, applying to the least expensive properties at the 1991 valuation date (or 2003 in Wales). It covers properties that were worth up to £40,000 in England (up to £27,000 in Scotland) at April 1991 prices. Band A households pay 6/9 (two-thirds) of the Band D rate set by their local authority. At 1991 prices it covers properties worth Up to £40,000 in England and Up to £27,000 in Scotland (Scotland set its own, lower 1991 band values).

How is Band A council tax calculated?

Band A is 6/9 of your council's Band D rate, a fraction fixed by central government that you cannot negotiate. Your council sets the Band D rate each year in February or March, then every band is worked out from it.

Which councils have the cheapest and most expensive Band A council tax?

Across the 350 councils we cover, the lowest Band A bills for 2026/27 are Wandsworth (£680.23), Westminster (£699.70), City of London (£886.37). The highest are Dorset (£1,843.35), Lewes (£1,837.45), Nottingham (£1,836.93). England, Wales and Scotland all charge 6/9 of Band D at this band, so the councils that are cheapest or dearest for Band A are the same ones that are cheapest or dearest at Band D.

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Updated April 2026. Band A rates from 1 April 2026. Rates vary by council.

Last verified 5 May 2026 · Sourced from Individual council websites, GOV.UK, ONS, and the Valuation Office Agency

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