United Kingdom2026-27Band F

Council Tax Band F

Band F is 13/9 of the council-set Band D rate in England and Wales, and 585/360 in Scotland (raised April 2017), applied to the 2026-27 rate each billing authority sets.

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Band F · 2026-27

Across 350UK councils, Band F runs from £1,485 in Wandsworth to £3,994 in Dorset Council (2.7×). Median £3,488; IQR £3,304–£3,629. Ratio 13/9 of each council's Band D.

£3,994
dearest · Dorset Council
£1,485
cheapest · Wandsworth
2.7×
dearest vs cheapest
5.4%
of VOA stock

How Band F charges are distributed across 350 councils

Number of councils in each £200 band, 2026-27. The marked bar holds the median (£3,491).

0 councils 20 councils 40 councils 60 councils 80 councils 100 councils 120 councils £1,400 £1,800 £2,200 £2,600 £3,000 £3,400 £3,800 2 councils 0 councils 1 councils 1 councils 1 councils 7 councils 19 councils 15 councils 19 councils 70 councils 112 councils 83 councils 20 councils

Band F in the housing-stock corpus

Charge spread

350 authorities · 5.4% of published stock

Band F bills run from £1,485 (Wandsworth) to £3,994 (Dorset Council). The interquartile range is £3,304–£3,629 (median £3,488).

Housing-stock weight

Rarely the modal band

Band F is not the modal band in any published stock list in this build, yet it still accounts for 5.4% of listed dwellings (1,470,920 homes).

Nation ratio split

Scotland charges Band F higher

England/Wales use 13/9 of Band D for Band F; Scotland uses 585/360 after the April 2017 reform. Each row in the table applies that council's own nation ratio.

Nation split on this letter: Scotland 585/360 vs England/Wales 13/9.

Highest mean Band F by region

  1. 1. North East (12 councils) £3,648
  2. 2. South West (27 councils) £3,628
  3. 3. North West (35 councils) £3,587
  4. 4. South East (64 councils) £3,576
How Band F ratios and valuations work

The valuation band is fixed; the cash charged is that band's statutory ratio of the Band D rate each council sets. Band F ranges from £1,485.19 in Wandsworth to £3,993.92 in Dorset Council. See the full band schedule and methodology.

Bands A–D share proportions UK-wide; higher bands diverge (Scotland raised E–H from April 2017; Wales adds Band I at 21/9 after the 2003 revaluation). For Band F, the ratio is 13/9 (144.4% of Band D) in England, 585/360 (162.5% of Band D) in Scotland and 13/9 (144.4% of Band D) in Wales.

England and Scotland still band on 1991 values; Wales uses 2003. Mis-banding reviews go to the VOA or Scottish Assessors, see the band challenge guide.

Derived from statutory band ratios (LGFA 1992; Scotland E–H 2017 reform) applied to Band D rates from the Valuation Office Agency and Scottish Assessors.

Band F bookends

Cheapest and dearest five authorities for this letter (2026-27). The full 350-row table sits behind the disclosure below.

Cheapest five

  1. 1. Wandsworth £1,485
  2. 2. Westminster £1,516
  3. 3. City of London £1,920
  4. 4. Hammersmith & Fulham £2,195
  5. 5. South Lanarkshire £2,386

Dearest five

  1. 1. Dorset Council £3,994
  2. 2. Lewes £3,981
  3. 3. City of Nottingham £3,980
  4. 4. Rutland £3,954
  5. 5. Wealden £3,941
All 350 Band F council charges (2026) - open to filter and sort
Ratio
Wandsworth England 13/9 £1,485.19
Westminster England 13/9 £1,516.02
City of London England 13/9 £1,920.48
Hammersmith & Fulham England 13/9 £2,194.85
South Lanarkshire Scotland 585/360 £2,386.26
Kensington & Chelsea England 13/9 £2,407.38
Shetland Islands Scotland 585/360 £2,417.84
Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland 585/360 £2,446.44
North Lanarkshire Scotland 585/360 £2,526.16
Fife Scotland 585/360 £2,557.26
Dumfries & Galloway Scotland 585/360 £2,565.31
Angus Scotland 585/360 £2,597.81
Scottish Borders Scotland 585/360 £2,630.10
East Renfrewshire Scotland 585/360 £2,632.74
City of Edinburgh Scotland 585/360 £2,642.33
West Lothian Scotland 585/360 £2,644.83
Tower Hamlets England 13/9 £2,654.57
Highland Scotland 585/360 £2,655.23
Orkney Islands Scotland 585/360 £2,712.24
Perth & Kinross Scotland 585/360 £2,719.99
Inverclyde Scotland 585/360 £2,720.01
West Dunbartonshire Scotland 585/360 £2,732.49
Clackmannanshire Scotland 585/360 £2,735.96
North Ayrshire Scotland 585/360 £2,739.49
Aberdeenshire Scotland 585/360 £2,739.82
Renfrewshire Scotland 585/360 £2,747.16
South Ayrshire Scotland 585/360 £2,754.31
East Lothian Scotland 585/360 £2,758.63
Glasgow City Scotland 585/360 £2,772.25
Falkirk Scotland 585/360 £2,787.02
East Ayrshire Scotland 585/360 £2,790.58
Newham England 13/9 £2,808.33
Dundee City Scotland 585/360 £2,810.75
Moray Scotland 585/360 £2,813.10
Windsor & Maidenhead England 13/9 £2,820.45
Aberdeen City Scotland 585/360 £2,839.75
Southwark England 13/9 £2,841.60
East Dunbartonshire Scotland 585/360 £2,846.46
Stirling Scotland 585/360 £2,848.41
Argyll & Bute Scotland 585/360 £2,897.91
Cardiff Wales 13/9 £2,907.93
Midlothian Scotland 585/360 £2,951.26
Hillingdon England 13/9 £2,954.55
Lambeth England 13/9 £2,956.94
Isles of Scilly England 13/9 £2,958.16
Hackney England 13/9 £2,975.99
Caerphilly Wales 13/9 £3,008.60
Newport Wales 13/9 £3,016.69
Greenwich England 13/9 £3,044.69
Islington England 13/9 £3,045.11
Barnet England 13/9 £3,080.42
Ealing England 13/9 £3,088.99
Bromley England 13/9 £3,091.17
Dudley England 13/9 £3,098.10
Merton England 13/9 £3,100.88
Wigan England 13/9 £3,109.43
Torfaen Wales 13/9 £3,113.76
Pembrokeshire Wales 13/9 £3,128.88
Doncaster England 13/9 £3,131.19
Stoke-on-Trent England 13/9 £3,153.40
Hounslow England 13/9 £3,156.92
Sunderland England 13/9 £3,173.65
Solihull England 13/9 £3,173.82
Barking & Dagenham England 13/9 £3,175.63
Camden England 13/9 £3,188.68
Vale of Glamorgan Wales 13/9 £3,223.34
Brent England 13/9 £3,228.72
Lewisham England 13/9 £3,231.70
Swansea Wales 13/9 £3,233.09
Sandwell England 13/9 £3,242.00
Thurrock England 13/9 £3,256.76
Basingstoke & Deane England 13/9 £3,257.53
Telford and the Wrekin England 13/9 £3,259.04
Brentwood England 13/9 £3,261.76
South Kesteven England 13/9 £3,264.44
Isle of Anglesey Wales 13/9 £3,265.50
Bracknell Forest England 13/9 £3,271.38
Southend-on-Sea England 13/9 £3,271.91
Enfield England 13/9 £3,275.52
Tendring England 13/9 £3,278.35
Fareham England 13/9 £3,279.68
East Lindsey England 13/9 £3,287.38
Epping Forest England 13/9 £3,289.30
South Holland England 13/9 £3,290.73
Braintree England 13/9 £3,293.82
Colchester England 13/9 £3,297.45
Leeds England 13/9 £3,298.72
York England 13/9 £3,303.66
Rhondda Cynon Taf Wales 13/9 £3,306.95
Trafford England 13/9 £3,310.23
Portsmouth England 13/9 £3,310.25
Peterborough England 13/9 £3,312.79
Redbridge England 13/9 £3,314.39
Kingston upon Hull England 13/9 £3,315.06
Wakefield England 13/9 £3,317.73
Harlow England 13/9 £3,320.33
Chelmsford England 13/9 £3,322.48
Tamworth England 13/9 £3,323.32
Stafford England 13/9 £3,326.09
Test Valley England 13/9 £3,330.20
Derby City England 13/9 £3,330.89
Broxbourne England 13/9 £3,331.51
Boston England 13/9 £3,334.83
Wrexham Wales 13/9 £3,335.05
Manchester England 13/9 £3,339.61
South Staffordshire England 13/9 £3,341.97
Haringey England 13/9 £3,342.13
Mid Suffolk England 13/9 £3,346.60
Castle Point England 13/9 £3,349.13
Havant England 13/9 £3,351.52
Rushmoor England 13/9 £3,351.52
Lincoln England 13/9 £3,355.56
Barnsley England 13/9 £3,359.72
Basildon England 13/9 £3,361.57
Maldon England 13/9 £3,363.20
Medway England 13/9 £3,363.46
Uttlesford England 13/9 £3,371.07
Newcastle-under-Lyme England 13/9 £3,371.69
East Suffolk England 13/9 £3,372.49
North Kesteven England 13/9 £3,376.84
Staffordshire Moorlands England 13/9 £3,377.41
Denbighshire Wales 13/9 £3,378.60
Chesterfield England 13/9 £3,379.26
South Derbyshire England 13/9 £3,379.44
Tewkesbury England 13/9 £3,380.77
Babergh England 13/9 £3,382.24
Eastleigh England 13/9 £3,383.19
East Hampshire England 13/9 £3,385.66
Gosport England 13/9 £3,386.20
North Lincolnshire England 13/9 £3,392.22
Carmarthenshire Wales 13/9 £3,396.18
East Staffordshire England 13/9 £3,396.38
West Suffolk England 13/9 £3,396.57
Powys Wales 13/9 £3,396.93
Lichfield England 13/9 £3,397.19
West Lindsey England 13/9 £3,400.58
Gloucester England 13/9 £3,402.88
Winchester England 13/9 £3,408.54
Erewash England 13/9 £3,409.81
Bradford England 13/9 £3,409.94
Birmingham England 13/9 £3,413.08
Rochford England 13/9 £3,413.92
Bexley England 13/9 £3,418.08
Halton England 13/9 £3,418.44
Cheltenham England 13/9 £3,422.64
Milton Keynes England 13/9 £3,426.53
Wychavon England 13/9 £3,427.94
Dartford England 13/9 £3,430.77
Cannock Chase England 13/9 £3,431.75
Flintshire Wales 13/9 £3,432.25
Sutton England 13/9 £3,435.81
Southampton England 13/9 £3,439.92
Rotherham England 13/9 £3,439.99
Hinckley & Bosworth England 13/9 £3,441.56
Bath & North East Somerset England 13/9 £3,442.72
High Peak England 13/9 £3,444.51
Ribble Valley England 13/9 £3,447.17
Waltham Forest England 13/9 £3,447.83
Harborough England 13/9 £3,452.03
Cotswold England 13/9 £3,454.61
Stevenage England 13/9 £3,455.07
Bolton England 13/9 £3,466.29
Hart England 13/9 £3,466.70
St Helens England 13/9 £3,471.55
Charnwood England 13/9 £3,474.81
Swale England 13/9 £3,474.83
Worcester England 13/9 £3,475.06
Hertsmere England 13/9 £3,475.09
Oadby & Wigston England 13/9 £3,476.56
Amber Valley England 13/9 £3,477.77
Gravesham England 13/9 £3,478.57
Dacorum England 13/9 £3,478.96
Ashford England 13/9 £3,481.34
Great Yarmouth England 13/9 £3,487.48
Slough England 13/9 £3,487.52
Monmouthshire Wales 13/9 £3,490.50
North West Leicestershire England 13/9 £3,492.96
Crawley England 13/9 £3,493.33
St Albans England 13/9 £3,494.43
Canterbury England 13/9 £3,494.59
Ceredigion Wales 13/9 £3,494.76
New Forest England 13/9 £3,495.21
Calderdale England 13/9 £3,495.77
Three Rivers England 13/9 £3,498.89
North Northamptonshire England 13/9 £3,501.28
Havering England 13/9 £3,502.29
Melton England 13/9 £3,509.52
King's Lynn & West Norfolk England 13/9 £3,510.19
Chorley England 13/9 £3,510.33
South Tyneside England 13/9 £3,516.40
Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole England 13/9 £3,518.06
Broadland England 13/9 £3,521.24
Swindon England 13/9 £3,521.70
Luton England 13/9 £3,524.34
Horsham England 13/9 £3,525.90
Kirklees England 13/9 £3,525.99
Plymouth England 13/9 £3,527.12
South Ribble England 13/9 £3,528.29
Forest of Dean England 13/9 £3,529.38
Breckland England 13/9 £3,529.75
Derbyshire Dales England 13/9 £3,531.23
Tunbridge Wells England 13/9 £3,533.33
Watford England 13/9 £3,534.12
Tameside England 13/9 £3,534.86
Warrington England 13/9 £3,535.44
North Hertfordshire England 13/9 £3,536.75
Malvern Hills England 13/9 £3,540.22
Welwyn Hatfield England 13/9 £3,542.15
East Hertfordshire England 13/9 £3,545.79
Cheshire East England 13/9 £3,545.92
Blackburn with Darwen England 13/9 £3,546.50
Worthing England 13/9 £3,547.74
West Lancashire England 13/9 £3,547.89
North Norfolk England 13/9 £3,553.23
Wyre England 13/9 £3,554.10
Warwick England 13/9 £3,555.57
Dover England 13/9 £3,555.85
North Tyneside England 13/9 £3,555.89
Redditch England 13/9 £3,557.59
Hyndburn England 13/9 £3,561.97
East Riding of Yorkshire England 13/9 £3,562.12
North East Derbyshire England 13/9 £3,562.82
Cambridge England 13/9 £3,563.47
Ipswich England 13/9 £3,565.25
Gwynedd Wales 13/9 £3,566.00
Chichester England 13/9 £3,567.32
Torbay England 13/9 £3,568.14
Bedford England 13/9 £3,570.29
Tonbridge & Malling England 13/9 £3,570.42
Conwy Wales 13/9 £3,571.85
Mid Sussex England 13/9 £3,573.93
Bridgend Wales 13/9 £3,579.32
Bromsgrove England 13/9 £3,580.27
South Norfolk England 13/9 £3,586.37
Rugby England 13/9 £3,586.63
North East Lincolnshire England 13/9 £3,587.78
Fylde England 13/9 £3,587.91
Stratford-on-Avon England 13/9 £3,588.25
East Cambridgeshire England 13/9 £3,589.70
Richmond upon Thames England 13/9 £3,591.03
West Northamptonshire England 13/9 £3,591.84
Arun England 13/9 £3,592.68
Knowsley England 13/9 £3,594.14
Blaby England 13/9 £3,596.98
Thanet England 13/9 £3,597.97
North Somerset England 13/9 £3,598.43
Stroud England 13/9 £3,598.63
Runnymede England 13/9 £3,600.99
Darlington England 13/9 £3,602.20
Exeter England 13/9 £3,604.41
Wokingham England 13/9 £3,607.79
Wirral England 13/9 £3,611.96
Nuneaton & Bedworth England 13/9 £3,614.23
Maidstone England 13/9 £3,614.85
Lancaster England 13/9 £3,615.72
Norwich England 13/9 £3,616.08
West Berkshire England 13/9 £3,618.87
Westmorland and Furness England 13/9 £3,622.65
Sheffield England 13/9 £3,625.79
Harrow England 13/9 £3,627.10
Cumberland England 13/9 £3,627.46
Wyre Forest England 13/9 £3,629.12
Blackpool England 13/9 £3,630.21
Central Bedfordshire England 13/9 £3,634.45
Coventry England 13/9 £3,635.26
Cheshire West and Chester England 13/9 £3,636.14
Mole Valley England 13/9 £3,639.80
Rossendale England 13/9 £3,639.96
Sevenoaks England 13/9 £3,643.41
Spelthorne England 13/9 £3,649.30
Buckinghamshire England 13/9 £3,649.50
Shropshire England 13/9 £3,651.82
Leicester City England 13/9 £3,652.64
Epsom & Ewell England 13/9 £3,655.66
Blaenau Gwent Wales 13/9 £3,656.26
North Warwickshire England 13/9 £3,657.48
South Cambridgeshire England 13/9 £3,663.47
Fenland England 13/9 £3,665.62
Folkestone & Hythe England 13/9 £3,667.08
Wolverhampton England 13/9 £3,667.43
Neath Port Talbot Wales 13/9 £3,670.90
Newcastle upon Tyne England 13/9 £3,672.05
North Yorkshire England 13/9 £3,675.16
Redcar & Cleveland England 13/9 £3,675.36
Guildford England 13/9 £3,679.43
Adur England 13/9 £3,680.85
Middlesbrough England 13/9 £3,682.12
Burnley England 13/9 £3,682.50
South Gloucestershire England 13/9 £3,684.19
Bury England 13/9 £3,690.77
Huntingdonshire England 13/9 £3,692.58
Elmbridge England 13/9 £3,694.53
Bolsover England 13/9 £3,696.93
Hartlepool England 13/9 £3,698.07
Somerset England 13/9 £3,698.63
Reigate & Banstead England 13/9 £3,707.33
West Oxfordshire England 13/9 £3,707.82
Wiltshire England 13/9 £3,714.79
Herefordshire England 13/9 £3,718.53
Preston England 13/9 £3,720.51
Vale of White Horse England 13/9 £3,722.97
Brighton & Hove England 13/9 £3,727.45
Cherwell England 13/9 £3,730.94
Sefton England 13/9 £3,731.32
Surrey Heath England 13/9 £3,734.12
Stockton-on-Tees England 13/9 £3,740.87
Cornwall England 13/9 £3,742.45
Merthyr Tydfil Wales 13/9 £3,746.31
Salford England 13/9 £3,747.54
Tandridge England 13/9 £3,748.12
East Devon England 13/9 £3,749.00
Northumberland England 13/9 £3,751.14
South Oxfordshire England 13/9 £3,752.05
Woking England 13/9 £3,752.72
Croydon England 13/9 £3,755.43
Mansfield England 13/9 £3,756.10
Rochdale England 13/9 £3,756.75
Torridge England 13/9 £3,757.61
Oldham England 13/9 £3,758.78
Waverley England 13/9 £3,762.59
Ashfield England 13/9 £3,768.21
Kingston upon Thames England 13/9 £3,768.84
Gedling England 13/9 £3,769.35
Reading England 13/9 £3,774.00
South Hams England 13/9 £3,777.54
Broxtowe England 13/9 £3,781.86
Stockport England 13/9 £3,782.86
Durham England 13/9 £3,787.55
Isle of Wight England 13/9 £3,792.81
Walsall England 13/9 £3,795.25
Pendle England 13/9 £3,813.59
North Devon England 13/9 £3,816.53
Teignbridge England 13/9 £3,817.84
Rushcliffe England 13/9 £3,818.06
Bassetlaw England 13/9 £3,820.48
Eastbourne England 13/9 £3,833.96
Mid Devon England 13/9 £3,837.04
Liverpool England 13/9 £3,861.85
Hastings England 13/9 £3,866.17
Oxford England 13/9 £3,868.80
Newark & Sherwood England 13/9 £3,874.14
Rother England 13/9 £3,901.37
West Devon England 13/9 £3,907.70
Bristol England 13/9 £3,919.76
Gateshead England 13/9 £3,922.84
Wealden England 13/9 £3,941.07
Rutland England 13/9 £3,954.28
City of Nottingham England 13/9 £3,980.01
Lewes England 13/9 £3,981.13
Dorset Council England 13/9 £3,993.92

Source: Valuation Office Agency Council Tax list + per-council published charge schedules; Scottish ratios per the 2017 reform.

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Compare Band F across UK councils

The table above shows Band F charges across our sample UK councils, each using its own nation's ratio. Use our side-by-side comparison page for the full billing-authority list with sortable Band D charges.

How we calculate Band F charges

Every billing authority sets its own annual Band D rate; Band F is then a fixed statutory proportion of that rate (13/9), so the charge tracks the local Band D rather than a single national figure. That produces the 2.7-times spread between the dearest (Dorset Council) and cheapest (Wandsworth) shown above. Scotland raised its Band F ratio in April 2017, so Band F is 585/360 of Band D there versus 13/9 in England and Wales. Each council's charge above uses its own nation's statutory ratio under the Local Government Finance Act 1992, see our methodology page for the full per-country schedule.

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