United Kingdom2026-27Band H

Council Tax Band H

Band H is 18/9 of the council-set Band D rate in England and Wales, and 882/360 in Scotland (raised April 2017), applied to the 2026-27 rate each billing authority sets.

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Band H in the housing-stock corpus

Charge spread

350 authorities · 0.6% of published stock

Band H bills run from £2,056 (Wandsworth) to £5,530 (Dorset Council). The interquartile range is £4,574–£5,025 (median £4,829).

Housing-stock weight

Rarely the modal band

Band H is not the modal band in any published stock list in this build, yet it still accounts for 0.6% of listed dwellings (168,220 homes).

Top of the ladder

Band H is the England/Scotland ceiling

Band H holds 0.6% of published stock (168,220 dwellings) and is modal in 0 authorities.

Coverage: England, Scotland, Wales. Modal in 0 authorities.

Highest mean Band H by region

  1. 1. North East (12 councils) £5,051
  2. 2. South West (27 councils) £5,023
  3. 3. North West (35 councils) £4,966
  4. 4. South East (64 councils) £4,951

Band H · 2026-27

Across 350UK councils, Band H runs from £2,056 in Wandsworth to £5,530 in Dorset Council (2.7×). Median £4,829; IQR £4,574–£5,025. Ratio 18/9 of each council's Band D.

£5,530
dearest · Dorset Council
£2,056
cheapest · Wandsworth
2.7×
dearest vs cheapest
0.6%
of VOA stock

Top 10 dearest councils for Band H, 2026-27

Annual Band charge using each nation's statutory ratio

1. Dorset Council£5,5302. Lewes£5,5123. City of Nottingham£5,5114. Rutland£5,4755. Wealden£5,4576. Gateshead£5,4327. Bristol£5,4278. West Devon£5,4119. Rother£5,40210. Newark & Sherwood£5,364
How Band H 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 H ranges from £2,056.42 in Wandsworth to £5,530.04 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 H, the ratio is 18/9 (200% of Band D) in England, 882/360 (245% of Band D) in Scotland and 18/9 (200% 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.

Dearest Band H authorities

Highest eight Band H bills in this extract (2026-27). Open the disclosure for the full 350-row table.

  1. 1. Dorset Council £5,530
  2. 2. Lewes £5,512
  3. 3. City of Nottingham £5,511
  4. 4. Rutland £5,475
  5. 5. Wealden £5,457
  6. 6. Gateshead £5,432
  7. 7. Bristol £5,427
  8. 8. West Devon £5,411
All 350 Band H council charges (2026) - open to filter and sort
Ratio
Wandsworth England 18/9 £2,056.42
Westminster England 18/9 £2,099.10
City of London England 18/9 £2,659.12
Hammersmith & Fulham England 18/9 £3,039.02
Kensington & Chelsea England 18/9 £3,333.30
South Lanarkshire Scotland 882/360 £3,597.75
Shetland Islands Scotland 882/360 £3,645.36
Tower Hamlets England 18/9 £3,675.56
Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland 882/360 £3,688.48
North Lanarkshire Scotland 882/360 £3,808.67
Fife Scotland 882/360 £3,855.57
Dumfries & Galloway Scotland 882/360 £3,867.69
Newham England 18/9 £3,888.46
Windsor & Maidenhead England 18/9 £3,905.24
Angus Scotland 882/360 £3,916.69
Southwark England 18/9 £3,934.52
Scottish Borders Scotland 882/360 £3,965.37
East Renfrewshire Scotland 882/360 £3,969.37
City of Edinburgh Scotland 882/360 £3,983.82
West Lothian Scotland 882/360 £3,987.60
Highland Scotland 882/360 £4,003.28
Cardiff Wales 18/9 £4,026.36
Orkney Islands Scotland 882/360 £4,089.22
Hillingdon England 18/9 £4,090.92
Lambeth England 18/9 £4,094.22
Isles of Scilly England 18/9 £4,095.92
Perth & Kinross Scotland 882/360 £4,100.91
Inverclyde Scotland 882/360 £4,100.93
West Dunbartonshire Scotland 882/360 £4,119.75
Hackney England 18/9 £4,120.60
Clackmannanshire Scotland 882/360 £4,124.99
North Ayrshire Scotland 882/360 £4,130.31
Aberdeenshire Scotland 882/360 £4,130.80
Renfrewshire Scotland 882/360 £4,141.87
South Ayrshire Scotland 882/360 £4,152.65
East Lothian Scotland 882/360 £4,159.17
Caerphilly Wales 18/9 £4,165.76
Newport Wales 18/9 £4,176.96
Glasgow City Scotland 882/360 £4,179.70
Falkirk Scotland 882/360 £4,201.97
East Ayrshire Scotland 882/360 £4,207.34
Greenwich England 18/9 £4,215.72
Islington England 18/9 £4,216.30
Dundee City Scotland 882/360 £4,237.74
Moray Scotland 882/360 £4,241.29
Barnet England 18/9 £4,265.20
Ealing England 18/9 £4,277.06
Bromley England 18/9 £4,280.08
Aberdeen City Scotland 882/360 £4,281.47
Dudley England 18/9 £4,289.68
East Dunbartonshire Scotland 882/360 £4,291.59
Merton England 18/9 £4,293.52
Stirling Scotland 882/360 £4,294.53
Wigan England 18/9 £4,305.36
Torfaen Wales 18/9 £4,311.36
Pembrokeshire Wales 18/9 £4,332.30
Doncaster England 18/9 £4,335.50
Stoke-on-Trent England 18/9 £4,366.24
Argyll & Bute Scotland 882/360 £4,369.16
Hounslow England 18/9 £4,371.12
Sunderland England 18/9 £4,394.28
Solihull England 18/9 £4,394.52
Barking & Dagenham England 18/9 £4,397.02
Camden England 18/9 £4,415.10
Midlothian Scotland 882/360 £4,449.59
Vale of Glamorgan Wales 18/9 £4,463.08
Brent England 18/9 £4,470.54
Lewisham England 18/9 £4,474.66
Swansea Wales 18/9 £4,476.58
Sandwell England 18/9 £4,488.92
Thurrock England 18/9 £4,509.36
Basingstoke & Deane England 18/9 £4,510.42
Telford and the Wrekin England 18/9 £4,512.52
Brentwood England 18/9 £4,516.28
South Kesteven England 18/9 £4,520.00
Isle of Anglesey Wales 18/9 £4,521.46
Bracknell Forest England 18/9 £4,529.60
Southend-on-Sea England 18/9 £4,530.34
Enfield England 18/9 £4,535.34
Tendring England 18/9 £4,539.26
Fareham England 18/9 £4,541.10
East Lindsey England 18/9 £4,551.76
Epping Forest England 18/9 £4,554.42
South Holland England 18/9 £4,556.40
Braintree England 18/9 £4,560.68
Colchester England 18/9 £4,565.70
Leeds England 18/9 £4,567.46
York England 18/9 £4,574.30
Rhondda Cynon Taf Wales 18/9 £4,578.86
Trafford England 18/9 £4,583.40
Portsmouth England 18/9 £4,583.42
Peterborough England 18/9 £4,586.94
Redbridge England 18/9 £4,589.16
Kingston upon Hull England 18/9 £4,590.08
Wakefield England 18/9 £4,593.78
Harlow England 18/9 £4,597.38
Chelmsford England 18/9 £4,600.36
Tamworth England 18/9 £4,601.52
Stafford England 18/9 £4,605.36
Test Valley England 18/9 £4,611.04
Derby City England 18/9 £4,612.00
Broxbourne England 18/9 £4,612.86
Boston England 18/9 £4,617.46
Wrexham Wales 18/9 £4,617.76
Manchester England 18/9 £4,624.08
South Staffordshire England 18/9 £4,627.34
Haringey England 18/9 £4,627.56
Mid Suffolk England 18/9 £4,633.76
Castle Point England 18/9 £4,637.26
Havant England 18/9 £4,640.56
Rushmoor England 18/9 £4,640.56
Lincoln England 18/9 £4,646.16
Barnsley England 18/9 £4,651.92
Basildon England 18/9 £4,654.48
Maldon England 18/9 £4,656.74
Medway England 18/9 £4,657.10
Uttlesford England 18/9 £4,667.64
Newcastle-under-Lyme England 18/9 £4,668.50
East Suffolk England 18/9 £4,669.60
North Kesteven England 18/9 £4,675.62
Staffordshire Moorlands England 18/9 £4,676.42
Denbighshire Wales 18/9 £4,678.06
Chesterfield England 18/9 £4,678.98
South Derbyshire England 18/9 £4,679.22
Tewkesbury England 18/9 £4,681.06
Babergh England 18/9 £4,683.10
Eastleigh England 18/9 £4,684.42
East Hampshire England 18/9 £4,687.84
Gosport England 18/9 £4,688.58
North Lincolnshire England 18/9 £4,696.92
Carmarthenshire Wales 18/9 £4,702.40
East Staffordshire England 18/9 £4,702.68
West Suffolk England 18/9 £4,702.94
Powys Wales 18/9 £4,703.44
Lichfield England 18/9 £4,703.80
West Lindsey England 18/9 £4,708.50
Gloucester England 18/9 £4,711.68
Winchester England 18/9 £4,719.52
Erewash England 18/9 £4,721.28
Bradford England 18/9 £4,721.46
Birmingham England 18/9 £4,725.80
Rochford England 18/9 £4,726.96
Bexley England 18/9 £4,732.72
Halton England 18/9 £4,733.22
Cheltenham England 18/9 £4,739.04
Milton Keynes England 18/9 £4,744.42
Wychavon England 18/9 £4,746.38
Dartford England 18/9 £4,750.30
Cannock Chase England 18/9 £4,751.66
Flintshire Wales 18/9 £4,752.34
Sutton England 18/9 £4,757.28
Southampton England 18/9 £4,762.96
Rotherham England 18/9 £4,763.06
Hinckley & Bosworth England 18/9 £4,765.24
Bath & North East Somerset England 18/9 £4,766.84
High Peak England 18/9 £4,769.32
Ribble Valley England 18/9 £4,773.00
Waltham Forest England 18/9 £4,773.92
Harborough England 18/9 £4,779.74
Cotswold England 18/9 £4,783.30
Stevenage England 18/9 £4,783.94
Bolton England 18/9 £4,799.48
Hart England 18/9 £4,800.04
St Helens England 18/9 £4,806.76
Charnwood England 18/9 £4,811.28
Swale England 18/9 £4,811.30
Worcester England 18/9 £4,811.62
Hertsmere England 18/9 £4,811.66
Oadby & Wigston England 18/9 £4,813.70
Amber Valley England 18/9 £4,815.38
Gravesham England 18/9 £4,816.48
Dacorum England 18/9 £4,817.02
Ashford England 18/9 £4,820.32
Great Yarmouth England 18/9 £4,828.82
Slough England 18/9 £4,828.88
Monmouthshire Wales 18/9 £4,833.00
North West Leicestershire England 18/9 £4,836.40
Crawley England 18/9 £4,836.92
St Albans England 18/9 £4,838.44
Canterbury England 18/9 £4,838.66
Ceredigion Wales 18/9 £4,838.90
New Forest England 18/9 £4,839.52
Calderdale England 18/9 £4,840.30
Three Rivers England 18/9 £4,844.62
North Northamptonshire England 18/9 £4,847.92
Havering England 18/9 £4,849.32
Melton England 18/9 £4,859.34
King's Lynn & West Norfolk England 18/9 £4,860.26
Chorley England 18/9 £4,860.46
South Tyneside England 18/9 £4,868.86
Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole England 18/9 £4,871.16
Broadland England 18/9 £4,875.56
Swindon England 18/9 £4,876.20
Luton England 18/9 £4,879.86
Horsham England 18/9 £4,882.02
Kirklees England 18/9 £4,882.14
Plymouth England 18/9 £4,883.70
South Ribble England 18/9 £4,885.32
Forest of Dean England 18/9 £4,886.84
Breckland England 18/9 £4,887.34
Derbyshire Dales England 18/9 £4,889.40
Tunbridge Wells England 18/9 £4,892.30
Watford England 18/9 £4,893.40
Tameside England 18/9 £4,894.42
Warrington England 18/9 £4,895.22
North Hertfordshire England 18/9 £4,897.04
Malvern Hills England 18/9 £4,901.84
Welwyn Hatfield England 18/9 £4,904.52
East Hertfordshire England 18/9 £4,909.56
Cheshire East England 18/9 £4,909.74
Blackburn with Darwen England 18/9 £4,910.54
Worthing England 18/9 £4,912.26
West Lancashire England 18/9 £4,912.46
North Norfolk England 18/9 £4,919.86
Wyre England 18/9 £4,921.06
Warwick England 18/9 £4,923.10
Dover England 18/9 £4,923.48
North Tyneside England 18/9 £4,923.54
Redditch England 18/9 £4,925.90
Hyndburn England 18/9 £4,931.96
East Riding of Yorkshire England 18/9 £4,932.16
North East Derbyshire England 18/9 £4,933.14
Cambridge England 18/9 £4,934.04
Ipswich England 18/9 £4,936.50
Gwynedd Wales 18/9 £4,937.54
Chichester England 18/9 £4,939.36
Torbay England 18/9 £4,940.50
Bedford England 18/9 £4,943.48
Tonbridge & Malling England 18/9 £4,943.66
Conwy Wales 18/9 £4,945.64
Mid Sussex England 18/9 £4,948.52
Bridgend Wales 18/9 £4,955.98
Bromsgrove England 18/9 £4,957.30
South Norfolk England 18/9 £4,965.74
Rugby England 18/9 £4,966.10
North East Lincolnshire England 18/9 £4,967.70
Fylde England 18/9 £4,967.88
Stratford-on-Avon England 18/9 £4,968.34
East Cambridgeshire England 18/9 £4,970.36
Richmond upon Thames England 18/9 £4,972.20
West Northamptonshire England 18/9 £4,973.32
Arun England 18/9 £4,974.48
Knowsley England 18/9 £4,976.50
Blaby England 18/9 £4,980.44
Thanet England 18/9 £4,981.80
North Somerset England 18/9 £4,982.44
Stroud England 18/9 £4,982.72
Runnymede England 18/9 £4,985.98
Darlington England 18/9 £4,987.66
Exeter England 18/9 £4,990.72
Wokingham England 18/9 £4,995.40
Wirral England 18/9 £5,001.18
Nuneaton & Bedworth England 18/9 £5,004.32
Maidstone England 18/9 £5,005.18
Lancaster England 18/9 £5,006.38
Norwich England 18/9 £5,006.88
West Berkshire England 18/9 £5,010.74
Westmorland and Furness England 18/9 £5,015.98
Sheffield England 18/9 £5,020.32
Harrow England 18/9 £5,022.14
Cumberland England 18/9 £5,022.64
Wyre Forest England 18/9 £5,024.94
Blackpool England 18/9 £5,026.44
Central Bedfordshire England 18/9 £5,032.32
Coventry England 18/9 £5,033.44
Cheshire West and Chester England 18/9 £5,034.66
Mole Valley England 18/9 £5,039.72
Rossendale England 18/9 £5,039.94
Sevenoaks England 18/9 £5,044.72
Spelthorne England 18/9 £5,052.88
Buckinghamshire England 18/9 £5,053.16
Shropshire England 18/9 £5,056.36
Leicester City England 18/9 £5,057.50
Epsom & Ewell England 18/9 £5,061.68
Blaenau Gwent Wales 18/9 £5,062.52
North Warwickshire England 18/9 £5,064.20
South Cambridgeshire England 18/9 £5,072.50
Fenland England 18/9 £5,075.48
Folkestone & Hythe England 18/9 £5,077.50
Wolverhampton England 18/9 £5,077.98
Neath Port Talbot Wales 18/9 £5,082.78
Newcastle upon Tyne England 18/9 £5,084.38
North Yorkshire England 18/9 £5,088.68
Redcar & Cleveland England 18/9 £5,088.96
Guildford England 18/9 £5,094.60
Adur England 18/9 £5,096.56
Middlesbrough England 18/9 £5,098.32
Burnley England 18/9 £5,098.84
South Gloucestershire England 18/9 £5,101.18
Bury England 18/9 £5,110.30
Huntingdonshire England 18/9 £5,112.80
Elmbridge England 18/9 £5,115.50
Bolsover England 18/9 £5,118.82
Hartlepool England 18/9 £5,120.40
Somerset England 18/9 £5,121.18
Reigate & Banstead England 18/9 £5,133.22
West Oxfordshire England 18/9 £5,133.90
Wiltshire England 18/9 £5,143.56
Herefordshire England 18/9 £5,148.74
Preston England 18/9 £5,151.48
Vale of White Horse England 18/9 £5,154.88
Brighton & Hove England 18/9 £5,161.08
Cherwell England 18/9 £5,165.92
Sefton England 18/9 £5,166.44
Surrey Heath England 18/9 £5,170.32
Stockton-on-Tees England 18/9 £5,179.66
Cornwall England 18/9 £5,181.86
Merthyr Tydfil Wales 18/9 £5,187.20
Salford England 18/9 £5,188.90
Tandridge England 18/9 £5,189.70
East Devon England 18/9 £5,190.92
Northumberland England 18/9 £5,193.88
South Oxfordshire England 18/9 £5,195.14
Woking England 18/9 £5,196.08
Croydon England 18/9 £5,199.82
Mansfield England 18/9 £5,200.76
Rochdale England 18/9 £5,201.66
Torridge England 18/9 £5,202.84
Oldham England 18/9 £5,204.46
Waverley England 18/9 £5,209.74
Ashfield England 18/9 £5,217.52
Kingston upon Thames England 18/9 £5,218.40
Gedling England 18/9 £5,219.10
Reading England 18/9 £5,225.54
South Hams England 18/9 £5,230.44
Broxtowe England 18/9 £5,236.42
Stockport England 18/9 £5,237.80
Durham England 18/9 £5,244.30
Isle of Wight England 18/9 £5,251.58
Walsall England 18/9 £5,254.96
Pendle England 18/9 £5,280.36
North Devon England 18/9 £5,284.42
Teignbridge England 18/9 £5,286.24
Rushcliffe England 18/9 £5,286.54
Bassetlaw England 18/9 £5,289.90
Eastbourne England 18/9 £5,308.56
Mid Devon England 18/9 £5,312.82
Liverpool England 18/9 £5,347.18
Hastings England 18/9 £5,353.16
Oxford England 18/9 £5,356.80
Newark & Sherwood England 18/9 £5,364.20
Rother England 18/9 £5,401.90
West Devon England 18/9 £5,410.66
Bristol England 18/9 £5,427.36
Gateshead England 18/9 £5,431.62
Wealden England 18/9 £5,456.86
Rutland England 18/9 £5,475.16
City of Nottingham England 18/9 £5,510.78
Lewes England 18/9 £5,512.34
Dorset Council England 18/9 £5,530.04

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

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Compare Band H across UK councils

The table above shows Band H 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 H charges

Every billing authority sets its own annual Band D rate; Band H is then a fixed statutory proportion of that rate (18/9), 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 H ratio in April 2017, so Band H is 882/360 of Band D there versus 18/9 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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