List of English districts by area
This is a list of districts of England ordered by area, according to Standard Area Measurements published by the Office for National Statistics.[1] The area is defined as 'area to mean high water excluding inland water'.[2]
Rank | District | Area km2 | Area mi2 | Type | Ceremonial county |
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1 | North Yorkshire | 8,037 | 3,103 | Unitary | North Yorkshire |
2 | Northumberland[3] | 5,020 | 1,940 | Unitary | Northumberland |
3 | Westmorland and Furness | 3,756 | 1,450 | Unitary | Cumbria |
4 | Cornwall | 3,545 | 1,369 | Unitary | Cornwall |
5 | Somerset | 3,450 | 1,330 | Unitary | Somerset |
6 | Wiltshire | 3,255 | 1,257 | Unitary | Wiltshire |
7 | Shropshire | 3,197 | 1,234 | Unitary | Shropshire |
8 | Cumberland | 3,012 | 1,163 | Unitary | Cumbria |
9 | Dorset | 2,491 | 962 | Unitary | Dorset |
10 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 2,404 | 928 | Unitary | East Riding of Yorkshire |
11 | County Durham | 2,226 | 859 | Unitary | County Durham |
12 | Herefordshire | 2,180 | 840 | Unitary | Herefordshire |
13 | East Lindsey | 1,767 | 682 | District | Lincolnshire |
14 | Buckinghamshire | 1,565 | 604 | Unitary | Buckinghamshire |
15 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 1,440 | 560 | Borough | Norfolk |
16 | West Northamptonshire | 1,377 | 532 | Unitary | Northamptonshire |
17 | Breckland | 1,305 | 504 | District | Norfolk |
18 | East Suffolk | 1,261 | 487 | District | Suffolk |
19 | Cheshire East | 1,166 | 450 | Unitary | Cheshire |
20 | Cotswold | 1,165 | 450 | District | Gloucestershire |
21 | West Devon | 1,160 | 450 | Borough | Devon |
22 | West Lindsey | 1,156 | 446 | District | Lincolnshire |
23 | North Devon | 1,086 | 419 | District | Devon |
24 | West Suffolk | 1,035 | 400 | District | Suffolk |
25 | North Northamptonshire | 987 | 381 | Unitary | Northamptonshire |
26 | Torridge | 984 | 380 | District | Devon |
27 | Stratford-on-Avon | 978 | 378 | District | Warwickshire |
28 | North Norfolk | 966 | 373 | District | Norfolk |
29 | South Kesteven | 943 | 364 | District | Lincolnshire |
30 | North Kesteven | 922 | 356 | District | Lincolnshire |
31 | Cheshire West and Chester | 920 | 360 | Unitary | Cheshire |
32 | Mid Devon | 913 | 353 | District | Devon |
33 | South Norfolk | 908 | 351 | District | Norfolk |
34 | Huntingdonshire | 906 | 350 | District | Cambridgeshire |
35 | South Cambridgeshire | 902 | 348 | District | Cambridgeshire |
36 | South Hams | 887 | 342 | District | Devon |
37 | Mid Suffolk | 871 | 336 | District | Suffolk |
38 | North Lincolnshire | 847 | 327 | Unitary, borough | Lincolnshire |
39 | Wealden | 833 | 322 | District | East Sussex |
40 | East Devon | 814 | 314 | District | Devon |
41 | Derbyshire Dales | 792 | 306 | District | Derbyshire |
42 | Chichester | 786 | 303 | District | West Sussex |
43 | New Forest | 752 | 290 | District | Hampshire |
44 | South Holland | 750 | 290 | District | Lincolnshire |
45 | Central Bedfordshire | 716 | 276 | Unitary | Bedfordshire |
46 | West Oxfordshire | 714 | 276 | District | Oxfordshire |
47 | West Berkshire | 704 | 272 | Unitary | Berkshire |
48 | South Oxfordshire | 678 | 262 | District | Oxfordshire |
49 | Teignbridge | 674 | 260 | District | Devon |
50 | Wychavon | 664 | 256 | District | Worcestershire |
51 | Winchester | 661 | 255 | City | Hampshire |
52 | Newark and Sherwood | 651 | 251 | District | Nottinghamshire |
53 | East Cambridgeshire | 651 | 251 | District | Cambridgeshire |
54 | Uttlesford | 641 | 247 | District | Essex |
55 | Bassetlaw | 638 | 246 | District | Nottinghamshire |
56 | Basingstoke and Deane | 634 | 245 | Borough | Hampshire |
57 | Test Valley | 628 | 242 | Borough | Hampshire |
58 | Braintree | 612 | 236 | District | Essex |
59 | Stafford | 598 | 231 | District | Staffordshire |
60 | Babergh | 594 | 229 | District | Suffolk |
61 | Harborough | 592 | 229 | District | Leicestershire |
62 | Cherwell | 589 | 227 | District | Oxfordshire |
63 | Ribble Valley | 583 | 225 | Borough | Lancashire |
64 | Ashford | 581 | 224 | Borough | Kent |
65 | Vale of White Horse | 578 | 223 | District | Oxfordshire |
66 | Malvern Hills | 577 | 223 | District | Worcestershire |
67 | Staffordshire Moorlands | 576 | 222 | District | Staffordshire |
68 | Doncaster | 568 | 219 | Metropolitan borough, city (2022) | South Yorkshire |
69 | Lancaster | 567 | 219 | City (1937) | Lancashire |
70 | Broadland | 552 | 213 | District | Norfolk |
71 | Leeds | 552 | 213 | Metropolitan borough, city (1893) | West Yorkshire |
72 | Fenland | 546 | 211 | District | Cambridgeshire |
73 | High Peak | 539 | 208 | Borough | Derbyshire |
74 | Horsham | 530 | 200 | District | West Sussex |
75 | Forest of Dean | 526 | 203 | District | Gloucestershire |
76 | East Hampshire | 514 | 198 | District | Hampshire |
77 | Rother | 509 | 197 | District | East Sussex |
78 | South Gloucestershire | 497 | 192 | Unitary | Gloucestershire |
79 | Melton | 481 | 186 | Borough | Leicestershire |
80 | Bedford | 476 | 184 | Unitary, borough | Bedfordshire |
81 | East Hertfordshire[4] | 476 | 184 | District | Hertfordshire |
82 | Stroud | 461 | 178 | District | Gloucestershire |
83 | Tewkesbury | 414 | 160 | Borough | Gloucestershire |
84 | Rushcliffe | 409 | 158 | Borough | Nottinghamshire |
85 | Kirklees | 409 | 158 | Metropolitan borough | West Yorkshire |
86 | South Staffordshire | 407 | 157 | District | Staffordshire |
87 | Maidstone | 393 | 152 | Borough | Kent |
88 | East Staffordshire | 387 | 149 | Borough | Staffordshire |
89 | Rutland | 382 | 147 | Unitary | Rutland |
90 | Isle of Wight | 380 | 150 | Unitary | Isle of Wight |
91 | North Hertfordshire | 375 | 145 | District | Hertfordshire |
92 | North Somerset | 374 | 144 | Unitary | Somerset |
93 | Swale | 373 | 144 | Borough | Kent |
94 | Sevenoaks | 369 | 142 | District | Kent |
95 | Sheffield | 368 | 142 | Metropolitan borough, city (1893) | South Yorkshire |
96 | Bradford | 366 | 141 | Metropolitan borough, city (1897) | West Yorkshire |
97 | Boston | 364 | 141 | Borough | Lincolnshire |
98 | Calderdale | 364 | 141 | Metropolitan borough | West Yorkshire |
99 | Maldon | 358 | 138 | District | Essex |
100 | Folkestone and Hythe | 357 | 138 | District | Kent |
101 | Rugby | 351 | 136 | Borough | Warwickshire |
102 | West Lancashire | 347 | 134 | District | Lancashire |
103 | Bath and North East Somerset | 346 | 134 | Unitary | Somerset |
104 | Waverley | 345 | 133 | Borough | Surrey |
105 | Peterborough | 343 | 132 | Unitary, city (1541) | Cambridgeshire |
106 | Epping Forest | 339 | 131 | District | Essex |
107 | Chelmsford | 339 | 131 | City (2012)[5] | Essex |
108 | Wakefield | 339 | 131 | Metropolitan borough, city (1888) | West Yorkshire |
109 | South Derbyshire | 338 | 131 | District | Derbyshire |
110 | Tendring | 336 | 130 | District | Essex |
111 | Mid Sussex | 334 | 129 | District | West Sussex |
112 | Tunbridge Wells | 331 | 128 | Borough | Kent |
113 | Lichfield | 331 | 128 | District | Staffordshire |
114 | Barnsley | 329 | 127 | Metropolitan borough | South Yorkshire |
115 | Colchester | 328 | 127 | Borough | Essex |
116 | Dover | 315 | 122 | District | Kent |
117 | Canterbury | 309 | 119 | City | Kent |
118 | Milton Keynes | 309 | 119 | Unitary, borough, city | Buckinghamshire |
119 | Hinckley and Bosworth | 297 | 115 | Borough | Leicestershire |
120 | Lewes | 292 | 113 | District | East Sussex |
121 | Telford and Wrekin | 290 | 110 | Unitary, borough | Shropshire |
122 | Rotherham | 287 | 111 | Metropolitan borough | South Yorkshire |
123 | North Warwickshire | 284 | 110 | Borough | Warwickshire |
124 | Warwick | 283 | 109 | District | Warwickshire |
125 | Wyre | 282 | 109 | Borough | Lancashire |
126 | North West Leicestershire | 279 | 108 | District | Leicestershire |
127 | Charnwood | 279 | 108 | Borough | Leicestershire |
128 | North East Derbyshire | 276 | 107 | District | Derbyshire |
129 | York | 272 | 105 | Unitary, city | North Yorkshire |
130 | Guildford | 271 | 105 | Borough | Surrey |
131 | Birmingham | 268 | 103 | Metropolitan borough, city (1889) | West Midlands |
132 | Amber Valley | 265 | 102 | Borough | Derbyshire |
133 | Mole Valley | 258 | 100 | District | Surrey |
134 | Tandridge | 248 | 96 | District | Surrey |
135 | Redcar and Cleveland | 245 | 95 | Unitary, borough | North Yorkshire |
136 | Tonbridge and Malling | 240 | 93 | Borough | Kent |
137 | Swindon | 230 | 89 | Unitary, borough | Wiltshire |
138 | Arun | 221 | 85 | District | West Sussex |
139 | Bromsgrove | 217 | 84 | District | Worcestershire |
140 | Hart | 215 | 83 | District | Hampshire |
141 | Dacorum | 212 | 82 | Borough | Hertfordshire |
142 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 211 | 81 | Borough | Staffordshire |
143 | Stockton-on-Tees | 205 | 79 | Unitary, borough | Durham and North Yorkshire |
144 | Chorley | 203 | 78 | Borough | Lancashire |
145 | Darlington | 197 | 76 | Unitary, borough | Durham |
146 | Windsor and Maidenhead | 197 | 76 | Unitary, Royal Borough | Berkshire |
147 | Wyre Forest | 195 | 75 | District | Worcestershire |
148 | Medway | 194 | 75 | Unitary, borough | Kent |
149 | North East Lincolnshire | 193 | 75 | Unitary, borough | Lincolnshire |
150 | Wigan | 188 | 73 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
151 | Warrington | 181 | 70 | Unitary, borough | Cheshire |
152 | Wokingham | 179 | 69 | Unitary, borough | Berkshire |
153 | Solihull | 178 | 69 | Metropolitan borough | West Midlands |
154 | Great Yarmouth | 174 | 67 | Borough | Norfolk |
155 | Pendle | 169 | 65 | Borough | Lancashire |
156 | Rochford | 167 | 64 | District | Essex |
157 | Fylde | 166 | 64 | Borough | Lancashire |
158 | Thurrock | 164 | 63 | Unitary, borough | Essex |
159 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 162 | 63 | Unitary | Dorset |
160 | St Albans | 161 | 62 | City (1877) | Hertfordshire |
161 | Wirral | 161 | 62 | Metropolitan borough | Merseyside |
162 | Bolsover | 160 | 62 | District | Derbyshire |
163 | Rochdale | 158 | 61 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
164 | Sefton | 157 | 61 | Metropolitan borough | Merseyside |
165 | Brentwood | 153 | 59 | Borough | Essex |
166 | Bromley | 150 | 58 | London borough | Greater London |
167 | Oldham | 142 | 55 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
168 | Gateshead[3] | 142 | 55 | Metropolitan borough | Tyne and Wear |
169 | Preston | 142 | 55 | City (2002) | Lancashire |
170 | Bolton | 140 | 54 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
171 | Rossendale | 138 | 53 | Borough | Lancashire |
172 | Sunderland | 137 | 53 | Metropolitan borough, city (1992) | Tyne and Wear |
173 | Blackburn with Darwen | 137 | 53 | Unitary, borough | Lancashire |
174 | St Helens | 136 | 53 | Metropolitan borough | Merseyside |
175 | Blaby | 130 | 50 | District | Leicestershire |
176 | Welwyn Hatfield | 130 | 50 | District | Hertfordshire |
177 | Reigate and Banstead | 129 | 50 | Borough | Surrey |
178 | Stockport | 126 | 49 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
179 | Gedling | 120 | 46 | Borough | Nottinghamshire |
180 | Hillingdon | 116 | 45 | London borough | Greater London |
181 | Manchester | 116 | 45 | Metropolitan borough, city (1853) | Greater Manchester |
182 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 113 | 44 | Metropolitan borough, city (1882) | Tyne and Wear |
183 | South Ribble | 113 | 44 | Borough | Lancashire |
184 | Havering | 112 | 43 | London borough | Greater London |
185 | Liverpool | 112 | 43 | Metropolitan borough, city (1880) | Merseyside |
186 | Burnley | 111 | 43 | Borough | Lancashire |
187 | Basildon | 110 | 42 | District | Essex |
188 | Bristol | 110 | 42 | Unitary, city (1542) | Bristol |
189 | Erewash | 110 | 42 | Borough | Derbyshire |
190 | Ashfield | 110 | 42 | District | Nottinghamshire |
191 | Bracknell Forest | 109 | 42 | Unitary, borough | Berkshire |
192 | Trafford | 106 | 41 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
193 | Walsall | 104 | 40 | Metropolitan borough | West Midlands |
194 | Thanet | 104 | 40 | District | Kent |
195 | Tameside | 103 | 40 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
196 | Hertsmere | 101 | 39 | Borough | Hertfordshire |
197 | Bury | 99 | 38 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
198 | Gravesham | 99 | 38 | Borough | Kent |
199 | Coventry | 99 | 38 | Metropolitan borough, city (1345) | West Midlands |
200 | Dudley | 98 | 38 | Metropolitan borough | West Midlands |
201 | Salford | 97 | 37 | Metropolitan borough, city (1926) | Greater Manchester |
202 | Surrey Heath | 95 | 37 | Borough | Surrey |
203 | Elmbridge | 95 | 37 | Borough | Surrey |
204 | Hartlepool | 94 | 36 | Unitary, borough | Durham |
205 | Stoke-on-Trent | 93 | 36 | Unitary, city (1925) | Staffordshire |
206 | Three Rivers | 89 | 34 | District | Hertfordshire |
207 | Barnet | 87 | 34 | London borough | Greater London |
208 | Knowsley | 87 | 34 | Metropolitan borough | Merseyside |
209 | Croydon | 86 | 33 | London borough | Greater London |
210 | Sandwell | 86 | 33 | Metropolitan borough | West Midlands |
211 | Brighton & Hove | 83 | 32 | Unitary, city (2000) | East Sussex |
212 | North Tyneside | 82 | 32 | Metropolitan borough | Tyne and Wear |
213 | Enfield | 81 | 31 | London borough | Greater London |
214 | Broxtowe | 80 | 31 | Borough | Nottinghamshire |
215 | Plymouth | 80 | 31 | Unitary, city (1928) | Devon |
216 | Eastleigh | 80 | 31 | Borough | Hampshire |
217 | Halton | 79 | 31 | Unitary, borough | Cheshire |
218 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | 79 | 31 | Borough | Warwickshire |
219 | Cannock Chase | 79 | 31 | District | Staffordshire |
220 | Runnymede | 78 | 30 | Borough | Surrey |
221 | Derby | 78 | 30 | Unitary, city (1977) | Derbyshire |
222 | Mansfield | 77 | 30 | District | Nottinghamshire |
223 | Nottingham | 75 | 29 | Unitary, city (1897) | Nottinghamshire |
224 | Fareham | 74 | 29 | Borough | Hampshire |
225 | Leicester | 73 | 28 | Unitary, city (1919) | Leicestershire |
226 | Hyndburn | 73 | 28 | Borough | Lancashire |
227 | Dartford | 73 | 28 | Borough | Kent |
228 | Kingston upon Hull | 72 | 28 | Unitary, city (1299) | East Riding of Yorkshire |
229 | Wolverhampton | 69 | 27 | Metropolitan borough, city (2000) | West Midlands |
230 | Chesterfield | 66 | 25 | Borough | Derbyshire |
231 | South Tyneside | 64 | 25 | Metropolitan borough | Tyne and Wear |
232 | Woking | 64 | 25 | Borough | Surrey |
233 | Torbay | 63 | 24 | Unitary, borough | Devon |
234 | Bexley | 61 | 24 | London borough | Greater London |
235 | Richmond upon Thames | 57 | 22 | London borough | Greater London |
236 | Redbridge | 56 | 22 | London borough | Greater London |
237 | Hounslow | 56 | 22 | London borough | Greater London |
238 | Havant | 56 | 22 | Borough | Hampshire |
239 | Ealing | 56 | 22 | London borough | Greater London |
240 | Redditch | 54 | 21 | Borough | Worcestershire |
241 | Middlesbrough | 54 | 21 | Unitary, borough | North Yorkshire |
242 | Broxbourne | 51 | 20 | Borough | Hertfordshire |
243 | Harrow | 50 | 19 | London borough | Greater London |
244 | Southampton | 50 | 19 | Unitary, city (1964) | Hampshire |
245 | Greenwich | 47 | 18 | London borough | Greater London |
246 | Exeter | 47 | 18 | City | Devon |
247 | Cheltenham | 47 | 18 | Borough | Gloucestershire |
248 | Oxford | 46 | 18 | City (1542) | Oxfordshire |
249 | Crawley | 45 | 17 | Borough | West Sussex |
250 | Spelthorne | 45 | 17 | Borough | Surrey |
251 | Castle Point | 45 | 17 | Borough | Essex |
252 | Eastbourne | 44 | 17 | Borough | East Sussex |
253 | Sutton | 44 | 17 | London borough | Greater London |
254 | Luton | 43 | 17 | Unitary, borough | Bedfordshire |
255 | Brent | 43 | 17 | London borough | Greater London |
256 | Adur | 42 | 16 | District | West Sussex |
257 | Southend-on-Sea | 42 | 16 | Unitary, City (2022) | Essex |
258 | Cambridge | 41 | 16 | City (1951) | Cambridgeshire |
259 | Gloucester | 41 | 16 | City (1541) | Gloucestershire |
260 | Reading | 40 | 15 | Unitary, borough | Berkshire |
261 | Portsmouth | 40 | 15 | Unitary, city (1926) | Hampshire |
262 | Ipswich | 40 | 15 | Borough | Suffolk |
263 | Rushmoor | 39 | 15 | Borough | Hampshire |
264 | Norwich | 39 | 15 | City (1195) | Norfolk |
265 | Waltham Forest | 39 | 15 | London borough | Greater London |
266 | Merton | 38 | 15 | London borough | Greater London |
267 | Kingston upon Thames | 37 | 14 | London borough, Royal Borough | Greater London |
268 | Newham | 36 | 14 | London borough | Greater London |
269 | Barking and Dagenham | 36 | 14 | London borough | Greater London |
270 | Lincoln | 36 | 14 | City | Lincolnshire |
271 | Lewisham | 35 | 14 | London borough | Greater London |
272 | Blackpool | 35 | 14 | Unitary, borough | Lancashire |
273 | Wandsworth | 34 | 13 | London borough | Greater London |
274 | Epsom and Ewell | 34 | 13 | Borough | Surrey |
275 | Worcester | 33 | 13 | City (1189) | Worcestershire |
276 | Slough | 33 | 13 | Unitary, borough | Berkshire |
277 | Worthing | 33 | 13 | Borough | West Sussex |
278 | Tamworth | 31 | 12 | Borough | Staffordshire |
279 | Harlow | 31 | 12 | District | Essex |
280 | Hastings | 30 | 12 | Borough | East Sussex |
281 | Haringey | 30 | 12 | London borough | Greater London |
282 | Southwark | 29 | 11 | London borough | Greater London |
283 | Lambeth | 27 | 10 | London borough | Greater London |
284 | Stevenage[4] | 26 | 10 | Borough | Hertfordshire |
285 | Gosport | 25 | 9.7 | Borough | Hampshire |
286 | Oadby and Wigston | 24 | 9.3 | Borough | Leicestershire |
287 | Camden | 22 | 8.5 | London borough | Greater London |
288 | Westminster | 21 | 8.1 | London borough, city (1540) | Greater London |
289 | Watford | 21 | 8.1 | Borough | Hertfordshire |
290 | Tower Hamlets | 20 | 7.7 | London borough | Greater London |
291 | Hackney | 19 | 7.3 | London borough | Greater London |
292 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 16 | 6.2 | London borough | Greater London |
293 | Isles of Scilly | 16 | 6.2 | Unitary | Cornwall |
294 | Islington | 15 | 5.8 | London borough | Greater London |
295 | Kensington and Chelsea | 12 | 4.6 | London borough, Royal Borough | Greater London |
296 | City of London | 3 | 1.2 | Unitary, city | City of London |
References
- ^ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Standard Area Measurements - 2023 User Guide". Open Geography Portal. Office for National Statistics. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- ^ a b "The Gateshead and Northumberland (Boundary Change) Order 2013. UKSI 2013/595". 12 March 2013.
- ^ a b "The East Hertfordshire and Stevenage (Boundary Change) Order 2013. UKSI 2013/596". 12 March 2013.
- ^ "No. 60167". The London Gazette. 11 June 2012. p. 11125.
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