List of English districts by area

This is a list of districts of England ordered by area.

See also: List of English districts by population, List of English districts by population density, List of English districts and their ethnic composition

More than 1,000 km²

Rank	District	Area km²	Area mi²	Type	Ceremonial county
1	Northumberland	5,013	1,936	Unitary, District and County	Northumberland
2	Cornwall	3,546	1,369	Unitary, District and County	Cornwall
3	Wiltshire	3,255	1,257	Unitary, District and County	Wiltshire
4	Shropshire	3,197	1,234	Unitary, District and County	Shropshire
5	East Riding of Yorkshire	2,479	957	Unitary, District	East Riding of Yorkshire
6	County Durham	2,226.06	859.49	Unitary, District and County	County Durham
7	Herefordshire	2,180	840	Unitary, District and County	Herefordshire
8	Eden	2,142.36	827.17	District	Cumbria
9	East Lindsey	1,760.25	679.64	District	Lincolnshire
10	South Lakeland	1,534	592	District	Cumbria
11	Ryedale	1,507	582	District	North Yorkshire
12	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	1,429	552	Borough	Norfolk
13	Richmondshire	1,319	509	District	North Yorkshire
14	Hambleton	1,311	506	District	North Yorkshire
15	Harrogate	1,307.94	505.00	District	North Yorkshire
16	Breckland	1,305.12	503.91	District	Norfolk
17	Allerdale	1,241.59	479.38	Borough	Cumbria
18	Craven	1,177.39	454.59	District	North Yorkshire
19	Cheshire East	1,166.36	450.33	Unitary, District	Cheshire
20	Cotswold	1,164.52	449.62	District	Gloucestershire
21	West Devon	1,159.65	447.74	Borough	Devon
22	West Lindsey	1,155.71	446.22	District	Lincolnshire
23	North Devon	1,086.03	419.32	District	Devon
24	West Dorset	1,081.48	417.56	District	Dorset
25	Carlisle	1,039.31	401.28	City	Cumbria

100–1,000 km²

Rank	District	Area km²	Area mi²	Type	Ceremonial county
26	Torridge	985.3	380.4	District	Devon
27	Stratford-on-Avon	977.9	377.6	District	Warwickshire
28	North Norfolk	963.9	372.2	District	Norfolk
29	South Somerset	959.04	370.29	District	Somerset
30	South Kesteven	942.6	363.9	District	Lincolnshire
31	North Kesteven	922.5	356.2	District	Lincolnshire
32	Cheshire West and Chester	918.28	354.55	Unitary, District	Cheshire
33	Mid Devon	912.90	352.47	District	Devon
34	South Norfolk	907.71	350.47	District	Norfolk
35	Huntingdonshire	906.18	349.88	District	Cambridgeshire
36	Aylesbury Vale	902.75	348.55	District	Buckinghamshire
37	South Cambridgeshire	901.63	348.12	District	Cambridgeshire
38	Suffolk Coastal	891.42	344.18	District	Suffolk
39	South Hams	886.49	342.28	District	Devon
40	Mid Suffolk	871.07	336.32	District	Suffolk
41	North Lincolnshire	846.31	326.76	Unitary, Borough	Lincolnshire
42	Wealden	833.17	321.69	District	East Sussex
43	Scarborough	816.54	315.27	Borough	North Yorkshire
44	East Devon	814.37	314.43	District	Devon
45	Derbyshire Dales	792.42	305.96	District	Derbyshire
46	Chichester	786.23	303.57	District	West Sussex
47	New Forest	753.10	290.77	District	Hampshire
48	South Holland	742.38	286.63	District	Lincolnshire
49	Mendip	739.44	285.50	District	Somerset
50	Copeland	731.74	282.53	Borough	Cumbria
51	West Somerset	725.35	280.06	District	Somerset
52	Central Bedfordshire	715.67	276.32	Unitary, District	Bedfordshire
53	West Oxfordshire	714.40	275.83	District	Oxfordshire
54	West Berkshire	704.17	271.88	Unitary, District	Berkshire
55	South Oxfordshire	678.54	261.99	District	Oxfordshire
56	Teignbridge	673.86	260.18	District	Devon
57	Wychavon	663.54	256.19	District	Worcestershire
58	Daventry	662.59	255.83	District	Northamptonshire
59	Winchester	660.97	255.20	City	Hampshire
60	St Edmundsbury	656.96	253.65	Borough	Suffolk
61	Newark and Sherwood	651.34	251.48	District	Nottinghamshire
62	East Cambridgeshire	651.28	251.46	District	Cambridgeshire
63	Uttlesford	641.18	247.56	District	Essex
64	Bassetlaw	637.85	246.28	District	Nottinghamshire
65	South Northamptonshire	634.02	244.80	District	Northamptonshire
66	Basingstoke and Deane	633.82	244.72	Borough	Hampshire
67	Test Valley	627.59	242.31	Borough	Hampshire
68	Braintree	611.71	236.18	District	Essex
69	North Dorset	609.22	235.22	District	Dorset
70	Selby	599.31	231.39	District	North Yorkshire
71	Stafford	598.17	230.95	District	Staffordshire
72	Babergh	593.78	229.26	District	Suffolk
73	Harborough	591.76	228.48	District	Leicestershire
74	Cherwell	588.76	227.32	District	Oxfordshire
75	Ribble Valley	583.16	225.16	Borough	Lancashire
76	Ashford	580.62	224.18	Borough	Kent
77	Vale of White Horse	577.63	223.02	District	Oxfordshire
78	Malvern Hills	577.07	222.81	District	Worcestershire
79	Staffordshire Moorlands	575.9	222.4	District	Staffordshire
80	Lancaster	575.86	222.34	City (1937)	Lancashire
81	Doncaster	567.99	219.30	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire
82	Sedgemoor	564.36	217.90	District	Somerset
83	Broadland	552.40	213.28	District	Norfolk
84	Leeds	551.72	213.02	Metropolitan borough, City (1893)	West Yorkshire
85	Fenland	546.45	210.99	District	Cambridgeshire
86	High Peak	539.17	208.17	Borough	Derbyshire
87	Horsham	530.27	204.74	District	West Sussex
88	Forest of Dean	526.51	203.29	District	Gloucestershire
89	East Hampshire	514.43	198.62	District	Hampshire
90	Rother	511.8	197.6	District	East Sussex
91	East Northamptonshire	509.8	196.8	District	Northamptonshire
92	South Gloucestershire	496.95	191.87	Unitary, District	Gloucestershire
93	Melton	481.38	185.86	Borough	Leicestershire
94	Bedford	476.41	183.94	Unitary, Borough	Bedfordshire
95	East Hertfordshire	475.69	183.66	District	Hertfordshire
96	Taunton Deane	462.37	178.52	Borough	Somerset
97	Stroud	460.66	177.86	District	Gloucestershire
98	Tewkesbury	414.39	160.00	Borough	Gloucestershire
99	Rushcliffe	409.23	158.00	Borough	Nottinghamshire
100	Kirklees	408.60	157.76	Metropolitan borough	West Yorkshire
101	South Staffordshire	407.32	157.27	District	Staffordshire
102	Purbeck	404.42	156.15	District	Dorset
103	Maidstone	393.33	151.87	Borough	Kent
104	East Staffordshire	386.95	149.40	Borough	Staffordshire
105	Isle of Wight	384	148	Unitary, County	Isle of Wight
106	Rutland	382	147	Unitary, District	Rutland
107	Forest Heath	377.71	145.83	District	Suffolk
108	North Hertfordshire	375.37	144.93	District	Hertfordshire
109	North Somerset	373.79	144.32	Unitary, District	Somerset
110	Swale	373.41	144.17	Borough	Kent
111	Waveney	369.83	142.79	District	Suffolk
112	Sevenoaks	369.21	142.55	District	Kent
113	Sheffield	367.95	142.07	Metropolitan borough, City (1893)	South Yorkshire
114	Bradford	366.42	141.48	Metropolitan borough, City (1897)	West Yorkshire
115	Calderdale	363.92	140.51	Metropolitan borough	West Yorkshire
116	Boston	361.54	139.59	Borough	Lincolnshire
117	Maldon	358.80	138.53	District	Essex
118	Shepway	356.70	137.72	District	Kent
119	East Dorset	354.42	136.84	District	Dorset
120	Rugby	351.11	135.56	Borough	Warwickshire
121	West Lancashire	346.78	133.89	District	Lancashire
122	Bath and North East Somerset	345.74	133.49	Unitary, District	Somerset
123	Waverley	345.17	133.27	Borough	Surrey
124	Peterborough	343.38	132.58	Unitary, City (1541)	Cambridgeshire
125	Epping Forest (district)	338.98	130.88	District	Essex
126	Chelmsford	338.78	130.80	Borough	Essex
127	Wakefield	338.61	130.74	Metropolitan borough, City (1888)	West Yorkshire
128	South Derbyshire	338.12	130.55	District	Derbyshire
129	Tendring	337.69	130.38	District	Essex
130	Mid Sussex	334.03	128.97	District	West Sussex
131	Tunbridge Wells	331.33	127.93	Borough	Kent
132	Lichfield	331.30	127.92	District	Staffordshire
133	Colchester	329.08	127.06	Borough	Essex
134	Barnsley	329.05	127.05	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire
135	Wycombe	324.57	125.32	District	Buckinghamshire
136	Dover	315.06	121.65	District	Kent
137	Canterbury	308.85	119.25	City	Kent
138	Milton Keynes	308.63	119.16	Unitary, Borough	Buckinghamshire
139	Hinckley and Bosworth	297.35	114.81	Borough	Leicestershire
140	Lewes	292.06	112.76	District	East Sussex
141	Telford and Wrekin	290.31	112.09	Unitary, Borough	Shropshire
142	Rotherham	286.53	110.63	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire
143	North Warwickshire	284.27	109.76	Borough	Warwickshire
144	Warwick	282.88	109.22	District	Warwickshire
145	Wyre	282.56	109.10	Borough	Lancashire
146	North West Leicestershire	279.33	107.85	District	Leicestershire
147	Charnwood	279.04	107.74	Borough	Leicestershire
148	North East Derbyshire	275.60	106.41	District	Derbyshire
149	York	271.94	105.00	Unitary, City	North Yorkshire
150	Guildford	270.93	104.61	Borough	Surrey
151	Birmingham	267.79	103.39	Metropolitan borough, City (1889)	West Midlands
152	Amber Valley	265.44	102.49	Borough	Derbyshire
153	Mole Valley	258.32	99.74	District	Surrey
154	Tandridge	248.19	95.83	District	Surrey
155	Redcar and Cleveland	244.89	94.55	Unitary, Borough	North Yorkshire
156	Tonbridge and Malling	240.13	92.71	Borough	Kent
157	Kettering	233.49	90.15	Borough	Northamptonshire
158	Swindon	230.09	88.84	Unitary, Borough	Wiltshire
159	Arun	220.71	85.22	District	West Sussex
160	Bromsgrove	216.97	83.77	District	Worcestershire
161	Hart	215.27	83.12	District	Hampshire
162	Dacorum	212.48	82.04	Borough	Hertfordshire
163	Newcastle-under-Lyme	210.96	81.45	Borough	Staffordshire
164	Stockton-on-Tees	203.9	78.7	Unitary, Borough	Durham and North Yorkshire
165	Chorley	202.80	78.30	Borough	Lancashire
166	Darlington	197.47	76.24	Unitary, Borough	Durham
167	Windsor and Maidenhead	196.51	75.87	Unitary, Royal Borough	Berkshire
168	Chiltern	196.35	75.81	District	Buckinghamshire
169	Wyre Forest	195.4	75.4	District	Worcestershire
170	Medway	192.03	74.14	Unitary, Borough	Kent
171	North East Lincolnshire	191.84	74.07	Unitary, Borough	Lincolnshire
172	Wigan	188.19	72.66	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
173	Warrington	180.65	69.75	Unitary, Borough	Cheshire
174	Wokingham	178.97	69.10	Unitary, Borough	Berkshire
175	Solihull	178.29	68.84	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
176	Great Yarmouth	173.76	67.09	Borough	Norfolk
177	Rochford	169.50	65.44	District	Essex
178	Pendle	169.38	65.40	Borough	Lancashire
179	Fylde	165.71	63.98	Borough	Lancashire
180	Thurrock	163.37	63.08	Unitary, Borough	Essex
181	Wellingborough	163.04	62.95	Borough	Northamptonshire
182	St Albans	161.18	62.23	City (1877)	Hertfordshire
183	Bolsover	160.33	61.90	District	Derbyshire
184	Rochdale	158.08	61.04	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
185	Wirral	157.05	60.64	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
186	Sefton	153.14	59.13	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
187	Brentwood	153.12	59.12	Borough	Essex
188	Bromley	150.13	57.97	London borough	Greater London
189	Gateshead	142.36	54.97	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
190	Oldham	142.35	54.96	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
191	Preston	142.29	54.94	City (2002)	Lancashire
192	South Bucks	141.27	54.54	District	Buckinghamshire
193	Bolton	139.79	53.97	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
194	Rossendale	138.04	53.30	Borough	Lancashire
195	Sunderland	137.45	53.07	Metropolitan borough, City (1992)	Tyne and Wear
196	Blackburn with Darwen	137.02	52.90	Unitary, Borough	Lancashire
197	St Helens	136.39	52.66	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
198	Blaby	130.47	50.37	District	Leicestershire
199	Welwyn Hatfield	129.55	50.02	District	Hertfordshire
200	Reigate and Banstead	129.14	49.86	Borough	Surrey
201	Stockport	126.06	48.67	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
202	Gedling	119.98	46.32	Borough	Nottinghamshire
203	Hillingdon	115.70	44.67	London borough	Greater London
204	Manchester	115.65	44.65	Metropolitan borough, City (1853)	Greater Manchester
205	Newcastle upon Tyne	113.45	43.80	Metropolitan borough, City (1882)	Tyne and Wear
206	South Ribble	112.96	43.61	Borough	Lancashire
207	Havering	112.35	43.38	London borough	Greater London
208	Liverpool	111.84	43.18	Metropolitan borough, City (1880)	Merseyside
209	Burnley	110.68	42.73	Borough	Lancashire
210	Basildon	110.03	42.48	District	Essex
211	Erewash	109.63	42.33	Borough	Derbyshire
212	Bristol	109.61	42.32	Unitary, City (1542)	Bristol
213	Ashfield	109.56	42.30	District	Nottinghamshire
214	Bracknell Forest	109.38	42.23	Unitary, Borough	Berkshire
215	Trafford	106.04	40.94	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
216	Walsall	103.95	40.14	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
217	Thanet	103.34	39.90	District	Kent
218	Tameside	103.16	39.83	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
219	Hertsmere	101.16	39.06	Borough	Hertfordshire

10–100 km²

Rank	District	Area km²	Area mi²	Type	Ceremonial county
220	Bury	99.49	38.41	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
221	Gravesham	99.02	38.23	Borough	Kent
222	Coventry	98.65	38.09	Metropolitan borough, City (1345)	West Midlands
223	Dudley	97.97	37.83	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
224	Salford	97.19	37.53	Metropolitan borough, City (1926)	Greater Manchester
225	Surrey Heath	95.09	36.71	Borough	Surrey
226	Elmbridge	95.06	36.70	Borough	Surrey
227	Hartlepool	93.87	36.24	Unitary, Borough	Durham
228	Stoke-on-Trent	93.45	36.08	Unitary, City (1925)	Staffordshire
229	Three Rivers	88.82	34.29	District	Hertfordshire
230	Barnet	86.75	33.49	London borough	Greater London
231	Croydon	86.5	33.4	London borough	Greater London
232	Knowsley	86.48	33.39	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
233	Sandwell	85.56	33.03	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
234	Brighton & Hove	82.67	31.92	Unitary, City (2000)	East Sussex
235	North Tyneside	82.38	31.81	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
236	Enfield	80.83	31.21	London borough	Greater London
237	Northampton	80.76	31.18	Borough	Northamptonshire
238	Corby	80.28	31.00	Borough	Northamptonshire
239	Broxtowe	80.10	30.93	Borough	Nottinghamshire
240	Plymouth	79.78	30.80	Unitary, City (1928)	Devon
241	Eastleigh	79.77	30.80	Borough	Hampshire
242	Halton	79.09	30.54	Unitary, Borough	Cheshire
243	Nuneaton and Bedworth	78.95	30.48	Borough	Warwickshire
244	Cannock Chase	78.88	30.46	District	Staffordshire
245	Runnymede	78.04	30.13	Borough	Surrey
246	Derby	78.03	30.13	Unitary, City (1977)	Derbyshire
247	Barrow-in-Furness	77.96	30.10	Borough	Cumbria
248	Mansfield	76.70	29.61	District	Nottinghamshire
249	Nottingham	74.61	28.81	Unitary, City (1897)	Nottinghamshire
250	Fareham	74.24	28.66	Borough	Hampshire
251	Leicester	73.34	28.32	Unitary, City (1919)	Leicestershire
252	Hyndburn	73.00	28.19	Borough	Lancashire
253	Dartford	72.76	28.09	Borough	Kent
254	Hull	71.45	27.59	Unitary, City (1299)	East Riding of Yorkshire
255	Wolverhampton	69.43	26.81	Metropolitan borough, City (2000)	West Midlands
256	Chesterfield	66.04	25.50	Borough	Derbyshire
257	Poole	64.75	25.00	Unitary, Borough	Dorset
258	South Tyneside	64.41	24.87	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
259	Woking	63.60	24.56	Borough	Surrey
260	Torbay	62.89	24.28	Unitary, Borough	Devon
261	Bexley	60.58	23.39	London borough	Greater London
262	Richmond upon Thames	57.41	22.17	London borough	Greater London
263	Redbridge	56.42	21.78	London borough	Greater London
264	Hounslow	55.98	21.61	London borough	Greater London
265	Ealing	55.54	21.44	London borough	Greater London
266	Havant	55.37	21.38	Borough	Hampshire
267	Redditch	54.25	20.95	Borough	Worcestershire
268	Middlesbrough	53.88	20.80	Unitary, Borough	North Yorkshire
269	Broxbourne	51.43	19.86	Borough	Hertfordshire
270	Harrow	50.46	19.48	London borough	Greater London
271	Christchurch	50.39	19.46	Borough	Dorset
272	Southampton	49.84	19.24	Unitary, City (1964)	Hampshire
273	Greenwich	47.33	18.27	London borough	Greater London
274	Exeter	47.04	18.16	City	Devon
275	Cheltenham	46.63	18.00	Borough	Gloucestershire
276	Bournemouth	46.18	17.83	Unitary, Borough	Dorset
277	Oxford	45.61	17.61	City (1542)	Oxfordshire
278	Castle Point	45.07	17.40	Borough	Essex
279	Crawley	44.97	17.36	Borough	West Sussex
280	Spelthorne	44.89	17.33	Borough	Surrey
281	Eastbourne	44.16	17.05	Borough	East Sussex
282	Sutton	43.85	16.93	London borough	Greater London
283	Luton	43.35	16.74	Unitary, Borough	Bedfordshire
284	Brent	43.23	16.69	London borough	Greater London
285	Adur	41.81	16.14	District	West Sussex
286	Weymouth and Portland	41.78	16.13	Borough	Dorset
287	Southend-on-Sea	41.76	16.12	Unitary, Borough	Essex
288	Cambridge	40.70	15.71	City (1951)	Cambridgeshire
289	Gloucester	40.54	15.65	City (1541)	Gloucestershire
290	Reading	40.40	15.60	Unitary, Borough	Berkshire
291	Portsmouth	40.36	15.58	Unitary, City (1926)	Hampshire
292	Ipswich	39.41	15.22	Borough	Suffolk
293	Rushmoor	39.05	15.08	Borough	Hampshire
294	Norwich	39.02	15.07	City (1195)	Norfolk
295	Waltham Forest	38.81	14.98	London borough	Greater London
296	Merton	37.62	14.53	London borough	Greater London
297	Kingston upon Thames	37.26	14.39	London borough, Royal Borough	Greater London
298	Newham	36.20	13.98	London borough	Greater London
299	Barking and Dagenham	36.11	13.94	London borough	Greater London
300	Lincoln	35.69	13.78	City	Lincolnshire
301	Lewisham	35.15	13.57	London borough	Greater London
302	Blackpool	34.85	13.46	Unitary, Borough	Lancashire
303	Wandsworth	34.26	13.23	London borough	Greater London
304	Epsom and Ewell	34.08	13.16	Borough	Surrey
305	Worcester	33.28	12.85	City (1189)	Worcestershire
306	Slough	32.54	12.56	Unitary, Borough	Berkshire
307	Worthing	32.48	12.54	Borough	West Sussex
308	Tamworth	30.85	11.91	Borough	Staffordshire
309	Harlow	30.54	11.79	District	Essex
310	Hastings	29.72	11.47	Borough	East Sussex
311	Haringey	29.60	11.43	London borough	Greater London
312	Southwark	28.86	11.14	London borough	Greater London
313	Lambeth	26.81	10.35	London borough	Greater London
314	Stevenage	25.96	10.02	Borough	Hertfordshire
315	Gosport	25.29	9.76	Borough	Hampshire
316	Oadby and Wigston	23.53	9.08	Borough	Leicestershire
317	Camden	21.79	8.41	London borough	Greater London
318	Westminster	21.49	8.30	London borough, City (1540)	Greater London
319	Watford	21.42	8.27	Borough	Hertfordshire
320	Tower Hamlets	19.78	7.64	London borough	Greater London
321	Hackney	19.05	7.36	London borough	Greater London
322	Hammersmith and Fulham	16.40	6.33	London borough	Greater London
323	Isles of Scilly	16.37	6.32	Unitary	Cornwall
324	Islington	14.86	5.74	London borough	Greater London
325	Kensington and Chelsea	12.13	4.68	London borough, Royal Borough	Greater London

Less than 10 km²

Rank	District	Area km²	Area mi²	Type	Ceremonial county
326	City of London	2.90	1.12	Unitary, City	City of London

Sources

Area measurement of land area only (to Mean High Water Mark and excluding inland water features larger than 1 km²). "Standard Area Measurements - Local Authorities - Dec 2010 (SAM_LAD_DEC_2010_UK)". UK Standard Area Measurements (SAM). Office for National Statistics. 31 December 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2011.

See also

• List of Scottish council areas by area
• List of Welsh principal areas by area