Council tax bands in Blackpool 2026-27
Band D council tax in Blackpool is £2,513.22 a year in 2026-27, about £251.32 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Every band in Blackpool
Council tax in Blackpool runs from £1,675.48 a year for Band A to £5,026.44 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,675.48 | £167.55 | £139.62 | £1,256.61 |
| Band B | £1,954.73 | £195.47 | £162.89 | £1,466.05 |
| Band C | £2,233.97 | £223.40 | £186.16 | £1,675.48 |
| Band D | £2,513.22 | £251.32 | £209.43 | £1,884.92 |
| Band E | £3,071.71 | £307.17 | £255.98 | £2,303.78 |
| Band F | £3,630.21 | £363.02 | £302.52 | £2,722.66 |
| Band G | £4,188.70 | £418.87 | £349.06 | £3,141.52 |
| Band H | £5,026.44 | £502.64 | £418.87 | £3,769.83 |
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How bands work: every band is a fixed fraction of Band D, set in law (Band A is 6/9 of Band D and Band H 18/9), rounded here to the penny. A home's band comes from its value on 1 April 1991: Band A up to £40,000, Band H over £320,000. Payments are the yearly charge divided by 10 or 12. Other bands may differ by a penny from your council's table because of how councils round.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, local authority level data (Table 10, Data_Billing), published 25 March 2026.
Homes by band in Blackpool
Most homes in Blackpool are in Bands A and B (74%). Terraced houses, about 3 in 10 homes here, are mostly Band A (57%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (16,510 homes), most often Band B (45%). These are shares of all 72,670 homes on the list, not the band of any one home: a home's own band is on GOV.UK.
| Band | Share of homes |
|---|---|
| Band A | 44.2% |
| Band B | 29.3% |
| Band C | 15.9% |
| Band D | 6.7% |
| Band E | 2.7% |
| Band F | 0.8% |
| Band G | 0.3% |
| Band H | 0% |
Compared with the North West average, there are more homes in Bands A and B (74%, against 60%) and fewer homes in Band F and above (1%, against 5%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced houses | 23,700 | 33% | Band A (57%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 20,630 | 28% | Band B (43%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 17,900 | 25% | Band A (86%) |
| Detached houses | 4,030 | 6% | Band E (35%) |
Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, 31 March 2026 (CTSOP3.0, band by property type), published 24 September 2026. VOA counts are rounded to the nearest 10; property types with fewer than 500 homes are not shown.
Where Band D council tax in Blackpool goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Blackpool council | £2,126.09 (85%) |
| Police | £292.40 (12%) |
| Fire and rescue | £94.73 (4%) |
£40.46 of the council's own Band D share in 2026-27 is the adult social care precept (MHCLG).
How council tax in Blackpool has changed
Band D went up by £121.01 (5.1%), from £2,392.21 in 2025-26 to £2,513.22 in 2026-27.
Band D in Blackpool is £51.39 a year above the North West average of £2,461.83, and its 5.1% rise this year was about the middle of the range for councils in the North West (North West average: 5.3%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 15.8%, close to the North West average rise of 16.2%.
Band D in Blackpool is the 11th highest of 35 councils in the North West, and the 60th highest of 296 councils in England, ranked by the Band D figure on each council's page.
Averages are weighted by number of homes and use each council's Band D as shown on its page.
Blackpool and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Fylde | £2,483.94 |
| Wyre | £2,428.93 |
| Preston | £2,564.22 |
| South Ribble | £2,430.16 |
| West Lancashire | £2,434.59 |
| Chorley | £2,404.87 |
Similar unitary councils
Other unitary councils closest in size to Blackpool (72,670 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| West Berkshire | £2,406.91 | 72,810 |
| Isle of Wight | £2,625.79 | 73,280 |
| Thurrock | £2,254.68 | 70,490 |
| Wokingham | £2,497.70 | 75,560 |
Band D as shown on each council's page: the basic charge, or where no home pays that alone, Band D including special expenses or the average including parish charges. Similar councils are the same type of council, nearest in number of homes (Valuation Office Agency, 31 March 2026).
Finding a home's band
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