Council tax bands in Westmorland and Furness 2026-27
Band D council tax in Westmorland and Furness is £2,456.81 a year in 2026-27, about £245.68 a month over 10 payments.
This is the charge for a home with no parish or town council charge.
Every band in Westmorland and Furness
Council tax in Westmorland and Furness runs from £1,637.87 a year for Band A to £4,913.62 for Band H.
| Band | Yearly | 10 payments | 12 payments | One adult (25% off) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,637.87 | £163.79 | £136.49 | £1,228.40 |
| Band B | £1,910.85 | £191.08 | £159.24 | £1,433.14 |
| Band C | £2,183.83 | £218.38 | £181.99 | £1,637.87 |
| Band D | £2,456.81 | £245.68 | £204.73 | £1,842.61 |
| Band E | £3,002.77 | £300.28 | £250.23 | £2,252.08 |
| Band F | £3,548.73 | £354.87 | £295.73 | £2,661.55 |
| Band G | £4,094.68 | £409.47 | £341.22 | £3,071.01 |
| Band H | £4,913.62 | £491.36 | £409.47 | £3,685.22 |
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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 Westmorland and Furness
The most common band in Westmorland and Furness is Band A (25% of homes). Terraced houses, about 3 in 10 homes here, are most often Band A (44%). The most common kind of home is a 3-bedroom semi-detached house (18,690 homes), most often Band C (40%). These are shares of all 118,060 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 | 24.8% |
| Band B | 20.8% |
| Band C | 19.8% |
| Band D | 15.1% |
| Band E | 10.9% |
| Band F | 5.5% |
| Band G | 2.9% |
| Band H | 0.3% |
Compared with the North West average, there are fewer homes in Bands A and B (46%, against 60%) and more homes in Band F and above (9%, against 5%).
Most common band by type of home
| Type of home | Homes | Share of homes | Most common band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced houses | 36,440 | 31% | Band A (44%) |
| Semi-detached houses | 26,370 | 22% | Band C (35%) |
| Detached houses | 20,750 | 18% | Band E (33%) |
| Flats and maisonettes | 15,220 | 13% | Band A (54%) |
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 Westmorland and Furness goes
| Authority | Band D share |
|---|---|
| Westmorland and Furness council | £2,014.73 (82%) |
| Police | £338.94 (14%) |
| Fire and rescue | £103.14 (4%) |
£38.31 of the council's own Band D share in 2026-27 is the adult social care precept (MHCLG).
Parish and town council charges come on top for homes in their areas.
How council tax in Westmorland and Furness has changed
Band D went up by £115.65 (4.9%), from £2,341.16 in 2025-26 to £2,456.81 in 2026-27.
Including parish charges, the average Band D bill went up by £118.99 (5.0%), from £2,389.00 to £2,507.99.
Band D in Westmorland and Furness is £5.02 a year below the North West average of £2,461.83, and its 4.9% rise this year was smaller than most councils in the North West (North West average: 5.3%).
Over the four years from 2023-24 to 2026-27, Band D here rose 15.4%, close to the North West average rise of 16.2%.
Band D in Westmorland and Furness is the 18th lowest of 35 councils in the North West, and the 101st 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.
Westmorland and Furness and other councils
Nearby councils
| Council | Band D 2026-27 |
|---|---|
| Cumberland | £2,444.72 |
| Lancaster | £2,461.07 |
| County Durham | £2,499.97 |
| Ribble Valley | £2,359.57 |
| Wyre | £2,428.93 |
| Darlington | £2,485.73 |
Similar unitary councils
Other unitary councils closest in size to Westmorland and Furness (118,060 homes).
| Council | Band D 2026-27 | Homes |
|---|---|---|
| Derby | £2,306.00 | 115,800 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | £2,183.12 | 120,450 |
| Medway | £2,319.29 | 122,610 |
| Plymouth | £2,441.85 | 123,450 |
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).
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