This is a list of districts of England ordered by area, according to Standard Area Measurements published by the Office for National Statistics.[1]
Rank | District | Area km2 | Area mi2 | Type | Ceremonial county |
1 | Northumberland[2] | 5,014 | 1,936 | Unitary | Northumberland |
2 | Cornwall | 3,546 | 1,369 | Unitary | Cornwall |
3 | Wiltshire | 3,255 | 1,257 | Unitary | Wiltshire |
4 | Shropshire | 3,197 | 1,234 | Unitary | Shropshire |
5 | Dorset | 2,491 | 962 | Unitary | Dorset |
6 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 2,405 | 929 | Unitary | East Riding of Yorkshire |
7 | County Durham | 2,226 | 859 | Unitary | County Durham |
8 | Herefordshire | 2,180 | 840 | Unitary | Herefordshire |
9 | Eden | 2,142 | 827 | District | Cumbria |
10 | East Lindsey | 1,765 | 681 | District | Lincolnshire |
11 | Buckinghamshire | Unitary | Buckinghamshire | ||
12 | South Lakeland | 1,534 | 592 | District | Cumbria |
13 | Ryedale | 1,507 | 582 | District | North Yorkshire |
14 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 1,439 | 556 | Borough | Norfolk |
15 | Richmondshire | 1,319 | 509 | District | North Yorkshire |
16 | Hambleton | 1,311 | 506 | District | North Yorkshire |
17 | Harrogate | 1,308 | 505 | District | North Yorkshire |
18 | Breckland | 1,305 | 504 | District | Norfolk |
18 | East Suffolk | 1,262 | 487 | District | Suffolk |
20 | Allerdale | 1,242 | 480 | Borough | Cumbria |
20 | Somerset West and Taunton | 1,188 | 459 | District | Somerset |
22 | Craven | 1,177 | 454 | District | North Yorkshire |
23 | Cheshire East | 1,166 | 450 | Unitary | Cheshire |
24 | Cotswold | 1,165 | 450 | District | Gloucestershire |
24 | West Devon | 1,160 | 450 | Borough | Devon |
25 | West Lindsey | 1,156 | 446 | District | Lincolnshire |
26 | North Devon | 1,086 | 419 | District | Devon |
27 | Carlisle | 1,039 | 401 | City | Cumbria |
28 | West Suffolk | 1,035 | 400 | District | Suffolk |
Rank | District | Area km2 | Area mi2 | Type | Ceremonial county |
30 | Torridge | 983.9 | 379.9 | District | Devon |
31 | Stratford-on-Avon | 977.9 | 377.6 | District | Warwickshire |
32 | North Norfolk | 962.5 | 371.6 | District | Norfolk |
33 | South Somerset | 959.0 | 370.3 | District | Somerset |
34 | South Kesteven | 942.6 | 363.9 | District | Lincolnshire |
35 | North Kesteven | 922.5 | 356.2 | District | Lincolnshire |
36 | Cheshire West and Chester | 916.7 | 353.9 | Unitary | Cheshire |
37 | Mid Devon | 912.9 | 352.5 | District | Devon |
38 | South Norfolk | 907.7 | 350.5 | District | Norfolk |
39 | Huntingdonshire | 906.2 | 349.9 | District | Cambridgeshire |
40 | South Cambridgeshire | 901.6 | 348.1 | District | Cambridgeshire |
41 | South Hams | 886.5 | 342.3 | District | Devon |
42 | Mid Suffolk | 871.1 | 336.3 | District | Suffolk |
43 | North Lincolnshire | 846.3 | 326.8 | Unitary, borough | Lincolnshire |
44 | Wealden | 833.2 | 321.7 | District | East Sussex |
45 | Scarborough | 816.5 | 315.3 | Borough | North Yorkshire |
46 | East Devon | 814.4 | 314.4 | District | Devon |
47 | Derbyshire Dales | 792.4 | 305.9 | District | Derbyshire |
48 | Chichester | 786.2 | 303.6 | District | West Sussex |
49 | New Forest | 753.0 | 290.7 | District | Hampshire |
50 | South Holland | 750.9 | 289.9 | District | Lincolnshire |
51 | Mendip | 739.4 | 285.5 | District | Somerset |
52 | Copeland | 731.7 | 282.5 | Borough | Cumbria |
53 | Central Bedfordshire | 715.7 | 276.3 | Unitary | Bedfordshire |
54 | West Oxfordshire | 714.4 | 275.8 | District | Oxfordshire |
55 | West Berkshire | 704.2 | 271.9 | Unitary | Berkshire |
56 | South Oxfordshire | 678.5 | 262.0 | District | Oxfordshire |
57 | Teignbridge | 673.9 | 260.2 | District | Devon |
58 | Wychavon | 663.5 | 256.2 | District | Worcestershire |
59 | Daventry | 662.6 | 255.8 | District | Northamptonshire |
60 | Winchester | 661.0 | 255.2 | City | Hampshire |
61 | Newark and Sherwood | 651.3 | 251.5 | District | Nottinghamshire |
62 | East Cambridgeshire | 651.3 | 251.5 | District | Cambridgeshire |
63 | Uttlesford | 641.2 | 247.6 | District | Essex |
64 | Bassetlaw | 637.8 | 246.3 | District | Nottinghamshire |
65 | South Northamptonshire | 634.0 | 244.8 | District | Northamptonshire |
66 | Basingstoke and Deane | 633.8 | 244.7 | Borough | Hampshire |
67 | Test Valley | 627.6 | 242.3 | Borough | Hampshire |
68 | Braintree | 611.7 | 236.2 | District | Essex |
69 | Selby | 599.3 | 231.4 | District | North Yorkshire |
70 | Stafford | 598.2 | 231.0 | District | Staffordshire |
71 | Babergh | 593.8 | 229.3 | District | Suffolk |
72 | Harborough | 591.8 | 228.5 | District | Leicestershire |
73 | Cherwell | 588.7 | 227.3 | District | Oxfordshire |
74 | Ribble Valley | 583.2 | 225.2 | Borough | Lancashire |
75 | Ashford | 580.6 | 224.2 | Borough | Kent |
76 | Vale of White Horse | 577.6 | 223.0 | District | Oxfordshire |
77 | Malvern Hills | 577.1 | 222.8 | District | Worcestershire |
78 | Staffordshire Moorlands | 575.8 | 222.3 | District | Staffordshire |
79 | Lancaster | 576.2 | 222.5 | City (1937) | Lancashire |
80 | Doncaster | 568.0 | 219.3 | Metropolitan borough, city (2022) | South Yorkshire |
81 | Sedgemoor | 564.4 | 217.9 | District | Somerset |
82 | Broadland | 552.4 | 213.3 | District | Norfolk |
83 | Leeds | 551.7 | 213.0 | Metropolitan borough, city (1893) | West Yorkshire |
84 | Fenland | 546.5 | 211.0 | District | Cambridgeshire |
85 | High Peak | 539.1 | 208.1 | Borough | Derbyshire |
86 | Horsham | 530.3 | 204.7 | District | West Sussex |
87 | Forest of Dean | 526.3 | 203.2 | District | Gloucestershire |
88 | East Hampshire | 514.4 | 198.6 | District | Hampshire |
89 | Rother | 509.4 | 196.7 | District | East Sussex |
90 | East Northamptonshire | 509.8 | 196.8 | District | Northamptonshire |
91 | South Gloucestershire | 496.9 | 191.9 | Unitary | Gloucestershire |
92 | Melton | 481.4 | 185.9 | Borough | Leicestershire |
93 | Bedford | 476.4 | 183.9 | Unitary, borough | Bedfordshire |
94 | East Hertfordshire[3] | 475.7 | 183.7 | District | Hertfordshire |
95 | Stroud | 460.7 | 177.9 | District | Gloucestershire |
96 | Tewkesbury | 414.4 | 160.0 | Borough | Gloucestershire |
97 | Rushcliffe | 409.2 | 158.0 | Borough | Nottinghamshire |
98 | Kirklees | 408.6 | 157.8 | Metropolitan borough | West Yorkshire |
99 | South Staffordshire | 407.3 | 157.3 | District | Staffordshire |
100 | Maidstone | 393.3 | 151.9 | Borough | Kent |
101 | East Staffordshire | 387.0 | 149.4 | Borough | Staffordshire |
102 | Isle of Wight | 380.2 | 146.8 | Unitary | Isle of Wight |
103 | Rutland | 381.8 | 147.4 | Unitary | Rutland |
104 | North Hertfordshire | 375.4 | 144.9 | District | Hertfordshire |
105 | North Somerset | 373.8 | 144.3 | Unitary | Somerset |
106 | Swale | 374.5 | 144.6 | Borough | Kent |
107 | Sevenoaks | 369.2 | 142.5 | District | Kent |
108 | Sheffield | 367.9 | 142.0 | Metropolitan borough, city (1893) | South Yorkshire |
109 | Bradford | 366.4 | 141.5 | Metropolitan borough, city (1897) | West Yorkshire |
110 | Calderdale | 364.0 | 140.5 | Metropolitan borough | West Yorkshire |
111 | Boston | 364.9 | 140.9 | Borough | Lincolnshire |
112 | Maldon | 358.7 | 138.5 | District | Essex |
113 | Folkestone and Hythe | 356.8 | 137.8 | District | Kent |
114 | Rugby | 351.1 | 135.6 | Borough | Warwickshire |
115 | West Lancashire | 346.8 | 133.9 | District | Lancashire |
116 | Bath and North East Somerset | 345.9 | 133.6 | Unitary | Somerset |
117 | Waverley | 345.2 | 133.3 | Borough | Surrey |
118 | Peterborough | 343.4 | 132.6 | Unitary, city (1541) | Cambridgeshire |
119 | Epping Forest | 339.0 | 130.9 | District | Essex |
120 | Chelmsford | 338.8 | 130.8 | City (2012)[4] | Essex |
121 | Wakefield | 338.6 | 130.7 | Metropolitan borough, city (1888) | West Yorkshire |
122 | South Derbyshire | 338.1 | 130.5 | District | Derbyshire |
123 | Tendring | 337.7 | 130.4 | District | Essex |
124 | Mid Sussex | 334.0 | 129.0 | District | West Sussex |
125 | Tunbridge Wells | 331.3 | 127.9 | Borough | Kent |
126 | Lichfield | 331.3 | 127.9 | District | Staffordshire |
127 | Colchester | 329.1 | 127.1 | Borough | Essex |
128 | Barnsley | 329.1 | 127.1 | Metropolitan borough | South Yorkshire |
129 | Dover | 315.1 | 121.7 | District | Kent |
130 | Canterbury | 308.9 | 119.3 | City | Kent |
131 | Milton Keynes | 308.6 | 119.2 | Unitary, borough, city | Buckinghamshire |
132 | Hinckley and Bosworth | 297.3 | 114.8 | Borough | Leicestershire |
133 | Lewes | 292.1 | 112.8 | District | East Sussex |
134 | Telford and Wrekin | 290.3 | 112.1 | Unitary, borough | Shropshire |
135 | Rotherham | 286.5 | 110.6 | Metropolitan borough | South Yorkshire |
136 | North Warwickshire | 284.3 | 109.8 | Borough | Warwickshire |
137 | Warwick | 282.9 | 109.2 | District | Warwickshire |
138 | Wyre | 282.1 | 108.9 | Borough | Lancashire |
139 | North West Leicestershire | 279.3 | 107.8 | District | Leicestershire |
140 | Charnwood | 279.0 | 107.7 | Borough | Leicestershire |
141 | North East Derbyshire | 275.6 | 106.4 | District | Derbyshire |
142 | York | 271.9 | 105.0 | Unitary, city | North Yorkshire |
143 | Guildford | 270.9 | 104.6 | Borough | Surrey |
144 | Birmingham | 267.8 | 103.4 | Metropolitan borough, city (1889) | West Midlands |
145 | Amber Valley | 265.4 | 102.5 | Borough | Derbyshire |
146 | Mole Valley | 258.3 | 99.7 | District | Surrey |
147 | Tandridge | 248.2 | 95.8 | District | Surrey |
148 | Redcar and Cleveland | 244.8 | 94.5 | Unitary, borough | North Yorkshire |
149 | Tonbridge and Malling | 240.1 | 92.7 | Borough | Kent |
150 | Kettering | 233.5 | 90.2 | Borough | Northamptonshire |
151 | Swindon | 230.1 | 88.8 | Unitary, borough | Wiltshire |
152 | Arun | 220.9 | 85.3 | District | West Sussex |
153 | Bromsgrove | 217.0 | 83.8 | District | Worcestershire |
154 | Hart | 215.3 | 83.1 | District | Hampshire |
155 | Dacorum | 212.5 | 82.0 | Borough | Hertfordshire |
156 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 211.0 | 81.5 | Borough | Staffordshire |
157 | Stockton-on-Tees | 205.0 | 79.2 | Unitary, borough | Durham and North Yorkshire |
158 | Chorley | 202.8 | 78.3 | Borough | Lancashire |
159 | Darlington | 197.5 | 76.3 | Unitary, borough | Durham |
160 | Windsor and Maidenhead | 196.5 | 75.9 | Unitary, Royal Borough | Berkshire |
161 | Wyre Forest | 195.4 | 75.4 | District | Worcestershire |
162 | Medway | 193.5 | 74.7 | Unitary, borough | Kent |
163 | North East Lincolnshire | 191.9 | 74.1 | Unitary, borough | Lincolnshire |
164 | Wigan | 188.2 | 72.7 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
165 | Warrington | 180.6 | 69.7 | Unitary, borough | Cheshire |
166 | Wokingham | 179.0 | 69.1 | Unitary, borough | Berkshire |
167 | Solihull | 178.3 | 68.8 | Metropolitan borough | West Midlands |
168 | Great Yarmouth | 174.5 | 67.4 | Borough | Norfolk |
169 | Rochford | 169.5 | 65.4 | District | Essex |
170 | Pendle | 169.4 | 65.4 | Borough | Lancashire |
171 | Fylde | 165.8 | 64.0 | Borough | Lancashire |
172 | Thurrock | 163.5 | 63.1 | Unitary, borough | Essex |
173 | Wellingborough | 163.0 | 62.9 | Borough | Northamptonshire |
176 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 161.3 | 62.3 | Unitary | Dorset |
175 | St Albans | 161.2 | 62.2 | City (1877) | Hertfordshire |
176 | Bolsover | 160.3 | 61.9 | District | Derbyshire |
177 | Rochdale | 158.1 | 61.0 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
178 | Wirral | 157.0 | 60.6 | Metropolitan borough | Merseyside |
179 | Sefton | 155.0 | 59.8 | Metropolitan borough | Merseyside |
180 | Brentwood | 153.1 | 59.1 | Borough | Essex |
181 | Bromley | 150.1 | 58.0 | London borough | Greater London |
182 | Gateshead[2] | 142.4 | 55.0 | Metropolitan borough | Tyne and Wear |
183 | Oldham | 142.3 | 54.9 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
184 | Preston | 142.3 | 54.9 | City (2002) | Lancashire |
185 | Bolton | 139.8 | 54.0 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
186 | Rossendale | 138.0 | 53.3 | Borough | Lancashire |
187 | Sunderland | 137.4 | 53.1 | Metropolitan borough, city (1992) | Tyne and Wear |
188 | Blackburn with Darwen | 137.0 | 52.9 | Unitary, borough | Lancashire |
189 | St Helens | 136.4 | 52.7 | Metropolitan borough | Merseyside |
190 | Blaby | 130.5 | 50.4 | District | Leicestershire |
191 | Welwyn Hatfield | 129.5 | 50.0 | District | Hertfordshire |
192 | Reigate and Banstead | 129.1 | 49.8 | Borough | Surrey |
193 | Stockport | 126.0 | 48.6 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
194 | Gedling | 120.0 | 46.3 | Borough | Nottinghamshire |
195 | Hillingdon | 115.7 | 44.7 | London borough | Greater London |
196 | Manchester | 115.6 | 44.6 | Metropolitan borough, city (1853) | Greater Manchester |
197 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 113.5 | 43.8 | Metropolitan borough, city (1882) | Tyne and Wear |
198 | South Ribble | 113.0 | 43.6 | Borough | Lancashire |
199 | Havering | 112.3 | 43.4 | London borough | Greater London |
200 | Liverpool | 111.8 | 43.2 | Metropolitan borough, city (1880) | Merseyside |
201 | Burnley | 110.7 | 42.7 | Borough | Lancashire |
202 | Basildon | 110.0 | 42.5 | District | Essex |
203 | Erewash | 109.6 | 42.3 | Borough | Derbyshire |
204 | Bristol | 109.7 | 42.4 | Unitary, city (1542) | Bristol |
205 | Ashfield | 109.6 | 42.3 | District | Nottinghamshire |
206 | Bracknell Forest | 109.4 | 42.2 | Unitary, borough | Berkshire |
207 | Trafford | 106.0 | 40.9 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
208 | Walsall | 104.0 | 40.2 | Metropolitan borough | West Midlands |
209 | Thanet | 103.3 | 39.9 | District | Kent |
210 | Tameside | 103.2 | 39.8 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
211 | Hertsmere | 101.1 | 39.0 | Borough | Hertfordshire |