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
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	986.6	380.9	Unitary	Northamptonshire
26	Torridge	983.8	379.8	District	Devon
27	Stratford-on-Avon	977.9	377.6	District	Warwickshire
28	North Norfolk	966	373	District	Norfolk
29	South Kesteven	942.6	363.9	District	Lincolnshire
30	North Kesteven	922.5	356.2	District	Lincolnshire
31	Cheshire West and Chester	920	360	Unitary	Cheshire
32	Mid Devon	912.9	352.5	District	Devon
33	South Norfolk	907.6	350.4	District	Norfolk
34	Huntingdonshire	906.2	349.9	District	Cambridgeshire
35	South Cambridgeshire	901.6	348.1	District	Cambridgeshire
36	South Hams	886.5	342.3	District	Devon
37	Mid Suffolk	871.1	336.3	District	Suffolk
38	North Lincolnshire	846.5	326.8	Unitary, borough	Lincolnshire
39	Wealden	833.1	321.7	District	East Sussex
40	East Devon	814.2	314.4	District	Devon
41	Derbyshire Dales	792.4	305.9	District	Derbyshire
42	Chichester	786.2	303.6	District	West Sussex
43	New Forest	752.2	290.4	District	Hampshire
44	South Holland	750.1	289.6	District	Lincolnshire
45	Central Bedfordshire	715.7	276.3	Unitary	Bedfordshire
46	West Oxfordshire	714.4	275.8	District	Oxfordshire
47	West Berkshire	704.2	271.9	Unitary	Berkshire
48	South Oxfordshire	678.5	262.0	District	Oxfordshire
49	Teignbridge	673.8	260.2	District	Devon
50	Wychavon	663.5	256.2	District	Worcestershire
51	Winchester	661	255	City	Hampshire
52	Newark and Sherwood	651.3	251.5	District	Nottinghamshire
53	East Cambridgeshire	651.3	251.5	District	Cambridgeshire
54	Uttlesford	641.2	247.6	District	Essex
55	Bassetlaw	637.8	246.3	District	Nottinghamshire
56	Basingstoke and Deane	633.8	244.7	Borough	Hampshire
57	Test Valley	627.6	242.3	Borough	Hampshire
58	Braintree	611.7	236.2	District	Essex
59	Stafford	598.2	231.0	District	Staffordshire
60	Babergh	593.7	229.2	District	Suffolk
61	Harborough	591.8	228.5	District	Leicestershire
62	Cherwell	588.7	227.3	District	Oxfordshire
63	Ribble Valley	583.2	225.2	Borough	Lancashire
64	Ashford	580.6	224.2	Borough	Kent
65	Vale of White Horse	577.7	223.1	District	Oxfordshire
66	Malvern Hills	577.1	222.8	District	Worcestershire
67	Staffordshire Moorlands	575.8	222.3	District	Staffordshire
68	Doncaster	568	219	Metropolitan borough, city (2022)	South Yorkshire
69	Lancaster	566.9	218.9	City (1937)	Lancashire
70	Broadland	552.1	213.2	District	Norfolk
71	Leeds	551.7	213.0	Metropolitan borough, city (1893)	West Yorkshire
72	Fenland	546.5	211.0	District	Cambridgeshire
73	High Peak	539.1	208.1	Borough	Derbyshire
74	Horsham	530.3	204.7	District	West Sussex
75	Forest of Dean	525.9	203.1	District	Gloucestershire
76	East Hampshire	514.4	198.6	District	Hampshire
77	Rother	509.4	196.7	District	East Sussex
78	South Gloucestershire	497.1	191.9	Unitary	Gloucestershire
79	Melton	481.4	185.9	Borough	Leicestershire
80	Bedford	476.4	183.9	Unitary, borough	Bedfordshire
81	East Hertfordshire^[4]	475.7	183.7	District	Hertfordshire
82	Stroud	460.5	177.8	District	Gloucestershire
83	Tewkesbury	414.4	160.0	Borough	Gloucestershire
84	Rushcliffe	409.2	158.0	Borough	Nottinghamshire
85	Kirklees	408.6	157.8	Metropolitan borough	West Yorkshire
86	South Staffordshire	407.3	157.3	District	Staffordshire
87	Maidstone	393.3	151.9	Borough	Kent
88	East Staffordshire	387	149	Borough	Staffordshire
89	Rutland	381.8	147.4	Unitary	Rutland
90	Isle of Wight	379.6	146.6	Unitary	Isle of Wight
91	North Hertfordshire	375.4	144.9	District	Hertfordshire
92	North Somerset	373.7	144.3	Unitary	Somerset
93	Swale	373.4	144.2	Borough	Kent
94	Sevenoaks	369.2	142.5	District	Kent
95	Sheffield	367.9	142.0	Metropolitan borough, city (1893)	South Yorkshire
96	Bradford	366.4	141.5	Metropolitan borough, city (1897)	West Yorkshire
97	Boston	364	141	Borough	Lincolnshire
98	Calderdale	364	141	Metropolitan borough	West Yorkshire
99	Maldon	357.8	138.1	District	Essex
100	Folkestone and Hythe	356.9	137.8	District	Kent
101	Rugby	351.1	135.6	Borough	Warwickshire
102	West Lancashire	346.6	133.8	District	Lancashire
103	Bath and North East Somerset	345.9	133.6	Unitary	Somerset
104	Waverley	345.2	133.3	Borough	Surrey
105	Peterborough	343.4	132.6	Unitary, city (1541)	Cambridgeshire
106	Epping Forest	339	131	District	Essex
107	Chelmsford	338.8	130.8	City (2012)^[5]	Essex
108	Wakefield	338.6	130.7	Metropolitan borough, city (1888)	West Yorkshire
109	South Derbyshire	338.1	130.5	District	Derbyshire
110	Tendring	336.3	129.8	District	Essex
111	Mid Sussex	334	129	District	West Sussex
112	Tunbridge Wells	331.3	127.9	Borough	Kent
113	Lichfield	331.3	127.9	District	Staffordshire
114	Barnsley	329.1	127.1	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire
115	Colchester	328.2	126.7	Borough	Essex
116	Dover	315.3	121.7	District	Kent
117	Canterbury	308.8	119.2	City	Kent
118	Milton Keynes	308.6	119.2	Unitary, borough, city	Buckinghamshire
119	Hinckley and Bosworth	297.4	114.8	Borough	Leicestershire
120	Lewes	292.1	112.8	District	East Sussex
121	Telford and Wrekin	290.3	112.1	Unitary, borough	Shropshire
122	Rotherham	286.5	110.6	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire
123	North Warwickshire	284.3	109.8	Borough	Warwickshire
124	Warwick	282.9	109.2	District	Warwickshire
125	Wyre	282.2	109.0	Borough	Lancashire
126	North West Leicestershire	279.3	107.8	District	Leicestershire
127	Charnwood	279	108	Borough	Leicestershire
128	North East Derbyshire	275.6	106.4	District	Derbyshire
129	York	271.9	105.0	Unitary, city	North Yorkshire
130	Guildford	270.9	104.6	Borough	Surrey
131	Birmingham	267.8	103.4	Metropolitan borough, city (1889)	West Midlands
132	Amber Valley	265.4	102.5	Borough	Derbyshire
133	Mole Valley	258.3	99.7	District	Surrey
134	Tandridge	248.2	95.8	District	Surrey
135	Redcar and Cleveland	245.1	94.6	Unitary, borough	North Yorkshire
136	Tonbridge and Malling	240.1	92.7	Borough	Kent
137	Swindon	230.1	88.8	Unitary, borough	Wiltshire
138	Arun	221	85	District	West Sussex
139	Bromsgrove	217	84	District	Worcestershire
140	Hart	215.3	83.1	District	Hampshire
141	Dacorum	212.5	82.0	Borough	Hertfordshire
142	Newcastle-under-Lyme	211	81	Borough	Staffordshire
143	Stockton-on-Tees	204.9	79.1	Unitary, borough	Durham and North Yorkshire
144	Chorley	202.8	78.3	Borough	Lancashire
145	Darlington	197.5	76.3	Unitary, borough	Durham
146	Windsor and Maidenhead	196.5	75.9	Unitary, Royal Borough	Berkshire
147	Wyre Forest	195.4	75.4	District	Worcestershire
148	Medway	193.7	74.8	Unitary, borough	Kent
149	North East Lincolnshire	192.6	74.4	Unitary, borough	Lincolnshire
150	Wigan	188.2	72.7	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
151	Warrington	180.6	69.7	Unitary, borough	Cheshire
152	Wokingham	179	69	Unitary, borough	Berkshire
153	Solihull	178.3	68.8	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
154	Great Yarmouth	174.3	67.3	Borough	Norfolk
155	Pendle	169.4	65.4	Borough	Lancashire
156	Rochford	167.1	64.5	District	Essex
157	Fylde	165.7	64.0	Borough	Lancashire
158	Thurrock	163.8	63.2	Unitary, borough	Essex
159	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	162.1	62.6	Unitary	Dorset
160	St Albans	161.2	62.2	City (1877)	Hertfordshire
161	Wirral	160.9	62.1	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
162	Bolsover	160.3	61.9	District	Derbyshire
163	Rochdale	158.1	61.0	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
164	Sefton	156.6	60.5	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
165	Brentwood	153.1	59.1	Borough	Essex
166	Bromley	150.1	58.0	London borough	Greater London
167	Oldham	142.3	54.9	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
168	Gateshead^[3]	142.3	54.9	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
169	Preston	142.3	54.9	City (2002)	Lancashire
170	Bolton	139.8	54.0	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
171	Rossendale	138	53	Borough	Lancashire
172	Sunderland	137.4	53.1	Metropolitan borough, city (1992)	Tyne and Wear
173	Blackburn with Darwen	137	53	Unitary, borough	Lancashire
174	St Helens	136.4	52.7	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
175	Blaby	130.5	50.4	District	Leicestershire
176	Welwyn Hatfield	129.5	50.0	District	Hertfordshire
177	Reigate and Banstead	129.1	49.8	Borough	Surrey
178	Stockport	126	49	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
179	Gedling	120	46	Borough	Nottinghamshire
180	Hillingdon	115.7	44.7	London borough	Greater London
181	Manchester	115.6	44.6	Metropolitan borough, city (1853)	Greater Manchester
182	Newcastle upon Tyne	113.5	43.8	Metropolitan borough, city (1882)	Tyne and Wear
183	South Ribble	113.1	43.7	Borough	Lancashire
184	Havering	112.3	43.4	London borough	Greater London
185	Liverpool	111.8	43.2	Metropolitan borough, city (1880)	Merseyside
186	Burnley	110.7	42.7	Borough	Lancashire
187	Basildon	110	42	District	Essex
188	Bristol	109.7	42.4	Unitary, city (1542)	Bristol
189	Erewash	109.6	42.3	Borough	Derbyshire
190	Ashfield	109.6	42.3	District	Nottinghamshire
191	Bracknell Forest	109.4	42.2	Unitary, borough	Berkshire
192	Trafford	106	41	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
193	Walsall	104	40	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
194	Thanet	103.6	40.0	District	Kent
195	Tameside	103.2	39.8	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
196	Hertsmere	101.1	39.0	Borough	Hertfordshire
197	Bury	99.46	38.40	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
198	Gravesham	98.99	38.22	Borough	Kent
199	Coventry	98.64	38.09	Metropolitan borough, city (1345)	West Midlands
200	Dudley	97.96	37.82	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
201	Salford	97.2	37.5	Metropolitan borough, city (1926)	Greater Manchester
202	Surrey Heath	95.09	36.71	Borough	Surrey
203	Elmbridge	95.05	36.70	Borough	Surrey
204	Hartlepool	93.72	36.19	Unitary, borough	Durham
205	Stoke-on-Trent	93.45	36.08	Unitary, city (1925)	Staffordshire
206	Three Rivers	88.82	34.29	District	Hertfordshire
207	Barnet	86.77	33.50	London borough	Greater London
208	Knowsley	86.5	33.4	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
209	Croydon	86.49	33.39	London borough	Greater London
210	Sandwell	85.56	33.03	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
211	Brighton & Hove	82.83	31.98	Unitary, city (2000)	East Sussex
212	North Tyneside	82.3	31.8	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
213	Enfield	80.82	31.20	London borough	Greater London
214	Broxtowe	80.1	30.9	Borough	Nottinghamshire
215	Plymouth	79.85	30.83	Unitary, city (1928)	Devon
216	Eastleigh	79.69	30.77	Borough	Hampshire
217	Halton	79.08	30.53	Unitary, borough	Cheshire
218	Nuneaton and Bedworth	78.95	30.48	Borough	Warwickshire
219	Cannock Chase	78.88	30.46	District	Staffordshire
220	Runnymede	78.04	30.13	Borough	Surrey
221	Derby	78.03	30.13	Unitary, city (1977)	Derbyshire
222	Mansfield	76.7	29.6	District	Nottinghamshire
223	Nottingham	74.61	28.81	Unitary, city (1897)	Nottinghamshire
224	Fareham	74.25	28.67	Borough	Hampshire
225	Leicester	73.34	28.32	Unitary, city (1919)	Leicestershire
226	Hyndburn	73.01	28.19	Borough	Lancashire
227	Dartford	72.73	28.08	Borough	Kent
228	Kingston upon Hull	71.58	27.64	Unitary, city (1299)	East Riding of Yorkshire
229	Wolverhampton	69.44	26.81	Metropolitan borough, city (2000)	West Midlands
230	Chesterfield	66.04	25.50	Borough	Derbyshire
231	South Tyneside	64.42	24.87	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
232	Woking	63.6	24.6	Borough	Surrey
233	Torbay	62.89	24.28	Unitary, borough	Devon
234	Bexley	60.58	23.39	London borough	Greater London
235	Richmond upon Thames	57.39	22.16	London borough	Greater London
236	Redbridge	56.4	21.8	London borough	Greater London
237	Hounslow	55.96	21.61	London borough	Greater London
238	Havant	55.74	21.52	Borough	Hampshire
239	Ealing	55.54	21.44	London borough	Greater London
240	Redditch	54.25	20.95	Borough	Worcestershire
241	Middlesbrough	53.88	20.80	Unitary, borough	North Yorkshire
242	Broxbourne	51.44	19.86	Borough	Hertfordshire
243	Harrow	50.46	19.48	London borough	Greater London
244	Southampton	49.88	19.26	Unitary, city (1964)	Hampshire
245	Greenwich	47.31	18.27	London borough	Greater London
246	Exeter	47.03	18.16	City	Devon
247	Cheltenham	46.6	18.0	Borough	Gloucestershire
248	Oxford	45.6	17.6	City (1542)	Oxfordshire
249	Crawley	44.97	17.36	Borough	West Sussex
250	Spelthorne	44.89	17.33	Borough	Surrey
251	Castle Point	44.67	17.25	Borough	Essex
252	Eastbourne	44.16	17.05	Borough	East Sussex
253	Sutton	43.85	16.93	London borough	Greater London
254	Luton	43.35	16.74	Unitary, borough	Bedfordshire
255	Brent	43.24	16.70	London borough	Greater London
256	Adur	42.07	16.24	District	West Sussex
257	Southend-on-Sea	41.67	16.09	Unitary, City (2022)	Essex
258	Cambridge	40.7	15.7	City (1951)	Cambridgeshire
259	Gloucester	40.55	15.66	City (1541)	Gloucestershire
260	Reading	40.39	15.59	Unitary, borough	Berkshire
261	Portsmouth	40.38	15.59	Unitary, city (1926)	Hampshire
262	Ipswich	39.51	15.25	Borough	Suffolk
263	Rushmoor	39.05	15.08	Borough	Hampshire
264	Norwich	39.02	15.07	City (1195)	Norfolk
265	Waltham Forest	38.81	14.98	London borough	Greater London
266	Merton	37.62	14.53	London borough	Greater London
267	Kingston upon Thames	37.26	14.39	London borough , Royal Borough	Greater London
268	Newham	36.2	14.0	London borough	Greater London
269	Barking and Dagenham	36.1	13.9	London borough	Greater London
270	Lincoln	35.69	13.78	City	Lincolnshire
271	Lewisham	35.15	13.57	London borough	Greater London
272	Blackpool	34.87	13.46	Unitary, borough	Lancashire
273	Wandsworth	34.26	13.23	London borough	Greater London
274	Epsom and Ewell	34.08	13.16	Borough	Surrey
275	Worcester	33.28	12.85	City (1189)	Worcestershire
276	Slough	32.54	12.56	Unitary, borough	Berkshire
277	Worthing	32.52	12.56	Borough	West Sussex
278	Tamworth	30.85	11.91	Borough	Staffordshire
279	Harlow	30.54	11.79	District	Essex
280	Hastings	29.8	11.5	Borough	East Sussex
281	Haringey	29.61	11.43	London borough	Greater London
282	Southwark	28.88	11.15	London borough	Greater London
283	Lambeth	26.81	10.35	London borough	Greater London
284	Stevenage^[4]	25.97	10.03	Borough	Hertfordshire
285	Gosport	25.37	9.80	Borough	Hampshire
286	Oadby and Wigston	23.53	9.08	Borough	Leicestershire
287	Camden	21.78	8.41	London borough	Greater London
288	Westminster	21.48	8.29	London borough , city (1540)	Greater London
289	Watford	21.43	8.27	Borough	Hertfordshire
290	Tower Hamlets	19.77	7.63	London borough	Greater London
291	Hackney	19.04	7.35	London borough	Greater London
292	Hammersmith and Fulham	16.4	6.3	London borough	Greater London
293	Isles of Scilly	16.32	6.30	Unitary	Cornwall
294	Islington	14.86	5.74	London borough	Greater London
295	Kensington and Chelsea	12.12	4.68	London borough , Royal Borough	Greater London
296	City of London	2.89	1.12	Unitary, city	City of London

References

^ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2021". Office for National Statistics. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
^ "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.

[ONS-1] "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2021". Office for National Statistics. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2023.

[ONS_Standard_Area_Measurements_User_Guide-2] "Standard Area Measurements - 2023 User Guide". Open Geography Portal. Office for National Statistics. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.

[2013/595-3] "The Gateshead and Northumberland (Boundary Change) Order 2013. UKSI 2013/595". 12 March 2013.

[2013/596-4] "The East Hertfordshire and Stevenage (Boundary Change) Order 2013. UKSI 2013/596". 12 March 2013.

[5] "No. 60167". The London Gazette. 11 June 2012. p. 11125.

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