Map of United Kingdom Counties and Unitary Authorities

There are 218 upper-tear local authorities in the United Kingdom as of 2025:

  • 153 in England comprising 21 county councils and 132 unitary authorities
  • 22 unitary authorities in Wales
  • 32 unitary authorities in Scotland
  • 11 unitary authorities in Northern Ireland

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List of Counties (218)

List of 218 counties
#County
1Aberdeen City
2Aberdeenshire
3Angus
4Antrim and Newtownabbey
5Ards and North Down
6Argyll and Bute
7Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon
8Barking and Dagenham
9Barnet
10Barnsley
11Bath and North East Somerset
12Bedford
13Belfast
14Bexley
15Birmingham
16Blackburn with Darwen
17Blackpool
18Blaenau Gwent
19Bolton
20Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
21Bracknell Forest
22Bradford
23Brent
24Bridgend
25Brighton and Hove
26Bristol, City of
27Bromley
28Buckinghamshire
29Bury
30Caerphilly
31Calderdale
32Cambridgeshire
33Camden
34Cardiff
35Carmarthenshire
36Causeway Coast and Glens
37Central Bedfordshire
38Ceredigion
39Cheshire East
40Cheshire West and Chester
41City of Edinburgh
42City of London
43Clackmannanshire
44Conwy
45Cornwall
46County Durham
47Coventry
48Croydon
49Cumberland
50Darlington
51Denbighshire
52Derby
53Derbyshire
54Derry City and Strabane
55Devon
56Doncaster
57Dorset
58Dudley
59Dumfries and Galloway
60Dundee City
61Ealing
62East Ayrshire
63East Dunbartonshire
64East Lothian
65East Renfrewshire
66East Riding of Yorkshire
67East Sussex
68Enfield
69Essex
70Falkirk
71Fermanagh and Omagh
72Fife
73Flintshire
74Gateshead
75Glasgow City
76Gloucestershire
77Greenwich
78Gwynedd
79Hackney
80Halton
81Hammersmith and Fulham
82Hampshire
83Haringey
84Harrow
85Hartlepool
86Havering
87Herefordshire, County of
88Hertfordshire
89Highland
90Hillingdon
91Hounslow
92Inverclyde
93Isle of Anglesey
94Isle of Wight
95Isles of Scilly
96Islington
97Kensington and Chelsea
98Kent
99Kingston upon Hull, City of
100Kingston upon Thames
101Kirklees
102Knowsley
103Lambeth
104Lancashire
105Leeds
106Leicester
107Leicestershire
108Lewisham
109Lincolnshire
110Lisburn and Castlereagh
111Liverpool
112Luton
113Manchester
114Medway
115Merthyr Tydfil
116Merton
117Mid and East Antrim
118Mid Ulster
119Middlesbrough
120Midlothian
121Milton Keynes
122Monmouthshire
123Moray
124Na h-Eileanan Siar
125Neath Port Talbot
126Newcastle upon Tyne
127Newham
128Newport
129Newry, Mourne and Down
130Norfolk
131North Ayrshire
132North East Lincolnshire
133North Lanarkshire
134North Lincolnshire
135North Northamptonshire
136North Somerset
137North Tyneside
138North Yorkshire
139Northumberland
140Nottingham
141Nottinghamshire
142Oldham
143Orkney Islands
144Oxfordshire
145Pembrokeshire
146Perth and Kinross
147Peterborough
148Plymouth
149Portsmouth
150Powys
151Reading
152Redbridge
153Redcar and Cleveland
154Renfrewshire
155Rhondda Cynon Taf
156Richmond upon Thames
157Rochdale
158Rotherham
159Rutland
160Salford
161Sandwell
162Scottish Borders
163Sefton
164Sheffield
165Shetland Islands
166Shropshire
167Slough
168Solihull
169Somerset
170South Ayrshire
171South Gloucestershire
172South Lanarkshire
173South Tyneside
174Southampton
175Southend-on-Sea
176Southwark
177St. Helens
178Staffordshire
179Stirling
180Stockport
181Stockton-on-Tees
182Stoke-on-Trent
183Suffolk
184Sunderland
185Surrey
186Sutton
187Swansea
188Swindon
189Tameside
190Telford and Wrekin
191Thurrock
192Torbay
193Torfaen
194Tower Hamlets
195Trafford
196Vale of Glamorgan
197Wakefield
198Walsall
199Waltham Forest
200Wandsworth
201Warrington
202Warwickshire
203West Berkshire
204West Dunbartonshire
205West Lothian
206West Northamptonshire
207West Sussex
208Westminster
209Westmorland and Furness
210Wigan
211Wiltshire
212Windsor and Maidenhead
213Wirral
214Wokingham
215Wolverhampton
216Worcestershire
217Wrexham
218York

United Kingdom Counties and Unitary Authorities: Key Facts

  • Largest by area: Highland, Scotland - 25,657 km²
  • Time zone: GMT

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Updates

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