Council

Bath and North East Somerset

A unitary authority in South West.

How much is council tax in Bath and North East Somerset in 2026/27?

Choose your band for the published yearly charge, before discounts.

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Band A, 2026/27, for the year £1,588.95 £158.90 a month over ten instalments, rounded

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, published 25 March 2026.

Area average including parish precepts. Your exact bill and any discounts can differ.

Change on 2025/26, Band A up £78.42 (5.2%) £1,510.53 in 2025/26

Calculated from two published tables. Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, and Table 9 for 2025 to 2026, published 25 March 2026.

Band B, 2026/27, for the year £1,853.77 £185.38 a month over ten instalments, rounded

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, published 25 March 2026.

Area average including parish precepts. Your exact bill and any discounts can differ.

Change on 2025/26, Band B up £91.48 (5.2%) £1,762.29 in 2025/26

Calculated from two published tables. Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, and Table 9 for 2025 to 2026, published 25 March 2026.

Band C, 2026/27, for the year £2,118.60 £211.86 a month over ten instalments, rounded

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, published 25 March 2026.

Area average including parish precepts. Your exact bill and any discounts can differ.

Change on 2025/26, Band C up £104.56 (5.2%) £2,014.04 in 2025/26

Calculated from two published tables. Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, and Table 9 for 2025 to 2026, published 25 March 2026.

Band D, 2026/27, for the year £2,383.42 £238.34 a month over ten instalments, rounded

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, published 25 March 2026.

Area average including parish precepts. Your exact bill and any discounts can differ.

Change on 2025/26, Band D up £117.62 (5.2%) £2,265.80 in 2025/26

Calculated from two published tables. Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, and Table 9 for 2025 to 2026, published 25 March 2026.

Band E, 2026/27, for the year £2,913.07 £291.31 a month over ten instalments, rounded

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, published 25 March 2026.

Area average including parish precepts. Your exact bill and any discounts can differ.

Change on 2025/26, Band E up £143.76 (5.2%) £2,769.31 in 2025/26

Calculated from two published tables. Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, and Table 9 for 2025 to 2026, published 25 March 2026.

Band F, 2026/27, for the year £3,442.72 £344.27 a month over ten instalments, rounded

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, published 25 March 2026.

Area average including parish precepts. Your exact bill and any discounts can differ.

Change on 2025/26, Band F up £169.90 (5.2%) £3,272.82 in 2025/26

Calculated from two published tables. Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, and Table 9 for 2025 to 2026, published 25 March 2026.

Band G, 2026/27, for the year £3,972.37 £397.24 a month over ten instalments, rounded

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, published 25 March 2026.

Area average including parish precepts. Your exact bill and any discounts can differ.

Change on 2025/26, Band G up £196.04 (5.2%) £3,776.33 in 2025/26

Calculated from two published tables. Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, and Table 9 for 2025 to 2026, published 25 March 2026.

Band H, 2026/27, for the year £4,766.84 £476.68 a month over ten instalments, rounded

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, published 25 March 2026.

Area average including parish precepts. Your exact bill and any discounts can differ.

Change on 2025/26, Band H up £235.24 (5.2%) £4,531.60 in 2025/26

Calculated from two published tables. Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, and Table 9 for 2025 to 2026, published 25 March 2026.

Monthly equivalents divide the annual charge by ten and round to pennies. Actual bill instalments can differ.

Every band includes the share of every body that sets council tax here, such as the police and, where they exist, the county council, the fire authority and parish councils, with parish precepts as an average. A home in a parish with its own precept pays a different amount, and discounts such as the single person discount are not taken off.

Bath and North East Somerset council area
Source: Office for National Statistics, May 2026.

Illustrative area boundary. Parish charges and individual property bands vary within it.

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under OGL v3.0.

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Who receives your council tax

Band D bill breakdown in Bath and North East Somerset

These are the published 2026/27 area averages. Parish charges are averaged into the council line. They are already included in the total and must not be added again.

Bath and North East Somerset: published Band D components, 2026/27
Part of the billCharging bodyAnnual Band D
Council, including average local preceptsBath and North East Somerset£1,979.79
County or GLANo separate precept reported£0.00
PoliceAvon & Somerset PCC£308.20
FireAvon Fire£95.43
Combined authorityNo separate precept reported£0.00
Published area average, including all precepts£2,383.42

Adult social care is included in council charges. Police and fire may be funded within another line, including a combined-authority or GLA charge. A zero separate line does not mean the service is absent. The named bodies come from MHCLG's billing-area mapping for this year.

The council's own Band D, excluding local precepts, is £1,914.03. This is a separate measure, not an additional charge.

Source: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027: Table 10, Data_Billing and Precepting_Bodies. Retrieved 2026-10-05. Download data and checksums.

Parish and local precepts in Bath and North East Somerset

52 records in the national parish return, including any ceased bodies. These are individual Band D local charges, not full bills. Other property bands are not inferred. Match the charging locality to your council bill.

Do not add these amounts to the area average above: that already includes average local precepts. Grouped parishes and charter trustees can have overlapping charging areas. A postcode alone cannot establish every charge on a property.

All 52 records shown.

Bath and North East Somerset: local Band D precepts as reported in the 2026/27 return
Parish or local body2025/262026/27Annual change
Bath Charter TrusteesCharter Trustee£7.85£7.61-£0.24
BathamptonPrecepting parish£61.00£42.24-£18.76
BatheastonPrecepting parish£112.30£116.55+£4.25
BathfordPrecepting parish£44.80£47.41+£2.61
CameleyPrecepting parish£80.51£86.14+£5.63
CamertonPrecepting parish£91.74£92.00+£0.26
CharlcombePrecepting parish£21.84£23.31+£1.47
ChelwoodPrecepting parish£57.34£56.91-£0.43
Chew MagnaPrecepting parish£57.02£61.45+£4.43
Chew StokePrecepting parish£46.88£49.94+£3.06
ClavertonPrecepting parish£29.09£30.84+£1.75
CluttonPrecepting parish£107.11£109.64+£2.53
Combe HayPrecepting parish£89.74£89.86+£0.12
Compton DandoPrecepting parish£42.75£38.87-£3.88
Compton MartinPrecepting parish£91.03£90.81-£0.22
CorstonPrecepting parish£74.01£106.32+£32.31
Dunkerton & TunleyPrecepting parish£61.20£65.12+£3.92
East HarptreePrecepting parish£49.94£52.98+£3.04
EnglishcombePrecepting parish£84.87£94.17+£9.30
FarmboroughPrecepting parish£114.63£126.64+£12.01
Farrington GurneyPrecepting parish£44.44£46.17+£1.73
FreshfordPrecepting parish£118.81£122.10+£3.29
High LittletonPrecepting parish£46.62£47.82+£1.20
Hinton BlewettPrecepting parish£84.18£90.44+£6.26
Hinton CharterhousePrecepting parish£83.00£89.26+£6.26
KelstonPrecepting parish£28.17£26.51-£1.66
KeynshamPrecepting parish£118.41£132.44+£14.03
MarksburyPrecepting parish£54.18£58.81+£4.63
Midsomer NortonPrecepting parish£147.91£179.89+£31.98
Monkton CombePrecepting parish£71.81£73.07+£1.26
Nempnett ThrubwellPrecepting parish£59.67£60.52+£0.85
Newton St. LoePrecepting parish£142.03£158.72+£16.69
North StokeNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
Norton MalrewardPrecepting parish£35.72£36.35+£0.63
PaultonPrecepting parish£152.03£164.75+£12.72
Peasedown St. JohnPrecepting parish£167.08£176.44+£9.36
PristonPrecepting parish£67.29£73.22+£5.93
Publow & PensfordPrecepting parish£55.86£60.02+£4.16
RadstockPrecepting parish£188.04£236.13+£48.09
SaltfordPrecepting parish£32.44£40.20+£7.76
ShoscombePrecepting parish£63.08£65.09+£2.01
South StokePrecepting parish£61.35£63.19+£1.84
St CatherinePrecepting parish£15.77£14.32-£1.45
Stanton DrewPrecepting parish£59.18£59.18£0.00
Stowey SuttonPrecepting parish£50.60£53.01+£2.41
SwainswickPrecepting parish£29.39£28.16-£1.23
TimsburyPrecepting parish£109.86£119.90+£10.04
UbleyPrecepting parish£89.72£92.65+£2.93
WellowPrecepting parish£64.94£64.23-£0.71
West HarptreePrecepting parish£57.37£63.48+£6.11
WestfieldPrecepting parish£142.74£177.51+£34.77
WhitchurchPrecepting parish£64.69£67.15+£2.46

Annual change is this year's reported charge minus the previous year's charge on the same source row. Missing and ceased entries remain distinct from published zero charges. A negative precept is retained where published.

Source: Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils in England: 2026 to 2027, Parish_Level_Data and Notes. Retrieved 2026-10-05. Download the national parish data, including precept income and tax bases.

How does Band D in Bath and North East Somerset compare?

England average area Band D, 2026/27 £2,392 up 4.9% on 2025/26

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 7, published 25 March 2026.

Average area Band D for unitary areas, 2026/27 £2,490 up 5.3% on 2025/26

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 7, published 25 March 2026.

Both averages include parish and adult social care precepts, the same basis as the Bath and North East Somerset figure. Band D for every council in South West.

How has Band D in Bath and North East Somerset changed?

2024/25: £2,155.39 £2,155.39 2024/25 2025/26: £2,265.80 £2,265.80 2025/26 2026/27: £2,383.42 £2,383.42 2026/27

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9 each year, linked in the table, published 25 March 2026.

Cash figures, not adjusted for inflation. Includes average parish precepts.

Area Band D in Bath and North East Somerset, as published each year
YearBand DSource
2024/25 £2,155.39 MHCLG Table 8
2025/26 £2,265.80 MHCLG Table 9
2026/27 £2,383.42 MHCLG Table 9

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9 each year, linked in the table, published 25 March 2026.

Every band over time

Bath and North East Somerset area charges, including average parish precepts
Band2024/252025/262026/27Two-year change
A£1,436.93£1,510.53£1,588.95£152.02
B£1,676.41£1,762.29£1,853.77£177.36
C£1,915.90£2,014.04£2,118.60£202.70
D£2,155.39£2,265.80£2,383.42£228.03
E£2,634.37£2,769.31£2,913.07£278.70
F£3,113.34£3,272.82£3,442.72£329.38
G£3,592.32£3,776.33£3,972.37£380.05
H£4,310.78£4,531.60£4,766.84£456.06

Sources: MHCLG 2024/25 · MHCLG 2025/26 · MHCLG 2026/27 · Change calculated from the two published charges. Nominal amounts, before discounts.

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Long-term Band D history

The national live table holds 31 published area figures for Bath and North East Somerset, from 1996/97 to 2026/27. This series is generally rounded to whole pounds, so it can differ from the penny figures in the recent band tables.

£673 to £2,383(+254.1% in cash terms)

Not adjusted for inflation. A change in services or council structure can affect comparisons. Missing years stay missing; we do not join predecessor councils ourselves. MHCLG carries forward predecessor-area history only where its published series does so, including some district-to-unitary changes with unchanged boundaries.

View the full Band D history and separate council shares
Bath and North East Somerset: published Band D history, displayed pounds
YearWhole-area averageCouncil excluding parishesCouncil including average parishes
1993/94UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
1994/95UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
1995/96UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
1996/97£673£614£627
1997/98£708£641£656
1998/99£763£691£708
1999/00£795£715£735
2000/01£871£782£803
2001/02£923£830£850
2002/03£993£888£909
2003/04£1,075£940£963
2004/05£1,140£945£969
2005/06£1,195£989£1,015
2006/07£1,254£1,038£1,065
2007/08£1,318£1,090£1,117
2008/09£1,373£1,133£1,162
2009/10£1,423£1,173£1,203
2010/11£1,461£1,202£1,233
2011/12£1,462£1,202£1,233
2012/13£1,466£1,202£1,235
2013/14£1,468£1,202£1,236
2014/15£1,474£1,202£1,238
2015/16£1,479£1,202£1,238
2016/17£1,524£1,241£1,278
2017/18£1,573£1,284£1,322
2018/19£1,652£1,348£1,387
2019/20£1,734£1,401£1,443
2020/21£1,803£1,457£1,500
2021/22£1,891£1,530£1,574
2022/23£1,950£1,575£1,621
2023/24£2,052£1,654£1,703
2024/25£2,155£1,736£1,791
2025/26£2,266£1,823£1,882
2026/27£2,383£1,914£1,980

The council-share columns are alternative measures, not additions to the whole-area figure. The excluding-parishes series begins in 1996/97. A council's own share can change when responsibilities transfer even where its area remains the same.

Source: Band D Council Tax figures 1993 onwards, revised April 2026, Area_CT, exc_PP and inc_PP. Download the historical series. Changes calculated from the displayed source values.

Who sets council tax in Bath and North East Somerset?

The figures below show each council's own share and its published annual change. The national breakdown above also identifies police, fire and combined-authority charges for this billing area.

Bath and North East Somerset council's own Band D, 2026/27 £1,914.03 up 4.99% on 2025/26, as published

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 8a, published 25 March 2026.

How much every council raised its own share this year.

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