Council

Malvern Hills

A shire district in Worcestershire. Worcestershire County Council also sets council tax here.

How much is council tax in Malvern Hills in 2026/27?

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

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Band A, 2026/27, for the year £1,633.95 £163.40 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 £113.40 (7.5%) £1,520.55 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 £1,906.27 £190.63 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 £132.30 (7.5%) £1,773.97 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 £2,178.60 £217.86 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 £151.20 (7.5%) £2,027.40 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 £2,450.92 £245.09 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 £170.10 (7.5%) £2,280.82 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 E, 2026/27, for the year £2,995.57 £299.56 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 £207.90 (7.5%) £2,787.67 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 £3,540.22 £354.02 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 £245.70 (7.5%) £3,294.52 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 £4,084.87 £408.49 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 £283.50 (7.5%) £3,801.37 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 £4,901.84 £490.18 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 £340.20 (7.5%) £4,561.64 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.

Malvern Hills 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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England features only. ArcGIS generalisation tolerance 0.001 degrees, five decimal places. Illustrative boundaries, not property or billing boundaries. Joined by exact LAD26CD only.

Who receives your council tax

Band D bill breakdown in Malvern Hills

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.

Malvern Hills: published Band D components, 2026/27
Part of the billCharging bodyAnnual Band D
Council, including average local preceptsMalvern Hills£276.40
County or GLAWorcestershire£1,760.80
PoliceWest Mercia PCC£306.50
FireHereford & Worcester Fire£107.22
Combined authorityNo separate precept reported£0.00
Published area average, including all precepts£2,450.92

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 £182.60. 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 Malvern Hills

68 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 68 records shown.

Malvern Hills: local Band D precepts as reported in the 2026/27 return
Parish or local body2025/262026/27Annual change
AbberleyPrecepting parish£67.14£67.76+£0.62
Alfrick and LulsleyGroup£38.97£39.08+£0.11
Astley and DunleyPrecepting parish£30.09£36.52+£6.43
BaytonPrecepting parish£47.24£48.46+£1.22
BerrowPrecepting parish£19.94£21.63+£1.69
BirtsmortonPrecepting parish£18.89£21.02+£2.13
Bockleton (grouped with Stoke Bliss and Kyre)Group£0.00£0.00£0.00
Bransford (grouped with Leigh)Group£0.00£0.00£0.00
BroadheathPrecepting parish£49.00£47.95-£1.05
Broadwas and CotheridgeGroup£64.01£66.59+£2.58
BushleyPrecepting parish£86.56£86.05-£0.51
CastlemortonPrecepting parish£18.55£20.80+£2.25
Clifton upon TemePrecepting parish£98.07£98.07£0.00
Cotheridge (grouped with Broadwas)Group£0.00£0.00£0.00
Croome D'Abitot (grouped with Severn Stoke)Group£0.00£0.00£0.00
Doddenham (grouped with Knightwick)Group£0.00£0.00£0.00
Earl's CroomePrecepting parish£49.67£54.10+£4.43
EasthamPrecepting parish£89.29£90.34+£1.05
EldersfieldPrecepting parish£7.31£8.05+£0.74
Great Witley and HillhamptonGroup£29.38£33.79+£4.41
GrimleyPrecepting parish£71.85£83.44+£11.59
GuarlfordPrecepting parish£105.32£108.96+£3.64
HallowPrecepting parish£64.33£65.26+£0.93
HanleyPrecepting parish£16.38£24.42+£8.04
Hanley CastlePrecepting parish£33.92£39.54+£5.62
Hill CroomePrecepting parish£58.85£62.44+£3.59
Hillhampton (grouped with Great Witley)Group£0.00£0.00£0.00
Holdfast (grouped with Longdon and Queenhill)Group£0.00£0.00£0.00
HoltPrecepting parish£47.48£50.60+£3.12
KempseyPrecepting parish£91.77£96.10+£4.33
Kenswick and WichenfordGroup£43.15£46.34+£3.19
Knighton on TemePrecepting parish£40.12£43.39+£3.27
Knightwick and DoddenhamGroup£33.04£34.24+£1.20
Kyre (grouped with Stoke Bliss and Bockleton)Group£0.00£0.00£0.00
Leigh and BransfordGroup£25.70£26.63+£0.93
LindridgePrecepting parish£24.46£24.48+£0.02
Little Malvern and WellandGroup£55.51£57.53+£2.02
Little WitleyPrecepting parish£38.57£40.07+£1.50
Longdon Holdfast and QueenhillGroup£57.94£66.34+£8.40
Lower SapeyPrecepting parish£12.69£13.02+£0.33
Lulsley (grouped with Alfrick)Group£0.00£0.00£0.00
MadresfieldPrecepting parish£34.05£33.86-£0.19
MalvernPrecepting parish£127.61£137.14+£9.53
Malvern WellsPrecepting parish£123.24£127.92+£4.68
MamblePrecepting parish£48.90£50.17+£1.27
MartleyPrecepting parish£73.68£76.99+£3.31
NewlandPrecepting parish£43.17£44.95+£1.78
PendockPrecepting parish£76.42£53.20-£23.22
PensaxPrecepting parish£58.24£59.79+£1.55
PowickPrecepting parish£58.86£61.44+£2.58
Queenhill (grouped with Longdon and Holdfast)Group£0.00£0.00£0.00
RipplePrecepting parish£44.27£43.92-£0.35
RochfordPrecepting parish£32.40£34.32+£1.92
RushwickPrecepting parish£40.10£44.85+£4.75
Severn Stoke and Croome D'AbitotGroup£43.99£50.71+£6.72
Shelsley (Beauchamp Kings Walsh)Group£39.84£34.45-£5.39
Shelsley Kings (grouped with Shelsley Beauchamp and Shelsley Walsh)Group£0.00£0.00£0.00
Shelsley Walsh (grouped with Shelsley Beauchamp and Shelsley Kings)Group£0.00£0.00£0.00
ShrawleyPrecepting parish£52.13£51.46-£0.67
Stanford with OrletonPrecepting parish£1.98£1.94-£0.04
Stockton on TemePrecepting parish£8.27£8.21-£0.06
Stoke Bliss Kyre and BockletonGroup£22.13£24.55+£2.42
SuckleyPrecepting parish£65.47£68.28+£2.81
TenburyPrecepting parish£182.55£188.06+£5.51
Upton upon SevernPrecepting parish£142.19£154.02+£11.83
Welland (grouped with Little Malvern)Group£0.00£0.00£0.00
West MalvernPrecepting parish£84.93£90.31+£5.38
Wichenford (grouped with Kenswick)Group£0.00£0.00£0.00

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 Malvern Hills 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 shire areas, 2026/27 £2,452 up 4.6% 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 Malvern Hills figure. Band D for every council in West Midlands.

How has Band D in Malvern Hills changed?

2024/25: £2,180.73 £2,180.73 2024/25 2025/26: £2,280.82 £2,280.82 2025/26 2026/27: £2,450.92 £2,450.92 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 Malvern Hills, as published each year
YearBand DSource
2024/25 £2,180.73 MHCLG Table 8
2025/26 £2,280.82 MHCLG Table 9
2026/27 £2,450.92 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

Malvern Hills area charges, including average parish precepts
Band2024/252025/262026/27Two-year change
A£1,453.82£1,520.55£1,633.95£180.13
B£1,696.12£1,773.97£1,906.27£210.15
C£1,938.43£2,027.40£2,178.60£240.17
D£2,180.73£2,280.82£2,450.92£270.19
E£2,665.34£2,787.67£2,995.57£330.23
F£3,149.94£3,294.52£3,540.22£390.28
G£3,634.55£3,801.37£4,084.87£450.32
H£4,361.46£4,561.64£4,901.84£540.38

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

Explore what future annual changes could mean for Malvern Hills.

Long-term Band D history

The national live table holds 34 published area figures for Malvern Hills, from 1993/94 to 2026/27. This series is generally rounded to whole pounds, so it can differ from the penny figures in the recent band tables.

£527 to £2,451(+365.1% 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
Malvern Hills: published Band D history, displayed pounds
YearWhole-area averageCouncil excluding parishesCouncil including average parishes
1993/94£527Unavailable£96
1994/95£518Unavailable£59
1995/96£497Unavailable£29
1996/97£573Unavailable£81
1997/98£604Unavailable£60
1998/99£667£72£103
1999/00£728£77£107
2000/01£802£83£116
2001/02£898£103£146
2002/03£986£111£153
2003/04£1,101£115£158
2004/05£1,180£110£161
2005/06£1,224£114£164
2006/07£1,279£117£167
2007/08£1,337£120£170
2008/09£1,395£125£177
2009/10£1,441£129£182
2010/11£1,477£132£186
2011/12£1,478£132£187
2012/13£1,480£132£188
2013/14£1,482£135£191
2014/15£1,512£138£195
2015/16£1,538£138£196
2016/17£1,593£143£204
2017/18£1,638£148£214
2018/19£1,714£153£223
2019/20£1,791£158£229
2020/21£1,857£163£235
2021/22£1,913£168£241
2022/23£1,984£173£248
2023/24£2,082£178£257
2024/25£2,181£183£267
2025/26£2,281£183£271
2026/27£2,451£183£276

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 Malvern Hills?

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.

Malvern Hills council's own Band D, 2026/27 £182.60 up 0.00% on 2025/26, as published

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

Worcestershire County Council's Band D, 2026/27 £1,760.80 up 8.98% on 2025/26, as published

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

How much every council raised its own share this year.

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