Council

Westmorland and Furness

A unitary authority in North West.

How much is council tax in Westmorland and Furness in 2026/27?

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

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Band A, 2026/27, for the year £1,671.99 £167.20 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 £79.32 (5.0%) £1,592.67 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 B, 2026/27, for the year £1,950.66 £195.07 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 £92.55 (5.0%) £1,858.11 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 £2,229.32 £222.93 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 £105.76 (5.0%) £2,123.56 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 £2,507.99 £250.80 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 £118.99 (5.0%) £2,389.00 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 £3,065.32 £306.53 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 £145.43 (5.0%) £2,919.89 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 £3,622.65 £362.27 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 £171.87 (5.0%) £3,450.78 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 £4,179.98 £418.00 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 £198.31 (5.0%) £3,981.67 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 H, 2026/27, for the year £5,015.98 £501.60 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 £237.98 (5.0%) £4,778.00 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.

Westmorland and Furness 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 Westmorland and Furness

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.

Westmorland and Furness: published Band D components, 2026/27
Part of the billCharging bodyAnnual Band D
Council, including average local preceptsWestmorland and Furness£2,065.91
County or GLANo separate precept reported£0.00
PoliceCumbria PFCC - Police£338.94
FireCumbria PFCC - Fire£103.14
Combined authorityNo separate precept reported£0.00
Published area average, including all precepts£2,507.99

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 £2,014.73. 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 Westmorland and Furness

145 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 145 records shown.

Westmorland and Furness: local Band D precepts as reported in the 2026/27 return
Parish or local body2025/262026/27Annual change
AinstablePrecepting parish£70.55£72.45+£1.90
AldinghamPrecepting parish£31.99£41.50+£9.51
Allithwaite and CartmelPrecepting parish£42.45£50.22+£7.77
Alston MoorPrecepting parish£77.71£96.21+£18.50
Appleby in WestmorlandPrecepting parish£141.04£141.04£0.00
ArnsidePrecepting parish£52.42£55.04+£2.62
AsbyPrecepting parish£42.25£42.42+£0.17
Askam and IrelethPrecepting parish£34.76£37.69+£2.93
AskhamPrecepting parish£63.20£76.88+£13.68
BamptonPrecepting parish£59.70£62.81+£3.11
Bandleyside (Colby Hoff & Ormside)Precepting parish£27.38£32.36+£4.98
BarbonPrecepting parish£41.77£53.26+£11.49
BarrowPrecepting parish£17.06£18.00+£0.94
BartonPrecepting parish£50.97£58.86+£7.89
BeethamPrecepting parish£27.17£28.84+£1.67
Blawith and SubberthwaitePrecepting parish£22.50£25.42+£2.92
BoltonPrecepting parish£37.61£44.42+£6.81
BroughPrecepting parish£57.20£57.20£0.00
Brough SowerbyPrecepting parish£14.96£14.92-£0.04
BroughamPrecepting parish£36.93£36.74-£0.19
Broughton EastPrecepting parish£40.28£40.16-£0.12
BurnesidePrecepting parish£38.80£43.62+£4.82
Burton in KendalPrecepting parish£24.01£24.01£0.00
Cartmel FellPrecepting parish£38.67£25.76-£12.91
CastertonPrecepting parish£53.46£55.40+£1.94
Castle SowerbyPrecepting parish£16.20£17.26+£1.06
CatterlenPrecepting parish£44.98£47.03+£2.05
ClaifePrecepting parish£40.84£51.71+£10.87
CliburnPrecepting parish£25.80£32.05+£6.25
CliftonPrecepting parish£54.54£53.68-£0.86
ColtonPrecepting parish£34.94£34.94£0.00
ConistonPrecepting parish£50.11£54.91+£4.80
CrackenthorpeNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
CrookPrecepting parish£53.59£41.63-£11.96
Crosby GarrettPrecepting parish£23.77£29.69+£5.92
Crosby RavensworthPrecepting parish£55.08£57.25+£2.17
Crosthwaite and LythPrecepting parish£30.72£35.38+£4.66
CulgaithPrecepting parish£35.44£36.05+£0.61
DacrePrecepting parish£35.14£38.60+£3.46
Dalton with NewtonPrecepting parish£127.71£137.34+£9.63
DentPrecepting parish£86.54£92.74+£6.20
DockerNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
DuddonPrecepting parish£58.90£59.65+£0.75
DuftonPrecepting parish£90.53£115.12+£24.59
Egton with Newland (grouped in Egton with Newland Mansriggs & Osmotherley)Group£13.87£14.38+£0.51
FirbankNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
GarsdalePrecepting parish£30.95£30.95£0.00
GlassonbyPrecepting parish£30.72£31.51+£0.79
Grange over SandsPrecepting parish£109.35£120.89+£11.54
GrayriggPrecepting parish£3.16£3.10-£0.06
Great SalkeldPrecepting parish£41.89£44.33+£2.44
Great StricklandPrecepting parish£23.83£23.83£0.00
GreystokePrecepting parish£39.61£39.78+£0.17
HartleyPrecepting parish£19.01£26.20+£7.19
HaverthwaitePrecepting parish£27.62£30.80+£3.18
HawksheadPrecepting parish£27.88£30.61+£2.73
HelbeckNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
HelsingtonPrecepting parish£66.67£62.97-£3.70
HesketPrecepting parish£14.35£14.77+£0.42
HevershamPrecepting parish£43.44£43.71+£0.27
HincasterNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
HolmePrecepting parish£43.71£62.23+£18.52
HunsonbyPrecepting parish£25.06£26.26+£1.20
HuttonPrecepting parish£12.16£11.63-£0.53
Hutton RoofPrecepting parish£48.19£48.19£0.00
KaberPrecepting parish£31.68£32.92+£1.24
KendalPrecepting parish£62.62£68.64+£6.02
KentmerePrecepting parish£6.33£20.27+£13.94
KillingtonNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
King's MeaburnNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
Kirkby IrelethPrecepting parish£16.38£15.86-£0.52
Kirkby LonsdalePrecepting parish£116.31£139.44+£23.13
Kirkby StephenPrecepting parish£128.83£132.98+£4.15
Kirkby ThorePrecepting parish£61.74£61.74£0.00
KirkoswaldPrecepting parish£49.48£46.91-£2.57
LakesPrecepting parish£40.73£40.73£0.00
LambriggNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
LangwathbyPrecepting parish£47.07£46.49-£0.58
LazonbyPrecepting parish£30.94£30.71-£0.23
LevensPrecepting parish£25.48£26.38+£0.90
Lindal and MartonPrecepting parish£17.69£18.01+£0.32
Lindale and Newton in CartmelPrecepting parish£61.75£81.39+£19.64
Little StricklandPrecepting parish£13.10£12.64-£0.46
Long MartonPrecepting parish£22.46£22.48+£0.02
LongsleddaleNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
Lower HolkerPrecepting parish£22.00£23.34+£1.34
LowickPrecepting parish£32.96£35.05+£2.09
LowtherPrecepting parish£37.51£57.41+£19.90
LuptonPrecepting parish£51.94£52.72+£0.78
MallerstangPrecepting parish£6.58£6.52-£0.06
ManserghNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
MartindaleNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
MatterdalePrecepting parish£12.36£12.59+£0.23
MelmerbyPrecepting parish£54.92£58.60+£3.68
MiddletonNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
MilburnPrecepting parish£73.26£73.35+£0.09
MilnthorpePrecepting parish£47.98£49.67+£1.69
MorlandPrecepting parish£41.05£46.81+£5.76
MungrisdalePrecepting parish£28.25£27.27-£0.98
MurtonPrecepting parish£49.93£49.93£0.00
MusgravePrecepting parish£41.55£42.67+£1.12
NatebyPrecepting parish£17.24£20.06+£2.82
NatlandPrecepting parish£17.92£21.10+£3.18
New HuttonPrecepting parish£7.23£7.65+£0.42
NewbigginPrecepting parish£21.21£19.27-£1.94
NewbyPrecepting parish£13.65£14.69+£1.04
Old Hutton and HolmescalesPrecepting parish£14.25£15.83+£1.58
OrtonPrecepting parish£53.85£55.09+£1.24
OusbyPrecepting parish£56.82£57.20+£0.38
PatterdalePrecepting parish£18.89£18.39-£0.50
PenningtonPrecepting parish£21.29£23.97+£2.68
PenrithPrecepting parish£83.92£84.76+£0.84
Preston PatrickPrecepting parish£25.41£25.41£0.00
Preston RichardPrecepting parish£51.68£52.72+£1.04
RavenstonedalePrecepting parish£98.94£119.39+£20.45
SatterthwaitePrecepting parish£35.93£45.00+£9.07
SedberghPrecepting parish£46.97£50.26+£3.29
SedgwickPrecepting parish£62.62£65.16+£2.54
ShapPrecepting parish£62.51£64.81+£2.30
Skelsmergh & ScalthwaiteriggPrecepting parish£26.10£26.10£0.00
SkeltonPrecepting parish£35.49£35.77+£0.28
SkelwithPrecepting parish£42.02£41.00-£1.02
SleagillPrecepting parish£10.29£10.16-£0.13
Sockbridge and TirrilPrecepting parish£0.00£34.05+£34.05
SoulbyPrecepting parish£55.87£57.60+£1.73
StainmoreNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
StaintonPrecepting parish£41.29£43.59+£2.30
Staveley in CartmelPrecepting parish£18.81£18.98+£0.17
Staveley with IngsPrecepting parish£20.16£23.19+£3.03
TebayPrecepting parish£58.56£65.97+£7.41
Temple SowerbyPrecepting parish£58.03£69.41+£11.38
ThrelkeldPrecepting parish£55.90£64.47+£8.57
TorverPrecepting parish£42.25£42.25£0.00
UlverstonPrecepting parish£62.78£64.68+£1.90
Underbarrow and BradleyfieldPrecepting parish£35.76£32.55-£3.21
Urswick Bardsea and StaintonPrecepting parish£27.46£26.26-£1.20
WaitbyPrecepting parish£9.79£11.06+£1.27
WarcopPrecepting parish£41.75£41.75£0.00
WhartonPrecepting parish£28.25£26.88-£1.37
WhinfellNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
Whitwell and SelsideNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
Windermere and BownessPrecepting parish£35.54£36.65+£1.11
WintonPrecepting parish£24.60£30.93+£6.33
Witherslack Meathop and UlphaPrecepting parish£34.35£35.43+£1.08
Yanwath and Eamont BridgePrecepting parish£24.01£26.18+£2.17

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 Westmorland and Furness 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 Westmorland and Furness figure. Band D for every council in North West.

How has Band D in Westmorland and Furness changed?

2024/25: £2,277.47 £2,277.47 2024/25 2025/26: £2,389.00 £2,389.00 2025/26 2026/27: £2,507.99 £2,507.99 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 Westmorland and Furness, as published each year
YearBand DSource
2024/25 £2,277.47 MHCLG Table 8
2025/26 £2,389.00 MHCLG Table 9
2026/27 £2,507.99 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

Westmorland and Furness area charges, including average parish precepts
Band2024/252025/262026/27Two-year change
A£1,518.31£1,592.67£1,671.99£153.68
B£1,771.37£1,858.11£1,950.66£179.29
C£2,024.42£2,123.56£2,229.32£204.90
D£2,277.47£2,389.00£2,507.99£230.52
E£2,783.57£2,919.89£3,065.32£281.75
F£3,289.68£3,450.78£3,622.65£332.97
G£3,795.78£3,981.67£4,179.98£384.20
H£4,554.94£4,778.00£5,015.98£461.04

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 Westmorland and Furness.

Long-term Band D history

The national live table holds 4 published area figures for Westmorland and Furness, from 2023/24 to 2026/27. This series is generally rounded to whole pounds, so it can differ from the penny figures in the recent band tables.

£2,173 to £2,508(+15.4% 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
Westmorland and Furness: published Band D history, displayed pounds
YearWhole-area averageCouncil excluding parishesCouncil including average parishes
1993/94UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
1994/95UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
1995/96UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
1996/97UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
1997/98UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
1998/99UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
1999/00UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2000/01UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2001/02UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2002/03UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2003/04UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2004/05UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2005/06UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2006/07UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2007/08UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2008/09UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2009/10UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2010/11UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2011/12UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2012/13UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2013/14UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2014/15UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2015/16UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2016/17UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2017/18UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2018/19UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2019/20UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2020/21UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2021/22UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2022/23UnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
2023/24£2,173£1,741£1,785
2024/25£2,277£1,828£1,874
2025/26£2,389£1,919£1,967
2026/27£2,508£2,015£2,066

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 Westmorland and Furness?

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.

Westmorland and Furness council's own Band D, 2026/27 £2,014.73 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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