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This is a list of districts of England by size. The biggest are first and smallest are at the end.
Rank | District | Area km² | Type | Ceremonial county |
1 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 2,408.81 | Unitary, District | East Riding of Yorkshire |
2 | Tynedale | 2,219.43 | District | Northumberland |
3 | Herefordshire | 2,179.73 | Unitary, District | Herefordshire |
4 | Eden | 2,156.45 | District | Cumbria |
5 | East Lindsey | 1,760.24 | District | Lincolnshire |
6 | South Lakeland | 1,553.39 | District | Cumbria |
7 | Ryedale | 1,506.59 | District | North Yorkshire |
8 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 1,428.76 | Borough | Norfolk |
9 | Richmondshire | 1,318.67 | District | North Yorkshire |
10 | Hambleton | 1,311.17 | District | North Yorkshire |
11 | Harrogate | 1,309.13 | District | North Yorkshire |
12 | Breckland | 1,305.12 | District | Norfolk |
13 | Allerdale | 1,257.79 | Borough | Cumbria |
14 | North Cornwall | 1,195.17 | District | Cornwall |
15 | Craven | 1,178.81 | District | North Yorkshire |
16 | Cotswold | 1,164.52 | District | Gloucestershire |
17 | West Devon | 1,161.08 | Borough | Devon |
18 | West Lindsey | 1,155.71 | District | Lincolnshire |
19 | North Devon | 1,085.90 | District | Devon |
20 | West Dorset | 1,081.48 | District | Dorset |
21 | Alnwick | 1,079.51 | District | Northumberland |
22 | Carlisle | 1,039.97 | City | Cumbria |
23 | South Shropshire | 1,027.26 | District | Shropshire |
24 | Salisbury | 1,004.13 | District | Wiltshire |
Rank | District | Area km² | Type | Ceremonial county |
25 | Torridge | 985.31 | District | Devon |
26 | Stratford-on-Avon | 977.87 | District | Warwickshire |
27 | Berwick-upon-Tweed | 971.80 | Borough | Northumberland |
28 | Kennet | 966.62 | District | Wiltshire |
29 | North Norfolk | 965.46 | District | Norfolk |
30 | South Somerset | 959.04 | District | Somerset |
31 | South Kesteven | 942.59 | District | Lincolnshire |
32 | North Kesteven | 922.44 | District | Lincolnshire |
33 | Mid Devon | 912.94 | District | Devon |
34 | Huntingdonshire | 912.47 | District | Cambridgeshire |
35 | South Norfolk | 907.71 | District | Norfolk |
36 | Aylesbury Vale | 902.75 | District | Buckinghamshire |
37 | South Cambridgeshire | 901.63 | District | Cambridgeshire |
38 | Suffolk Coastal | 891.53 | District | Suffolk |
39 | South Hams | 886.51 | District | Devon |
40 | Mid Suffolk | 871.07 | District | Suffolk |
41 | North Lincolnshire | 846.31 | Unitary, Borough | Lincolnshire |
42 | Teesdale | 839.98 | District | Durham |
43 | Wealden | 835.00 | District | East Sussex |
44 | Scarborough | 816.54 | Borough | North Yorkshire |
45 | East Devon | 814.40 | District | Devon |
46 | Derbyshire Dales | 795.36 | District | Derbyshire |
47 | Chichester | 786.32 | District | West Sussex |
48 | North Wiltshire | 767.68 | District | Wiltshire |
49 | New Forest | 753.21 | District | Hampshire |
50 | South Holland | 742.37 | District | Lincolnshire |
51 | Mendip | 739.44 | District | Somerset |
52 | Copeland | 737.59 | Borough | Cumbria |
53 | West Somerset | 726.84 | District | Somerset |
54 | West Oxfordshire | 714.40 | District | Oxfordshire |
55 | West Berkshire | 704.17 | Unitary, District | Berkshire |
56 | North Shropshire | 679.17 | District | Shropshire |
57 | South Oxfordshire | 678.53 | District | Oxfordshire |
58 | Teignbridge | 673.87 | District | Devon |
59 | Daventry | 665.61 | District | Northamptonshire |
60 | Caradon | 664.39 | District | Cornwall |
61 | Wychavon | 663.54 | District | Worcestershire |
62 | Winchester | 660.97 | City | Hampshire |
63 | St Edmundsbury | 656.96 | Borough | Suffolk |
64 | Newark and Sherwood | 651.32 | District | Nottinghamshire |
65 | East Cambridgeshire | 651.28 | District | Cambridgeshire |
66 | Uttlesford | 641.18 | District | Essex |
67 | Bassetlaw | 637.86 | District | Nottinghamshire |
68 | South Northamptonshire | 634.02 | District | Northamptonshire |
69 | Basingstoke and Deane | 633.81 | Borough | Hampshire |
70 | Bridgnorth | 633.17 | District | Shropshire |
71 | Test Valley | 627.58 | Borough | Hampshire |
72 | Castle Morpeth | 618.23 | Borough | Northumberland |
73 | Braintree | 611.71 | District | Essex |
74 | North Dorset | 609.22 | District | Dorset |
75 | Shrewsbury and Atcham | 601.63 | Borough | Shropshire |
76 | Selby | 599.31 | District | North Yorkshire |
77 | Stafford | 598.17 | District | Staffordshire |
78 | Babergh | 595.21 | District | Suffolk |
79 | Harborough | 592.70 | District | Leicestershire |
80 | Cherwell | 588.77 | District | Oxfordshire |
81 | Ribble Valley | 584.47 | Borough | Lancashire |
82 | Ashford | 580.62 | Borough | Kent |
83 | Vale of White Horse | 578.63 | District | Oxfordshire |
84 | Malvern Hills | 577.07 | District | Worcestershire |
85 | Lancaster | 575.86 | City (1937) | Lancashire |
86 | Staffordshire Moorlands | 575.85 | District | Staffordshire |
87 | Doncaster | 567.98 | Metropolitan borough | South Yorkshire |
88 | Sedgemoor | 564.36 | District | Somerset |
89 | Broadland | 552.40 | District | Norfolk |
90 | Leeds | 551.72 | Metropolitan borough, City (1893) | West Yorkshire |
91 | Fenland | 546.45 | District | Cambridgeshire |
92 | High Peak | 540.25 | Borough | Derbyshire |
93 | Horsham | 530.26 | District | West Sussex |
94 | Forest of Dean | 526.43 | District | Gloucestershire |
95 | Macclesfield | 524.97 | Borough | Cheshire |
96 | West Wiltshire | 516.92 | District | Wiltshire |
97 | East Hampshire | 514.44 | District | Hampshire |
98 | Rother | 511.75 | District | East Sussex |
99 | East Northamptonshire | 509.79 | District | Northamptonshire |
100 | Wear Valley | 504.63 | District | Durham |
101 | Mid Bedfordshire | 502.85 | District | Bedfordshire |
102 | South Gloucestershire | 496.94 | Unitary, District | Gloucestershire |
103 | Melton | 481.38 | Borough | Leicestershire |
104 | Bedford | 476.41 | Borough | Bedfordshire |
105 | East Hertfordshire | 475.69 | District | Hertfordshire |
106 | Kerrier | 473.52 | District | Cornwall |
107 | Taunton Deane | 462.36 | Borough | Somerset |
108 | Carrick | 461.00 | District | Cornwall |
109 | Stroud | 460.65 | District | Gloucestershire |
110 | Restormel | 451.83 | Borough | Cornwall |
111 | Chester | 448.04 | City | Cheshire |
112 | Crewe and Nantwich | 430.41 | Borough | Cheshire |
113 | Tewkesbury | 414.42 | Borough | Gloucestershire |
114 | Rushcliffe | 409.24 | Borough | Nottinghamshire |
115 | Kirklees | 408.60 | Metropolitan borough | West Yorkshire |
116 | South Staffordshire | 407.32 | District | Staffordshire |
117 | Purbeck | 404.40 | District | Dorset |
118 | Rutland | 393.75 | Unitary, District | Rutland |
119 | Maidstone | 393.33 | Borough | Kent |
120 | East Staffordshire | 390.00 | Borough | Staffordshire |
121 | Vale Royal | 380.19 | Borough | Cheshire |
122 | Isle of Wight | 380.16 | Unitary, County | Isle of Wight |
123 | Forest Heath | 377.71 | District | Suffolk |
124 | North Hertfordshire | 375.37 | District | Hertfordshire |
125 | North Somerset | 374.68 | Unitary, District | Somerset |
126 | Swale | 373.40 | Borough | Kent |
127 | Waveney | 370.39 | District | Suffolk |
128 | Sevenoaks | 370.34 | District | Kent |
129 | Sheffield | 367.94 | Metropolitan borough, City (1893) | South Yorkshire |
130 | Bradford | 366.42 | Metropolitan borough, City (1897) | West Yorkshire |
131 | Calderdale | 363.92 | Metropolitan borough | West Yorkshire |
132 | Boston | 361.54 | Borough | Lincolnshire |
133 | Maldon | 358.78 | District | Essex |
134 | Shepway | 356.70 | District | Kent |
135 | East Dorset | 354.37 | District | Dorset |
136 | Rugby | 353.56 | Borough | Warwickshire |
137 | Bath and North East Somerset | 351.12 | Unitary, District | Somerset |
138 | West Lancashire | 346.79 | District | Lancashire |
139 | Waverley | 345.17 | Borough | Surrey |
140 | Peterborough | 343.38 | Unitary, City (1541) | Cambridgeshire |
141 | Chelmsford | 342.24 | Borough | Essex |
142 | Epping Forest (district) | 338.99 | District | Essex |
143 | Wakefield | 338.61 | Metropolitan borough, City (1888) | West Yorkshire |
144 | South Derbyshire | 338.12 | District | Derbyshire |
145 | Tendring | 337.58 | District | Essex |
146 | Mid Sussex | 334.02 | District | West Sussex |
147 | Colchester | 333.18 | Borough | Essex |
148 | Tunbridge Wells | 331.33 | Borough | Kent |
149 | Lichfield | 331.30 | District | Staffordshire |
150 | Barnsley | 329.05 | Metropolitan borough | South Yorkshire |
151 | Wycombe | 324.57 | District | Buckinghamshire |
152 | Dover | 314.84 | District | Kent |
153 | Canterbury | 308.84 | City | Kent |
154 | Milton Keynes | 308.63 | Unitary, Borough | Buckinghamshire |
155 | Penwith | 303.56 | District | Cornwall |
156 | Hinckley and Bosworth | 297.35 | Borough | Leicestershire |
157 | Lewes | 292.00 | District | East Sussex |
158 | Telford and Wrekin | 290.31 | Unitary, Borough | Shropshire |
159 | Rotherham | 286.54 | Metropolitan borough | South Yorkshire |
160 | North Warwickshire | 284.27 | Borough | Warwickshire |
161 | Warwick | 282.88 | District | Warwickshire |
162 | Wyre | 282.55 | Borough | Lancashire |
163 | North West Leicestershire | 279.33 | District | Leicestershire |
164 | Charnwood | 279.06 | Borough | Leicestershire |
165 | North East Derbyshire | 275.61 | District | Derbyshire |
166 | York | 271.94 | Unitary, City | North Yorkshire |
167 | Guildford | 270.93 | Borough | Surrey |
168 | Derwentside | 270.79 | District | Durham |
169 | Birmingham | 267.77 | Metropolitan borough, City (1889) | West Midlands |
170 | Amber Valley | 265.39 | Borough | Derbyshire |
171 | Mole Valley | 258.32 | District | Surrey |
172 | Oswestry | 256.08 | Borough | Shropshire |
173 | Tandridge | 248.19 | District | Surrey |
174 | Redcar and Cleveland | 244.88 | Unitary, Borough | North Yorkshire |
175 | Tonbridge and Malling | 240.13 | Borough | Kent |
176 | Kettering | 233.49 | Borough | Northamptonshire |
177 | Swindon | 230.10 | Unitary, Borough | Wiltshire |
178 | Arun | 221.01 | District | West Sussex |
179 | Sedgefield | 217.37 | Borough | Durham |
180 | Bromsgrove | 216.97 | District | Worcestershire |
181 | Hart | 215.27 | District | Hampshire |
182 | South Bedfordshire | 212.82 | District | Bedfordshire |
183 | Dacorum | 212.48 | Borough | Hertfordshire |
184 | Congleton | 210.99 | Borough | Cheshire |
185 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 210.96 | Borough | Staffordshire |
186 | Stockton-on-Tees | 203.89 | Unitary, Borough | Durham and North Yorkshire |
187 | Chorley | 202.80 | Borough | Lancashire |
188 | Windsor and Maidenhead | 198.43 | Royal Borough | Berkshire |
189 | Darlington | 197.47 | Unitary, Borough | Durham |
190 | Chiltern | 196.35 | District | Buckinghamshire |
191 | Wyre Forest | 195.41 | District | Worcestershire |
192 | Medway | 192.03 | Unitary, Borough | Kent |
193 | North East Lincolnshire | 191.85 | Unitary, Borough | Lincolnshire |
194 | Wigan | 188.19 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
195 | Durham | 186.68 | City | Durham |
196 | Warrington | 180.64 | Unitary, Borough | Cheshire |
197 | Wokingham | 178.98 | Unitary, District | Berkshire |
198 | Solihull | 178.29 | Metropolitan borough | West Midlands |
199 | Great Yarmouth | 173.98 | Borough | Norfolk |
200 | Rochford | 169.49 | District | Essex |
201 | Pendle | 169.36 | Borough | Lancashire |
202 | Fylde | 165.53 | Borough | Lancashire |
203 | Thurrock | 163.38 | Unitary, Borough | Essex |
204 | Wellingborough | 163.04 | Borough | Northamptonshire |
205 | St Albans | 161.18 | City (1877) | Hertfordshire |
206 | Bolsover | 160.33 | District | Derbyshire |
207 | Rochdale | 158.08 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
208 | Wirral | 157.05 | Metropolitan borough | Merseyside |
209 | Sefton | 153.14 | Metropolitan borough | Merseyside |
210 | Brentwood | 153.12 | Borough | Essex |
211 | Bromley | 150.15 | London borough | Greater London |
212 | Easington | 144.56 | District | Durham |
213 | Oldham | 142.36 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
214 | Gateshead | 142.35 | Metropolitan borough | Tyne and Wear |
215 | Preston | 142.22 | City (2002) | Lancashire |
216 | South Bucks | 141.28 | District | Buckinghamshire |
217 | Bolton | 139.80 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
218 | Rossendale | 138.05 | Borough | Lancashire |
219 | Sunderland | 137.46 | Metropolitan borough, City (1992) | Tyne and Wear |
220 | Blackburn with Darwen | 137.01 | Unitary, Borough | Lancashire |
221 | St Helens | 136.38 | Metropolitan borough | Merseyside |
222 | Blaby | 130.47 | District | Leicestershire |
223 | Welwyn Hatfield | 129.55 | District | Hertfordshire |
224 | Reigate and Banstead | 129.13 | Borough | Surrey |
225 | Stockport | 126.06 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
226 | Gedling | 119.98 | Borough | Nottinghamshire |
227 | Hillingdon | 115.70 | London borough | Greater London |
228 | Manchester | 115.65 | Metropolitan borough, City (1853) | Greater Manchester |
229 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 113.44 | Metropolitan borough, City (1882) | Tyne and Wear |
230 | South Ribble | 112.96 | Borough | Lancashire |
231 | Havering | 112.27 | London borough | Greater London |
232 | Liverpool | 111.84 | Metropolitan borough, City (1880) | Merseyside |
233 | Burnley | 110.70 | Borough | Lancashire |
234 | Basildon | 110.02 | District | Essex |
235 | Erewash | 109.63 | Borough | Derbyshire |
236 | Ashfield | 109.56 | District | Nottinghamshire |
237 | Bristol | 109.46 | Unitary, City (1542) | Bristol |
238 | Bracknell Forest | 109.38 | Unitary, Borough | Berkshire |
239 | Trafford | 106.04 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
240 | Walsall | 103.95 | Metropolitan borough | West Midlands |
241 | Thanet | 103.30 | District | Kent |
242 | Tameside | 103.17 | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
243 | Hertsmere | 101.16 | Borough | Hertfordshire |
Rank | District | Area km² | Type | Ceremonial county |
354 | City of London | 2.90 | Unitary, City | Greater London |
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