Unfortunately, this is quite a difficult question to answer! "Counties" in the UK can be taken to mean various different areas. In England alone, you can choose from:

Historic counties dating from before 1974 which attract a strong sense of loyalty, but often no longer align with areas of local government
New and revised counties as constituted in 1974 which have since been superseded but whose names may still be used in some circumstances
Ceremonial counties established in England in 1997
Local authorities (councils) which sometimes align with traditional county borders but often don't

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have also seen similar changes over the years.

Ceremonial Counties of England

The official "ceremonial counties" are a good compromise between the traditional counties and more modern administrative areas. These are:

Berkshire
Bristol
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
Cheshire
Cornwall
County Durham
Cumbria
Derbyshire
Devon
Dorset
East Riding of Yorkshire
East Sussex
Essex
Gloucestershire
Greater London
Greater Manchester
Hampshire
Herefordshire
Hertfordshire
The Isle of Wight
Kent
Lancashire
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Merseyside
Norfolk
North Yorkshire
Northamptonshire
Northumberland
Nottinghamshire
Oxfordshire
Rutland
Shropshire
Somerset
South Yorkshire
Staffordshire
Suffolk
Surrey
Tyne and Wear
Warwickshire
West Midlands
West Sussex
West Yorkshire
Wiltshire
Worcestershire

Traditional Counties

These are the traditional, old counties. In many cases, they may still be used informally, but in other areas, they are no longer mainstream. Few people in Wales now align themselves with "Cardiganshire" or "Brecknockshire", for example.

In Scotland: Aberdeenshire Angus Argyllshire Banffshire Berwickshire Buteshire Caithness Clackmannan-shire Cromartyshire Dumfriesshire Dunbarton East Lothian Fife Inverness-shire Kincardine-shire Kinross-shire Kirkcudbright-shire Lanarkshire Mid Lothian Morayshire Nairnshire Orkney Peebles-Shire Perthshire Renferew-shire Ross-Shire Roxburghshire Selkirk-shire Shetland Stirling Shire Sutherland West Lothian Wigtown-shire In N. Ireland: Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone In England: Bedfordshire Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cornwall Cumberland Derbyshire Devon Dorset Durham Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Hants Herefordshire Hertfordshire Huntingdonshire Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Middlesex Norfolk Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Rutland Shropshire Somerset Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Sussex Warwickshire Westmorland Wiltshire Worcestershire Yorkshire And In Wales: Pembrokeshire Carmarthenshire Glamorgan Monmouthshire Brecknockshire Cardiganshire Radnorshire Montgomeryshire Merioneth Anglesey Caernarfonshire Denbighshire Flintshire

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