This is a list of metropolitan counties, non-metropolitan counties and unitary authorities of England by area.
It includes those non-metropolitan counties (also known as shire counties) with a two-tier county council structure, metropolitan counties and unitary authorities, updated for the 2009 structural changes to local government in England.
In cases where a unitary authority has been detached from a county the area of the unitary authority is shown separately. For example, Peterborough is shown separately from the area figure for Cambridgeshire.
| Rank |
County |
Area (km²) |
Type |
| 1 |
North Yorkshire |
8,038 |
two-tier |
| 2 |
Cumbria |
6,768 |
two-tier |
| 3 |
Devon |
6,564 |
two-tier |
| 4 |
Lincolnshire |
5,921 |
two-tier |
| 5 |
Norfolk |
5,371 |
two-tier |
| 6 |
Northumberland |
5,013 |
unitary |
| 7 |
Suffolk |
3,801 |
two-tier |
| 8 |
Hampshire |
3,679 |
two-tier |
| 9 |
Cornwall |
3,549 |
unitary |
| 10 |
Kent |
3,544 |
two-tier |
| 11 |
Essex |
3,465 |
two-tier |
| 12 |
Somerset |
3,451 |
two-tier |
| 13 |
Wiltshire |
3,255 |
unitary |
| 14 |
Shropshire |
3,197 |
unitary |
| 15 |
Cambridgeshire |
3,046 |
two-tier |
| 16 |
Lancashire |
2,903 |
two-tier |
| 17 |
Gloucestershire |
2,653 |
two-tier |
| 18 |
Staffordshire |
2,620 |
two-tier |
| 19 |
Oxfordshire |
2,605 |
two-tier |
| 20 |
Derbyshire |
2,547 |
two-tier |
| 21 |
Dorset |
2,542 |
two-tier |
| 22 |
East Riding of Yorkshire |
2,409 |
unitary |
| 23 |
Northamptonshire |
2,364 |
two-tier |
| 24 |
Durham |
2,226 |
unitary |
| 25 |
Herefordshire |
2,180 |
unitary |
| 26 |
Nottinghamshire |
2,085 |
two-tier |
| 27 |
Leicestershire |
2,083 |
two-tier |
| 28 |
West Yorkshire |
2,029 |
metropolitan county |
| 29 |
West Sussex |
1,991 |
two-tier |
| 30 |
Warwickshire |
1,975 |
two-tier |
| 31 |
Worcestershire |
1,741 |
two-tier |
| 32 |
East Sussex |
1,709 |
two-tier |
| 33 |
Surrey |
1,663 |
two-tier |
| 34 |
Hertfordshire |
1,643 |
two-tier |
| 35 |
Greater London |
1,580 |
| 36 |
Buckinghamshire |
1,565 |
two-tier |
| 37 |
South Yorkshire |
1,552 |
metropolitan county |
| 38 |
Greater Manchester |
1,276 |
metropolitan county |
| 39 |
Cheshire East |
1,166 |
unitary |
| 40 |
Cheshire West and Chester |
917 |
unitary |
| 41 |
West Midlands |
902 |
metropolitan county |
| 42 |
North Lincolnshire |
846 |
unitary |
| 43 |
Central Bedfordshire |
716 |
unitary |
| 44 |
West Berkshire |
704 |
unitary |
| 45 |
Merseyside |
645 |
metropolitan county |
| 46 |
Tyne and Wear |
540 |
metropolitan county |
| 47 |
South Gloucestershire |
497 |
unitary |
| 48 |
Bedford |
476 |
unitary |
| 49 |
Rutland |
382 |
unitary |
| 50 |
Isle of Wight |
380 |
unitary |
| 51 |
North Somerset |
375 |
unitary |
| 52 |
Bath and North East Somerset |
351 |
unitary |
| 53 |
Peterborough |
343 |
unitary |
| 54 |
Milton Keynes |
309 |
unitary |
| 55 |
Telford and Wrekin |
290 |
unitary |
| 56 |
York |
272 |
unitary |
| 57 |
Redcar and Cleveland |
245 |
unitary |
| 58 |
Swindon |
230 |
unitary |
| 59 |
Stockton-on-Tees |
204 |
unitary |
| 60 |
Darlington |
197 |
unitary |
| 61 |
Windsor and Maidenhead |
197 |
unitary |
| 62 |
Medway |
192 |
unitary |
| 63 |
North East Lincolnshire |
192 |
unitary |
| 64 |
Warrington |
181 |
unitary |
| 65 |
Wokingham |
179 |
unitary |
| 66 |
Thurrock |
163 |
unitary |
| 67 |
Blackburn with Darwen |
137 |
unitary |
| 68 |
Bristol |
110 |
unitary |
| 69 |
Bracknell Forest |
109 |
unitary |
| 70 |
Hartlepool |
94 |
unitary |
| 71 |
Stoke-on-Trent |
93 |
unitary |
| 72 |
Brighton & Hove |
83 |
unitary |
| 73 |
Plymouth |
80 |
unitary |
| 74 |
Halton |
79 |
unitary |
| 75 |
Derby |
78 |
unitary |
| 76 |
Nottingham |
75 |
unitary |
| 77 |
Leicester |
73 |
unitary |
| 78 |
Hull |
71 |
unitary |
| 79 |
Poole |
65 |
unitary |
| 80 |
Torbay |
63 |
unitary |
| 81 |
Middlesbrough |
54 |
unitary |
| 82 |
Southampton |
50 |
unitary |
| 83 |
Bournemouth |
46 |
unitary |
| 84 |
Luton |
43 |
unitary |
| 85 |
Southend-on-Sea |
42 |
unitary |
| 86 |
Reading |
40 |
unitary |
| 87 |
Portsmouth |
40 |
unitary |
| 88 |
Blackpool |
35 |
unitary |
| 89 |
Slough |
33 |
unitary |
| 90 |
Scilly |
16 |
unitary |
See also
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