list of english districts by area

This is a list of districts of England ordered by area. The areas given are calculated from the Output Areas created for Census 2001 and made available on CD by the Office for National Statistics. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/op12.asp See also: List of English districts by population

Over 1,000 km²

b>Rank	District	Area km²	Type	Ceremonial county
\|East Riding of Yorkshire \|2,408.81 \|Unitary, District \|East Riding of Yorkshire
\|Tynedale \|2,219.43 \|District \|Northumberland
\|Herefordshire \|2,179.73 \|Unitary, District \|Herefordshire
\|Eden \|2,156.45 \|District \|Cumbria
\|East Lindsey \|1,760.24 \|District \|Lincolnshire
\|South Lakeland \|1,553.39 \|District \|Cumbria
\|Ryedale \|1,506.59 \|District \|North Yorkshire
\|King's Lynn and West Norfolk \|1,428.76 \|Borough \|Norfolk
\|Richmondshire \|1,318.67 \|District \|North Yorkshire
0	Hambleton	1,311.17	District	North Yorkshire
1	Harrogate	1,309.13	District	North Yorkshire
2	Breckland	1,305.12	District	Norfolk
3	Allerdale	1,257.79	Borough	Cumbria
4	North Cornwall	1,195.17	District	Cornwall
5	Craven	1,178.81	District	North Yorkshire
6	Cotswold	1,164.52	District	Gloucestershire
7	West Devon	1,161.08	Borough	Devon
8	West Lindsey	1,155.71	District	Lincolnshire
9	North Devon	1,085.90	District	Devon
0	West Dorset	1,081.48	District	Dorset
1	Alnwick	1,079.51	District	Northumberland
2	Carlisle	1,039.97	City	Cumbria
3	South Shropshire	1,027.26	District	Shropshire
4	Salisbury	1,004.13	District	Wiltshire

100 - 1,000 km²

b>Rank	District	Area km²	Type	Ceremonial county
5	Torridge	985.31	District	Devon
6	Stratford-on-Avon	977.87	District	Warwickshire
7	Berwick-upon-Tweed	971.80	Borough	Northumberland
8	Kennet	966.62	District	Wiltshire
9	North Norfolk	965.46	District	Norfolk
0	South Somerset	959.04	District	Somerset
1	South Kesteven	942.59	District	Lincolnshire
2	North Kesteven	922.44	District	Lincolnshire
3	Mid Devon	912.94	District	Devon
4	Huntingdonshire	912.47	District	Cambridgeshire
5	South Norfolk	907.71	District	Norfolk
6	Aylesbury Vale	902.75	District	Buckinghamshire
7	South Cambridgeshire	901.63	District	Cambridgeshire
8	Suffolk Coastal	891.53	District	Suffolk
9	South Hams	886.51	District	Devon
0	Mid Suffolk	871.07	District	Suffolk
1	North Lincolnshire	846.31	Unitary, Borough	Lincolnshire
2	Teesdale	839.98	District	Durham
3	Wealden	835.00	District	East Sussex
4	Scarborough	816.54	Borough	North Yorkshire
5	East Devon	814.40	District	Devon
6	Derbyshire Dales	795.36	District	Derbyshire
7	Chichester	786.32	District	West Sussex
8	North Wiltshire	767.68	District	Wiltshire
9	New Forest	753.21	District	Hampshire
0	South Holland	742.37	District	Lincolnshire
1	Mendip	739.44	District	Somerset
2	Copeland	737.59	Borough	Cumbria
3	West Somerset	726.84	District	Somerset
4	West Oxfordshire	714.40	District	Oxfordshire
5	West Berkshire	704.17	Unitary, District	Berkshire
6	North Shropshire	679.17	District	Shropshire
7	South Oxfordshire	678.53	District	Oxfordshire
8	Teignbridge	673.87	District	Devon
9	Daventry	665.61	District	Northamptonshire
0	Caradon	664.39	District	Cornwall
1	Wychavon	663.54	District	Worcestershire
2	Winchester	660.97	City	Hampshire
3	St Edmundsbury	656.96	Borough	Suffolk
4	Newark and Sherwood	651.32	District	Nottinghamshire
5	East Cambridgeshire	651.28	District	Cambridgeshire
6	Uttlesford	641.18	District	Essex
7	Bassetlaw	637.86	District	Nottinghamshire
8	South Northamptonshire	634.02	District	Northamptonshire
9	Basingstoke and Deane	633.81	Borough	Hampshire
0	Bridgnorth	633.17	District	Shropshire
1	Test Valley	627.58	Borough	Hampshire
2	Castle Morpeth	618.23	Borough	Northumberland
3	Braintree	611.71	District	Essex
4	North Dorset	609.22	District	Dorset
5	Shrewsbury and Atcham	601.63	Borough	Shropshire
6	Selby	599.31	District	North Yorkshire
7	Stafford	598.17	District	Staffordshire
8	Babergh	595.21	District	Suffolk
9	Harborough	592.70	District	Leicestershire
0	Cherwell	588.77	District	Oxfordshire
1	Ribble Valley	584.47	Borough	Lancashire
2	Ashford	580.62	Borough	Kent
3	Vale of White Horse	578.63	District	Oxfordshire
4	Malvern Hills	577.07	District	Worcestershire
5	Lancaster	575.86	City (1937)	Lancashire
6	Staffordshire Moorlands	575.85	District	Staffordshire
7	Doncaster	567.98	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire
8	Sedgemoor	564.36	District	Somerset
9	Broadland	552.40	District	Norfolk
0	Leeds	551.72	Metropolitan borough, City (1893)	West Yorkshire
1	Fenland	546.45	District	Cambridgeshire
2	High Peak	540.25	Borough	Derbyshire
3	Horsham	530.26	District	West Sussex
4	Forest of Dean	526.43	District	Gloucestershire
5	Macclesfield	524.97	Borough	Cheshire
6	West Wiltshire	516.92	District	Wiltshire
7	East Hampshire	514.44	District	Hampshire
8	Rother	511.75	District	East Sussex
9	East Northamptonshire	509.79	District	Northamptonshire
00	Wear Valley	504.63	District	Durham
01	Mid Bedfordshire	502.85	District	Bedfordshire
02	South Gloucestershire	496.94	Unitary, District	Gloucestershire
03	Melton	481.38	Borough	Leicestershire
04	Bedford	476.41	Borough	Bedfordshire
05	East Hertfordshire	475.69	District	Hertfordshire
06	Kerrier	473.52	District	Cornwall
07	Taunton Deane	462.36	Borough	Somerset
08	Carrick	461.00	District	Cornwall
09	Stroud	460.65	District	Gloucestershire
10	Restormel	451.83	Borough	Cornwall
11	Chester	448.04	City	Cheshire
12	Crewe and Nantwich	430.41	Borough	Cheshire
13	Tewkesbury	414.42	Borough	Gloucestershire
14	Rushcliffe	409.24	Borough	Nottinghamshire
15	Kirklees	408.60	Metropolitan borough	West Yorkshire
16	South Staffordshire	407.32	District	Staffordshire
17	Purbeck	404.40	District	Dorset
18	Rutland	393.75	Unitary, District	Rutland
19	Maidstone	393.33	Borough	Kent
20	East Staffordshire	390.00	Borough	Staffordshire
21	Vale Royal	380.19	Borough	Cheshire
22	Isle of Wight	380.16	Unitary, County	Isle of Wight
23	Forest Heath	377.71	District	Suffolk
24	North Hertfordshire	375.37	District	Hertfordshire
25	North Somerset	374.68	Unitary, District	Somerset
26	Swale	373.40	Borough	Kent
27	Waveney	370.39	District	Suffolk
28	Sevenoaks	370.34	District	Kent
29	Sheffield	367.94	Metropolitan borough, City (1893)	South Yorkshire
30	Bradford	366.42	Metropolitan borough, City (1897)	West Yorkshire
31	Calderdale	363.92	Metropolitan borough	West Yorkshire
32	Boston	361.54	Borough	Lincolnshire
33	Maldon	358.78	District	Essex
34	Shepway	356.70	District	Kent
35	East Dorset	354.37	District	Dorset
36	Rugby	353.56	Borough	Warwickshire
37	Bath and North East Somerset	351.12	Unitary, District	Somerset
38	West Lancashire	346.79	District	Lancashire
39	Waverley	345.17	Borough	Surrey
40	Peterborough	343.38	Unitary, City (1541)	Cambridgeshire
41	Chelmsford	342.24	Borough	Essex
42	Epping Forest (district)	338.99	District	Essex
43	Wakefield	338.61	Metropolitan borough, City (1888)	West Yorkshire
44	South Derbyshire	338.12	District	Derbyshire
45	Tendring	337.58	District	Essex
46	Mid Sussex	334.02	District	West Sussex
47	Colchester	333.18	Borough	Essex
48	Tunbridge Wells	331.33	Borough	Kent
49	Lichfield	331.30	District	Staffordshire
50	Barnsley	329.05	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire
51	Wycombe	324.57	District	Buckinghamshire
52	Dover	314.84	District	Kent
53	Canterbury	308.84	City	Kent
54	Milton Keynes	308.63	Unitary, Borough	Buckinghamshire
55	Penwith	303.56	District	Cornwall
56	Hinckley and Bosworth	297.35	Borough	Leicestershire
57	Lewes	292.00	District	East Sussex
58	Telford and Wrekin	290.31	Unitary, Borough	Shropshire
59	Rotherham	286.54	Metropolitan borough	South Yorkshire
60	North Warwickshire	284.27	Borough	Warwickshire
61	Warwick	282.88	District	Warwickshire
62	Wyre	282.55	Borough	Lancashire
63	North West Leicestershire	279.33	District	Leicestershire
64	Charnwood	279.06	Borough	Leicestershire
65	North East Derbyshire	275.61	District	Derbyshire
66	York	271.94	Unitary, City	North Yorkshire
67	Guildford	270.93	Borough	Surrey
68	Derwentside	270.79	District	Durham
69	Birmingham	267.77	Metropolitan borough, City (1889)	West Midlands
70	Amber Valley	265.39	Borough	Derbyshire
71	Mole Valley	258.32	District	Surrey
72	Oswestry	256.08	Borough	Shropshire
73	Tandridge	248.19	District	Surrey
74	Redcar and Cleveland	244.88	Unitary, Borough	North Yorkshire
75	Tonbridge and Malling	240.13	Borough	Kent
76	Kettering	233.49	Borough	Northamptonshire
77	Swindon	230.10	Unitary, Borough	Wiltshire
78	Arun	221.01	District	West Sussex
79	Sedgefield	217.37	Borough	Durham
80	Bromsgrove	216.97	District	Worcestershire
81	Hart	215.27	District	Hampshire
82	South Bedfordshire	212.82	District	Bedfordshire
83	Dacorum	212.48	Borough	Hertfordshire
84	Congleton	210.99	Borough	Cheshire
85	Newcastle-under-Lyme	210.96	Borough	Staffordshire
86	Stockton-on-Tees	203.89	Unitary, Borough	Durham and North Yorkshire
87	Chorley	202.80	Borough	Lancashire
88	Windsor and Maidenhead	198.43	Royal Borough	Berkshire
89	Darlington	197.47	Unitary, Borough	Durham
90	Chiltern	196.35	District	Buckinghamshire
91	Wyre Forest	195.41	District	Worcestershire
92	Medway	192.03	Unitary, Borough	Kent
93	North East Lincolnshire	191.85	Unitary, Borough	Lincolnshire
94	Wigan	188.19	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
95	Durham	186.68	City	Durham
96	Warrington	180.64	Unitary, Borough	Cheshire
97	Wokingham	178.98	Unitary, District	Berkshire
98	Solihull	178.29	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
99	Great Yarmouth	173.98	Borough	Norfolk
00	Rochford	169.49	District	Essex
01	Pendle	169.36	Borough	Lancashire
02	Fylde	165.53	Borough	Lancashire
03	Thurrock	163.38	Unitary, Borough	Essex
04	Wellingborough	163.04	Borough	Northamptonshire
05	St Albans	161.18	City (1877)	Hertfordshire
06	Bolsover	160.33	District	Derbyshire
07	Rochdale	158.08	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
08	Wirral	157.05	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
09	Sefton	153.14	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
10	Brentwood	153.12	Borough	Essex
11	Bromley	150.15	London borough	Greater London
12	Easington	144.56	District	Durham
13	Oldham	142.36	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
14	Gateshead	142.35	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
15	Preston	142.22	City (2002)	Lancashire
16	South Bucks	141.28	District	Buckinghamshire
17	Bolton	139.80	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
18	Rossendale	138.05	Borough	Lancashire
19	Sunderland	137.46	Metropolitan borough, City (1992)	Tyne and Wear
20	Blackburn with Darwen	137.01	Unitary, Borough	Lancashire
21	St Helens	136.38	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
22	Blaby	130.47	District	Leicestershire
23	Welwyn Hatfield	129.55	District	Hertfordshire
24	Reigate and Banstead	129.13	Borough	Surrey
25	Stockport	126.06	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
26	Gedling	119.98	Borough	Nottinghamshire
27	Hillingdon	115.70	London borough	Greater London
28	Manchester	115.65	Metropolitan borough, City (1853)	Greater Manchester
29	Newcastle upon Tyne	113.44	Metropolitan borough, City (1882)	Tyne and Wear
30	South Ribble	112.96	Borough	Lancashire
31	Havering	112.27	London borough	Greater London
32	Liverpool	111.84	Metropolitan borough, City (1880)	Merseyside
33	Burnley	110.70	Borough	Lancashire
34	Basildon	110.02	District	Essex
35	Erewash	109.63	Borough	Derbyshire
36	Ashfield	109.56	District	Nottinghamshire
37	Bristol	109.46	Unitary, City (1542)	Bristol
38	Bracknell Forest	109.38	Unitary, Borough	Berkshire
39	Trafford	106.04	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
40	Walsall	103.95	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
41	Thanet	103.30	District	Kent
42	Tameside	103.17	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
43	Hertsmere	101.16	Borough	Hertfordshire

10 - 100 km²

b>Rank	District	Area km²	Type	Ceremonial county
44	Bury	99.48	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
45	Gravesham	99.02	Borough	Kent
46	Coventry	98.64	Metropolitan borough, City (1345)	West Midlands
47	Dudley	97.96	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
48	Salford	97.19	Metropolitan borough, City (1926)	Greater Manchester
49	Elmbridge	96.34	Borough	Surrey
50	Surrey Heath	95.09	Borough	Surrey
51	Hartlepool	93.86	Metropolitan borough	Durham
52	Stoke-on-Trent	93.45	Unitary, City (1925)	Staffordshire
53	Three Rivers	88.81	District	Hertfordshire
54	Ellesmere Port and Neston	88.41	Borough	Cheshire
55	Barnet	86.74	London borough	Greater London
56	Croydon	86.52	London borough	Greater London
57	Knowsley	86.47	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
58	Sandwell	85.58	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
59	Brighton and Hove	82.67	Unitary, City (2000)	East Sussex
60	North Tyneside	82.39	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
61	Enfield	82.20	London borough	Greater London
62	Northampton	80.76	Borough	Northamptonshire
63	Corby	80.28	Borough	Northamptonshire
64	Broxtowe	80.10	Borough	Nottinghamshire
65	Eastleigh	79.78	Borough	Hampshire
66	Plymouth	79.78	Unitary, City (1928)	Devon
67	Halton	79.09	Unitary, Borough	Cheshire
68	Nuneaton and Bedworth	78.96	Borough	Warwickshire
69	Cannock Chase	78.88	District	Staffordshire
70	Runnymede	78.04	Borough	Surrey
71	Derby	78.03	Unitary, City (1977)	Derbyshire
72	Barrow-in-Furness	77.87	Borough	Cumbria
73	Mansfield	76.72	District	Nottinghamshire
74	Nottingham	74.61	Unitary, City (1897)	Nottinghamshire
75	Fareham	74.24	Borough	Hampshire
76	Leicester	73.32	Unitary, City (1919)	Leicestershire
77	Hyndburn	72.99	Borough	Lancashire
78	Dartford	72.77	Borough	Kent
79	Hull	71.45	Unitary, City (1299)	East Riding of Yorkshire
80	Blyth Valley	70.36	Borough	Northumberland
81	Wolverhampton	69.44	Metropolitan borough, City (2000)	West Midlands
82	Chester-le-Street	67.58	District	Durham
83	Wansbeck	66.76	District	Northumberland
84	Chesterfield	66.04	Borough	Derbyshire
85	Poole	64.88	Unitary, Borough	Dorset
86	South Tyneside	64.41	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
87	Woking	63.60	Borough	Surrey
88	Torbay	62.88	Unitary, Borough	Devon
89	Bexley	60.56	London borough	Greater London
90	Richmond upon Thames	57.41	London borough	Greater London
91	Redbridge	56.41	London borough	Greater London
92	Hounslow	55.98	London borough	Greater London
93	Ealing	55.53	London borough	Greater London
94	Havant	55.33	Borough	Hampshire
95	Redditch	54.25	Borough	Worcestershire
96	Middlesbrough	53.87	Unitary, Borough	North Yorkshire
97	Broxbourne	51.43	Borough	Hertfordshire
98	Spelthorne	51.16	Borough	Surrey
99	Harrow	50.47	London borough	Greater London
00	Christchurch	50.38	Borough	Dorset
01	Southampton	49.84	Unitary, City (1964)	Hampshire
02	Greenwich	47.35	London borough	Greater London
03	Exeter	47.03	City	Devon
04	Cheltenham	46.61	Borough	Gloucestershire
05	Bournemouth	46.18	Unitary, Borough	Dorset
06	Oxford	45.59	City (1542)	Oxfordshire
07	Castle Point	45.08	Borough	Essex
08	Crawley	44.97	Borough	West Sussex
09	Eastbourne	44.16	Borough	East Sussex
10	Sutton	43.85	London borough	Greater London
11	Luton	43.35	Unitary, Borough	Bedfordshire
12	Brent	43.24	London borough	Greater London
13	Adur	41.80	District	West Sussex
14	Southend-on-Sea	41.76	Unitary, Borough	Essex
15	Weymouth and Portland	41.75	Borough	Dorset
16	Cambridge	40.70	City (1951)	Cambridgeshire
17	Gloucester	40.54	City	Gloucestershire
18	Reading	40.40	Unitary, Borough	Berkshire
19	Portsmouth	40.25	Unitary, City (1926)	Hampshire
20	Ipswich	39.42	Borough	Suffolk
21	Rushmoor	39.04	Borough	Hampshire
22	Norwich	39.02	City (1195)	Norfolk
23	Waltham Forest	38.82	London borough	Greater London
24	Merton	37.61	London borough	Greater London
25	Kingston upon Thames	37.25	London borough	Greater London
26	Newham	36.22	London borough	Greater London
27	Barking and Dagenham	36.09	London borough	Greater London
28	Lincoln	35.69	City	Lincolnshire
29	Lewisham	35.15	London borough	Greater London
30	Blackpool	34.92	Unitary, Borough	Lancashire
31	Wandsworth	34.26	London borough	Greater London
32	Epsom and Ewell	34.07	Borough	Surrey
33	Worcester	33.28	City (1189)	Worcestershire
34	Slough	32.54	Unitary, Borough	Berkshire
35	Worthing	32.48	Borough	West Sussex
36	Tamworth	30.85	Borough	Staffordshire
37	Harlow	30.54	District	Essex
38	Hastings	29.72	Borough	East Sussex
39	Haringey	29.59	London borough	Greater London
40	Southwark	28.85	London borough	Greater London
41	Lambeth	26.82	London borough	Greater London
42	Stevenage	25.96	Borough	Hertfordshire
43	Gosport	25.29	Borough	Hampshire
44	Oadby and Wigston	23.52	Borough	Leicestershire
45	Camden	21.80	London borough	Greater London
46	Westminster	21.48	London borough, City (1540)	Greater London
47	Watford	21.43	Borough	Hertfordshire
48	Tower Hamlets	19.77	London borough	Greater London
49	Hackney	19.06	London borough	Greater London
50	Hammersmith and Fulham	16.40	London borough	Greater London
51	Isles of Scilly	16.33	Unitary	Cornwall
52	Islington	14.86	London borough	Greater London
53	Kensington and Chelsea	12.13	London borough	Greater London

Less than 10 km²

b>Rank	District	Area km²	Type	Ceremonial county
54	City of London	2.90	Unitary, City	Greater London