List of English districts by area

This is a list of districts of England by size. The biggest are first and smallest are at the end.

Over 1,000 km²

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

100 - 1,000 km²

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

10 - 100 km²

Rank	District	Area km²	Type	Ceremonial county
244	Bury	99.48	Metropolitan borough	Greater Manchester
245	Gravesham	99.02	Borough	Kent
246	Coventry	98.64	Metropolitan borough, City (1345)	West Midlands
247	Dudley	97.96	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
248	Salford	97.19	Metropolitan borough, City (1926)	Greater Manchester
249	Elmbridge	96.34	Borough	Surrey
250	Surrey Heath	95.09	Borough	Surrey
251	Hartlepool	93.86	Unitary, Borough	Durham
252	Stoke-on-Trent	93.45	Unitary, City (1925)	Staffordshire
253	Three Rivers	88.81	District	Hertfordshire
254	Ellesmere Port and Neston	88.41	Borough	Cheshire
255	Barnet	86.74	London borough	Greater London
256	Croydon	86.52	London borough	Greater London
257	Knowsley	86.47	Metropolitan borough	Merseyside
258	Sandwell	85.58	Metropolitan borough	West Midlands
259	Brighton & Hove	82.67	Unitary, City (2000)	East Sussex
260	North Tyneside	82.39	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
261	Enfield	82.20	London borough	Greater London
262	Northampton	80.76	Borough	Northamptonshire
263	Corby	80.28	Borough	Northamptonshire
264	Broxtowe	80.10	Borough	Nottinghamshire
265	Plymouth	79.78	Unitary, City (1928)	Devon
266	Eastleigh	79.78	Borough	Hampshire
267	Halton	79.09	Unitary, Borough	Cheshire
268	Nuneaton and Bedworth	78.96	Borough	Warwickshire
269	Cannock Chase	78.88	District	Staffordshire
270	Runnymede	78.04	Borough	Surrey
271	Derby	78.03	Unitary, City (1977)	Derbyshire
272	Barrow-in-Furness	77.87	Borough	Cumbria
273	Mansfield	76.72	District	Nottinghamshire
274	Nottingham	74.61	Unitary, City (1897)	Nottinghamshire
275	Fareham	74.24	Borough	Hampshire
276	Leicester	73.32	Unitary, City (1919)	Leicestershire
277	Hyndburn	72.99	Borough	Lancashire
278	Dartford	72.77	Borough	Kent
279	Hull	71.45	Unitary, City (1299)	East Riding of Yorkshire
280	Blyth Valley	70.36	Borough	Northumberland
281	Wolverhampton	69.44	Metropolitan borough, City (2000)	West Midlands
282	Chester-le-Street	67.58	District	Durham
283	Wansbeck	66.76	District	Northumberland
284	Chesterfield	66.04	Borough	Derbyshire
285	Poole	64.88	Unitary, Borough	Dorset
286	South Tyneside	64.41	Metropolitan borough	Tyne and Wear
287	Woking	63.60	Borough	Surrey
288	Torbay	62.88	Unitary, Borough	Devon
289	Bexley	60.56	London borough	Greater London
290	Richmond upon Thames	57.41	London borough	Greater London
291	Redbridge	56.41	London borough	Greater London
292	Hounslow	55.98	London borough	Greater London
293	Ealing	55.53	London borough	Greater London
294	Havant	55.33	Borough	Hampshire
295	Redditch	54.25	Borough	Worcestershire
296	Middlesbrough	53.87	Unitary, Borough	North Yorkshire
297	Broxbourne	51.43	Borough	Hertfordshire
298	Spelthorne	51.16	Borough	Surrey
299	Harrow	50.47	London borough	Greater London
300	Christchurch	50.38	Borough	Dorset
301	Southampton	49.84	Unitary, City (1964)	Hampshire
302	Greenwich	47.35	London borough	Greater London
303	Exeter	47.03	City	Devon
304	Cheltenham	46.61	Borough	Gloucestershire
305	Bournemouth	46.18	Unitary, Borough	Dorset
306	Oxford	45.59	City (1542)	Oxfordshire
307	Castle Point	45.08	Borough	Essex
308	Crawley	44.97	Borough	West Sussex
309	Eastbourne	44.16	Borough	East Sussex
310	Sutton	43.85	London borough	Greater London
311	Luton	43.35	Unitary, Borough	Bedfordshire
312	Brent	43.24	London borough	Greater London
313	Adur	41.80	District	West Sussex
314	Southend-on-Sea	41.76	Unitary, Borough	Essex
315	Weymouth and Portland	41.75	Borough	Dorset
316	Cambridge	40.70	City (1951)	Cambridgeshire
317	Gloucester	40.54	City	Gloucestershire
318	Reading	40.40	Unitary, Borough	Berkshire
319	Portsmouth	40.25	Unitary, City (1926)	Hampshire
320	Ipswich	39.42	Borough	Suffolk
321	Rushmoor	39.04	Borough	Hampshire
322	Norwich	39.02	City (1195)	Norfolk
323	Waltham Forest	38.82	London borough	Greater London
324	Merton	37.61	London borough	Greater London
325	Kingston upon Thames	37.25	London borough	Greater London
326	Newham	36.22	London borough	Greater London
327	Barking and Dagenham	36.09	London borough	Greater London
328	Lincoln	35.69	City	Lincolnshire
329	Lewisham	35.15	London borough	Greater London
330	Blackpool	34.92	Unitary, Borough	Lancashire
331	Wandsworth	34.26	London borough	Greater London
332	Epsom and Ewell	34.07	Borough	Surrey
333	Worcester	33.28	City (1189)	Worcestershire
334	Slough	32.54	Unitary, Borough	Berkshire
335	Worthing	32.48	Borough	West Sussex
336	Tamworth	30.85	Borough	Staffordshire
337	Harlow	30.54	District	Essex
338	Hastings	29.72	Borough	East Sussex
339	Haringey	29.59	London borough	Greater London
340	Southwark	28.85	London borough	Greater London
341	Lambeth	26.82	London borough	Greater London
342	Stevenage	25.96	Borough	Hertfordshire
343	Gosport	25.29	Borough	Hampshire
344	Oadby and Wigston	23.52	Borough	Leicestershire
345	Camden	21.80	London borough	Greater London
346	Westminster	21.48	London borough, City (1540)	Greater London
347	Watford	21.43	Borough	Hertfordshire
348	Tower Hamlets	19.77	London borough	Greater London
349	Hackney	19.06	London borough	Greater London
350	Hammersmith and Fulham	16.40	London borough	Greater London
351	Isles of Scilly	16.33	Unitary	Cornwall
352	Islington	14.86	London borough	Greater London
353	Kensington and Chelsea	12.13	London borough	Greater London

Less than 10 km²

Rank	District	Area km²	Type	Ceremonial county
354	City of London	2.90	Unitary, City	Greater London