Melchbourne and Yelden · Bedford · 2026-27
How much is council tax in Melchbourne and Yelden?
Estimate: council average plus this parish's precept (exact). In 6 published bills we checked, estimates were within £34. How the figures work
- Bedford council£1,988.04
- Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner£297.59
- Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Authority£122.72
- Melchbourne and Yelden parish precept£43.80
Council tax bands in Melchbourne and Yelden, 2026-27
Estimates: the Bedford average charge plus the parish precept. Every band pays a fixed share of Band D.
| Band | Per year | Per month (10 payments) | Ratio to D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,634.77 | £163.48 | 6/9 |
| Band B | £1,907.23 | £190.72 | 7/9 |
| Band C | £2,179.69 | £217.97 | 8/9 |
| Band D | £2,452.15 | £245.22 | 9/9 |
| Band E | £2,997.07 | £299.71 | 11/9 |
| Band F | £3,541.99 | £354.20 | 13/9 |
| Band G | £4,086.92 | £408.69 | 15/9 |
| Band H | £4,904.30 | £490.43 | 18/9 |
Not sure of your band?
We cannot look up individual homes. The Valuation Office Agency checker on GOV.UK gives the band for any address in Melchbourne and Yelden.
Bedford also charges special expenses in part of its area (£1,512,262 in all, £23.24 per Band D home on average across the council). The parish and no-parish figures here leave them out, because the statistics do not say which areas pay them, so where they apply the bill is higher. The council's own bill shows them.
Band D in Melchbourne and Yelden compared
Council tax a year for a Band D home, 2026-27; the Melchbourne and Yelden figure is an estimate
- Band D a year
- Melchbourne and Yelden
Melchbourne and Yelden in 2026-27
Melchbourne and Yelden's local council set a precept of £9,032 for 2026-27, raised from 206 Band D-equivalent homes: £43.80 on a Band D bill. In 2025-26 it was £43.21, so it has risen by £0.59 (1.4%). Estimated the same way, the whole Band D bill was £2,331.83 in 2025-26, so it is up 5.2%.
The rest of the estimate uses the average charges across Bedford: £1,988.04 for Bedford council, £297.59 for Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner, £122.72 for Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Authority.
Council tax by band in Melchbourne and Yelden, 2026-27
Each band is a fixed share of Band D; the tick is the England average for the band
- Melchbourne and Yelden, each band
- Band D, the band every charge is set from
- England average for the band
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| Band | Per year | 10 payments of | 12 payments of | England average | Ratio to D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,634.77 | £163.48 | £136.23 | £1,594.35 | 6/9 |
| Band B | £1,907.23 | £190.72 | £158.94 | £1,860.07 | 7/9 |
| Band C | £2,179.69 | £217.97 | £181.64 | £2,125.80 | 8/9 |
| Band D | £2,452.15 | £245.22 | £204.35 | £2,391.52 | 9/9 |
| Band E | £2,997.07 | £299.71 | £249.76 | £2,922.97 | 11/9 |
| Band F | £3,541.99 | £354.20 | £295.17 | £3,454.42 | 13/9 |
| Band G | £4,086.92 | £408.69 | £340.58 | £3,985.87 | 15/9 |
| Band H | £4,904.30 | £490.43 | £408.69 | £4,783.04 | 18/9 |
Questions
- What is Band D council tax in Melchbourne and Yelden?
- About £2,452.15 for 2026-27, of which £43.80 is the parish precept (exact). Your council's published charges give the exact bill.
- How much is Band B council tax in Melchbourne and Yelden?
- About £1,907.23 a year, or £190.72 a month over 10 payments.
- How does Melchbourne and Yelden compare with the rest of Bedford?
- Its parish precept adds £43.80 to a Band D bill; across Bedford parish precepts add £40.15 on average (spread over every home, including those with no parish precept).
Parishes in Bedford with a similar precept
Parish part of a Band D bill.
Data: MHCLG, 2026-27 releases, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources and method