Stewartby and Kempston Hardwick · Bedford · 2026-27

How much is council tax in Stewartby and Kempston Hardwick?

Band D, 2026-27 (estimate)£2,565.88Bedford also charges special expenses in part of its area (note below). Bedford Band D average: £2,471.74.
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Estimate: council average plus this parish's precept (exact). In 6 published bills we checked, estimates were within £34. How the figures work

Council tax 2026-27Stewartby and Kempston HardwickBand D
  • Bedford council£1,988.04
  • Bedfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner£297.59
  • Bedfordshire Fire and Rescue Authority£122.72
  • Stewartby and Kempston Hardwick parish precept£157.53
Total for the year£2,565.88
Parish part
£157.53
+£18.79 on 2025-26
Band A
£1,710.59
6/9 of Band D
Per month
£256.59
Band D over 10 payments
Band D homes
947
the parish tax base

Council tax bands in Stewartby and Kempston Hardwick, 2026-27

Estimates: the Bedford average charge plus the parish precept. Every band pays a fixed share of Band D.

BandPer yearPer month (10 payments)Ratio to D
Band A£1,710.59£171.066/9
Band B£1,995.68£199.577/9
Band C£2,280.78£228.088/9
Band D£2,565.88£256.599/9
Band E£3,136.08£313.6111/9
Band F£3,706.27£370.6313/9
Band G£4,276.47£427.6515/9
Band H£5,131.76£513.1818/9

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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 Stewartby and Kempston Hardwick compared

Council tax a year for a Band D home, 2026-27; the Stewartby and Kempston Hardwick figure is an estimate

Stewartby and Kempston Hardwi…Stewartby and Kempston Hardwick£2,566Bedford averageBedford average£2,472No parish partNo parish part£2,408England averageEngland average£2,392
Stewartby and…Stewartby and Kempston Hardwick£2,566Bedford averageBedford average£2,472No parish partNo parish part£2,408England averageEngland average£2,392
  • Band D a year
  • Stewartby and Kempston Hardwick
Source: MHCLG Council Tax levels 2026-27 and town and parish council statistics 2026-27.

Stewartby and Kempston Hardwick in 2026-27

Stewartby and Kempston Hardwick's local council set a precept of £149,250 for 2026-27, raised from 947 Band D-equivalent homes: £157.53 on a Band D bill. In 2025-26 it was £138.74, so it has risen by £18.79 (13.5%). Estimated the same way, the whole Band D bill was £2,427.36 in 2025-26, so it is up 5.7%.

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 Stewartby and Kempston Hardwick, 2026-27

Each band is a fixed share of Band D; the tick is the England average for the band

Band A: £1,710.59£1,711AEngland average Band A: £1,594.35Band B: £1,995.68£1,996BEngland average Band B: £1,860.07Band C: £2,280.78£2,281CEngland average Band C: £2,125.80Band D: £2,565.88£2,566DEngland average Band D: £2,391.52Band E: £3,136.08£3,136EEngland average Band E: £2,922.97Band F: £3,706.27£3,706FEngland average Band F: £3,454.42Band G: £4,276.47£4,276GEngland average Band G: £3,985.87Band H: £5,131.76£5,132HEngland average Band H: £4,783.04
Band A: £1,710.59£1,711AEngland average Band A: £1,594.35Band B: £1,995.68£1,996BEngland average Band B: £1,860.07Band C: £2,280.78£2,281CEngland average Band C: £2,125.80Band D: £2,565.88£2,566DEngland average Band D: £2,391.52Band E: £3,136.08£3,136EEngland average Band E: £2,922.97Band F: £3,706.27£3,706FEngland average Band F: £3,454.42Band G: £4,276.47£4,276GEngland average Band G: £3,985.87Band H: £5,131.76£5,132HEngland average Band H: £4,783.04
  • Stewartby and Kempston Hardwick, each band
  • Band D, the band every charge is set from
  • England average for the band
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BandPer year10 payments of12 payments ofEngland averageRatio to D
Band A£1,710.59£171.06£142.55£1,594.356/9
Band B£1,995.68£199.57£166.31£1,860.077/9
Band C£2,280.78£228.08£190.07£2,125.808/9
Band D£2,565.88£256.59£213.82£2,391.529/9
Band E£3,136.08£313.61£261.34£2,922.9711/9
Band F£3,706.27£370.63£308.86£3,454.4213/9
Band G£4,276.47£427.65£356.37£3,985.8715/9
Band H£5,131.76£513.18£427.65£4,783.0418/9
Source: worked out from MHCLG 2026-27 Band D amounts and the statutory band ratios.

Questions

What is Band D council tax in Stewartby and Kempston Hardwick?
About £2,565.88 for 2026-27, of which £157.53 is the parish precept (exact). Your council's published charges give the exact bill.
How much is Band B council tax in Stewartby and Kempston Hardwick?
About £1,995.68 a year, or £199.57 a month over 10 payments.
How does Stewartby and Kempston Hardwick compare with the rest of Bedford?
Its parish precept adds £157.53 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