What is Band D council tax in Cheshire West and Chester?

£2,517.33 for 2026-27, the average for the area including parish precepts. In an area with no parish precept it is about £2,470.56.

How much is Band A council tax in Cheshire West and Chester?

£1,678.22 a year, or £167.82 a month over 10 payments.

How much did council tax go up in Cheshire West and Chester?

Band D is up 5.2% (£125.30) on 2025-26. The council's own part changed by +5.0%.

Is Cheshire West and Chester cheaper than average?

Cheshire West and Chester ranks 215 of 296 councils by Band D, where 1 is the lowest. The England average is £2,391.52.

Cheshire West and Chester · unitary council · North West · 2026-27

How much is council tax in Cheshire West and Chester?

Band D, 2026-27 (area average)£2,517.33Up 5.2% (£125.30) on 2025-26 at Band D. England Band D average £2,391.52.

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Area average, including parish precepts. In 6 published bills we checked, figures were within £34; yours also depends on your parish and discounts. How the figures work

Council tax 2026-27Cheshire West and ChesterBand D

Cheshire West and Chester council£2,076.79
Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner£295.44
Cheshire Fire Authority£100.09
Parish and town councils (average)£45.01

Total for the year£2,517.33

Band A

£1,678.22

the lowest band, 6/9 of Band D

Per month

£251.73

Band D over 10 payments

Change

+5.2%

+£125.30 on 2025-26 at Band D

Rank

215 of 296

by Band D; 1 = lowest in England

Council tax bands in Cheshire West and Chester, 2026-27

Area averages including parish precepts. Every band pays a fixed share of Band D.

Band	Per year	Per month (10 payments)	Ratio to D
Band A	£1,678.22	£167.82	6/9
Band B most common here	£1,957.92	£195.79	7/9
Band C	£2,237.63	£223.76	8/9
Band D	£2,517.33	£251.73	9/9
Band E	£3,076.74	£307.67	11/9
Band F	£3,636.14	£363.61	13/9
Band G	£4,195.55	£419.56	15/9
Band H	£5,034.66	£503.47	18/9

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Council tax by band in Cheshire West and Chester, 2026-27

Average for the council area, including parish precepts; the tick is the England average for the band

this council, 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	£1,678.22	£167.82	£139.85	£1,594.35	6/9
Band B	£1,957.92	£195.79	£163.16	£1,860.07	7/9
Band C	£2,237.63	£223.76	£186.47	£2,125.80	8/9
Band D	£2,517.33	£251.73	£209.78	£2,391.52	9/9
Band E	£3,076.74	£307.67	£256.39	£2,922.97	11/9
Band F	£3,636.14	£363.61	£303.01	£3,454.42	13/9
Band G	£4,195.55	£419.56	£349.63	£3,985.87	15/9
Band H	£5,034.66	£503.47	£419.56	£4,783.04	18/9

Source: MHCLG Council Tax levels 2026-27, Table 9.

Cheshire West and Chester in 2026-27

For 2026-27 the average Band D council tax across Cheshire West and Chester is £2,517.33, up 5.2% (£125.30) on 2025-26. Of that, Cheshire West and Chester council's own charge is £2,076.79, of which £39.56 is this year's adult social care increase. The rest goes to Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner, Cheshire Fire Authority, and on average £45.01 to parish and town councils.

The most common band here is Band B (23% of homes), which costs £1,957.92 a year at the area average.

The average bill actually charged per home, after discounts and exemptions, is £2,038.98 (MHCLG, 2026-27).

Where a Band D bill in Cheshire West and Chester goes

£2,517.33 a year at Band D, by the body that sets each part

Cheshire West and Chester council£2,076.7982%
Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner£295.4412%
Cheshire Fire Authority£100.094%
Parish and town councils (average)£45.012%

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Goes to	Band D	Share
Cheshire West and Chester council	£2,076.79	82.5%
Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner	£295.44	11.7%
Cheshire Fire Authority	£100.09	4.0%
Parish and town councils (average)	£45.01	1.8%
Total	£2,517.33	100%

Source: MHCLG Council Tax levels 2026-27, Table 10 (lines 9, 16 and 17).

Band D in Cheshire West and Chester since 1993

Average area Band D each year, including parish precepts; the line is the England average

this council, average Band D
England average
no figure: the council did not exist in this form

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Year	Cheshire West and Chester	England
2026-27	£2,517.33	£2,391.52
2025-26	£2,392.03	£2,280.21
2024-25	£2,277.08	£2,170.99
2023-24	£2,169.45	£2,065.05
2022-23	£2,061.04	£1,965.71
2021-22	£1,998.41	£1,898.48
2020-21	£1,902.42	£1,817.67
2019-20	£1,829.19	£1,749.88
2018-19	£1,729.22	£1,671.46
2017-18	£1,644.71	£1,590.55
2016-17	£1,583.78	£1,529.56
2015-16	£1,525.07	£1,483.58
2014-15	£1,519.91	£1,467.98
2013-14	£1,518.33	£1,455.60
2012-13	£1,489.66	£1,444.13
2011-12	£1,485.90	£1,439.33
2010-11	£1,485.81	£1,439.22
2009-10	£1,448.23	£1,413.84
2008-09	—	£1,373.08
2007-08	—	£1,321.32
2006-07	—	£1,267.91
2005-06	—	£1,213.81
2004-05	—	£1,166.56
2003-04	—	£1,101.75
2002-03	—	£975.56
2001-02	—	£901.33
2000-01	—	£847.00
1999-00	—	£798.00
1998-99	—	£747.00
1997-98	—	£688.00
1996-97	—	£646.00
1995-96	—	£609.00
1994-95	—	£580.11
1993-94	—	£567.95

Source: MHCLG live tables on council tax, Band D council tax figures 1993 onwards.

Homes in each band in Cheshire West and Chester

Share of the 167,930 homes on the valuation list at 31 March 2026; the tick is England

share of homes
most common band (B)

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Band	Homes	Share	England share
Band A	35,440	21.1%	23.6%
Band B	39,380	23.4%	19.5%
Band C	33,220	19.8%	22.0%
Band D	22,680	13.5%	15.7%
Band E	17,830	10.6%	9.9%
Band F	10,620	6.3%	5.2%
Band G	8,140	4.8%	3.5%
Band H	640	0.4%	0.6%

Source: VOA Council Tax stock of properties 2026 (CTSOP1.0).

Parish and town councils in Cheshire West and Chester

92 of the 116 parishes and charter trustees here set a precept for 2026-27. Band D in an area with no parish precept is about £2,470.56. The estimated bills add each parish part to the council's average charge; where a council charges special expenses or levies in part of its area the real bill differs, in the bills we checked by up to £34.

Cheshire West and Chester also charges special expenses in part of its area (£232,495 in all, £1.76 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.

Parish	Parish part	Change in parish part	Est. Band D bill	Band D homes
Acton Bridge	£34.61	+£1.61	£2,505.17	321
Agden no precept	none	—	£2,470.56	26
Aldford & Saighton	£25.90	+£2.70	£2,496.46	216
Allostock	£20.07	−£0.48	£2,490.63	424
Alvanley	£44.28	+£22.09	£2,514.84	251
Anderton with Marbury	£28.72	+£0.17	£2,499.28	216
Antrobus	£31.32	+£0.46	£2,501.88	416
Ashton Hayes & Horton cum Peel	£41.21	no change	£2,511.77	480
Aston	£16.03	+£0.47	£2,486.59	50
Backford	£23.74	−£0.28	£2,494.30	267
Barnton	£88.36	+£18.04	£2,558.92	1,762
Barrow	£67.85	+£2.87	£2,538.41	433
Beeston	£39.08	+£0.09	£2,509.64	161
Bostock no precept	none	—	£2,470.56	0
Broxton	£34.96	+£3.98	£2,505.52	259
Burwardsley	£55.22	+£3.94	£2,525.78	100
Byley	£29.39	+£1.40	£2,499.95	120
Capenhurst	£36.23	+£0.21	£2,506.79	152
Chester Castle no precept	none	—	£2,470.56	0
Chidlow no precept	none	—	£2,470.56	2
Chorlton	£19.72	+£0.23	£2,490.28	43
Chowley( grouped with Handley and Golborne David) no precept	none	—	£2,470.56	0
Christleton	£85.82	+£14.32	£2,556.38	1,099
Churton	£40.73	+£0.93	£2,511.29	160
City of Chester Charter Trustee	£12.60	+£0.61	£2,483.16	21,966
Clotton Hoofield	£40.76	+£0.75	£2,511.32	180
Coddington	£16.17	+£2.70	£2,486.73	371
Comberbach	£64.71	+£1.75	£2,535.27	452
Crowton	£47.82	+£2.70	£2,518.38	243
Cuddington (Malpas) no precept	none	—	£2,470.56	128
Cuddington (Weaver and Cuddington)	£42.90	+£3.83	£2,513.46	2,704
Darnhall	£94.36	+£4.09	£2,564.92	99
Davenham	£26.31	+£0.90	£2,496.87	1,416
Delamere & Oakmere	£22.07	+£1.05	£2,492.63	836
Dodleston	£44.99	no change	£2,515.55	1,237
Duddon	£40.71	+£2.20	£2,511.27	230
Dunham on the Hill & Hapsford	£37.65	+£1.82	£2,508.21	252
Dutton	£22.96	−£0.43	£2,493.52	218
Eaton & Eccleston	£71.70	+£0.80	£2,542.26	132
Ellesmere Port Charter Trustee	£4.76	+£0.22	£2,475.32	22,066
Elton	£61.88	+£0.25	£2,532.44	1,074
Farndon	£42.91	no change	£2,513.47	991
Frodsham	£79.88	no change	£2,550.44	3,760
Great Boughton	£35.45	+£5.85	£2,506.01	3,323
Great Budworth	£60.77	+£6.38	£2,531.33	208
Guilden Sutton	£39.59	+£1.62	£2,510.15	674
Handley	£24.44	+£0.12	£2,495.00	154
Hargrave & Huxley	£23.70	−£0.19	£2,494.26	274
Hartford	£60.95	+£2.28	£2,531.51	3,634
Helsby	£65.96	+£8.75	£2,536.52	2,164
Huntington	£30.00	+£3.22	£2,500.56	1,706
Ince	£74.79	+£4.67	£2,545.35	70
Kelsall	£37.04	+£1.95	£2,507.60	1,474
Kingsley	£86.33	+£0.72	£2,556.89	950
Kingsmead	£116.90	no change	£2,587.46	1,909
Lach Dennis	£33.80	+£2.94	£2,504.36	320
Lea by Backford	£58.25	+£0.50	£2,528.81	103
Little Budworth	£34.79	+£1.02	£2,505.35	351
Little Leigh	£43.65	+£8.53	£2,514.21	269
Little Stanney	£60.54	+£7.44	£2,531.10	223
Littleton	£37.74	+£23.23	£2,508.30	238
Lostock Gralam	£44.51	+£2.52	£2,515.07	785
Malpas	£53.86	+£26.16	£2,524.42	1,114
Manley	£17.14	+£0.12	£2,487.70	359
Marston	£65.79	+£1.06	£2,536.35	228
Mickle Trafford	£29.55	−£0.08	£2,500.11	1,015
Mollington	£40.46	+£1.36	£2,511.02	381
Mouldsworth	£8.84	+£0.02	£2,479.40	172
Moulton	£45.84	no change	£2,516.40	995
Neston	£83.31	+£6.07	£2,553.87	5,997
Nether Peover	£41.23	+£1.15	£2,511.79	259
No Mans Heath	£35.49	+£9.18	£2,506.05	549
Norley	£20.33	no change	£2,490.89	688
Northwich	£94.97	+£9.29	£2,565.53	7,805
Poulton & Pulford	£24.30	+£0.88	£2,494.86	341
Puddington no precept	none	—	£2,470.56	268
Rowton	£43.01	+£15.73	£2,513.57	232
Rudheath	£68.39	+£4.47	£2,538.95	1,353
Rushton	£29.99	+£1.67	£2,500.55	250
Saughall & Shotwick Park	£64.46	no change	£2,535.02	1,165
Shocklach Oviatt & District	£26.94	+£0.65	£2,497.50	170
Sproston	£34.00	+£1.53	£2,504.56	115
Stanthorne & Wimboldsley no precept	none	—	£2,470.56	170
Sutton Weaver	£88.83	+£7.41	£2,559.39	194
Tarporley	£68.66	+£3.36	£2,539.22	1,646
Tarvin	£48.49	+£1.82	£2,519.05	1,359
Tattenhall & District	£56.90	+£1.12	£2,527.46	1,341
Thornton le Moors	£43.87	no change	£2,514.43	69
Threapwood	£36.50	+£1.03	£2,507.06	150
Tilston	£46.01	+£3.18	£2,516.57	290
Tiverton & Tilstone Fearnall	£28.10	+£2.19	£2,498.66	255
Tushingham cum Gridley Macefen & Bradley no precept	none	—	£2,470.56	138
Upton by Chester	£73.89	+£7.70	£2,544.45	3,461
Utkinton	£39.29	+£5.10	£2,509.85	374
Waverton	£103.31	+£22.50	£2,573.87	677
Weaverham	£72.11	+£5.62	£2,542.67	2,025
Whitegate and Marton	£29.95	−£0.25	£2,500.51	651
Whitley	£39.11	+£2.48	£2,509.67	312
Wigland no precept	none	—	£2,470.56	52
Willington	£41.73	−£1.14	£2,512.29	157
Wincham	£46.20	+£1.70	£2,516.76	867
Winsford	£86.97	+£1.95	£2,557.53	9,897
Aldersey grouped with Coddington	£16.17	—	£2,486.73	—
Bache grouped with Upton by Chester	£73.89	—	£2,544.45	—
Barton grouped with Coddington	£16.17	—	£2,486.73	—
Carden grouped with Coddington	£16.17	—	£2,486.73	—
Clutton grouped with Coddington	£16.17	—	£2,486.73	—
Croughton grouped with Little Stanney	£60.54	—	£2,531.10	—
Duckington grouped with Broxton	£34.96	—	£2,505.52	—
Harthill grouped with Broxton	£34.96	—	£2,505.52	—
Ledsham grouped with Capenhurst	£36.23	—	£2,506.79	—
Moston grouped with Upton by Chester	£73.89	—	£2,544.45	—
Stoak grouped with Little Stanney	£60.54	—	£2,531.10	—
Stretton grouped with Coddington	£16.17	—	£2,486.73	—
Wervin grouped with Little Stanney	£60.54	—	£2,531.10	—

Band D homes is the parish tax base: homes counted as Band D equivalents after discounts and exemptions.

Questions

What is Band D council tax in Cheshire West and Chester?: £2,517.33 for 2026-27, the average for the area including parish precepts. In an area with no parish precept it is about £2,470.56.
How much is Band A council tax in Cheshire West and Chester?: £1,678.22 a year, or £167.82 a month over 10 payments.
How much did council tax go up in Cheshire West and Chester?: Band D is up 5.2% (£125.30) on 2025-26. The council's own part changed by +5.0%.
Is Cheshire West and Chester cheaper than average?: Cheshire West and Chester ranks 215 of 296 councils by Band D, where 1 is the lowest. The England average is £2,391.52.

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Data: MHCLG, VOA, ONS, 2026-27 releases, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources and method