Waterhead · Cumberland · 2026-27
How much is council tax in Waterhead?
Estimate: council average plus this parish's precept (exact). In 6 published bills we checked, estimates were within £34. How the figures work
- Cumberland council£2,002.64
- Cumbria Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner - Police£338.94
- Cumbria Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner - Fire£103.14
- Waterhead parish precept£27.29
Council tax bands in Waterhead, 2026-27
Estimates: the Cumberland 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 | £1,648.01 | £164.80 | 6/9 |
| Band B | £1,922.67 | £192.27 | 7/9 |
| Band C | £2,197.34 | £219.73 | 8/9 |
| Band D | £2,472.01 | £247.20 | 9/9 |
| Band E | £3,021.35 | £302.13 | 11/9 |
| Band F | £3,570.68 | £357.07 | 13/9 |
| Band G | £4,120.02 | £412.00 | 15/9 |
| Band H | £4,944.02 | £494.40 | 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 Waterhead.
Waterhead is small: its tax base is 59 Band D-equivalent homes, so a modest change in the precept moves the charge per home a lot. It is left out of the parish rankings.
Band D in Waterhead compared
Council tax a year for a Band D home, 2026-27; the Waterhead figure is an estimate
- Band D a year
- Waterhead
Waterhead in 2026-27
Waterhead's local council set a precept of £1,620 for 2026-27, raised from 59 Band D-equivalent homes: £27.29 on a Band D bill. In 2025-26 it was £27.52, so it has fallen by £0.23. Estimated the same way, the whole Band D bill was £2,357.17 in 2025-26, so it is up 4.9%.
The rest of the estimate uses the average charges across Cumberland: £2,002.64 for Cumberland council, £338.94 for Cumbria Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner - Police, £103.14 for Cumbria Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner - Fire.
Council tax by band in Waterhead, 2026-27
Each band is a fixed share of Band D; the tick is the England average for the band
- Waterhead, each band
- Band D, the band every charge is set from
- England average for the band
View as table
| Band | Per year | 10 payments of | 12 payments of | England average | Ratio to D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band A | £1,648.01 | £164.80 | £137.33 | £1,594.35 | 6/9 |
| Band B | £1,922.67 | £192.27 | £160.22 | £1,860.07 | 7/9 |
| Band C | £2,197.34 | £219.73 | £183.11 | £2,125.80 | 8/9 |
| Band D | £2,472.01 | £247.20 | £206.00 | £2,391.52 | 9/9 |
| Band E | £3,021.35 | £302.13 | £251.78 | £2,922.97 | 11/9 |
| Band F | £3,570.68 | £357.07 | £297.56 | £3,454.42 | 13/9 |
| Band G | £4,120.02 | £412.00 | £343.34 | £3,985.87 | 15/9 |
| Band H | £4,944.02 | £494.40 | £412.00 | £4,783.04 | 18/9 |
Questions
- What is Band D council tax in Waterhead?
- About £2,472.01 for 2026-27, of which £27.29 is the parish precept (exact). Your council's published charges give the exact bill.
- How much is Band B council tax in Waterhead?
- About £1,922.67 a year, or £192.27 a month over 10 payments.
- How does Waterhead compare with the rest of Cumberland?
- Its parish precept adds £27.29 to a Band D bill; across Cumberland parish precepts add £66.60 on average (spread over every home, including those with no parish precept).
Parishes in Cumberland 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