Dymchurch · Folkestone and Hythe · 2026-27

How much is council tax in Dymchurch?

Band D, 2026-27 (estimate)£2,504.73Folkestone and Hythe also charges special expenses in part of its area (note below). Folkestone and Hythe Band D average: £2,538.75.
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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 2026-27DymchurchBand D
  • Folkestone and Hythe council£297.09
  • Kent County Council£1,758.60
  • Kent Police and Crime Commissioner£285.15
  • Kent and Medway Fire Authority£99.81
  • Dymchurch parish precept£64.08
Total for the year£2,504.73
Parish part
£64.08
+£0.54 on 2025-26
Band A
£1,669.82
6/9 of Band D
Per month
£250.47
Band D over 10 payments
Band D homes
1,355
the parish tax base

Council tax bands in Dymchurch, 2026-27

Estimates: the Folkestone and Hythe 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£1,669.82£166.986/9
Band B£1,948.12£194.817/9
Band C£2,226.43£222.648/9
Band D£2,504.73£250.479/9
Band E£3,061.34£306.1311/9
Band F£3,617.94£361.7913/9
Band G£4,174.55£417.4615/9
Band H£5,009.46£500.9518/9

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Folkestone and Hythe also charges special expenses in part of its area (£699,577 in all, £16.83 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 Dymchurch compared

Council tax a year for a Band D home, 2026-27; the Dymchurch figure is an estimate

DymchurchDymchurch£2,505Folkestone and Hythe averageFolkestone and Hythe average£2,539No parish partNo parish part£2,441England averageEngland average£2,392
DymchurchDymchurch£2,505Folkestone and…Folkestone and Hythe average£2,539No parish partNo parish part£2,441England averageEngland average£2,392
  • Band D a year
  • Dymchurch
Source: MHCLG Council Tax levels 2026-27 and town and parish council statistics 2026-27.

Dymchurch in 2026-27

Dymchurch's local council set a precept of £86,845 for 2026-27, raised from 1,355 Band D-equivalent homes: £64.08 on a Band D bill. In 2025-26 it was £63.54, so it has risen by £0.54 (0.8%). Estimated the same way, the whole Band D bill was £2,408.19 in 2025-26, so it is up 4.0%.

The rest of the estimate uses the average charges across Folkestone and Hythe: £297.09 for Folkestone and Hythe council, £1,758.60 for Kent County Council, £285.15 for Kent Police and Crime Commissioner, £99.81 for Kent and Medway Fire Authority.

Council tax by band in Dymchurch, 2026-27

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

Band A: £1,669.82£1,670AEngland average Band A: £1,594.35Band B: £1,948.12£1,948BEngland average Band B: £1,860.07Band C: £2,226.43£2,226CEngland average Band C: £2,125.80Band D: £2,504.73£2,505DEngland average Band D: £2,391.52Band E: £3,061.34£3,061EEngland average Band E: £2,922.97Band F: £3,617.94£3,618FEngland average Band F: £3,454.42Band G: £4,174.55£4,175GEngland average Band G: £3,985.87Band H: £5,009.46£5,009HEngland average Band H: £4,783.04
Band A: £1,669.82£1,670AEngland average Band A: £1,594.35Band B: £1,948.12£1,948BEngland average Band B: £1,860.07Band C: £2,226.43£2,226CEngland average Band C: £2,125.80Band D: £2,504.73£2,505DEngland average Band D: £2,391.52Band E: £3,061.34£3,061EEngland average Band E: £2,922.97Band F: £3,617.94£3,618FEngland average Band F: £3,454.42Band G: £4,174.55£4,175GEngland average Band G: £3,985.87Band H: £5,009.46£5,009HEngland average Band H: £4,783.04
  • Dymchurch, 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£1,669.82£166.98£139.15£1,594.356/9
Band B£1,948.12£194.81£162.34£1,860.077/9
Band C£2,226.43£222.64£185.54£2,125.808/9
Band D£2,504.73£250.47£208.73£2,391.529/9
Band E£3,061.34£306.13£255.11£2,922.9711/9
Band F£3,617.94£361.79£301.50£3,454.4213/9
Band G£4,174.55£417.46£347.88£3,985.8715/9
Band H£5,009.46£500.95£417.45£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 Dymchurch?
About £2,504.73 for 2026-27, of which £64.08 is the parish precept (exact). Your council's published charges give the exact bill.
How much is Band B council tax in Dymchurch?
About £1,948.12 a year, or £194.81 a month over 10 payments.
How does Dymchurch compare with the rest of Folkestone and Hythe?
Its parish precept adds £64.08 to a Band D bill; across Folkestone and Hythe parish precepts add £81.27 on average (spread over every home, including those with no parish precept).

Parishes in Folkestone and Hythe 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