Hawkinge · Folkestone and Hythe · 2026-27

How much is council tax in Hawkinge?

Band D, 2026-27 (estimate)£2,549.50Folkestone 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 2026-27HawkingeBand 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
  • Hawkinge parish precept£108.85
Total for the year£2,549.50
Parish part
£108.85
+£4.08 on 2025-26
Band A
£1,699.67
6/9 of Band D
Per month
£254.95
Band D over 10 payments
Band D homes
3,133
the parish tax base

Council tax bands in Hawkinge, 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£1,699.67£169.976/9
Band B£1,982.94£198.297/9
Band C£2,266.22£226.628/9
Band D£2,549.50£254.959/9
Band E£3,116.06£311.6111/9
Band F£3,682.61£368.2613/9
Band G£4,249.17£424.9215/9
Band H£5,099.00£509.9018/9

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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 Hawkinge compared

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

HawkingeHawkinge£2,550Folkestone and Hythe averageFolkestone and Hythe average£2,539No parish partNo parish part£2,441England averageEngland average£2,392
HawkingeHawkinge£2,550Folkestone and…Folkestone and Hythe average£2,539No parish partNo parish part£2,441England averageEngland average£2,392
  • Band D a year
  • Hawkinge
Source: MHCLG Council Tax levels 2026-27 and town and parish council statistics 2026-27.

Hawkinge in 2026-27

Hawkinge's local council set a precept of £341,000 for 2026-27, raised from 3,133 Band D-equivalent homes: £108.85 on a Band D bill. In 2025-26 it was £104.77, so it has risen by £4.08 (3.9%). Estimated the same way, the whole Band D bill was £2,449.42 in 2025-26, so it is up 4.1%.

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 Hawkinge, 2026-27

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

Band A: £1,699.67£1,700AEngland average Band A: £1,594.35Band B: £1,982.94£1,983BEngland average Band B: £1,860.07Band C: £2,266.22£2,266CEngland average Band C: £2,125.80Band D: £2,549.50£2,550DEngland average Band D: £2,391.52Band E: £3,116.06£3,116EEngland average Band E: £2,922.97Band F: £3,682.61£3,683FEngland average Band F: £3,454.42Band G: £4,249.17£4,249GEngland average Band G: £3,985.87Band H: £5,099.00£5,099HEngland average Band H: £4,783.04
Band A: £1,699.67£1,700AEngland average Band A: £1,594.35Band B: £1,982.94£1,983BEngland average Band B: £1,860.07Band C: £2,266.22£2,266CEngland average Band C: £2,125.80Band D: £2,549.50£2,550DEngland average Band D: £2,391.52Band E: £3,116.06£3,116EEngland average Band E: £2,922.97Band F: £3,682.61£3,683FEngland average Band F: £3,454.42Band G: £4,249.17£4,249GEngland average Band G: £3,985.87Band H: £5,099.00£5,099HEngland average Band H: £4,783.04
  • Hawkinge, 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£1,699.67£169.97£141.64£1,594.356/9
Band B£1,982.94£198.29£165.25£1,860.077/9
Band C£2,266.22£226.62£188.85£2,125.808/9
Band D£2,549.50£254.95£212.46£2,391.529/9
Band E£3,116.06£311.61£259.67£2,922.9711/9
Band F£3,682.61£368.26£306.88£3,454.4213/9
Band G£4,249.17£424.92£354.10£3,985.8715/9
Band H£5,099.00£509.90£424.92£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 Hawkinge?
About £2,549.50 for 2026-27, of which £108.85 is the parish precept (exact). Your council's published charges give the exact bill.
How much is Band B council tax in Hawkinge?
About £1,982.94 a year, or £198.29 a month over 10 payments.
How does Hawkinge compare with the rest of Folkestone and Hythe?
Its parish precept adds £108.85 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