St Mary in the Marsh · Folkestone and Hythe · 2026-27

How much is council tax in St Mary in the Marsh?

Band D, 2026-27 (estimate)£2,481.36Folkestone 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 2026-27St Mary in the MarshBand 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
  • St Mary in the Marsh parish precept£40.71
Total for the year£2,481.36
Parish part
£40.71
+£3.74 on 2025-26
Band A
£1,654.24
6/9 of Band D
Per month
£248.14
Band D over 10 payments
Band D homes
1,161
the parish tax base

Council tax bands in St Mary in the Marsh, 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£1,654.24£165.426/9
Band B£1,929.95£193.007/9
Band C£2,205.65£220.568/9
Band D£2,481.36£248.149/9
Band E£3,032.77£303.2811/9
Band F£3,584.19£358.4213/9
Band G£4,135.60£413.5615/9
Band H£4,962.72£496.2718/9

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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 St Mary in the Marsh compared

Council tax a year for a Band D home, 2026-27; the St Mary in the Marsh figure is an estimate

St Mary in the MarshSt Mary in the Marsh£2,481Folkestone and Hythe averageFolkestone and Hythe average£2,539No parish partNo parish part£2,441England averageEngland average£2,392
St Mary in the…St Mary in the Marsh£2,481Folkestone and…Folkestone and Hythe average£2,539No parish partNo parish part£2,441England averageEngland average£2,392
  • Band D a year
  • St Mary in the Marsh
Source: MHCLG Council Tax levels 2026-27 and town and parish council statistics 2026-27.

St Mary in the Marsh in 2026-27

St Mary in the Marsh's local council set a precept of £47,250 for 2026-27, raised from 1,161 Band D-equivalent homes: £40.71 on a Band D bill. In 2025-26 it was £36.97, so it has risen by £3.74 (10.1%). Estimated the same way, the whole Band D bill was £2,381.62 in 2025-26, so it is up 4.2%.

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 St Mary in the Marsh, 2026-27

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

Band A: £1,654.24£1,654AEngland average Band A: £1,594.35Band B: £1,929.95£1,930BEngland average Band B: £1,860.07Band C: £2,205.65£2,206CEngland average Band C: £2,125.80Band D: £2,481.36£2,481DEngland average Band D: £2,391.52Band E: £3,032.77£3,033EEngland average Band E: £2,922.97Band F: £3,584.19£3,584FEngland average Band F: £3,454.42Band G: £4,135.60£4,136GEngland average Band G: £3,985.87Band H: £4,962.72£4,963HEngland average Band H: £4,783.04
Band A: £1,654.24£1,654AEngland average Band A: £1,594.35Band B: £1,929.95£1,930BEngland average Band B: £1,860.07Band C: £2,205.65£2,206CEngland average Band C: £2,125.80Band D: £2,481.36£2,481DEngland average Band D: £2,391.52Band E: £3,032.77£3,033EEngland average Band E: £2,922.97Band F: £3,584.19£3,584FEngland average Band F: £3,454.42Band G: £4,135.60£4,136GEngland average Band G: £3,985.87Band H: £4,962.72£4,963HEngland average Band H: £4,783.04
  • St Mary in the Marsh, 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£1,654.24£165.42£137.85£1,594.356/9
Band B£1,929.95£193.00£160.83£1,860.077/9
Band C£2,205.65£220.56£183.80£2,125.808/9
Band D£2,481.36£248.14£206.78£2,391.529/9
Band E£3,032.77£303.28£252.73£2,922.9711/9
Band F£3,584.19£358.42£298.68£3,454.4213/9
Band G£4,135.60£413.56£344.63£3,985.8715/9
Band H£4,962.72£496.27£413.56£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 St Mary in the Marsh?
About £2,481.36 for 2026-27, of which £40.71 is the parish precept (exact). Your council's published charges give the exact bill.
How much is Band B council tax in St Mary in the Marsh?
About £1,929.95 a year, or £193.00 a month over 10 payments.
How does St Mary in the Marsh compare with the rest of Folkestone and Hythe?
Its parish precept adds £40.71 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