Lydney · Forest of Dean · 2026-27
How much is council tax in Lydney?
Estimate: council average plus this parish's precept (exact). In 6 published bills we checked, estimates were within £34. How the figures work
- Forest of Dean council£218.03
- Gloucestershire County Council£1,763.46
- Gloucestershire Police and Crime Commissioner£340.58
- Lydney parish precept£225.63
Council tax bands in Lydney, 2026-27
Estimates: the Forest of Dean 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 | £1,698.47 | £169.85 | 6/9 |
| Band B | £1,981.54 | £198.15 | 7/9 |
| Band C | £2,264.62 | £226.46 | 8/9 |
| Band D | £2,547.70 | £254.77 | 9/9 |
| Band E | £3,113.86 | £311.39 | 11/9 |
| Band F | £3,680.01 | £368.00 | 13/9 |
| Band G | £4,246.17 | £424.62 | 15/9 |
| Band H | £5,095.40 | £509.54 | 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 Lydney.
Forest of Dean also charges special expenses in part of its area (£8,320 in all, £0.26 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 Lydney compared
Council tax a year for a Band D home, 2026-27; the Lydney figure is an estimate
- Band D a year
- Lydney
Lydney in 2026-27
Lydney's local council set a precept of £826,658 for 2026-27, raised from 3,664 Band D-equivalent homes: £225.63 on a Band D bill. In 2025-26 it was £217.83, so it has risen by £7.80 (3.6%). Estimated the same way, the whole Band D bill was £2,431.22 in 2025-26, so it is up 4.8%.
The rest of the estimate uses the average charges across Forest of Dean: £218.03 for Forest of Dean council, £1,763.46 for Gloucestershire County Council, £340.58 for Gloucestershire Police and Crime Commissioner.
Council tax by band in Lydney, 2026-27
Each band is a fixed share of Band D; the tick is the England average for the band
- Lydney, 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 | £1,698.47 | £169.85 | £141.54 | £1,594.35 | 6/9 |
| Band B | £1,981.54 | £198.15 | £165.13 | £1,860.07 | 7/9 |
| Band C | £2,264.62 | £226.46 | £188.72 | £2,125.80 | 8/9 |
| Band D | £2,547.70 | £254.77 | £212.31 | £2,391.52 | 9/9 |
| Band E | £3,113.86 | £311.39 | £259.49 | £2,922.97 | 11/9 |
| Band F | £3,680.01 | £368.00 | £306.67 | £3,454.42 | 13/9 |
| Band G | £4,246.17 | £424.62 | £353.85 | £3,985.87 | 15/9 |
| Band H | £5,095.40 | £509.54 | £424.62 | £4,783.04 | 18/9 |
Questions
- What is Band D council tax in Lydney?
- About £2,547.70 for 2026-27, of which £225.63 is the parish precept (exact). Your council's published charges give the exact bill.
- How much is Band B council tax in Lydney?
- About £1,981.54 a year, or £198.15 a month over 10 payments.
- How does Lydney compare with the rest of Forest of Dean?
- Its parish precept adds £225.63 to a Band D bill; across Forest of Dean parish precepts add £121.09 on average (spread over every home, including those with no parish precept).
Parishes in Forest of Dean 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