Lewes · Lewes · 2026-27
How much is council tax in Lewes?
Estimate: council average plus this parish's precept (exact). In 6 published bills we checked, estimates were within £34. How the figures work
- Lewes council£68.64
- East Sussex County Council£1,960.29
- Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner£281.91
- East Sussex Fire Authority£117.49
- Lewes parish precept£238.48
Council tax bands in Lewes, 2026-27
Estimates: the Lewes 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 | £1,777.87 | £177.79 | 6/9 |
| Band B | £2,074.19 | £207.42 | 7/9 |
| Band C | £2,370.50 | £237.05 | 8/9 |
| Band D | £2,666.81 | £266.68 | 9/9 |
| Band E | £3,259.43 | £325.94 | 11/9 |
| Band F | £3,852.06 | £385.21 | 13/9 |
| Band G | £4,444.68 | £444.47 | 15/9 |
| Band H | £5,333.62 | £533.36 | 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 Lewes.
Lewes also charges special expenses in part of its area (£6,791,891 in all, £173.38 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.
MHCLG notes that Lewes District Council's 2026-27 figures were pending a full council decision on 26 March 2026 when they were published.
Band D in Lewes compared
Council tax a year for a Band D home, 2026-27; the Lewes figure is an estimate
- Band D a year
- Lewes
Lewes in 2026-27
Lewes's local council set a precept of £1,545,372 for 2026-27, raised from 6,480 Band D-equivalent homes: £238.48 on a Band D bill. In 2025-26 it was £231.16, so it has risen by £7.32 (3.2%). Estimated the same way, the whole Band D bill was £2,693.80 in 2025-26, so it is down 1.0%.
The rest of the estimate uses the average charges across Lewes: £68.64 for Lewes council, £1,960.29 for East Sussex County Council, £281.91 for Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner, £117.49 for East Sussex Fire Authority.
Council tax by band in Lewes, 2026-27
Each band is a fixed share of Band D; the tick is the England average for the band
- Lewes, 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 | £1,777.87 | £177.79 | £148.16 | £1,594.35 | 6/9 |
| Band B | £2,074.19 | £207.42 | £172.85 | £1,860.07 | 7/9 |
| Band C | £2,370.50 | £237.05 | £197.54 | £2,125.80 | 8/9 |
| Band D | £2,666.81 | £266.68 | £222.23 | £2,391.52 | 9/9 |
| Band E | £3,259.43 | £325.94 | £271.62 | £2,922.97 | 11/9 |
| Band F | £3,852.06 | £385.21 | £321.00 | £3,454.42 | 13/9 |
| Band G | £4,444.68 | £444.47 | £370.39 | £3,985.87 | 15/9 |
| Band H | £5,333.62 | £533.36 | £444.47 | £4,783.04 | 18/9 |
Questions
- What is Band D council tax in Lewes?
- About £2,666.81 for 2026-27, of which £238.48 is the parish precept (exact). Your council's published charges give the exact bill.
- How much is Band B council tax in Lewes?
- About £2,074.19 a year, or £207.42 a month over 10 payments.
- How does Lewes compare with the rest of Lewes?
- Its parish precept adds £238.48 to a Band D bill; across Lewes parish precepts add £154.46 on average (spread over every home, including those with no parish precept).
Parishes in Lewes 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