Wheathampstead · St Albans · 2026-27
How much is council tax in Wheathampstead?
Estimate: council average plus this parish's precept (exact). In 6 published bills we checked, estimates were within £34. How the figures work
- St Albans council£194.78
- Hertfordshire County Council£1,858.19
- Hertfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner£280.00
- Wheathampstead parish precept£121.86
Council tax bands in Wheathampstead, 2026-27
Estimates: the St Albans 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 | £1,636.55 | £163.66 | 6/9 |
| Band B | £1,909.31 | £190.93 | 7/9 |
| Band C | £2,182.07 | £218.21 | 8/9 |
| Band D | £2,454.83 | £245.48 | 9/9 |
| Band E | £3,000.35 | £300.03 | 11/9 |
| Band F | £3,545.87 | £354.59 | 13/9 |
| Band G | £4,091.38 | £409.14 | 15/9 |
| Band H | £4,909.66 | £490.97 | 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 Wheathampstead.
St Albans also charges special expenses in part of its area (£1,262,832 in all, £19.44 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 Wheathampstead compared
Council tax a year for a Band D home, 2026-27; the Wheathampstead figure is an estimate
- Band D a year
- Wheathampstead
Wheathampstead in 2026-27
Wheathampstead's local council set a precept of £351,152 for 2026-27, raised from 2,882 Band D-equivalent homes: £121.86 on a Band D bill. In 2025-26 it was £116.66, so it has risen by £5.20 (4.5%). Estimated the same way, the whole Band D bill was £2,339.85 in 2025-26, so it is up 4.9%.
The rest of the estimate uses the average charges across St Albans: £194.78 for St Albans council, £1,858.19 for Hertfordshire County Council, £280.00 for Hertfordshire Police and Crime Commissioner.
Council tax by band in Wheathampstead, 2026-27
Each band is a fixed share of Band D; the tick is the England average for the band
- Wheathampstead, 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 | £1,636.55 | £163.66 | £136.38 | £1,594.35 | 6/9 |
| Band B | £1,909.31 | £190.93 | £159.11 | £1,860.07 | 7/9 |
| Band C | £2,182.07 | £218.21 | £181.84 | £2,125.80 | 8/9 |
| Band D | £2,454.83 | £245.48 | £204.57 | £2,391.52 | 9/9 |
| Band E | £3,000.35 | £300.03 | £250.03 | £2,922.97 | 11/9 |
| Band F | £3,545.87 | £354.59 | £295.49 | £3,454.42 | 13/9 |
| Band G | £4,091.38 | £409.14 | £340.95 | £3,985.87 | 15/9 |
| Band H | £4,909.66 | £490.97 | £409.14 | £4,783.04 | 18/9 |
Questions
- What is Band D council tax in Wheathampstead?
- About £2,454.83 for 2026-27, of which £121.86 is the parish precept (exact). Your council's published charges give the exact bill.
- How much is Band B council tax in Wheathampstead?
- About £1,909.31 a year, or £190.93 a month over 10 payments.
- How does Wheathampstead compare with the rest of St Albans?
- Its parish precept adds £121.86 to a Band D bill; across St Albans parish precepts add £66.81 on average (spread over every home, including those with no parish precept).
Parishes in St Albans 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