Harwich · Tendring · 2026-27

How much is council tax in Harwich?

Band D, 2026-27 (estimate)£2,241.89Tendring also charges special expenses in part of its area (note below). Tendring Band D average: £2,269.63.
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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 2026-27HarwichBand D
  • Tendring council£192.42
  • Essex County Council£1,641.96
  • Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner - Police£275.31
  • Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner - Fire£92.52
  • Harwich parish precept£39.68
Total for the year£2,241.89
Parish part
£39.68
+£1.89 on 2025-26
Band A
£1,494.59
6/9 of Band D
Per month
£224.19
Band D over 10 payments
Band D homes
5,887
the parish tax base

Council tax bands in Harwich, 2026-27

Estimates: the Tendring 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£1,494.59£149.466/9
Band B£1,743.69£174.377/9
Band C£1,992.79£199.288/9
Band D£2,241.89£224.199/9
Band E£2,740.09£274.0111/9
Band F£3,238.29£323.8313/9
Band G£3,736.48£373.6515/9
Band H£4,483.78£448.3818/9

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Tendring also charges special expenses in part of its area (£714,519 in all, £13.06 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 Harwich compared

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

HarwichHarwich£2,242Tendring averageTendring average£2,270No parish partNo parish part£2,202England averageEngland average£2,392
HarwichHarwich£2,242Tendring avera…Tendring average£2,270No parish partNo parish part£2,202England averageEngland average£2,392
  • Band D a year
  • Harwich
Source: MHCLG Council Tax levels 2026-27 and town and parish council statistics 2026-27.

Harwich in 2026-27

Harwich's local council set a precept of £233,589 for 2026-27, raised from 5,887 Band D-equivalent homes: £39.68 on a Band D bill. In 2025-26 it was £37.79, so it has risen by £1.89 (5.0%). Estimated the same way, the whole Band D bill was £2,152.07 in 2025-26, so it is up 4.2%.

The rest of the estimate uses the average charges across Tendring: £192.42 for Tendring council, £1,641.96 for Essex County Council, £275.31 for Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner - Police, £92.52 for Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner - Fire.

Council tax by band in Harwich, 2026-27

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

Band A: £1,494.59£1,495AEngland average Band A: £1,594.35Band B: £1,743.69£1,744BEngland average Band B: £1,860.07Band C: £1,992.79£1,993CEngland average Band C: £2,125.80Band D: £2,241.89£2,242DEngland average Band D: £2,391.52Band E: £2,740.09£2,740EEngland average Band E: £2,922.97Band F: £3,238.29£3,238FEngland average Band F: £3,454.42Band G: £3,736.48£3,736GEngland average Band G: £3,985.87Band H: £4,483.78£4,484HEngland average Band H: £4,783.04
Band A: £1,494.59£1,495AEngland average Band A: £1,594.35Band B: £1,743.69£1,744BEngland average Band B: £1,860.07Band C: £1,992.79£1,993CEngland average Band C: £2,125.80Band D: £2,241.89£2,242DEngland average Band D: £2,391.52Band E: £2,740.09£2,740EEngland average Band E: £2,922.97Band F: £3,238.29£3,238FEngland average Band F: £3,454.42Band G: £3,736.48£3,736GEngland average Band G: £3,985.87Band H: £4,483.78£4,484HEngland average Band H: £4,783.04
  • Harwich, 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£1,494.59£149.46£124.55£1,594.356/9
Band B£1,743.69£174.37£145.31£1,860.077/9
Band C£1,992.79£199.28£166.07£2,125.808/9
Band D£2,241.89£224.19£186.82£2,391.529/9
Band E£2,740.09£274.01£228.34£2,922.9711/9
Band F£3,238.29£323.83£269.86£3,454.4213/9
Band G£3,736.48£373.65£311.37£3,985.8715/9
Band H£4,483.78£448.38£373.65£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 Harwich?
About £2,241.89 for 2026-27, of which £39.68 is the parish precept (exact). Your council's published charges give the exact bill.
How much is Band B council tax in Harwich?
About £1,743.69 a year, or £174.37 a month over 10 payments.
How does Harwich compare with the rest of Tendring?
Its parish precept adds £39.68 to a Band D bill; across Tendring parish precepts add £54.36 on average (spread over every home, including those with no parish precept).

Parishes in Tendring 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