List of English counties by area

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This is a list of metropolitan counties, non-metropolitan counties and unitary authorities of England by area.

It includes those non-metropolitan counties (also known as shire counties) with a two-tier county council structure, metropolitan counties and unitary authorities.

In cases where a unitary authority has been detached from a county the population of the unitary authority is shown separately. For example, Luton is shown separately from the population figure for Bedfordshire.

Rank County Area (km²) Type
1 North Yorkshire 8,038    two-tier
2 Cumbria 6,768 two-tier
3 Devon 6,564 two-tier
4 Lincolnshire 5,921 two-tier
5 Norfolk 5,371 two-tier
6 Northumberland 5,013 two-tier
7 Suffolk 3,801 two-tier
8 Hampshire 3,679 two-tier
9 Cornwall (inc Scilly) 3,563 two-tier
10 Kent 3,544 two-tier
11 Essex 3,465 two-tier
12 Somerset 3,451 two-tier
13 Wiltshire 3,255 two-tier
14 Shropshire 3,197 two-tier
15 Cambridgeshire 3,046 two-tier
16 Lancashire 2,903 two-tier
17 Gloucestershire 2,653 two-tier
18 Staffordshire 2,620 two-tier
19 Oxfordshire 2,605 two-tier
20 Derbyshire 2,547 two-tier
21 Dorset 2,542 two-tier
22 East Riding of Yorkshire 2,409 unitary
23 Northamptonshire 2,364 two-tier
24 Durham 2,226 two-tier
25 Herefordshire 2,180 unitary
26 Nottinghamshire 2,085 two-tier
27 Cheshire 2,083 two-tier
28 Leicestershire 2,083 two-tier
29 West Yorkshire 2,029 metropolitan county
30 West Sussex 1,991 two-tier
31 Warwickshire 1,975 two-tier
32 Worcestershire 1,741 two-tier
33 East Sussex 1,709 two-tier
34 Surrey 1,663 two-tier
35 Hertfordshire 1,643 two-tier
36 Greater London 1,580
37 Buckinghamshire 1,565 two-tier
38 South Yorkshire 1,552 metropolitan county
39 Greater Manchester 1,276 metropolitan county
40 Berkshire 1,262 two-tier
41 Bedfordshire 1,192 two-tier
42 West Midlands 902 metropolitan county
43 North Lincolnshire 846 unitary
44 Merseyside 645 metropolitan county
45 Tyne and Wear 540 metropolitan county
46 South Gloucestershire 497 unitary
47 Rutland 382 unitary
48 Isle of Wight 380 unitary
49 North Somerset 375 unitary
50 Bath and North East Somerset 351 unitary
51 Peterborough 343 unitary
52 Milton Keynes 309 unitary
53 Telford and Wrekin 290 unitary
54 York 272 unitary
55 Redcar and Cleveland 245 unitary
56 Swindon 230 unitary
57 Stockton-on-Tees 204 unitary
58 Darlington 197 unitary
59 Medway 192 unitary
60 North East Lincolnshire 192 unitary
61 Warrington 181 unitary
62 Thurrock 163 unitary
63 Blackburn with Darwen 137 unitary
64 Bristol 110 unitary
65 Hartlepool 94 unitary
66 Stoke-on-Trent 93 unitary
67 Brighton & Hove 83 unitary
68 Plymouth 80 unitary
69 Halton 79 unitary
70 Derby 78 unitary
71 Nottingham 75 unitary
72 Leicester 73 unitary
73 Hull 71 unitary
74 Poole 65 unitary
75 Torbay 63 unitary
76 Middlesbrough 54 unitary
77 Southampton 50 unitary
78 Bournemouth 46 unitary
79 Luton 43 unitary
80 Southend-on-Sea 42 unitary
81 Portsmouth 40 unitary
82 Blackpool 35 unitary


Lists of English counties
All counties; By area By population By population density By highest point
Ceremonial counties; By area By population By population density
Non-metropolitan counties; By area By population By population density
Structure of English administrative divisions (since 1995)
Region level: Region Region Region Region
County level: Metropolitan county Shire county Unitary authority Greater London
District level: Metropolitan district Shire district n/a London borough
Parish level: (Civil parish) (Civil parish) (Civil parish) n/a
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