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 |
See also
| 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 | ||
| Current structure of subnational entities in England (2006) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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