Council

Cotswold

A shire district in Gloucestershire. Gloucestershire County Council also sets council tax here.

How much is council tax in Cotswold in 2026/27?

Choose your band for the published yearly charge, before discounts.

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Band A, 2026/27, for the year £1,594.43 £159.44 a month over ten instalments, rounded

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, published 25 March 2026.

Area average including parish precepts. Your exact bill and any discounts can differ.

Change on 2025/26, Band A up £76.63 (5.0%) £1,517.80 in 2025/26

Calculated from two published tables. Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, and Table 9 for 2025 to 2026, published 25 March 2026.

Band B, 2026/27, for the year £1,860.17 £186.02 a month over ten instalments, rounded

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, published 25 March 2026.

Area average including parish precepts. Your exact bill and any discounts can differ.

Change on 2025/26, Band B up £89.40 (5.0%) £1,770.77 in 2025/26

Calculated from two published tables. Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, and Table 9 for 2025 to 2026, published 25 March 2026.

Band C, 2026/27, for the year £2,125.91 £212.59 a month over ten instalments, rounded

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, published 25 March 2026.

Area average including parish precepts. Your exact bill and any discounts can differ.

Change on 2025/26, Band C up £102.18 (5.0%) £2,023.73 in 2025/26

Calculated from two published tables. Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, and Table 9 for 2025 to 2026, published 25 March 2026.

Band D, 2026/27, for the year £2,391.65 £239.17 a month over ten instalments, rounded

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, published 25 March 2026.

Area average including parish precepts. Your exact bill and any discounts can differ.

Change on 2025/26, Band D up £114.95 (5.0%) £2,276.70 in 2025/26

Calculated from two published tables. Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, and Table 9 for 2025 to 2026, published 25 March 2026.

Band E, 2026/27, for the year £2,923.13 £292.31 a month over ten instalments, rounded

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, published 25 March 2026.

Area average including parish precepts. Your exact bill and any discounts can differ.

Change on 2025/26, Band E up £140.50 (5.0%) £2,782.63 in 2025/26

Calculated from two published tables. Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, and Table 9 for 2025 to 2026, published 25 March 2026.

Band F, 2026/27, for the year £3,454.61 £345.46 a month over ten instalments, rounded

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, published 25 March 2026.

Area average including parish precepts. Your exact bill and any discounts can differ.

Change on 2025/26, Band F up £166.04 (5.0%) £3,288.57 in 2025/26

Calculated from two published tables. Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, and Table 9 for 2025 to 2026, published 25 March 2026.

Band G, 2026/27, for the year £3,986.08 £398.61 a month over ten instalments, rounded

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, published 25 March 2026.

Area average including parish precepts. Your exact bill and any discounts can differ.

Change on 2025/26, Band G up £191.58 (5.0%) £3,794.50 in 2025/26

Calculated from two published tables. Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, and Table 9 for 2025 to 2026, published 25 March 2026.

Band H, 2026/27, for the year £4,783.30 £478.33 a month over ten instalments, rounded

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, published 25 March 2026.

Area average including parish precepts. Your exact bill and any discounts can differ.

Change on 2025/26, Band H up £229.90 (5.0%) £4,553.40 in 2025/26

Calculated from two published tables. Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9, and Table 9 for 2025 to 2026, published 25 March 2026.

Monthly equivalents divide the annual charge by ten and round to pennies. Actual bill instalments can differ.

Every band includes the share of every body that sets council tax here, such as the police and, where they exist, the county council, the fire authority and parish councils, with parish precepts as an average. A home in a parish with its own precept pays a different amount, and discounts such as the single person discount are not taken off.

Cotswold council area
Source: Office for National Statistics, May 2026.

Illustrative area boundary. Parish charges and individual property bands vary within it.

Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Licensed under OGL v3.0.

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Who receives your council tax

Band D bill breakdown in Cotswold

These are the published 2026/27 area averages. Parish charges are averaged into the council line. They are already included in the total and must not be added again.

Cotswold: published Band D components, 2026/27
Part of the billCharging bodyAnnual Band D
Council, including average local preceptsCotswold£287.61
County or GLAGloucestershire£1,763.46
PoliceGloucestershire PCC£340.58
FireNo separate precept reported£0.00
Combined authorityNo separate precept reported£0.00
Published area average, including all precepts£2,391.65

Adult social care is included in council charges. Police and fire may be funded within another line, including a combined-authority or GLA charge. A zero separate line does not mean the service is absent. The named bodies come from MHCLG's billing-area mapping for this year.

The council's own Band D, excluding local precepts, is £163.93. This is a separate measure, not an additional charge.

Source: Council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027: Table 10, Data_Billing and Precepting_Bodies. Retrieved 2026-10-05. Download data and checksums.

Parish and local precepts in Cotswold

115 records in the national parish return, including any ceased bodies. These are individual Band D local charges, not full bills. Other property bands are not inferred. Match the charging locality to your council bill.

Do not add these amounts to the area average above: that already includes average local precepts. Grouped parishes and charter trustees can have overlapping charging areas. A postcode alone cannot establish every charge on a property.

All 115 records shown.

Cotswold: local Band D precepts as reported in the 2026/27 return
Parish or local body2025/262026/27Annual change
AdlestropPrecepting parish£8.98£9.20+£0.22
AldsworthPrecepting parish£13.59£14.04+£0.45
Ampney CrucisPrecepting parish£80.14£86.45+£6.31
Ampney St. MaryNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
Ampney St. PeterPrecepting parish£26.91£30.66+£3.75
AndoversfordPrecepting parish£72.28£74.47+£2.19
AshleyNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
Aston SubedgePrecepting parish£12.19£12.77+£0.58
AveningPrecepting parish£103.83£108.34+£4.51
BagendonPrecepting parish£6.96£6.63-£0.33
BarnsleyNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
BarringtonPrecepting parish£25.62£25.11-£0.51
BatsfordNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
BauntonPrecepting parish£14.87£16.90+£2.03
BeverstonPrecepting parish£75.28£77.82+£2.54
BiburyPrecepting parish£52.82£50.89-£1.93
BirdlipPrecepting parish£54.45£57.95+£3.50
BledingtonPrecepting parish£85.17£85.46+£0.29
BlockleyPrecepting parish£112.62£130.02+£17.40
Bourton on the HillPrecepting parish£52.81£55.45+£2.64
Bourton on the WaterPrecepting parish£122.48£139.87+£17.39
Boxwell with LeightertonPrecepting parish£16.69£23.66+£6.97
BrimpsfieldPrecepting parish£45.03£61.78+£16.75
BroadwellPrecepting parish£54.98£56.20+£1.22
ChedworthPrecepting parish£36.31£44.76+£8.45
CheringtonPrecepting parish£42.37£42.86+£0.49
Chipping CampdenPrecepting parish£100.94£104.97+£4.03
CirencesterPrecepting parish£252.65£269.81+£17.16
ClaptonPrecepting parish£6.30£6.55+£0.25
CoatesPrecepting parish£50.34£51.80+£1.46
CoberleyPrecepting parish£52.07£68.00+£15.93
Cold AstonPrecepting parish£33.50£32.76-£0.74
ColesbourneNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
Coln St. AldwynsPrecepting parish£53.74£56.47+£2.73
Coln St. DennisPrecepting parish£12.40£5.81-£6.59
Compton AbdaleNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
CondicotePrecepting parish£10.16£10.66+£0.50
CowleyPrecepting parish£85.28£154.26+£68.98
CutsdeanNon-precepting parish£22.03£0.00-£22.03
DaglingworthPrecepting parish£51.61£53.12+£1.51
DidmartonPrecepting parish£67.45£68.20+£0.75
DonningtonPrecepting parish£17.96£17.62-£0.34
DowdeswellPrecepting parish£20.75£21.35+£0.60
Down AmpneyPrecepting parish£142.73£153.20+£10.47
DriffieldPrecepting parish£85.06£115.34+£30.28
Duntisbourne AbbotsPrecepting parish£40.53£42.84+£2.31
EastleachPrecepting parish£89.67£89.89+£0.22
EbringtonPrecepting parish£43.51£47.87+£4.36
EdgeworthNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
ElkstonePrecepting parish£46.04£42.26-£3.78
EvenlodePrecepting parish£26.22£28.02+£1.80
FairfordPrecepting parish£124.39£133.25+£8.86
FarmingtonNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
Great RissingtonPrecepting parish£49.83£51.25+£1.42
Guiting PowerPrecepting parish£27.97£35.14+£7.17
HampnettNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
HatheropPrecepting parish£38.28£39.42+£1.14
HazletonNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
IcombPrecepting parish£32.16£31.88-£0.28
KemblePrecepting parish£61.44£64.26+£2.82
KempsfordPrecepting parish£56.17£64.63+£8.46
KingscotePrecepting parish£32.09£34.05+£1.96
LechladePrecepting parish£138.69£147.22+£8.53
Little RissingtonPrecepting parish£61.72£63.66+£1.94
Long NewntonPrecepting parish£24.63£24.37-£0.26
LongboroughPrecepting parish£73.04£66.69-£6.35
Lower SlaughterPrecepting parish£49.28£55.73+£6.45
MaugersburyPrecepting parish£42.86£42.32-£0.54
Meysey HamptonPrecepting parish£38.39£40.88+£2.49
MickletonPrecepting parish£45.51£51.17+£5.66
Moreton in MarshPrecepting parish£132.95£144.08+£11.13
NauntonPrecepting parish£76.28£74.16-£2.12
North CerneyPrecepting parish£30.48£35.31+£4.83
Northleach with EastingtonPrecepting parish£122.11£125.78+£3.67
NotgroveNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
OddingtonPrecepting parish£31.47£31.47£0.00
OzleworthNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
Poole KeynesNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
PoultonPrecepting parish£40.70£39.10-£1.60
PrestonPrecepting parish£84.99£93.39+£8.40
QueningtonPrecepting parish£81.52£86.61+£5.09
RendcombPrecepting parish£37.27£51.35+£14.08
RodmartonPrecepting parish£37.95£41.52+£3.57
SaintburyNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
SappertonPrecepting parish£54.25£57.09+£2.84
SevenhamptonPrecepting parish£44.93£45.21+£0.28
SezincoteNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
SherbornePrecepting parish£12.47£11.68-£0.79
ShiptonPrecepting parish£93.84£113.43+£19.59
Shipton MoynePrecepting parish£47.64£52.87+£5.23
SiddingtonPrecepting parish£51.45£51.82+£0.37
Somerford KeynesPrecepting parish£11.05£11.24+£0.19
South CerneyPrecepting parish£70.69£74.12+£3.43
SouthropPrecepting parish£94.26£99.60+£5.34
Stow on the WoldPrecepting parish£195.43£191.41-£4.02
SwellPrecepting parish£56.92£58.47+£1.55
SydeNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
Temple GuitingPrecepting parish£31.89£32.78+£0.89
TetburyPrecepting parish£176.00£190.08+£14.08
Tetbury UptonPrecepting parish£19.01£19.92+£0.91
TodenhamPrecepting parish£69.04£81.62+£12.58
TurkdeanNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
Upper RissingtonPrecepting parish£144.54£157.75+£13.21
Upper SlaughterPrecepting parish£61.12£59.35-£1.77
WestcoteNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
Weston SubedgePrecepting parish£71.31£73.53+£2.22
Westonbirt with LasboroughPrecepting parish£47.07£58.44+£11.37
WhittingtonNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
WillerseyPrecepting parish£62.10£65.14+£3.04
WindrushNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
WinsonNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00
WinstonePrecepting parish£16.55£18.98+£2.43
WithingtonPrecepting parish£24.52£25.01+£0.49
Wyck RissingtonPrecepting parish£79.08£80.56+£1.48
YanworthNon-precepting parish£0.00£0.00£0.00

Annual change is this year's reported charge minus the previous year's charge on the same source row. Missing and ceased entries remain distinct from published zero charges. A negative precept is retained where published.

Source: Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils in England: 2026 to 2027, Parish_Level_Data and Notes. Retrieved 2026-10-05. Download the national parish data, including precept income and tax bases.

How does Band D in Cotswold compare?

England average area Band D, 2026/27 £2,392 up 4.9% on 2025/26

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 7, published 25 March 2026.

Average area Band D for shire areas, 2026/27 £2,452 up 4.6% on 2025/26

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 7, published 25 March 2026.

Both averages include parish and adult social care precepts, the same basis as the Cotswold figure. Band D for every council in South West.

How has Band D in Cotswold changed?

2024/25: £2,169.77 £2,169.77 2024/25 2025/26: £2,276.70 £2,276.70 2025/26 2026/27: £2,391.65 £2,391.65 2026/27

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9 each year, linked in the table, published 25 March 2026.

Cash figures, not adjusted for inflation. Includes average parish precepts.

Area Band D in Cotswold, as published each year
YearBand DSource
2024/25 £2,169.77 MHCLG Table 8
2025/26 £2,276.70 MHCLG Table 9
2026/27 £2,391.65 MHCLG Table 9

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 9 each year, linked in the table, published 25 March 2026.

Every band over time

Cotswold area charges, including average parish precepts
Band2024/252025/262026/27Two-year change
A£1,446.51£1,517.80£1,594.43£147.92
B£1,687.60£1,770.77£1,860.17£172.57
C£1,928.68£2,023.73£2,125.91£197.23
D£2,169.77£2,276.70£2,391.65£221.88
E£2,651.94£2,782.63£2,923.13£271.19
F£3,134.11£3,288.57£3,454.61£320.50
G£3,616.28£3,794.50£3,986.08£369.80
H£4,339.54£4,553.40£4,783.30£443.76

Sources: MHCLG 2024/25 · MHCLG 2025/26 · MHCLG 2026/27 · Change calculated from the two published charges. Nominal amounts, before discounts.

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Long-term Band D history

The national live table holds 34 published area figures for Cotswold, from 1993/94 to 2026/27. This series is generally rounded to whole pounds, so it can differ from the penny figures in the recent band tables.

£548 to £2,392(+336.5% in cash terms)

Not adjusted for inflation. A change in services or council structure can affect comparisons. Missing years stay missing; we do not join predecessor councils ourselves. MHCLG carries forward predecessor-area history only where its published series does so, including some district-to-unitary changes with unchanged boundaries.

View the full Band D history and separate council shares
Cotswold: published Band D history, displayed pounds
YearWhole-area averageCouncil excluding parishesCouncil including average parishes
1993/94£548Unavailable£96
1994/95£523Unavailable£26
1995/96£572Unavailable£74
1996/97£596£72£92
1997/98£638£80£101
1998/99£703£85£109
1999/00£760£89£113
2000/01£832£92£120
2001/02£893£98£130
2002/03£983£108£143
2003/04£1,141£118£155
2004/05£1,206£122£160
2005/06£1,253£126£167
2006/07£1,299£129£173
2007/08£1,345£133£177
2008/09£1,409£137£184
2009/10£1,452£141£192
2010/11£1,486£144£196
2011/12£1,488£144£198
2012/13£1,491£144£201
2013/14£1,490£137£195
2014/15£1,491£133£192
2015/16£1,486£126£188
2016/17£1,536£126£192
2017/18£1,590£126£196
2018/19£1,658£126£199
2019/20£1,749£129£205
2020/21£1,817£134£215
2021/22£1,902£139£223
2022/23£1,967£144£235
2023/24£2,064£149£245
2024/25£2,170£154£262
2025/26£2,277£159£275
2026/27£2,392£164£288

The council-share columns are alternative measures, not additions to the whole-area figure. The excluding-parishes series begins in 1996/97. A council's own share can change when responsibilities transfer even where its area remains the same.

Source: Band D Council Tax figures 1993 onwards, revised April 2026, Area_CT, exc_PP and inc_PP. Download the historical series. Changes calculated from the displayed source values.

Who sets council tax in Cotswold?

The figures below show each council's own share and its published annual change. The national breakdown above also identifies police, fire and combined-authority charges for this billing area.

Cotswold council's own Band D, 2026/27 £163.93 up 3.15% on 2025/26, as published

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 8c, published 25 March 2026.

Gloucestershire County Council's Band D, 2026/27 £1,763.46 up 4.99% on 2025/26, as published

Source: MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 8b, published 25 March 2026.

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