Population

Area: local authority ranking

Area: Highland comes top with 26,158 km² and City of London comes last with 2.9 km². The median across 361 local authorities is 263.4 km².

Podium and top 100

1Highland26,158 km² 2North Yorkshire8,040 km² 3Argyll and Bute7,006 km²

#	Local authority	Region	Area
1	Highland	Scotland	26,158
2	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	8,040
3	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	7,006
4	Dumfries and Galloway	Scotland	6,437
5	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	6,318
6	Perth and Kinross	Scotland	5,384
7	Powys	Wales	5,195
8	Northumberland	North East	5,032
9	Scottish Borders	Scotland	4,739
10	Westmorland and Furness	North West	3,790
11	Cornwall	South West	3,549
12	Somerset	South West	3,452
13	Wiltshire	South West	3,255
14	Shropshire	West Midlands	3,197
15	Na h-Eileanan Siar	Scotland	3,097
16	Cumberland	North West	3,036
17	Fermanagh and Omagh	Northern Ireland	3,012
18	Gwynedd	Wales	2,549
19	Dorset	South West	2,491
20	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	2,405
21	Carmarthenshire	Wales	2,371
22	Stirling	Scotland	2,253
23	Moray	Scotland	2,238
24	County Durham	North East	2,231
25	Angus	Scotland	2,185
26	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	2,180
27	Causeway Coast and Glens	Northern Ireland	1,986
28	Mid Ulster	Northern Ireland	1,957
29	Ceredigion	Wales	1,788
30	South Lanarkshire	Scotland	1,774
31	East Lindsey	East Midlands	1,767
32	Newry, Mourne and Down	Northern Ireland	1,682
33	Pembrokeshire	Wales	1,618
34	Buckinghamshire	South East	1,565
35	Shetland Islands	Scotland	1,468
36	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	East	1,440
37	Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon	Northern Ireland	1,437
38	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	1,380
39	Fife	Scotland	1,325
40	Breckland	East	1,305
41	East Ayrshire	Scotland	1,270
42	East Suffolk	East	1,261
43	Derry City and Strabane	Northern Ireland	1,251
44	South Ayrshire	Scotland	1,224
45	Cheshire East	North West	1,166
46	Cotswold	South West	1,164
47	West Devon	South West	1,161
48	West Lindsey	East Midlands	1,156
49	Conwy	Wales	1,130
50	North Devon	South West	1,086
51	Mid and East Antrim	Northern Ireland	1,061
52	West Suffolk	East	1,035
53	Orkney Islands	Scotland	1,015
54	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	986.6
55	Torridge	South West	985.2
56	Stratford-on-Avon	West Midlands	977.9
57	North Norfolk	East	967.5
58	South Kesteven	East Midlands	942.6
59	North Kesteven	East Midlands	922.5
60	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	920.0
61	Mid Devon	South West	912.9
62	Huntingdonshire	East	912.5
63	South Norfolk	East	907.6
64	South Cambridgeshire	East	901.6
65	South Hams	South West	886.6
66	North Ayrshire	Scotland	885.3
67	Mid Suffolk	East	871.1
68	Monmouthshire	Wales	850.3
69	North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	846.5
70	Denbighshire	Wales	838.7
71	Wealden	South East	835.0
72	East Devon	South West	814.2
73	Derbyshire Dales	East Midlands	795.4
74	Chichester	South East	786.2
75	New Forest	South East	752.1
76	South Holland	East Midlands	750.1
77	Antrim and Newtownabbey	Northern Ireland	728.2
78	Central Bedfordshire	East	715.7
79	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	715.2
80	West Oxfordshire	South East	714.4
81	West Berkshire	South East	704.2
82	East Lothian	Scotland	679.2
83	South Oxfordshire	South East	678.5
84	Teignbridge	South West	673.7
85	Wychavon	West Midlands	663.5
86	Winchester	South East	661.0
87	Newark and Sherwood	East Midlands	651.3
88	East Cambridgeshire	East	651.2
89	Uttlesford	East	641.1
90	Bassetlaw	East Midlands	637.8
91	Basingstoke and Deane	South East	633.8
92	Test Valley	South East	627.7
93	Braintree	East	611.7
94	Stafford	West Midlands	598.2
95	Babergh	East	595.1
96	Harborough	East Midlands	592.7
97	Cherwell	South East	588.7
98	Ribble Valley	North West	584.5
99	Ashford	South East	580.6
100	Vale of White Horse	South East	578.7

Bottom of the ranking

#	Local authority	Region	Area
347	Southwark	London	28.9
348	Lambeth	London	26.8
349	Stevenage	East	26.0
350	Gosport	South East	25.4
351	Oadby and Wigston	East Midlands	23.5
352	Camden	London	21.8
353	Westminster	London	21.5
354	Watford	East	21.4
355	Tower Hamlets	London	19.8
356	Hackney	London	19.0
357	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	16.4
358	Isles of Scilly	South West	16.3
359	Islington	London	14.9
360	Kensington and Chelsea	London	12.1
361	City of London	London	2.9

Regions compared

Total for each region.

Scotland78,801 km²
South West23,850 km²
Wales20,783 km²
East19,132 km²
South East19,088 km²
East Midlands15,643 km²
Yorkshire and The Humber15,408 km²
Northern Ireland14,330 km²
North West14,167 km²
West Midlands13,004 km²
North East8,598 km²
London1,573 km²

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Frequently asked questions

Which local authority ranks first for “Area”?

Highland ranks first for “Area”, with 26,158 km².

What is the median for “Area”?

The median across the 361 ranked local authorities is 263.4 km².