Council tax for 2026/27 · England, Scotland and Wales
Somerset council tax 2026/27: a Band D home pays £2,560.59 a year
The cheapest band, A, pays £1,707.06; the dearest, H, pays £5,121.18. 27% of Somerset’s 273,500 homes are in Band B.
Band D costs £2,560.59 a year: £256.06 over 10 payments or £213.38 over 12. 15% of Somerset’s homes are in this band.
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H
Somerset, street by band. Walls rise to the yearly charge (one scale for all councils); each house is as wide as its band’s share of homes (all properties on the list at 31 March 2026, Valuation Office Agency). Narrow bands are kept visible.
Too narrow to draw to scale, so shown at a minimum width: Band G 3%, Band H 0.2% of homes.
Every band in Somerset
Band
A year
Over 10 payments
Over 12 payments
Homes
£1,707.06
£170.71
£142.26
16%
£1,991.57
£199.16
£165.96
27%
£2,276.08
£227.61
£189.67
22%
£2,560.59
£256.06
£213.38
15%
£3,129.61
£312.96
£260.80
11%
£3,698.63
£369.86
£308.22
6%
£4,267.65
£426.77
£355.64
3%
£5,121.18
£512.12
£426.77
0.2%
These are averages for the whole council area, parish charges included: your own bill may be higher or lower depending on your parish. Monthly figures divide the yearly charge, rounded to the penny.
About Somerset’s figures
Somerset's Band D carries one of the heaviest parish elements in England. Somerset's 328 parishes are a number surpassed by just one council, and their precepts, averaged across Somerset's Band D homes, come to £191.82, which is 7.5% of Somerset's £2,560.59. Only three councils record a higher average parish charge, and in Somerset that parish average outweighs the fire authority's whole share of £109.68.
The band figures on this page are therefore averages in the full sense: the bill for a particular home may land somewhat above or below them, depending on its parish.
Somerset is also one of England's largest council areas. Its 273,500 homes are exceeded in number by only four councils, and its tax base of 217,767.42 Band D equivalents ranks sixth.
Leaving the parishes aside, Somerset's council keeps £1,950.89, a little over three quarters, £37.15 of it the adult social care precept added in 2026/27, and policing takes £308.20.
Band B is the commonest band, with 72,560 homes or 26.5%. Band A has 43,460 (15.9%) and Band C 22.0%. Band D's share is 14.8% and the four dearer bands account for about a fifth, among them 520 Somerset homes in Band H, billed £5,121.18. A year earlier, Somerset's Band D was £121.97 lower; the rise is 5.00%.
The parish average also equals about 62% of the police precept. Between Band A, at £1,707.06, and Band H, the yearly difference in Somerset is £3,414.12. Policing and fire together take £417.88, some 16.3% of the Band D total.
Band D is the band the national tables use to compare councils. In Somerset it is £2,560.59 a year. Across the 296 councils in England the simple average of Band D is £2,410.97, and 241 of them charge less than Somerset.
The dearest Band D in England is Dorset at £2,765.02; the cheapest is Wandsworth at £1,028.21.
Where Somerset’s homes sit
The biggest share of homes, 27%, is in Band B. Bands A to C together hold 64% of the 273,500 homes, and bands E to H hold 21%.
Homes are counted as: all properties on the list at 31 March 2026, Valuation Office Agency.
Check your own band
The letter is printed on your council tax bill. To look up any home, use the official services: England and Wales or Scotland. Band by Band cannot tell you the band of an address.