# List of English districts

This is a list of the 296 districts of England, a type of country subdivision governed by a local authority, that cover all of England. Most English districts are known as non-metropolitan districts and are found in non-metropolitan counties. However, primarily in urban areas, other types of districts are found. Each district is contained within one ceremonial county, except Stockton-on-Tees, which is split for this purpose. Population figures are the mid-year estimates for 2022 from the Office for National Statistics.

## Nomenclature

There are currently 296 districts in England. The districts are divided into several categories which determine the powers and functions of the local authority.
* 32 London boroughs
* 36 metropolitan districts
* 164 non-metropolitan districts (in a two-tier county arrangement)
* 62 unitary authorities (all also non-metropolitan districts, but with the combined powers of non-metropolitan counties and districts)
* City of London (sui generis)
* Isles of Scilly (sui generis)
Each district can additionally hold the honorific statuses of borough, city and royal borough, which does not affect the powers and functions of the local authority.

## List of districts

| Name | Website | Population (2022) | Title | Type | Ceremonial County |
| Adur | website | 64,688 | District | | West Sussex |
| Amber Valley | website | 126,944 | Borough | | Derbyshire |
| Arun | website | 166,366 | District | | West Sussex |
| Ashfield | website | 127,179 | District | | Nottinghamshire |
| Ashford | website | 135,610 | Borough | | Kent |
| Babergh | website | 94,277 | District | | Suffolk |
| Barking and Dagenham | website | 219,992 | London Borough | London borough | Greater London |
| Barnet | website | 389,101 | London Borough | London borough | Greater London |
| Barnsley | website | 246,482 | Metropolitan Borough | Metropolitan borough | South Yorkshire |
| Basildon | website | 188,848 | Borough | | Essex |
| Basingstoke and Deane | website | 187,817 | Borough | | Hampshire |
| Bassetlaw | website | 120,012 | District | | Nottinghamshire |
| Bath and North East Somerset | website | 195,618 | | Unitary authority | Somerset |
| Bedford | website | 187,466 | Borough | Unitary authority | Bedfordshire |
| Bexley | website | 247,835 | London Borough | London borough | Greater London |
| Birmingham | website | 1,157,603 | City (1889) | Metropolitan borough | West Midlands |
| Blaby | website | 104,182 | District | | Leicestershire |
| Blackburn with Darwen | website | 155,762 | Borough | Unitary authority | Lancashire |
| Blackpool | website | 141,574 | Borough | Unitary authority | Lancashire |
| Bolsover | website | 81,553 | District | | Derbyshire |
| Bolton | website | 298,903 | Metropolitan Borough | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
| Boston | website | 70,806 | Borough | | Lincolnshire |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | website | 401,898 | Borough | Unitary authority | Dorset |
| Bracknell Forest | website | 126,881 | Borough | Unitary authority | Berkshire |
| Bradford | website | 552,644 | City (1897) | Metropolitan borough | West Yorkshire |
| Braintree | website | 157,681 | District | | Essex |
| Breckland | website | 143,479 | District | | Norfolk |
| Brent | website | 341,221 | London Borough | London borough | Greater London |
| Brentwood | website | 77,332 | Borough | | Essex |
| Brighton and Hove | website | 277,965 | City (2000) | Unitary authority | East Sussex |
| Bristol | website | 479,024 | City (1542) | Unitary authority | Bristol |
| Broadland | website | 133,872 | District | | Norfolk |
| Bromley | website | 329,578 | London Borough | London borough | Greater London |
| Bromsgrove | website | 100,076 | District | | Worcestershire |
| Broxbourne | website | 99,103 | Borough | | Hertfordshire |
| Broxtowe | website | 112,113 | Borough | | Nottinghamshire |
| Buckinghamshire | website | 560,409 | | Unitary authority | Buckinghamshire |
| Burnley | website | 95,553 | Borough | | Lancashire |
| Bury | website | 194,606 | Metropolitan Borough | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
| Calderdale | website | 207,699 | Metropolitan Borough | Metropolitan borough | West Yorkshire |
| Cambridge | website | 146,995 | City (1951) | | Cambridgeshire |
| Camden | website | 218,049 | London Borough | London borough | Greater London |
| Cannock Chase | website | 101,140 | District | | Staffordshire |
| Canterbury | website | 157,550 | City (TI) | | Kent |
| Castle Point | website | 89,731 | Borough | | Essex |
| Central Bedfordshire | website | 301,501 | | Unitary authority | Bedfordshire |
| Charnwood | website | 184,748 | Borough | | Leicestershire |
| Chelmsford | website | 183,326 | City (2012) | | Essex |
| Cheltenham | website | 119,434 | Borough | | Gloucestershire |
| Cherwell | website | 164,155 | District | | Oxfordshire |
| Cheshire East | website | 406,527 | Borough | Unitary authority | Cheshire |
| Cheshire West and Chester | website | 361,694 | Borough | Unitary authority | Cheshire |
| Chesterfield | website | 104,110 | Borough | | Derbyshire |
| Chichester | website | 126,103 | District | | West Sussex |
| Chorley | website | 118,624 | Borough | | Lancashire |
| Colchester | website | 194,394 | City (2022) | | Essex |
| Cornwall | website | 575,413 | | Unitary authority | Cornwall |
| Cotswold | website | 91,311 | District | | Gloucestershire |
| Coventry | website | 355,600 | City (1345) | Metropolitan borough | West Midlands |
| Crawley | website | 119,509 | Borough | | West Sussex |
| Croydon | website | 392,224 | London Borough | London borough | Greater London |
| Cumberland | | 274,622 | | Unitary authority | Cumbria |
| Dacorum | website | 156,123 | Borough | | Hertfordshire |
| Darlington | website | 109,469 | Borough | Unitary authority | County Durham |
| Dartford | website | 118,820 | Borough | | Kent |
| Derby | website | 263,490 | City (1977) | Unitary authority | Derbyshire |
| Derbyshire Dales | website | 71,752 | District | | Derbyshire |
| Doncaster | website | 311,027 | City (2022) | Metropolitan borough | South Yorkshire |
| Dorset | website | 383,274 | | Unitary authority | Dorset |
| Dover | website | 117,473 | District | | Kent |
| Dudley | website | 324,969 | Metropolitan Borough | Metropolitan borough | West Midlands |
| County Durham | website | 528,127 | | Unitary authority | County Durham |
| Ealing | website | 369,937 | London Borough | London borough | Greater London |
| East Cambridgeshire | website | 89,394 | District | | Cambridgeshire |
| East Devon | website | 154,500 | District | | Devon |
| East Hampshire | website | 127,319 | District | | Hampshire |
| East Hertfordshire | website | 151,635 | District | | Hertfordshire |
| East Lindsey | website | 144,415 | District | | Lincolnshire |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | website | 346,309 | | Unitary authority | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| East Staffordshire | website | 125,760 | Borough | | Staffordshire |
| East Suffolk | website | 247,080 | District | | Suffolk |
| Eastbourne | website | 102,247 | Borough | | East Sussex |
| Eastleigh | website | 138,935 | Borough | | Hampshire |
| Elmbridge | website | 140,024 | Borough | | Surrey |
| Enfield | website | 327,224 | London Borough | London borough | Greater London |
| Epping Forest | website | 134,989 | District | | Essex |
| Epsom and Ewell | website | 81,184 | Borough | | Surrey |
| Erewash | website | 113,080 | Borough | | Derbyshire |
| Exeter | website | 134,939 | City (TI) | | Devon |
| Fareham | website | 114,547 | Borough | | Hampshire |
| Fenland | website | 103,035 | District | | Cambridgeshire |
| Folkestone and Hythe | website | 110,237 | District | | Kent |
| Forest of Dean | website | 87,937 | District | | Gloucestershire |
| Fylde | website | 83,008 | Borough | | Lancashire |
| Gateshead | website | 197,722 | Metropolitan Borough | Metropolitan borough | Tyne and Wear |
| Gedling | website | 117,730 | Borough | | Nottinghamshire |
| Gloucester | website | 133,522 | City (1541) | | Gloucestershire |
| Gosport | website | 82,285 | Borough | | Hampshire |
| Gravesham | website | 106,970 | Borough | | Kent |
| Great Yarmouth | website | 99,862 | Borough | | Norfolk |
| Greenwich | website | 291,080 | Royal Borough | London Borough | Greater London |
| Guildford | website | 145,673 | Borough | | Surrey |
| Hackney | website | 261,491 | London Borough | London borough | Greater London |
| Halton | website | 128,964 | Borough | Unitary authority | Cheshire |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | website | 185,238 | London Borough | London borough | Greater London |
| Harborough | website | 100,481 | District | | Leicestershire |
| Haringey | website | 261,811 | London Borough | London borough | Greater London |
| Harlow | website | 94,409 | District | | Essex |
| Harrow | website | 261,185 | London Borough | London borough | Greater London |
| Hart | website | 100,910 | District | | Hampshire |
| Hartlepool | website | 93,861 | Borough | Unitary authority | County Durham |
| Hastings | website | 90,622 | Borough | | East Sussex |
| Havant | website | 124,854 | Borough | | Hampshire |
| Havering | website | 264,703 | London Borough | London borough | Greater London |
| Herefordshire | website | 188,719 | | Unitary authority | Herefordshire |
| Hertsmere | website | 108,106 | Borough | | Hertfordshire |
| High Peak | website | 91,109 | Borough | | Derbyshire |
| Hillingdon | website | 310,681 | London Borough | London borough | Greater London |
| Hinckley and Bosworth | website | 114,298 | Borough | | Leicestershire |
| Horsham | website | 148,696 | District | | West Sussex |
| Hounslow | website | 290,488 | London Borough | London borough | Greater London |
| Kingston upon Hull | website | 268,852 | City (1299) | Unitary authority | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Huntingdonshire | website | 184,052 | District | | Cambridgeshire |
| Hyndburn | website | 83,213 | Borough | | Lancashire |
| Ipswich | website | 139,247 | Borough | | Suffolk |
| Isle of Wight | website | 140,794 | | Unitary authority | Isle of Wight |
| Isles of Scilly | website | 2,281 | | Sui generis | Cornwall |
| Islington | website | 220,373 | London Borough | London borough | Greater London |
| Kensington and Chelsea | website | 146,154 | Royal borough | London Borough | Greater London |
| King's Lynn and West Norfolk | website | 155,741 | Borough | | Norfolk |
| Kingston upon Thames | website | 168,302 | Royal Borough | London Borough | Greater London |
| Kirklees | website | 437,593 | Metropolitan Borough | Metropolitan borough | West Yorkshire |
| Knowsley | website | 157,103 | Metropolitan Borough | Metropolitan borough | Merseyside |
| Lambeth | website | 316,812 | London Borough | London borough | Greater London |
| Lancaster | website | 144,446 | City (1937) | | Lancashire |
| Leeds | website | 822,483 | City (1895) | Metropolitan borough | West Yorkshire |
| Leicester | website | 373,399 | City (1919) | Unitary authority | Leicestershire |
| Lewes | website | 100,677 | District | | East Sussex |
| Lewisham | website | 298,653 | London Borough | London borough | Greater London |
| Lichfield | website | 108,352 | District | | Staffordshire |
| Lincoln | website | 102,545 | City (TI) | | Lincolnshire |
| Liverpool | website | 496,770 | City (1880) | Metropolitan borough | Merseyside |
| City of London | website | 10,847 | City (TI) | Sui generis | City of London |
| Luton | website | 226,973 | Borough | Unitary authority | Bedfordshire |
| Maidstone | website | 180,428 | Borough | | Kent |
| Maldon | website | 67,554 | District | | Essex |
| Malvern Hills | website | 81,024 | District | | Worcestershire |
| Manchester | website | 568,996 | City (1853) | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
| Mansfield | website | 111,117 | District | | Nottinghamshire |
| Medway | website | 282,702 | Borough | Unitary authority | Kent |
| Melton | website | 52,433 | Borough | | Leicestershire |
| Merton | website | 214,709 | London Borough | London borough | Greater London |
| Mid Devon | website | 83,786 | District | | Devon |
| Mid Suffolk | website | 105,723 | District | | Suffolk |
| Mid Sussex | website | 154,930 | District | | West Sussex |
| Middlesbrough | website | 148,285 | Borough | Unitary authority | North Yorkshire |
| Milton Keynes | website | 292,180 | City (2022) | Unitary authority | Buckinghamshire |
| Mole Valley | website | 87,769 | District | | Surrey |
| Newark and Sherwood | website | 125,089 | District | | Nottinghamshire |
| Newcastle-under-Lyme | website | 125,297 | Borough | | Staffordshire |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | website | 307,565 | City (1882) | Metropolitan borough | Tyne and Wear |
| New Forest | website | 175,942 | District | | Hampshire |
| Newham | website | 358,645 | London Borough | London borough | Greater London |
| North Devon | website | 100,505 | District | | Devon |
| North East Derbyshire | website | 103,783 | District | | Derbyshire |
| North East Lincolnshire | website | 157,754 | Borough | Unitary authority | Lincolnshire |
| North Hertfordshire | website | 134,159 | District | | Hertfordshire |
| North Kesteven | website | 119,709 | District | | Lincolnshire |
| North Lincolnshire | website | 170,042 | Borough | Unitary authority | Lincolnshire |
| North Norfolk | website | 103,227 | District | | Norfolk |
| North Northamptonshire | website | 359,500 | | Unitary authority | Northamptonshire |
| North Somerset | website | 219,145 | | Unitary authority | Somerset |
| North Tyneside | website | 210,487 | Metropolitan Borough | Metropolitan borough | Tyne and Wear |
| North Warwickshire | website | 65,946 | Borough | | Warwickshire |
| North West Leicestershire | website | 107,672 | District | | Leicestershire |
| North Yorkshire | | 615,491 | | Unitary authority | North Yorkshire |
| Northumberland | website | 324,362 | | Unitary authority | Northumberland |
| Norwich | website | 144,525 | City (1195) | | Norfolk |
| Nottingham | website | 328,513 | City (1897) | Unitary authority | Nottinghamshire |
| Nuneaton and Bedworth | website | 135,481 | Borough | | Warwickshire |
| Oadby and Wigston | website | 58,341 | Borough | | Leicestershire |
| Oldham | website | 243,912 | Metropolitan Borough | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
| Oxford | website | 163,257 | City (1542) | | Oxfordshire |
| Pendle | website | 96,110 | Borough | | Lancashire |
| Peterborough | website | 217,705 | City (1541) | Unitary authority | Cambridgeshire |
| Plymouth | website | 266,862 | City (1928) | Unitary authority | Devon |
| Portsmouth | website | 208,420 | City (1926) | Unitary authority | Hampshire |
| Preston | website | 151,582 | City (2002) | | Lancashire |
| Reading | website | 174,820 | Borough | Unitary authority | Berkshire |
| Redbridge | website | 310,911 | London Borough | London borough | Greater London |
| Redcar and Cleveland | website | 137,175 | Borough | Unitary authority | North Yorkshire |
| Redditch | website | 87,132 | Borough | | Worcestershire |
| Reigate and Banstead | website | 153,629 | Borough | | Surrey |
| Ribble Valley | website | 63,107 | Borough | | Lancashire |
| Richmond upon Thames | website | 194,894 | London Borough | London borough | Greater London |
| Rochdale | website | 226,992 | Metropolitan Borough | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
| Rochford | website | 87,216 | District | | Essex |
| Rossendale | website | 71,169 | Borough | | Lancashire |
| Rother | website | 94,162 | District | | East Sussex |
| Rotherham | website | 268,354 | Metropolitan Borough | Metropolitan borough | South Yorkshire |
| Rugby | website | 116,436 | Borough | | Warwickshire |
| Runnymede | website | 88,524 | Borough | | Surrey |
| Rushcliffe | website | 121,582 | Borough | | Nottinghamshire |
| Rushmoor | website | 101,060 | Borough | | Hampshire |
| Rutland | website | 41,151 | | Unitary authority | Rutland |
| St Albans | website | 148,358 | City (1877) | | Hertfordshire |
| St Helens | website | 184,728 | Metropolitan Borough | Metropolitan borough | Merseyside |
| Salford | website | 278,064 | City (1926) | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
| Sandwell | website | 344,210 | Metropolitan Borough | Metropolitan borough | West Midlands |
| Sefton | website | 281,027 | Metropolitan Borough | Metropolitan borough | Merseyside |
| Sevenoaks | website | 121,106 | District | | Kent |
| Sheffield | website | 566,242 | City (1893) | Metropolitan borough | South Yorkshire |
| Shropshire | website | 327,178 | | Unitary authority | Shropshire |
| Slough | website | 159,182 | Borough | Unitary authority | Berkshire |
| Solihull | website | 217,678 | Metropolitan Borough | Metropolitan borough | West Midlands |
| Somerset | | 555,289 | | Unitary authority | Somerset |
| South Cambridgeshire | website | 165,633 | District | | Cambridgeshire |
| South Derbyshire | website | 111,133 | District | | Derbyshire |
| South Gloucestershire | website | 294,765 | | Unitary authority | Gloucestershire |
| South Hams | website | 89,812 | District | | Devon |
| South Holland | website | 96,983 | District | | Lincolnshire |
| South Kesteven | website | 144,249 | District | | Lincolnshire |
| South Norfolk | website | 144,593 | District | | Norfolk |
| South Oxfordshire | website | 151,820 | District | | Oxfordshire |
| South Ribble | website | 112,166 | Borough | | Lancashire |
| South Staffordshire | website | 111,527 | District | | Staffordshire |
| South Tyneside | website | 148,667 | Metropolitan Borough | Metropolitan borough | Tyne and Wear |
| Southampton | website | 252,689 | City (1964) | Unitary authority | Hampshire |
| Southend-on-Sea | website | 180,915 | City (2022) | Unitary authority | Essex |
| Southwark | website | 311,913 | London Borough | London borough | Greater London |
| Spelthorne | website | 103,551 | Borough | | Surrey |
| Stafford | website | 138,670 | Borough | | Staffordshire |
| Staffordshire Moorlands | website | 95,899 | District | | Staffordshire |
| Stevenage | website | 89,737 | Borough | | Hertfordshire |
| Stockport | website | 297,107 | Metropolitan Borough | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
| Stockton-on-Tees | website | 199,966 | Borough | Unitary authority | County Durham and North Yorkshire |
| Stoke-on-Trent | website | 259,965 | City (1925) | Unitary authority | Staffordshire |
| Stratford-on-Avon | website | 138,583 | District | | Warwickshire |
| Stroud | website | 123,205 | District | | Gloucestershire |
| Sunderland | website | 277,354 | City (1992) | Metropolitan borough | Tyne and Wear |
| Surrey Heath | website | 91,237 | Borough | | Surrey |
| Sutton | website | 210,053 | London Borough | London borough | Greater London |
| Swale | website | 154,619 | Borough | | Kent |
| Swindon | website | 235,657 | Borough | Unitary authority | Wiltshire |
| Tameside | website | 232,753 | Metropolitan Borough | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
| Tamworth | website | 79,639 | Borough | | Staffordshire |
| Tandridge | website | 88,707 | District | | Surrey |
| Teignbridge | website | 135,952 | District | | Devon |
| Telford and Wrekin | website | 188,871 | Borough | Unitary authority | Shropshire |
| Tendring | website | 151,451 | District | | Essex |
| Test Valley | website | 132,871 | Borough | | Hampshire |
| Tewkesbury | website | 97,000 | Borough | | Gloucestershire |
| Thanet | website | 140,689 | District | | Kent |
| Three Rivers | website | 94,123 | District | | Hertfordshire |
| Thurrock | website | 176,877 | Borough | Unitary authority | Essex |
| Tonbridge and Malling | website | 133,661 | Borough | | Kent |
| Torbay | website | 139,479 | Borough | Unitary authority | Devon |
| Torridge | website | 68,635 | District | | Devon |
| Tower Hamlets | website | 325,789 | London Borough | London borough | Greater London |
| Trafford | website | 236,301 | Metropolitan Borough | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
| Tunbridge Wells | website | 116,028 | Borough | | Kent |
| Uttlesford | website | 92,578 | District | | Essex |
| Vale of White Horse | website | 142,116 | District | | Oxfordshire |
| Wakefield | website | 357,729 | City (1888) | Metropolitan borough | West Yorkshire |
| Walsall | website | 286,105 | Metropolitan Borough | Metropolitan borough | West Midlands |
| Waltham Forest | website | 275,887 | London Borough | London borough | Greater London |
| Wandsworth | website | 329,035 | London Borough | London borough | Greater London |
| Warrington | website | 211,580 | Borough | Unitary authority | Cheshire |
| Warwick | website | 151,158 | District | | Warwickshire |
| Watford | website | 103,031 | Borough | | Hertfordshire |
| Waverley | website | 130,063 | Borough | | Surrey |
| Wealden | website | 163,012 | District | | East Sussex |
| Welwyn Hatfield | website | 120,213 | Borough | | Hertfordshire |
| West Berkshire | website | 162,215 | | Unitary authority | Berkshire |
| West Devon | website | 58,190 | Borough | | Devon |
| West Lancashire | website | 119,367 | District | | Lancashire |
| West Lindsey | website | 96,817 | District | | Lincolnshire |
| Westminster | website | 211,365 | City (1540) | London Borough | Greater London |
| Westmorland and Furness | | 225,390 | | Unitary authority | Cumbria |
| West Northamptonshire | website | 425,700 | | Unitary authority | Northamptonshire |
| West Oxfordshire | website | 116,928 | District | | Oxfordshire |
| West Suffolk | website | 182,228 | District | | Suffolk |
| Wigan | website | 334,110 | Metropolitan Borough | Metropolitan borough | Greater Manchester |
| Wiltshire | website | 515,885 | | Unitary authority | Wiltshire |
| Winchester | website | 130,268 | City (TI) | | Hampshire |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | website | 154,738 | Royal borough | Unitary authority | Berkshire |
| Wirral | website | 322,453 | Metropolitan Borough | Metropolitan borough | Merseyside |
| Woking | website | 104,179 | Borough | | Surrey |
| Wokingham | website | 180,967 | Borough | Unitary authority | Berkshire |
| Wolverhampton | website | 267,651 | City (2000) | Metropolitan borough | West Midlands |
| Worcester | website | 104,120 | City (1189) | | Worcestershire |
| Worthing | website | 112,044 | Borough | | West Sussex |
| Wychavon | website | 134,536 | District | | Worcestershire |
| Wyre | website | 114,809 | Borough | | Lancashire |
| Wyre Forest | website | 102,328 | District | | Worcestershire |
| York | website | 204,551 | City (TI) | Unitary authority | North Yorkshire |

## Former districts

The current pattern of districts was introduced in 1974 throughout England and Wales, replacing an older system of municipal boroughs, urban districts, rural districts and county boroughs.
In England, several changes have taken place, but only within the framework created then.
Former English districts are as follows
| District | Status | Date abolished | Former county | Successor |
| Allerdale | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 2023 | Cumbria | Cumberland |
| Alnwick | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2009 | Northumberland | Northumberland |
| Aylesbury Vale | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2020 | Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire |
| Barrow-in-Furness | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 2023 | Cumbria | Westmorland and Furness |
| Bath | non-metropolitan district, City | 1 April 1996 | Avon | Bath and North East Somerset |
| Berwick-upon-Tweed | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 2009 | Northumberland | Northumberland |
| East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 1996 | Humberside | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Blyth Valley | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 2009 | Northumberland | Northumberland |
| Boothferry | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 1996 | Humberside | East Riding of Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire |
| Bournemouth | unitary authority, borough | 1 April 2019 | Dorset | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| Bridgnorth | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2009 | Shropshire | Shropshire |
| Brighton | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 1997 | East Sussex | Brighton and Hove |
| Caradon | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2009 | Cornwall | Cornwall |
| Carlisle | non-metropolitan district, city | 1 April 2023 | Cumbria | Cumberland |
| Carrick | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2009 | Cornwall | Cornwall |
| Castle Morpeth | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 2009 | Northumberland | Northumberland |
| Chester | non-metropolitan district, City | 1 April 2009 | Cheshire | Cheshire West and Chester |
| Chester-le-Street | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2009 | County Durham | County Durham |
| Chiltern | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2020 | Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire |
| Christchurch | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 2019 | Dorset | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| Cleethorpes | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 1996 | Humberside | North East Lincolnshire |
| Congleton | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 2009 | Cheshire | Cheshire East |
| Copeland | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 2023 | Cumbria | Cumberland |
| Corby | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 2021 | Northamptonshire | North Northamptonshire |
| Craven | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2023 | North Yorkshire | North Yorkshire |
| Crewe and Nantwich | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 2009 | Cheshire | Cheshire East |
| Daventry | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2021 | Northamptonshire | West Northamptonshire |
| Derwentside | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2009 | County Durham | County Durham |
| Durham | non-metropolitan district, City | 1 April 2009 | County Durham | County Durham |
| Easington | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2009 | County Durham | County Durham |
| East Dorset | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2019 | Dorset | Dorset |
| East Northamptonshire | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2021 | Northamptonshire | North Northamptonshire |
| East Yorkshire | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 1996 | Humberside | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Eden | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2023 | Cumbria | Westmorland and Furness |
| Ellesmere Port and Neston | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 2009 | Cheshire | Cheshire West and Chester |
| Forest Heath | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2019 | Suffolk | West Suffolk |
| Gillingham | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 1998 | Kent | Medway |
| Glanford | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 1996 | Humberside | North Lincolnshire |
| Great Grimsby | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 1996 | Humberside | North East Lincolnshire |
| Hambleton | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2023 | North Yorkshire | North Yorkshire |
| Harrogate | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 2023 | North Yorkshire | North Yorkshire |
| Hereford | non-metropolitan district, City | 1 April 1998 | Hereford and Worcester | Herefordshire |
| Holderness | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 1996 | Humberside | East Riding of Yorkshire |
| Hove | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 1997 | East Sussex | Brighton and Hove |
| Kennet | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2009 | Wiltshire | Wiltshire |
| Kerrier | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2009 | Cornwall | Cornwall |
| Kettering | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 2021 | Northamptonshire | North Northamptonshire |
| Kingswood | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 1996 | Avon | South Gloucestershire |
| Leominster | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 1998 | Hereford and Worcester | Herefordshire (part to Malvern Hills) |
| Macclesfield | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 2009 | Cheshire | Cheshire East |
| Malvern Hills | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 1998 | Hereford and Worcester | Herefordshire and Malvern Hills |
| Medina | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 1995 | Isle of Wight | Isle of Wight |
| Mendip | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2023 | Somerset | Somerset |
| Mid Bedfordshire | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2009 | Bedfordshire | Central Bedfordshire |
| North Cornwall | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2009 | Cornwall | Cornwall |
| North Dorset | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2019 | Dorset | Dorset |
| North Shropshire | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2009 | Shropshire | Shropshire |
| North Wiltshire | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2009 | Wiltshire | Wiltshire |
| Northampton | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 2021 | Northamptonshire | West Northamptonshire |
| Northavon | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 1996 | Avon | South Gloucestershire |
| Oswestry | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 2009 | Shropshire | Shropshire |
| Penwith | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2009 | Cornwall | Cornwall |
| Poole | unitary authority, borough | 1 April 2019 | Dorset | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole |
| Purbeck | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2019 | Dorset | Dorset |
| Restormel | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 2009 | Cornwall | Cornwall |
| Richmondshire | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2023 | North Yorkshire | North Yorkshire |
| Rochester-upon-Medway | non-metropolitan district, City | 1 April 1998 | Kent | Medway |
| Ryedale | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2023 | North Yorkshire | North Yorkshire |
| Salisbury | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2009 | Wiltshire | Wiltshire |
| Scarborough | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 2023 | North Yorkshire | North Yorkshire |
| Scunthorpe | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 1996 | Humberside | North Lincolnshire |
| Sedgefield | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 2009 | County Durham | County Durham |
| Sedgemoor | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2023 | Somerset | Somerset |
| Selby | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2023 | North Yorkshire | North Yorkshire |
| Shrewsbury and Atcham | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 2009 | Shropshire | Shropshire |
| Somerset West and Taunton | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2023 | Somerset | Somerset |
| South Bedfordshire | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2009 | Bedfordshire | Central Bedfordshire |
| South Bucks | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2020 | Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire |
| South Herefordshire | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 1998 | Hereford and Worcester | Herefordshire |
| South Lakeland | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2023 | Cumbria | Westmorland and Furness |
| South Northamptonshire | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2021 | Northamptonshire | West Northamptonshire |
| South Shropshire | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2009 | Shropshire | Shropshire |
| South Somerset | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2023 | Somerset | Somerset |
| South Wight | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 1995 | Isle of Wight | Isle of Wight |
| St Edmundsbury | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 2019 | Suffolk | West Suffolk |
| Suffolk Coastal | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2019 | Suffolk | East Suffolk |
| Taunton Deane | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 2019 | Somerset | Somerset West and Taunton |
| Teesdale | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2009 | County Durham | County Durham |
| Tynedale | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2009 | Northumberland | Northumberland |
| Vale Royal | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 2009 | Cheshire | Cheshire West and Chester |
| Wansbeck | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2009 | Northumberland | Northumberland |
| Wansdyke | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 1996 | Avon | Bath and North East Somerset |
| Waveney | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2019 | Suffolk | East Suffolk |
| Wear Valley | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2009 | County Durham | County Durham |
| Wellingborough | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 2021 | Northamptonshire | North Northamptonshire |
| West Dorset | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2019 | Dorset | Dorset |
| West Somerset | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2019 | Somerset | Somerset West and Taunton |
| West Wiltshire | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2009 | Wiltshire | Wiltshire |
| Weymouth and Portland | non-metropolitan district, borough | 1 April 2019 | Dorset | Dorset |
| Wycombe | non-metropolitan district | 1 April 2020 | Buckinghamshire | Buckinghamshire |
In most cases, these districts were merged to form unitary authorities, which are indicated in the right.
The exceptions were Malvern Hills and Leominster, which were both split between the new district of Herefordshire and a new district of Malvern Hills.
See List of rural and urban districts of England for a list of the districts as they stood immediately before 1 April 1974.

## Renamings

Under section 74 of the Local Government Act 1972, the council of a district, county or London borough (or county borough in Wales) may change its name, providing the resolution to do so gains two-thirds of the votes at a special meeting. Until 1 April 1978, the council had to have the permission of the Secretary of State, but since that date they may do so unilaterally. At least one district name change was vetoed: the shadow authority for North Wolds wished to become "Bridlington and Yorkshire Wolds" before 1974 at the same time as other name changes were allowed.
Several English districts have done this, whilst others have been renamed under the 1990s UK local government reform. A few districts have even changed names twice.
| Original name | New name | Date | Notes |
| Barking | Barking and Dagenham | 1 January 1980 | |
| Basingstoke | Basingstoke and Deane | 20 January 1978 | |
| Beaconsfield | South Bucks | 1 April 1980 | |
| Bedford | North Bedfordshire | 15 October 1975 | |
| Bedford | Bedford | 1 October 1992 | |
| Beverley | East Yorkshire Borough of Beverley | 12 May 1981 | |
| Blackburn | Blackburn with Darwen | 2 May 1997 | (before unitary) |
| Bosworth | Hinckley and Bosworth | 20 November 1973 | † |
| Bracknell | Bracknell Forest | 27 April 1988 | |
| Crewe | Crewe and Nantwich | 17 January 1974 | † |
| Ellesmere Port | Ellesmere Port and Neston | 21 June 1976 | |
| Grimsby | Great Grimsby | 1 January 1979 | |
| Hammersmith | Hammersmith and Fulham | 1 April 1979 | |
| Hartley Wintney | Hart | 17 January 1974 | † |
| Herefordshire | County of Herefordshire | 20 June 1997 | |
| Huntingdon | Huntingdonshire | 1 October 1984 | |
| Langbaurgh | Langbaurgh-on-Tees | 1 January 1988 | |
| Langbaurgh | Redcar and Cleveland | 1 April 1996 | (with unitary) |
| Medway | Rochester-upon-Medway | 3 December 1979 | |
| Medway Towns | Medway | 1 April 1998 | (with unitary) |
| Newark | Newark and Sherwood | 1 April 1985 | |
| Newbury | West Berkshire | 1 April 1998 | (with unitary) |
| North Wolds | East Yorkshire | 1 February 1981 | |
| Nuneaton | Nuneaton and Bedworth | 1 October 1980 | |
| Pastonacres | North Norfolk | 20 September 1973 | † |
| Petersfield | East Hampshire | 8 October 1973 | † |
| Poole | Borough and County of the Town of Poole | 1 April 1997 | (with unitary) |
| Rutland | Rutland County Council | 1 April 1997 | (with unitary) |
| Shepway | Folkestone and Hythe | 1 April 2018 | |
| Shrewsbury | Shrewsbury and Atcham | 12 June 1974 | |
| Thamesdown | Swindon | effective 1 April 1997 | (soon before unitary) |
| Tiverton | Mid Devon | 6 February 1978 | |
| Wallingford | South Oxfordshire | 20 September 1973 | † |
| West Derbyshire | Derbyshire Dales | 1 January 1987 | |
| West Norfolk | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 14 May 1981 | |
| Wimborne | East Dorset | 1 January 1988 | |
| Woodspring | North Somerset | 1 April 1996 | (with unitary) |
| Wrekin | The Wrekin | 7 February 1974 | † |
| Wrekin | Telford and Wrekin | 1 April 1998 | (with unitary) |
| Yeovil | South Somerset | 1 April 1985 | |
† The resolutions to change the name of the district were made by the "shadow" councils elected on 7 June 1973.
Additionally, one English county has been renamed. Shropshire was originally formally known as 'Salop'. Its name was changed effective 1 April 1980.