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Listed buildings per square kilometre, every council ranked

Buildings on the national list for their history or architecture, over the council's area. One entry can be a single house or a whole terrace. Figures for October 2026, published for 296 councils in England. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.

Lowest: South Holland, 0.7. The council in the middle: Woking, 3.0. Highest: City of London, 211.8.

Listed buildings per square kilometre, every council it is published for, lowest first
PlaceCouncilFigure
1South HollandEast Midlands0.7
2 jointAshfieldEast Midlands0.8
2 jointCastle PointEast of England0.8
2 jointEast LindseyEast Midlands0.8
2 jointWest LindseyEast Midlands0.8
6 jointCannock ChaseWest Midlands0.9
6 jointCumberlandNorth West0.9
8East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber1.0
9 jointBasildonEast of England1.1
9 jointKing's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England1.1
9 jointNorth KestevenEast Midlands1.1
9 jointNorth LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber1.1
9 jointNorthumberlandNorth East1.1
9 jointSt. HelensNorth West1.1
9 jointWyreNorth West1.1
16 jointBolsoverEast Midlands1.2
16 jointBrecklandEast of England1.2
16 jointFenlandEast of England1.2
16 jointFyldeNorth West1.2
16 jointHigh PeakEast Midlands1.2
16 jointHinckley and BosworthEast Midlands1.2
16 jointKnowsleyNorth West1.2
16 jointNorth East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber1.2
16 jointNuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands1.2
25 jointBarking and DagenhamLondon1.3
25 jointHaveringLondon1.3
25 jointSouth RibbleNorth West1.3
25 jointWestmorland and FurnessNorth West1.3
29 jointBostonEast Midlands1.4
29 jointCounty DurhamNorth East1.4
29 jointDoncasterYorkshire and the Humber1.4
29 jointRibble ValleyNorth West1.4
29 jointRugbyWest Midlands1.4
29 jointStaffordWest Midlands1.4
35 jointBlabyEast Midlands1.5
35 jointEast CambridgeshireEast of England1.5
35 jointMeltonEast Midlands1.5
35 jointNorth YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber1.5
35 jointThurrockEast of England1.5
35 jointWest LancashireNorth West1.5
41 jointBlackpoolNorth West1.6
41 jointGedlingEast Midlands1.6
41 jointHaltonNorth West1.6
41 jointHartlepoolNorth East1.6
41 jointHyndburnNorth West1.6
41 jointSouth StaffordshireWest Midlands1.6
41 jointWalsallWest Midlands1.6
48 jointBassetlawEast Midlands1.7
48 jointBlackburn with DarwenNorth West1.7
48 jointGatesheadNorth East1.7
48 jointNewcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands1.7
48 jointOadby and WigstonEast Midlands1.7
48 jointRushcliffeEast Midlands1.7
54 jointBroadlandEast of England1.8
54 jointNorth East DerbyshireEast Midlands1.8
54 jointRotherhamYorkshire and the Humber1.8
57 jointBexleyLondon1.9
57 jointBroxtoweEast Midlands1.9
57 jointTorridgeSouth West1.9
57 jointWest DevonSouth West1.9
57 jointWiganNorth West1.9
62 jointBarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber2.0
62 jointLutonEast of England2.0
62 jointNew ForestSouth East2.0
62 jointNorth WarwickshireWest Midlands2.0
62 jointPendleNorth West2.0
62 jointRochfordEast of England2.0
62 jointRossendaleNorth West2.0
62 jointSurrey HeathSouth East2.0
70 jointChorleyNorth West2.1
70 jointCroydonLondon2.1
70 jointErewashEast Midlands2.1
70 jointNewark and SherwoodEast Midlands2.1
70 jointSouth DerbyshireEast Midlands2.1
70 jointWarringtonNorth West2.1
76 jointBrentLondon2.2
76 jointHarboroughEast Midlands2.2
76 jointShropshireWest Midlands2.2
76 jointSolihullWest Midlands2.2
76 jointWakefieldYorkshire and the Humber2.2
81 jointBracknell ForestSouth East2.3
81 jointBromsgroveWest Midlands2.3
81 jointCheshire EastNorth West2.3
81 jointCrawleySouth East2.3
81 jointEast StaffordshireWest Midlands2.3
81 jointEastleighSouth East2.3
81 jointLichfieldWest Midlands2.3
81 jointMiddlesbroughNorth East2.3
81 jointRochdaleNorth West2.3
81 jointSouth KestevenEast Midlands2.3
81 jointStaffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands2.3
81 jointStockton-on-TeesNorth East2.3
81 jointStoke-on-TrentWest Midlands2.3
94 jointHuntingdonshireEast of England2.4
94 jointLancasterNorth West2.4
94 jointNorth NorfolkEast of England2.4
94 jointNorth West LeicestershireEast Midlands2.4
94 jointRedbridgeLondon2.4
94 jointSalfordNorth West2.4
94 jointSandwellWest Midlands2.4
94 jointTandridgeSouth East2.4
102 jointBasingstoke and DeaneSouth East2.5
102 jointDartfordSouth East2.5
102 jointGreat YarmouthEast of England2.5
102 jointNorth DevonSouth West2.5
102 jointRedcar and ClevelandNorth East2.5
102 jointRushmoorSouth East2.5
102 jointTraffordNorth West2.5
109 jointBoltonNorth West2.6
109 jointBuryNorth West2.6
109 jointEast HampshireSouth East2.6
109 jointFolkestone and HytheSouth East2.6
109 jointSouthend-on-SeaEast of England2.6
114 jointBromleyLondon2.7
114 jointCentral BedfordshireEast of England2.7
114 jointCheshire West and ChesterNorth West2.7
114 jointDarlingtonNorth East2.7
114 jointHerefordshireWest Midlands2.7
114 jointNorth NorthamptonshireEast Midlands2.7
114 jointNorth TynesideNorth East2.7
114 jointPeterboroughEast of England2.7
114 jointSunderlandNorth East2.7
114 jointTelford and WrekinWest Midlands2.7
114 jointWealdenSouth East2.7
114 jointWest BerkshireSouth East2.7
126 jointAdurSouth East2.8
126 jointBedfordEast of England2.8
126 jointBurnleyNorth West2.8
126 jointCharnwoodEast Midlands2.8
126 jointDudleyWest Midlands2.8
126 jointForest of DeanSouth West2.8
126 jointMid DevonSouth West2.8
126 jointWest NorthamptonshireEast Midlands2.8
126 jointWest SuffolkEast of England2.8
135 jointAmber ValleyEast Midlands2.9
135 jointChelmsfordEast of England2.9
135 jointDerbyshire DalesEast Midlands2.9
135 jointEast SuffolkEast of England2.9
135 jointMaldonEast of England2.9
135 jointNorth SomersetSouth West2.9
135 jointSwindonSouth West2.9
135 jointTendringEast of England2.9
143 jointEastbourneSouth East3.0
143 jointRedditchWest Midlands3.0
143 jointSouth CambridgeshireEast of England3.0
143 jointSouth TynesideNorth East3.0
143 jointWaltham ForestLondon3.0
143 jointWokingSouth East3.0
149 jointCoventryWest Midlands3.1
149 jointGraveshamSouth East3.1
149 jointHertsmereEast of England3.1
149 jointMansfieldEast Midlands3.1
149 jointStockportNorth West3.1
154 jointMid SussexSouth East3.2
154 jointSheffieldYorkshire and the Humber3.2
154 jointSloughSouth East3.2
154 jointSouth HamsSouth West3.2
154 jointTamesideNorth West3.2
159 jointHorshamSouth East3.3
159 jointMalvern HillsWest Midlands3.3
159 jointMedwaySouth East3.3
159 jointSouth NorfolkEast of England3.3
159 jointTest ValleySouth East3.3
159 jointWelwyn HatfieldEast of England3.3
165 jointBrentwoodEast of England3.4
165 jointPrestonNorth West3.4
165 jointSomersetSouth West3.4
165 jointStratford-on-AvonWest Midlands3.4
165 jointWinchesterSouth East3.4
170 jointCornwallSouth West3.5
170 jointNewhamLondon3.5
170 jointReigate and BansteadSouth East3.5
173 jointEnfieldLondon3.6
173 jointMilton KeynesSouth East3.6
173 jointRutlandEast Midlands3.6
173 jointSeftonNorth West3.6
173 jointWokinghamSouth East3.6
173 jointWyre ForestWest Midlands3.6
179 jointBuckinghamshireSouth East3.7
179 jointChesterfieldEast Midlands3.7
179 jointDorsetSouth West3.7
179 jointHillingdonLondon3.7
179 jointWychavonWest Midlands3.7
184 jointEast DevonSouth West3.8
184 jointTewkesburySouth West3.8
184 jointVale of White HorseSouth East3.8
184 jointWiltshireSouth West3.8
188 jointMole ValleySouth East3.9
188 jointOldhamNorth West3.9
188 jointRunnymedeSouth East3.9
188 jointSwaleSouth East3.9
188 jointThree RiversEast of England3.9
193 jointCherwellSouth East4.0
193 jointEpping ForestEast of England4.0
193 jointGuildfordSouth East4.0
193 jointMid SuffolkEast of England4.0
193 jointSpelthorneSouth East4.0
198AshfordSouth East4.1
199 jointChichesterSouth East4.2
199 jointRotherSouth East4.2
199 jointSouth GloucestershireSouth West4.2
202 jointCotswoldSouth West4.3
202 jointDacorumEast of England4.3
202 jointHartSouth East4.3
202 jointKingston upon ThamesLondon4.3
202 jointLeedsYorkshire and the Humber4.3
202 jointLewesSouth East4.3
202 jointTeignbridgeSouth West4.3
202 jointWatfordEast of England4.3
210 jointArunSouth East4.4
210 jointHavantSouth East4.4
212 jointSevenoaksSouth East4.5
212 jointWest OxfordshireSouth East4.5
212 jointWirralNorth West4.5
215 jointBournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West4.6
215 jointNorth HertfordshireEast of England4.6
215 jointTamworthWest Midlands4.6
218 jointColchesterEast of England4.7
218 jointSuttonLondon4.7
220Windsor and MaidenheadSouth East4.8
221 jointDerbyEast Midlands4.9
221 jointSouth OxfordshireSouth East4.9
221 jointStevenageEast of England4.9
224 jointBroxbourneEast of England5.0
224 jointWaverleySouth East5.0
226 jointBaberghEast of England5.1
226 jointMaidstoneSouth East5.1
228 jointBraintreeEast of England5.2
228 jointIsle of WightSouth East5.2
228 jointSt AlbansEast of England5.2
231 jointElmbridgeSouth East5.3
231 jointWarwickWest Midlands5.3
233 jointLeicesterEast Midlands5.4
233 jointWolverhamptonWest Midlands5.4
235 jointEalingLondon5.5
235 jointTonbridge and MallingSouth East5.5
237 jointBirminghamWest Midlands5.7
237 jointHarrowLondon5.7
239 jointCalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber5.8
239 jointUttlesfordEast of England5.8
241 jointFarehamSouth East5.9
241 jointHarlowEast of England5.9
241 jointYorkYorkshire and the Humber5.9
244 jointCanterburySouth East6.1
244 jointDoverSouth East6.1
246BradfordYorkshire and the Humber6.2
247East HertfordshireEast of England6.3
248 jointMertonLondon6.4
248 jointNewcastle upon TyneNorth East6.4
250SouthamptonSouth East6.5
251 jointKingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber6.7
251 jointWorthingSouth East6.7
253Tunbridge WellsSouth East6.8
254StroudSouth West7.2
255 jointKirkleesYorkshire and the Humber7.3
255 jointManchesterNorth West7.3
257BarnetLondon7.5
258Isles of ScillySouth West7.9
259GosportSouth East8.0
260WandsworthLondon9.0
261HounslowLondon9.2
262Epsom and EwellSouth East9.4
263HaringeyLondon9.7
264PlymouthSouth West9.9
265ThanetSouth East10.1
266LewishamLondon10.3
267Bath and North East SomersetSouth West10.6
268NottinghamEast Midlands10.8
269PortsmouthSouth East11.3
270 jointGloucesterSouth West11.4
270 jointGreenwichLondon11.4
272IpswichEast of England11.6
273LincolnEast Midlands11.7
274ReadingSouth East12.5
275 jointLiverpoolNorth West13.7
275 jointTorbaySouth West13.7
277Richmond upon ThamesLondon14.2
278Brighton and HoveSouth East14.8
279Hammersmith and FulhamLondon16.3
280HastingsSouth East19.1
281BristolSouth West19.6
282CambridgeEast of England20.6
283ExeterSouth West20.9
284WorcesterWest Midlands21.6
285CheltenhamSouth West24.3
286OxfordSouth East25.9
287NorwichEast of England26.7
288HackneyLondon28.8
289SouthwarkLondon31.4
290LambethLondon35.2
291Tower HamletsLondon45.7
292IslingtonLondon70.5
293CamdenLondon89.7
294Kensington and ChelseaLondon110.3
295WestminsterLondon186.4
296City of LondonLondon211.8

Not in this list

  • Northern Ireland. The Historic Environment Division lists buildings on its own terms, so pages carry its count as Northern Ireland's own.
  • Scotland. Historic Environment Scotland lists buildings on its own terms, so pages carry its count as Scotland's own.
  • Wales. Cadw lists buildings on its own terms, so pages carry its count as Wales's own.

Historic England, the National Heritage List for England, listed buildings, through MHCLG's Planning Data, 2026-10-18 · October 2026 · fetched 22 October 2026 · How this is measured

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