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Residents within 1km of a train, Underground or tram station, every council ranked

Measured in a straight line. A halt with two trains a day counts like a terminus. Figures for October 2026, published for 361 councils in the UK. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.

Joint lowest: 8 councils, 0%. The council in the middle: Cornwall, 25%. Joint highest: City of London and Westminster, 100%.

Residents within 1km of a train, Underground or tram station, every council it is published for, lowest first
PlaceCouncilFigure
1 jointFermanagh and OmaghNorthern Ireland0%
1 jointIsles of ScillySouth West0%
1 jointMid UlsterNorthern Ireland0%
1 jointNa h-Eileanan SiarScotland0%
1 jointNorth West LeicestershireEast Midlands0%
1 jointOrkney IslandsScotland0%
1 jointShetland IslandsScotland0%
1 jointTorridgeSouth West0%
9Vale of White HorseSouth East1.2%
10GosportSouth East1.4%
11Newry, Mourne and DownNorthern Ireland2.4%
12Castle PointEast of England4.1%
13West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands4.2%
14Kingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber4.7%
15ChesterfieldEast Midlands5.2%
16South DerbyshireEast Midlands5.4%
17North DevonSouth West5.6%
18West OxfordshireSouth East5.8%
19Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands6.5%
20CotswoldSouth West6.9%
21 jointDerry City and StrabaneNorthern Ireland7.1%
21 jointHuntingdonshireEast of England7.1%
23PrestonNorth West7.4%
24BlabyEast Midlands7.5%
25SwindonSouth West7.6%
26TewkesburySouth West7.7%
27North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands7.9%
28Mid DevonSouth West8%
29 jointEast LindseyEast Midlands8.1%
29 jointSouth CambridgeshireEast of England8.1%
31YorkYorkshire and the Humber8.2%
32Aberdeen CityScotland8.7%
33Scottish BordersScotland8.9%
34DerbyEast Midlands9%
35South NorfolkEast of England9.3%
36 jointAberdeenshireScotland9.4%
36 jointArmagh City, Banbridge and CraigavonNorthern Ireland9.4%
36 jointOxfordSouth East9.4%
36 jointWest SuffolkEast of England9.4%
40 jointLeicesterEast Midlands9.6%
40 jointPerth and KinrossScotland9.6%
42BaberghEast of England9.7%
43Dundee CityScotland9.8%
44 jointRotherhamYorkshire and the Humber10%
44 jointStevenageEast of England10%
46 jointMilton KeynesSouth East10.1%
46 jointStoke-on-TrentWest Midlands10.1%
48Great YarmouthEast of England10.2%
49RossendaleNorth West10.3%
50North East DerbyshireEast Midlands10.4%
51HarboroughEast Midlands10.6%
52NorwichEast of England10.9%
53RedditchWest Midlands11%
54Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands11.4%
55 jointHarlowEast of England11.6%
55 jointStaffordWest Midlands11.6%
57 jointCoventryWest Midlands11.8%
57 jointHerefordshireWest Midlands11.8%
57 jointRugbyWest Midlands11.8%
60 jointNewcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands12.1%
60 jointStroudSouth West12.1%
62South HollandEast Midlands12.4%
63SomersetSouth West12.5%
64 jointCheltenhamSouth West12.6%
64 jointCounty DurhamNorth East12.6%
66 jointKing's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England12.7%
66 jointSwanseaWales12.7%
68Telford and WrekinWest Midlands12.8%
69 jointBroadlandEast of England13%
69 jointWyre ForestWest Midlands13%
71 jointBasingstoke and DeaneSouth East13.2%
71 jointNewark and SherwoodEast Midlands13.2%
73 jointPeterboroughEast of England13.3%
73 jointSouth KestevenEast Midlands13.3%
75FenlandEast of England13.5%
76 jointEast CambridgeshireEast of England13.8%
76 jointMidlothianScotland13.8%
78 jointForest of DeanSouth West13.9%
78 jointTorfaenWales13.9%
80 jointMonmouthshireWales14.4%
80 jointSouth HamsSouth West14.4%
80 jointWest DevonSouth West14.4%
83 jointBlaenau GwentWales14.5%
83 jointMorayScotland14.5%
85 jointGloucesterSouth West14.6%
85 jointHartlepoolNorth East14.6%
87WiltshireSouth West14.7%
88ChelmsfordEast of England14.9%
89ErewashEast Midlands15.2%
90Dumfries and GallowayScotland15.3%
91 jointEast StaffordshireWest Midlands15.4%
91 jointStirlingScotland15.4%
93 jointMansfieldEast Midlands15.5%
93 jointOadby and WigstonEast Midlands15.5%
93 jointWychavonWest Midlands15.5%
96 jointLincolnEast Midlands15.6%
96 jointUttlesfordEast of England15.6%
98 jointCauseway Coast and GlensNorthern Ireland15.7%
98 jointNew ForestSouth East15.7%
100DorsetSouth West15.9%
101FlintshireWales16.1%
102Stratford-on-AvonWest Midlands16.4%
103Test ValleySouth East16.5%
104 jointCentral BedfordshireEast of England16.6%
104 jointChichesterSouth East16.6%
104 jointLisburn and CastlereaghNorthern Ireland16.6%
107BrecklandEast of England16.7%
108AshfordSouth East16.8%
109East AyrshireScotland16.9%
110 jointGedlingEast Midlands17%
110 jointWinchesterSouth East17%
112ShropshireWest Midlands17.1%
113WolverhamptonWest Midlands17.3%
114 jointNewportWales17.4%
114 jointSouth GloucestershireSouth West17.4%
116 jointDoncasterYorkshire and the Humber17.5%
116 jointWrexhamWales17.5%
118 jointBolsoverEast Midlands17.8%
118 jointClackmannanshireScotland17.8%
118 jointMaldonEast of England17.8%
121MiddlesbroughNorth East17.9%
122RushcliffeEast Midlands18.1%
123HartSouth East18.3%
124 jointBedfordEast of England18.8%
124 jointLichfieldWest Midlands18.8%
126CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber18.9%
127 jointAntrim and NewtownabbeyNorthern Ireland19%
127 jointNorth KestevenEast Midlands19%
127 jointNorth LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber19%
130 jointPowysWales19.1%
130 jointWealdenSouth East19.1%
132 jointArds and North DownNorthern Ireland19.2%
132 jointBassetlawEast Midlands19.2%
134 jointDacorumEast of England19.3%
134 jointKirkleesYorkshire and the Humber19.3%
134 jointNuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands19.3%
137WalsallWest Midlands19.5%
138BromsgroveWest Midlands19.6%
139WorcesterWest Midlands20%
140Mid SuffolkEast of England20.2%
141BuckinghamshireSouth East20.3%
142 jointCherwellSouth East20.5%
142 jointLeedsYorkshire and the Humber20.5%
144West LothianScotland20.6%
145CeredigionWales20.7%
146HavantSouth East20.9%
147Bath and North East SomersetSouth West21.2%
148WiganNorth West21.4%
149Malvern HillsWest Midlands21.5%
150 jointArgyll and ButeScotland21.6%
150 jointDudleyWest Midlands21.6%
152 jointBostonEast Midlands21.7%
152 jointStockton-on-TeesNorth East21.7%
154 jointHighlandScotland22%
154 jointNorth WarwickshireWest Midlands22%
154 jointTeignbridgeSouth West22%
157Amber ValleyEast Midlands22.3%
158 jointSunderlandNorth East22.4%
158 jointSurrey HeathSouth East22.4%
160East SuffolkEast of England22.5%
161 jointCumberlandNorth West22.6%
161 jointDerbyshire DalesEast Midlands22.6%
161 jointGraveshamSouth East22.6%
164West LindseyEast Midlands22.8%
165FifeScotland22.9%
166NorthumberlandNorth East23.1%
167 jointCharnwoodEast Midlands23.4%
167 jointIpswichEast of England23.4%
167 jointPlymouthSouth West23.4%
170Isle of AngleseyWales23.6%
171 jointDenbighshireWales23.9%
171 jointNorth SomersetSouth West23.9%
173LutonEast of England24%
174 jointReadingSouth East24.1%
174 jointWokinghamSouth East24.1%
176WokingSouth East24.6%
177 jointBournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West24.7%
177 jointTamworthWest Midlands24.7%
179South OxfordshireSouth East24.8%
180Bracknell ForestSouth East24.9%
181 jointCornwallSouth West25%
181 jointEast Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber25%
183SolihullWest Midlands25.1%
184WarringtonNorth West25.5%
185MeltonEast Midlands25.6%
186BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber25.7%
187ArunSouth East26.1%
188 jointBoltonNorth West26.3%
188 jointHorshamSouth East26.3%
188 jointNorth YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber26.3%
188 jointTorbaySouth West26.3%
192Neath Port TalbotWales26.4%
193 jointBraintreeEast of England26.6%
193 jointFarehamSouth East26.6%
193 jointWaverleySouth East26.6%
196AshfieldEast Midlands26.9%
197 jointBradfordYorkshire and the Humber27.1%
197 jointEast DevonSouth West27.1%
199CambridgeEast of England27.2%
200 jointCarmarthenshireWales27.3%
200 jointRutlandEast Midlands27.3%
200 jointSouth StaffordshireWest Midlands27.3%
200 jointWelwyn HatfieldEast of England27.3%
204 jointEastbourneSouth East27.4%
204 jointRedcar and ClevelandNorth East27.4%
206Isle of WightSouth East27.5%
207Mid and East AntrimNorthern Ireland27.7%
208ColchesterEast of England27.8%
209West BerkshireSouth East27.9%
210East HampshireSouth East28%
211 jointGatesheadNorth East28.1%
211 jointMedwaySouth East28.1%
213North NorfolkEast of England28.2%
214 jointBelfastNorthern Ireland28.4%
214 jointFalkirkScotland28.4%
216Cheshire EastNorth West28.5%
217Ribble ValleyNorth West28.9%
218South RibbleNorth West29.1%
219EastleighSouth East29.2%
220 jointNorth East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber29.7%
220 jointSt AlbansEast of England29.7%
222LancasterNorth West29.9%
223WarwickWest Midlands30%
224RenfrewshireScotland30.1%
225DarlingtonNorth East30.6%
226West LancashireNorth West30.8%
227HertsmereEast of England31%
228Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West31.2%
229BasildonEast of England31.5%
230Mid SussexSouth East31.8%
231 jointLewesSouth East31.9%
231 jointTonbridge and MallingSouth East31.9%
233Cannock ChaseWest Midlands32%
234 jointGuildfordSouth East32.1%
234 jointNorth AyrshireScotland32.1%
236PembrokeshireWales32.8%
237 jointSouth AyrshireScotland32.9%
237 jointTendringEast of England32.9%
239HaltonNorth West33%
240MaidstoneSouth East33.3%
241East LothianScotland33.6%
242WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber33.7%
243ChorleyNorth West33.9%
244AngusScotland34%
245 jointBroxbourneEast of England34.1%
245 jointWindsor and MaidenheadSouth East34.1%
247BurnleyNorth West34.2%
248SloughSouth East34.5%
249RotherSouth East34.7%
250North HertfordshireEast of England34.8%
251RushmoorSouth East34.9%
252South LanarkshireScotland35.2%
253East DunbartonshireScotland35.3%
254ThurrockEast of England35.5%
255 jointBrentwoodEast of England35.7%
255 jointSwaleSouth East35.7%
257East HertfordshireEast of England35.8%
258Merthyr TydfilWales35.9%
259BuryNorth West36%
260CrawleySouth East36.1%
261SouthamptonSouth East36.5%
262 jointBristolSouth West36.6%
262 jointTunbridge WellsSouth East36.6%
264Blackburn with DarwenNorth West36.9%
265Mole ValleySouth East37.4%
266RochdaleNorth West37.9%
267BridgendWales38.3%
268Westmorland and FurnessNorth West38.6%
269RochfordEast of England38.7%
270BroxtoweEast Midlands38.9%
271ConwyWales39.2%
272SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber39.3%
273GwyneddWales39.4%
274PendleNorth West39.8%
275WyreNorth West39.9%
276St. HelensNorth West40%
277TandridgeSouth East40.2%
278ElmbridgeSouth East40.4%
279City of EdinburghScotland41.3%
280 jointOldhamNorth West41.5%
280 jointSevenoaksSouth East41.5%
282Epping ForestEast of England41.6%
283Newcastle upon TyneNorth East41.8%
284 jointCanterburySouth East42.1%
284 jointLiverpoolNorth West42.1%
286BirminghamWest Midlands42.2%
287 jointPortsmouthSouth East42.3%
287 jointRhondda Cynon TafWales42.3%
289Folkestone and HytheSouth East42.7%
290 jointCaerphillyWales43.3%
290 jointDartfordSouth East43.3%
292HaveringLondon43.7%
293DoverSouth East43.9%
294HyndburnNorth West45%
295 jointCardiffWales45.1%
295 jointThree RiversEast of England45.1%
297North LanarkshireScotland45.2%
298FyldeNorth West45.8%
299RunnymedeSouth East46.2%
300SandwellWest Midlands46.9%
301 jointHillingdonLondon47.5%
301 jointSpelthorneSouth East47.5%
303WirralNorth West49.2%
304 jointBrighton and HoveSouth East50.7%
304 jointReigate and BansteadSouth East50.7%
306ThanetSouth East50.8%
307SalfordNorth West50.9%
308KnowsleyNorth West52.1%
309 jointHigh PeakEast Midlands53.1%
309 jointNottinghamEast Midlands53.1%
311TamesideNorth West54.9%
312Southend-on-SeaEast of England55.7%
313 jointHastingsSouth East55.9%
313 jointStockportNorth West55.9%
315 jointAdurSouth East56.5%
315 jointSouth TynesideNorth East56.5%
317North TynesideNorth East56.8%
318Vale of GlamorganWales57.1%
319WorthingSouth East57.6%
320 jointBlackpoolNorth West58.5%
320 jointSeftonNorth West58.5%
322East RenfrewshireScotland60.2%
323Epsom and EwellSouth East61.6%
324ExeterSouth West61.8%
325BexleyLondon61.9%
326Barking and DagenhamLondon62.1%
327West DunbartonshireScotland63.1%
328BromleyLondon63.6%
329TraffordNorth West64.9%
330InverclydeScotland66.1%
331WatfordEast of England66.7%
332HounslowLondon69.1%
333RedbridgeLondon70.9%
334GreenwichLondon71%
335SuttonLondon72.2%
336ManchesterNorth West72.4%
337BarnetLondon73%
338Waltham ForestLondon74.3%
339EalingLondon77%
340Glasgow CityScotland77.2%
341HarrowLondon78.2%
342CroydonLondon78.4%
343Kingston upon ThamesLondon79.3%
344EnfieldLondon80.2%
345Richmond upon ThamesLondon80.6%
346SouthwarkLondon81.6%
347HaringeyLondon83.6%
348MertonLondon85.8%
349WandsworthLondon87%
350NewhamLondon87.8%
351BrentLondon88.3%
352LewishamLondon90.9%
353LambethLondon94.2%
354Hammersmith and FulhamLondon94.7%
355Kensington and ChelseaLondon96.8%
356HackneyLondon97.7%
357CamdenLondon98.8%
358Tower HamletsLondon99.1%
359IslingtonLondon99.7%
360 jointCity of LondonLondon100%
360 jointWestminsterLondon100%

DfT NaPTAN active stations for Great Britain and Translink's rail timetable stops for Northern Ireland, read at every census area · October 2026 · fetched 4 October 2026 · How this is measured

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