Distance to the nearest NHS dental practice, km, every council ranked

Measured in a straight line from where people live and averaged, to practices with an NHS contract. Most are not taking new NHS patients; which ones are is not published. Private only practices are not counted. Figures for October 2026, published for 350 councils in England, Scotland and Wales. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.

Joint lowest: City of London and Westminster, 0.2. The council in the middle: Torfaen, 1.1. Highest: Shetland Islands, 11.2.

Distance to the nearest NHS dental practice, km, every council it is published for, lowest first
Place	Council	Figure
1 joint	City of LondonLondon	0.2
1 joint	WestminsterLondon	0.2
3 joint	CamdenLondon	0.3
3 joint	Hammersmith and FulhamLondon	0.3
3 joint	IslingtonLondon	0.3
3 joint	Kensington and ChelseaLondon	0.3
3 joint	WandsworthLondon	0.3
8 joint	HackneyLondon	0.4
8 joint	HaringeyLondon	0.4
8 joint	Tower HamletsLondon	0.4
8 joint	LambethLondon	0.4
8 joint	SouthwarkLondon	0.4
8 joint	HarrowLondon	0.4
8 joint	BrentLondon	0.4
8 joint	MertonLondon	0.4
8 joint	Richmond upon ThamesLondon	0.4
8 joint	NewhamLondon	0.4
8 joint	EalingLondon	0.4
8 joint	Kingston upon ThamesLondon	0.4
20 joint	BarnetLondon	0.5
20 joint	LewishamLondon	0.5
20 joint	Brighton and HoveSouth East	0.5
20 joint	GreenwichLondon	0.5
20 joint	HounslowLondon	0.5
20 joint	RedbridgeLondon	0.5
20 joint	SuttonLondon	0.5
20 joint	Waltham ForestLondon	0.5
20 joint	LeicesterEast Midlands	0.5
20 joint	PortsmouthSouth East	0.5
20 joint	Barking and DagenhamLondon	0.5
20 joint	Glasgow CityScotland	0.5
20 joint	CroydonLondon	0.5
20 joint	CrawleySouth East	0.5
20 joint	ManchesterNorth West	0.5
20 joint	NottinghamEast Midlands	0.5
36 joint	EnfieldLondon	0.6
36 joint	NorwichEast of England	0.6
36 joint	StockportNorth West	0.6
36 joint	Southend-on-SeaEast of England	0.6
36 joint	BirminghamWest Midlands	0.6
36 joint	BromleyLondon	0.6
36 joint	CheltenhamSouth West	0.6
36 joint	HertsmereEast of England	0.6
36 joint	SalfordNorth West	0.6
36 joint	SouthamptonSouth East	0.6
36 joint	StevenageEast of England	0.6
36 joint	Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West	0.6
36 joint	BristolSouth West	0.6
36 joint	TraffordNorth West	0.6
36 joint	BexleyLondon	0.6
36 joint	City of EdinburghScotland	0.6
36 joint	Epsom and EwellSouth East	0.6
36 joint	CambridgeEast of England	0.6
36 joint	Newcastle upon TyneNorth East	0.6
36 joint	AdurSouth East	0.6
36 joint	HastingsSouth East	0.6
36 joint	HaveringLondon	0.6
36 joint	LiverpoolNorth West	0.6
36 joint	HarlowEast of England	0.6
36 joint	SandwellWest Midlands	0.6
61 joint	DudleyWest Midlands	0.7
61 joint	GosportSouth East	0.7
61 joint	HillingdonLondon	0.7
61 joint	SheffieldYorkshire and the Humber	0.7
61 joint	LutonEast of England	0.7
61 joint	OxfordSouth East	0.7
61 joint	WatfordEast of England	0.7
61 joint	CardiffWales	0.7
61 joint	SloughSouth East	0.7
61 joint	WokingSouth East	0.7
61 joint	IpswichEast of England	0.7
61 joint	KnowsleyNorth West	0.7
61 joint	WolverhamptonWest Midlands	0.7
61 joint	CoventryWest Midlands	0.7
61 joint	Oadby and WigstonEast Midlands	0.7
61 joint	OldhamNorth West	0.7
61 joint	TorbaySouth West	0.7
61 joint	BasildonEast of England	0.7
61 joint	ElmbridgeSouth East	0.7
61 joint	WirralNorth West	0.7
61 joint	DerbyEast Midlands	0.7
61 joint	BuryNorth West	0.7
61 joint	SpelthorneSouth East	0.7
61 joint	Stockton-on-TeesNorth East	0.7
61 joint	BroxbourneEast of England	0.7
61 joint	MiddlesbroughNorth East	0.7
61 joint	SeftonNorth West	0.7
61 joint	BoltonNorth West	0.7
61 joint	GatesheadNorth East	0.7
61 joint	GloucesterSouth West	0.7
61 joint	LeedsYorkshire and the Humber	0.7
61 joint	ReadingSouth East	0.7
93 joint	Dundee CityScotland	0.8
93 joint	Kingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber	0.8
93 joint	PrestonNorth West	0.8
93 joint	HyndburnNorth West	0.8
93 joint	Aberdeen CityScotland	0.8
93 joint	BradfordYorkshire and the Humber	0.8
93 joint	HartlepoolNorth East	0.8
93 joint	North TynesideNorth East	0.8
93 joint	PlymouthSouth West	0.8
93 joint	South TynesideNorth East	0.8
93 joint	Welwyn HatfieldEast of England	0.8
93 joint	BlackpoolNorth West	0.8
93 joint	BroxtoweEast Midlands	0.8
93 joint	FarehamSouth East	0.8
93 joint	St AlbansEast of England	0.8
93 joint	LincolnEast Midlands	0.8
93 joint	PendleNorth West	0.8
93 joint	Bracknell ForestSouth East	0.8
93 joint	BurnleyNorth West	0.8
93 joint	EastbourneSouth East	0.8
93 joint	Three RiversEast of England	0.8
93 joint	RushmoorSouth East	0.8
93 joint	ThanetSouth East	0.8
93 joint	WorcesterWest Midlands	0.8
93 joint	YorkYorkshire and the Humber	0.8
93 joint	East RenfrewshireScotland	0.8
93 joint	ExeterSouth West	0.8
93 joint	HavantSouth East	0.8
93 joint	RenfrewshireScotland	0.8
122 joint	Castle PointEast of England	0.9
122 joint	HartSouth East	0.9
122 joint	TamesideNorth West	0.9
122 joint	WorthingSouth East	0.9
122 joint	EastleighSouth East	0.9
122 joint	PeterboroughEast of England	0.9
122 joint	RedditchWest Midlands	0.9
122 joint	WalsallWest Midlands	0.9
122 joint	Bath and North East SomersetSouth West	0.9
122 joint	DartfordSouth East	0.9
122 joint	St. HelensNorth West	0.9
122 joint	GraveshamSouth East	0.9
122 joint	ErewashEast Midlands	0.9
122 joint	MedwaySouth East	0.9
122 joint	SolihullWest Midlands	0.9
122 joint	Surrey HeathSouth East	0.9
122 joint	DacorumEast of England	0.9
122 joint	Reigate and BansteadSouth East	0.9
122 joint	WarringtonNorth West	0.9
122 joint	Blackburn with DarwenNorth West	0.9
122 joint	DarlingtonNorth East	0.9
122 joint	RochdaleNorth West	0.9
122 joint	WiganNorth West	0.9
122 joint	ColchesterEast of England	0.9
122 joint	KirkleesYorkshire and the Humber	0.9
122 joint	HaltonNorth West	0.9
148 joint	Cannock ChaseWest Midlands	1.0
148 joint	ChesterfieldEast Midlands	1.0
148 joint	SunderlandNorth East	1.0
148 joint	Redcar and ClevelandNorth East	1.0
148 joint	RotherhamYorkshire and the Humber	1.0
148 joint	RunnymedeSouth East	1.0
148 joint	Stoke-on-TrentWest Midlands	1.0
148 joint	Windsor and MaidenheadSouth East	1.0
148 joint	BromsgroveWest Midlands	1.0
148 joint	South RibbleNorth West	1.0
148 joint	ThurrockEast of England	1.0
148 joint	Telford and WrekinWest Midlands	1.0
148 joint	WakefieldYorkshire and the Humber	1.0
148 joint	SwanseaWales	1.0
148 joint	ArunSouth East	1.0
148 joint	BarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber	1.0
148 joint	GedlingEast Midlands	1.0
148 joint	SwindonSouth West	1.0
148 joint	CalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber	1.0
148 joint	East DunbartonshireScotland	1.0
168 joint	MidlothianScotland	1.1
168 joint	North SomersetSouth West	1.1
168 joint	FyldeNorth West	1.1
168 joint	North LanarkshireScotland	1.1
168 joint	Nuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands	1.1
168 joint	MaidstoneSouth East	1.1
168 joint	CharnwoodEast Midlands	1.1
168 joint	TorfaenWales	1.1
168 joint	Tunbridge WellsSouth East	1.1
168 joint	DoncasterYorkshire and the Humber	1.1
168 joint	WokinghamSouth East	1.1
168 joint	Great YarmouthEast of England	1.1
168 joint	South GloucestershireSouth West	1.1
168 joint	North East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber	1.1
168 joint	TamworthWest Midlands	1.1
183 joint	Newcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands	1.2
183 joint	Epping ForestEast of England	1.2
183 joint	FalkirkScotland	1.2
183 joint	West DunbartonshireScotland	1.2
183 joint	MansfieldEast Midlands	1.2
183 joint	WarwickWest Midlands	1.2
183 joint	Milton KeynesSouth East	1.2
183 joint	RossendaleNorth West	1.2
183 joint	Cheshire West and ChesterNorth West	1.2
183 joint	LewesSouth East	1.2
183 joint	Vale of GlamorganWales	1.2
183 joint	Blaenau GwentWales	1.2
183 joint	InverclydeScotland	1.2
183 joint	West LancashireNorth West	1.2
197 joint	Basingstoke and DeaneSouth East	1.3
197 joint	BlabyEast Midlands	1.3
197 joint	ClackmannanshireScotland	1.3
197 joint	East HertfordshireEast of England	1.3
197 joint	High PeakEast Midlands	1.3
197 joint	CanterburySouth East	1.3
197 joint	Wyre ForestWest Midlands	1.3
197 joint	New ForestSouth East	1.3
197 joint	South LanarkshireScotland	1.3
197 joint	Isle of WightSouth East	1.3
197 joint	West LothianScotland	1.3
197 joint	HorshamSouth East	1.3
197 joint	RochfordEast of England	1.3
197 joint	ChorleyNorth West	1.3
197 joint	CaerphillyWales	1.3
197 joint	North HertfordshireEast of England	1.3
197 joint	RushcliffeEast Midlands	1.3
197 joint	Central BedfordshireEast of England	1.3
215 joint	Cheshire EastNorth West	1.4
215 joint	Tonbridge and MallingSouth East	1.4
215 joint	AshfieldEast Midlands	1.4
215 joint	ChelmsfordEast of England	1.4
215 joint	LancasterNorth West	1.4
215 joint	WyreNorth West	1.4
215 joint	GuildfordSouth East	1.4
215 joint	Merthyr TydfilWales	1.4
215 joint	South StaffordshireWest Midlands	1.4
215 joint	NewportWales	1.4
215 joint	SwaleSouth East	1.4
215 joint	Rhondda Cynon TafWales	1.4
215 joint	Mid SussexSouth East	1.4
215 joint	North NorthamptonshireEast Midlands	1.4
215 joint	BrentwoodEast of England	1.4
215 joint	BuckinghamshireSouth East	1.4
231 joint	Neath Port TalbotWales	1.5
231 joint	Folkestone and HytheSouth East	1.5
231 joint	LichfieldWest Midlands	1.5
231 joint	RugbyWest Midlands	1.5
231 joint	North West LeicestershireEast Midlands	1.5
231 joint	FifeScotland	1.5
231 joint	Amber ValleyEast Midlands	1.5
231 joint	County DurhamNorth East	1.5
231 joint	TendringEast of England	1.5
240 joint	StaffordWest Midlands	1.6
240 joint	South DerbyshireEast Midlands	1.6
240 joint	West BerkshireSouth East	1.6
240 joint	North AyrshireScotland	1.6
240 joint	WaverleySouth East	1.6
240 joint	SevenoaksSouth East	1.6
240 joint	BroadlandEast of England	1.6
240 joint	TewkesburySouth West	1.6
240 joint	Hinckley and BosworthEast Midlands	1.6
240 joint	StroudSouth West	1.6
250 joint	Vale of White HorseSouth East	1.7
250 joint	East StaffordshireWest Midlands	1.7
250 joint	East SuffolkEast of England	1.7
250 joint	East LothianScotland	1.7
250 joint	Mole ValleySouth East	1.7
250 joint	South OxfordshireSouth East	1.7
250 joint	WinchesterSouth East	1.7
250 joint	BridgendWales	1.7
250 joint	East HampshireSouth East	1.7
259 joint	CherwellSouth East	1.8
259 joint	HuntingdonshireEast of England	1.8
259 joint	WrexhamWales	1.8
259 joint	AshfordSouth East	1.8
259 joint	DoverSouth East	1.8
259 joint	TandridgeSouth East	1.8
259 joint	TeignbridgeSouth West	1.8
259 joint	BedfordEast of England	1.8
259 joint	FlintshireWales	1.8
259 joint	WealdenSouth East	1.8
259 joint	North East DerbyshireEast Midlands	1.8
270 joint	East DevonSouth West	1.9
270 joint	Test ValleySouth East	1.9
270 joint	RotherSouth East	1.9
270 joint	North WarwickshireWest Midlands	1.9
274 joint	FenlandEast of England	2.0
274 joint	West OxfordshireSouth East	2.0
274 joint	HarboroughEast Midlands	2.0
274 joint	WiltshireSouth West	2.0
278 joint	North LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber	2.1
278 joint	DorsetSouth West	2.1
278 joint	BraintreeEast of England	2.1
278 joint	BolsoverEast Midlands	2.1
278 joint	Stratford-on-AvonWest Midlands	2.1
278 joint	SomersetSouth West	2.1
278 joint	Ribble ValleyNorth West	2.1
278 joint	West NorthamptonshireEast Midlands	2.1
286	Isles of ScillySouth West	2.2
287 joint	South HamsSouth West	2.3
287 joint	South AyrshireScotland	2.3
287 joint	South CambridgeshireEast of England	2.3
287 joint	CumberlandNorth West	2.3
287 joint	AngusScotland	2.3
287 joint	Staffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands	2.3
293 joint	ChichesterSouth East	2.4
293 joint	WychavonWest Midlands	2.4
293 joint	DenbighshireWales	2.4
293 joint	West SuffolkEast of England	2.4
293 joint	BassetlawEast Midlands	2.4
293 joint	East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber	2.4
293 joint	UttlesfordEast of England	2.4
300 joint	CotswoldSouth West	2.5
300 joint	Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands	2.5
300 joint	ShropshireWest Midlands	2.5
300 joint	BostonEast Midlands	2.5
300 joint	Forest of DeanSouth West	2.5
300 joint	Westmorland and FurnessNorth West	2.5
300 joint	East AyrshireScotland	2.5
300 joint	StirlingScotland	2.5
308 joint	ConwyWales	2.6
308 joint	RutlandEast Midlands	2.6
308 joint	South NorfolkEast of England	2.6
311 joint	South HollandEast Midlands	2.7
311 joint	North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber	2.7
311 joint	South KestevenEast Midlands	2.7
311 joint	CornwallSouth West	2.7
311 joint	East CambridgeshireEast of England	2.7
316 joint	MaldonEast of England	2.8
316 joint	Malvern HillsWest Midlands	2.8
318	BaberghEast of England	2.9
319 joint	BrecklandEast of England	3.1
319 joint	Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands	3.1
321 joint	Perth and KinrossScotland	3.2
321 joint	NorthumberlandNorth East	3.2
323	MorayScotland	3.3
324	North KestevenEast Midlands	3.4
325 joint	King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England	3.5
325 joint	Mid DevonSouth West	3.5
327 joint	MonmouthshireWales	3.7
327 joint	HerefordshireWest Midlands	3.7
327 joint	West DevonSouth West	3.7
327 joint	North DevonSouth West	3.7
331	MeltonEast Midlands	3.8
332 joint	North NorfolkEast of England	3.9
332 joint	TorridgeSouth West	3.9
334	CarmarthenshireWales	4.1
335	West LindseyEast Midlands	4.3
336 joint	Isle of AngleseyWales	4.4
336 joint	East LindseyEast Midlands	4.4
338	AberdeenshireScotland	4.7
339	Mid SuffolkEast of England	4.8
340	Scottish BordersScotland	4.9
341	Dumfries and GallowayScotland	5.1
342	Argyll and ButeScotland	6.7
343	PowysWales	7.3
344 joint	GwyneddWales	7.4
344 joint	PembrokeshireWales	7.4
346	Orkney IslandsScotland	7.5
347	HighlandScotland	7.8
348	CeredigionWales	8.7
349	Na h-Eileanan SiarScotland	10.4
350	Shetland IslandsScotland	11.2

Not in this list

Northern Ireland. Northern Ireland's dental practices are not placed: their postcodes' locations are licensed.

NHS England, Organisation Data Service, general dental practices (egdpprac), active; NHS England, Organisation Data Service, general dental practices (egdpprac), active; Public Health Scotland, NHS dental practices and registrations, December 2025, read at every census area · October 2026 · fetched 22 October 2026 · How this is measured

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