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Places of worship per 10,000 residents, every council ranked

The places of worship mapped on OpenStreetMap in the council, for each 10,000 residents. Counted against the people who live here, so a place full of visitors reads high. 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.

Lowest: Castle Point, 2.0. The council in the middle: Chelmsford, 5.2. Highest: Isles of Scilly, 39.1.

Places of worship per 10,000 residents, every council it is published for, lowest first
PlaceCouncilFigure
1Castle PointEast of England2.0
2StevenageEast of England2.3
3 jointBracknell ForestSouth East2.4
3 jointBroxbourneEast of England2.4
3 jointFarehamSouth East2.4
6 jointHillingdonLondon2.5
6 jointTamworthWest Midlands2.5
8 jointBarking and DagenhamLondon2.6
8 jointCannock ChaseWest Midlands2.6
8 jointEnfieldLondon2.6
8 jointEpsom and EwellSouth East2.6
12 jointKingston upon ThamesLondon2.7
12 jointNuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands2.7
12 jointSloughSouth East2.7
12 jointThree RiversEast of England2.7
16 jointBexleyLondon2.8
16 jointHarlowEast of England2.8
16 jointHarrowLondon2.8
16 jointHaveringLondon2.8
16 jointKnowsleyNorth West2.8
16 jointSolihullWest Midlands2.8
16 jointSpelthorneSouth East2.8
16 jointWokinghamSouth East2.8
24RedbridgeLondon2.9
25 jointGreenwichLondon3.0
25 jointHounslowLondon3.0
25 jointSalfordNorth West3.0
28 jointGosportSouth East3.1
28 jointHartlepoolNorth East3.1
28 jointHavantSouth East3.1
28 jointRedditchWest Midlands3.1
28 jointSuttonLondon3.1
33 jointBasildonEast of England3.2
33 jointBrentLondon3.2
33 jointEastbourneSouth East3.2
33 jointElmbridgeSouth East3.2
33 jointKingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber3.2
33 jointMansfieldEast Midlands3.2
33 jointMertonLondon3.2
33 jointTower HamletsLondon3.2
33 jointWandsworthLondon3.2
42 jointCroydonLondon3.3
42 jointDartfordSouth East3.3
42 jointEalingLondon3.3
42 jointEastleighSouth East3.3
42 jointRotherhamYorkshire and the Humber3.3
42 jointRunnymedeSouth East3.3
42 jointThurrockEast of England3.3
42 jointWest LothianScotland3.3
50 jointBurnleyNorth West3.4
50 jointCrawleySouth East3.4
50 jointSouth RibbleNorth West3.4
50 jointStockportNorth West3.4
50 jointTamesideNorth West3.4
50 jointWolverhamptonWest Midlands3.4
56 jointBromleyLondon3.5
56 jointDoncasterYorkshire and the Humber3.5
56 jointHammersmith and FulhamLondon3.5
56 jointMedwaySouth East3.5
56 jointPlymouthSouth West3.5
56 jointPortsmouthSouth East3.5
56 jointRushmoorSouth East3.5
63 jointAshfieldEast Midlands3.6
63 jointHaringeyLondon3.6
63 jointIslingtonLondon3.6
63 jointMilton KeynesSouth East3.6
63 jointNorth TynesideNorth East3.6
63 jointRenfrewshireScotland3.6
63 jointRochdaleNorth West3.6
63 jointRochfordEast of England3.6
63 jointStockton-on-TeesNorth East3.6
63 jointSurrey HeathSouth East3.6
73 jointLewishamLondon3.7
73 jointMiddlesbroughNorth East3.7
73 jointSwindonSouth West3.7
73 jointTorbaySouth West3.7
73 jointTraffordNorth West3.7
73 jointWiganNorth West3.7
79 jointBarnetLondon3.8
79 jointBarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber3.8
79 jointWorthingSouth East3.8
82 jointCoventryWest Midlands3.9
82 jointFalkirkScotland3.9
82 jointHaltonNorth West3.9
82 jointHertsmereEast of England3.9
82 jointNorth East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber3.9
82 jointOadby and WigstonEast Midlands3.9
82 jointPeterboroughEast of England3.9
82 jointRossendaleNorth West3.9
82 jointSouthend-on-SeaEast of England3.9
82 jointWakefieldYorkshire and the Humber3.9
92 jointBuryNorth West4.0
92 jointChesterfieldEast Midlands4.0
92 jointDudleyWest Midlands4.0
92 jointNewhamLondon4.0
92 jointRichmond upon ThamesLondon4.0
92 jointWarringtonNorth West4.0
92 jointWest LancashireNorth West4.0
99 jointArunSouth East4.1
99 jointBolsoverEast Midlands4.1
99 jointBrighton and HoveSouth East4.1
99 jointEast RenfrewshireScotland4.1
99 jointHackneyLondon4.1
99 jointLambethLondon4.1
99 jointNorth LanarkshireScotland4.1
99 jointRedcar and ClevelandNorth East4.1
99 jointReigate and BansteadSouth East4.1
99 jointSunderlandNorth East4.1
99 jointTelford and WrekinWest Midlands4.1
99 jointWest DunbartonshireScotland4.1
111 jointAdurSouth East4.2
111 jointBlackpoolNorth West4.2
111 jointBournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West4.2
111 jointHartSouth East4.2
111 jointSouthamptonSouth East4.2
111 jointTorfaenWales4.2
111 jointWatfordEast of England4.2
111 jointWirralNorth West4.2
111 jointWokingSouth East4.2
120 jointEast AyrshireScotland4.3
120 jointEast DunbartonshireScotland4.3
120 jointGlasgow CityScotland4.3
120 jointHyndburnNorth West4.3
120 jointLiverpoolNorth West4.3
120 jointMaidstoneSouth East4.3
120 jointNewcastle upon TyneNorth East4.3
120 jointSouth TynesideNorth East4.3
120 jointSt. HelensNorth West4.3
120 jointStoke-on-TrentWest Midlands4.3
120 jointWalsallWest Midlands4.3
120 jointWaltham ForestLondon4.3
132 jointBlabyEast Midlands4.4
132 jointCamdenLondon4.4
132 jointCity of EdinburghScotland4.4
132 jointLeedsYorkshire and the Humber4.4
132 jointMidlothianScotland4.4
132 jointSouth StaffordshireWest Midlands4.4
138 jointChorleyNorth West4.5
138 jointMid SussexSouth East4.5
138 jointSouth LanarkshireScotland4.5
138 jointWorcesterWest Midlands4.5
142 jointAberdeen CityScotland4.6
142 jointBroxtoweEast Midlands4.6
142 jointCardiffWales4.6
142 jointDacorumEast of England4.6
142 jointDerbyEast Midlands4.6
142 jointGedlingEast Midlands4.6
142 jointLutonEast of England4.6
142 jointSeftonNorth West4.6
150 jointGloucesterSouth West4.7
150 jointRhondda Cynon TafWales4.7
150 jointSt AlbansEast of England4.7
150 jointTonbridge and MallingSouth East4.7
150 jointWelwyn HatfieldEast of England4.7
155 jointBlackburn with DarwenNorth West4.8
155 jointBoltonNorth West4.8
155 jointBristolSouth West4.8
155 jointDarlingtonNorth East4.8
155 jointEast LothianScotland4.8
155 jointGraveshamSouth East4.8
155 jointNorth AyrshireScotland4.8
155 jointSheffieldYorkshire and the Humber4.8
155 jointSouthwarkLondon4.8
164 jointBromsgroveWest Midlands4.9
164 jointCheltenhamSouth West4.9
164 jointExeterSouth West4.9
164 jointGatesheadNorth East4.9
164 jointLincolnEast Midlands4.9
164 jointManchesterNorth West4.9
164 jointPrestonNorth West4.9
164 jointThanetSouth East4.9
172 jointBirminghamWest Midlands5.0
172 jointReadingSouth East5.0
172 jointWindsor and MaidenheadSouth East5.0
175 jointFenlandEast of England5.1
175 jointKensington and ChelseaLondon5.1
175 jointPendleNorth West5.1
175 jointSouth GloucestershireSouth West5.1
175 jointYorkYorkshire and the Humber5.1
180 jointCharnwoodEast Midlands5.2
180 jointChelmsfordEast of England5.2
180 jointClackmannanshireScotland5.2
180 jointErewashEast Midlands5.2
180 jointFyldeNorth West5.2
180 jointHastingsSouth East5.2
180 jointInverclydeScotland5.2
180 jointIpswichEast of England5.2
180 jointSandwellWest Midlands5.2
180 jointTendringEast of England5.2
190 jointCheshire EastNorth West5.3
190 jointSwaleSouth East5.3
192 jointColchesterEast of England5.4
192 jointNorth SomersetSouth West5.4
192 jointOldhamNorth West5.4
195 jointCheshire West and ChesterNorth West5.5
195 jointMerthyr TydfilWales5.5
197 jointCalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber5.6
197 jointEast HertfordshireEast of England5.6
197 jointEpping ForestEast of England5.6
197 jointNottinghamEast Midlands5.6
197 jointSouth AyrshireScotland5.6
197 jointWarwickWest Midlands5.6
197 jointWyreNorth West5.6
204 jointCentral BedfordshireEast of England5.7
204 jointDundee CityScotland5.7
204 jointEast StaffordshireWest Midlands5.7
204 jointFifeScotland5.7
204 jointWestminsterLondon5.7
209 jointBasingstoke and DeaneSouth East5.8
209 jointGreat YarmouthEast of England5.8
209 jointGuildfordSouth East5.8
209 jointLeicesterEast Midlands5.8
209 jointLichfieldWest Midlands5.8
214 jointBradfordYorkshire and the Humber5.9
214 jointHorshamSouth East5.9
214 jointNewportWales5.9
217 jointCanterburySouth East6.0
217 jointNorth LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber6.0
219 jointBostonEast Midlands6.1
219 jointCaerphillyWales6.1
219 jointNewcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands6.1
219 jointNorth West LeicestershireEast Midlands6.1
219 jointSouth DerbyshireEast Midlands6.1
224 jointAshfordSouth East6.2
224 jointBuckinghamshireSouth East6.2
224 jointLewesSouth East6.2
224 jointMole ValleySouth East6.2
224 jointNew ForestSouth East6.2
224 jointNorwichEast of England6.2
224 jointRugbyWest Midlands6.2
224 jointTandridgeSouth East6.2
232 jointBassetlawEast Midlands6.3
232 jointHinckley and BosworthEast Midlands6.3
232 jointKirkleesYorkshire and the Humber6.3
232 jointNorth East DerbyshireEast Midlands6.3
232 jointTunbridge WellsSouth East6.3
232 jointWyre ForestWest Midlands6.3
238 jointCounty DurhamNorth East6.4
238 jointSouth HollandEast Midlands6.4
240Folkestone and HytheSouth East6.5
241East HampshireSouth East6.6
242 jointBraintreeEast of England6.7
242 jointBrentwoodEast of England6.7
242 jointNorth NorthamptonshireEast Midlands6.7
242 jointSevenoaksSouth East6.7
242 jointWest BerkshireSouth East6.7
247 jointAberdeenshireScotland6.8
247 jointNorth HertfordshireEast of England6.8
247 jointTest ValleySouth East6.8
250 jointBridgendWales6.9
250 jointNorth WarwickshireWest Midlands6.9
250 jointStirlingScotland6.9
250 jointWaverleySouth East6.9
254 jointAmber ValleyEast Midlands7.0
254 jointRushcliffeEast Midlands7.0
254 jointStaffordWest Midlands7.0
257 jointDoverSouth East7.1
257 jointSwanseaWales7.1
257 jointVale of GlamorganWales7.1
257 jointWest NorthamptonshireEast Midlands7.1
261 jointBedfordEast of England7.2
261 jointTewkesburySouth West7.2
261 jointWrexhamWales7.2
264 jointArds and North DownNorthern Ireland7.3
264 jointCambridgeEast of England7.3
264 jointCherwellSouth East7.3
264 jointHuntingdonshireEast of England7.3
268 jointDerry City and StrabaneNorthern Ireland7.4
268 jointLisburn and CastlereaghNorthern Ireland7.4
268 jointWealdenSouth East7.4
271BelfastNorthern Ireland7.5
272 jointAntrim and NewtownabbeyNorthern Ireland7.6
272 jointBath and North East SomersetSouth West7.6
272 jointHigh PeakEast Midlands7.6
272 jointLancasterNorth West7.6
276Neath Port TalbotWales7.7
277BroadlandEast of England7.9
278Vale of White HorseSouth East8.0
279 jointEast Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber8.1
279 jointMaldonEast of England8.1
281 jointNorthumberlandNorth East8.2
281 jointRotherSouth East8.2
283 jointEast CambridgeshireEast of England8.4
283 jointFlintshireWales8.4
283 jointOxfordSouth East8.4
283 jointWinchesterSouth East8.4
287 jointAngusScotland8.5
287 jointNewark and SherwoodEast Midlands8.5
287 jointTeignbridgeSouth West8.5
290South CambridgeshireEast of England8.6
291South OxfordshireSouth East8.7
292 jointIsle of WightSouth East8.8
292 jointRibble ValleyNorth West8.8
294 jointBlaenau GwentWales9.0
294 jointEast DevonSouth West9.0
294 jointNorth KestevenEast Midlands9.0
297WiltshireSouth West9.1
298Perth and KinrossScotland9.2
299Forest of DeanSouth West9.4
300 jointUttlesfordEast of England9.5
300 jointWest SuffolkEast of England9.5
302WychavonWest Midlands9.6
303CornwallSouth West9.7
304 jointChichesterSouth East9.8
304 jointCumberlandNorth West9.8
304 jointSouth KestevenEast Midlands9.8
304 jointStaffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands9.8
304 jointStroudSouth West9.8
309 jointHarboroughEast Midlands9.9
309 jointMorayScotland9.9
311SomersetSouth West10.0
312King's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England10.1
313 jointDumfries and GallowayScotland10.2
313 jointStratford-on-AvonWest Midlands10.2
315DorsetSouth West10.4
316Armagh City, Banbridge and CraigavonNorthern Ireland10.6
317 jointMid and East AntrimNorthern Ireland10.7
317 jointWest OxfordshireSouth East10.7
319 jointEast SuffolkEast of England11.2
319 jointNewry, Mourne and DownNorthern Ireland11.2
319 jointScottish BordersScotland11.2
322BaberghEast of England11.7
323ShropshireWest Midlands11.8
324South HamsSouth West11.9
325Causeway Coast and GlensNorthern Ireland12.2
326North YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber12.4
327Mid UlsterNorthern Ireland12.5
328North DevonSouth West12.6
329 jointBrecklandEast of England12.7
329 jointSouth NorfolkEast of England12.7
331Malvern HillsWest Midlands13.0
332Westmorland and FurnessNorth West13.1
333MonmouthshireWales13.6
334West LindseyEast Midlands13.9
335TorridgeSouth West14.1
336MeltonEast Midlands14.4
337Mid SuffolkEast of England14.7
338 jointConwyWales14.8
338 jointFermanagh and OmaghNorthern Ireland14.8
338 jointMid DevonSouth West14.8
341RutlandEast Midlands14.9
342CarmarthenshireWales15.0
343DenbighshireWales15.1
344HerefordshireWest Midlands15.9
345HighlandScotland16.0
346West DevonSouth West16.1
347PembrokeshireWales16.5
348Argyll and ButeScotland16.7
349East LindseyEast Midlands17.2
350CotswoldSouth West17.5
351Orkney IslandsScotland18.2
352Derbyshire DalesEast Midlands18.5
353North NorfolkEast of England21.2
354Isle of AngleseyWales23.6
355 jointGwyneddWales25.1
355 jointPowysWales25.1
357Shetland IslandsScotland25.5
358CeredigionWales26.4
359City of LondonLondon32.0
360Na h-Eileanan SiarScotland34.9
361Isles of ScillySouth West39.1

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