List of English districts
This is a list of the 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 from the Office for National Statistics.
Nomenclature
There are currently 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
- 62 unitary authorities
- City of London
- Isles of Scilly
List of districts
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 |
| 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.