List of honorary recorders
This is a list of the current titular and honorary recorders in the Courts of England and Wales, together with the Crown Court venue at which they sit.
The title of honorary recorder is awarded by a borough council to a judge who sits at the Crown Court within or associated with their area. It is intended to mark the link between the administration and judiciary. Conventionally the title is bestowed upon the resident judge, who is appointed by the Lord Chief Justice to be the most senior circuit judge sitting at that Crown Court.
Titular recorders
Honorary recorders
- Recorder of Aylesbury
- Recorder of Birmingham
- Recorder of Bolton
- Recorder of Bradford
- Recorder of Brighton and Hove
- Recorder of Bristol
- Recorder of Cambridge
- Recorder of Canterbury
- Recorder of Caernarfon
- Recorder of Cardiff
- Recorder of Carlisle
- Recorder of Chelmsford
- Recorder of Chester
- Recorder of Coventry
- Recorder of Croydon
- Recorder of Derby
- Recorder of Durham
- Recorder of Exeter
- Recorder of Guildford
- Recorder of Gloucester
- Recorder of Greenwich
- Recorder of Haringey
- Recorder of Hull and the East Riding
- Recorder of Ipswich
- Recorder of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
- Recorder of Leeds
- Recorder of Lincoln
- Recorder of Luton
- Recorder of Maidstone
- Recorder of Merthyr Tydfil
- Recorder of Middlesbrough
- Recorder of Milton Keynes
- Recorder of Newcastle
- Recorder of Norwich
- Recorder of Nottingham
- Recorder of Oxford
- Recorder of Portsmouth
- Recorder of Preston
- Recorder of Redbridge
- Recorder of Richmond-upon-Thames
- Recorder of Salisbury
- Recorder of Sheffield
- Recorder of Southwark * awaiting formal appointment at Southwark Council Meeting agenda 12 November 2025.
- Recorder of St Albans
- Recorder of Stafford
- Recorder of Stoke on Trent
- Recorder of Swansea
- Recorder of Truro .
- Recorder of Westminster
- Recorder of Winchester
- Recorder of Wolverhampton
- Recorder of Worcester
- Recorder of York