Over the years I always struggled to find an accurate list of UK Counties. In the end, I created my own a few years back. Where things have been changed or I have been advised of a mistake I have updated this list. You are welcome to use the list, should you notice any issue with it, please comment below.
Note: The list focuses on Ceremonial Counties, there are a few different types of ‘County’ in the UK and this sometimes causes different lists around the web.
List last updated: 9th August 2024
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UK List of Counties (1581 downloads )A list of counties in England 2024
Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Bristol
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
Cheshire
Cornwall
County Durham
Cumbria
Derbyshire
Devon
Dorset
East Riding of Yorkshire
East Sussex
Essex
Gloucestershire
Greater London
Greater Manchester
Hampshire
Herefordshire
Hertfordshire
Isle of Wight
Kent
Lancashire
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Merseyside
Norfolk
North Somerset
North Yorkshire
Northamptonshire
Northumberland
Nottinghamshire
Oxfordshire
Rutland
Shropshire
Somerset
South Gloucestershire
South Yorkshire
Staffordshire
Suffolk
Surrey
Tyne & Wear
Warwickshire
West Midlands
West Sussex
West Yorkshire
Wiltshire
Worcestershire
Counties in Scotland 2024
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll & Bute
Ayrshire
Banffshire
Berwickshire
Caithness
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries & Galloway
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Fife
Highland
Inverclyde
Kincardineshire
Lanarkshire
Midlothian
Moray
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
Orkney
Perth & Kinross
Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders
Shetland
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
Stirlingshire
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian
Western Isles
List of Counties in Wales 2024
Blaenau Gwent
Bridgend
Caerphilly
Cardiff
Carmarthenshire
Ceredigion
Conwy
Denbighshire
Flintshire
Gwynedd
Isle of Anglesey
Merthyr Tydfil
Monmouthshire
Neath Port Talbot
Newport
Pembrokeshire
Powys
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Swansea
Torfaen
Vale of Glamorgan
Wrexham
List of Northern Ireland Counties 2024
Antrim
Armagh
County Down
Fermanagh
Londonderry
Tyrone
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Finally, if you notice any issues or have a question, please comment below.
Disclaimer: I do not believe there are any mistakes in this list, but can not accept any responsibility if there are.
Very helpful when looking for holiday destinations. Thank you.
You have a spelling error with ‘Berkshire’ in the CSV version. Thank you for creating it.
Thank you for highlighting this. I will get this amended.
middlesex is missing from you list
Hi there, thanks for your comments. My understanding is that Middlesex is an historic county and not a ceremonial county. 🙂
I’ll be cold in the ground before I recognise Bath & Somerset as a county, it’s just Somerset.
Dorset is missing from the CSV list, and it also shows ‘Powy’ rather than ‘Powys’.
Many thanks for the feedback Tim. I have corrected both of these in the CSV version.
Hi James,
The following two county names have an extra dot “.” at the end.
– “Neath Port Talbot.” rather than “Neath Port Talbot”
– “Newport.” rather than “Newport”
Thank you for the list.
Thank you for flagging. – ##Updated
Bath and North East Somerset is a unitary authority, not a county. It’s in the county of Somerset.
And the Isles of Scilly are in Cornwall.
Many thanks, updated.
Great list and very helpful, but you probably don’t need Ayrshire in the list, as you already have North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and East Ayrshire. Similarly, do you need Dunbartonshire, given you’ve got East and West Dunbartonshire? Also, shouldn’t it be County Down, rather than just Down and Scottish Borders, rather than just Borders?
Sorry if this all sounds terribly pedantic. I’m trying to correct the list of counties for a website checkout form and hadn’t realised how fraught the whole notion of UK counties was, what with registration counties, historic counties, administrative counties, county constituencies, etc. etc. Your list has been a big help. Thanks