#1Tywardreath
2,589 peopleBand D, 2026–27·£48 parish or town council·Cornwall·#1,179 of 2,474 in England, Scotland and Wales
Tywardreath, #1 on this list · Photo: Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0Cornwall rankings · Council tax
Towns with the lowest council tax in Cornwall
Tywardreath has the lowest council tax of Cornwall’s 35 towns of 2,500+: £2,437 at Band D for 2026–27. The typical town here pays £2,668.
Band D council tax for 2026–27, with the parish or town council precept where there is one (MHCLG, Welsh Government). Band D is the standard comparison; a home’s own bill depends on its band. Welsh towns use their council’s average (Wales publishes no table by community). A described list: no letters. The rank across England, Scotland and Wales sits beside each figure.
#1£2,437
#2St Blazey
6,569 peopleBand D, 2026–27·£65 parish or town council·Cornwall·#1,273 of 2,474 in England, Scotland and Wales
#3Threemilestone
2,854 peopleBand D, 2026–27·£79 parish or town council·Cornwall·#1,360 of 2,474 in England, Scotland and Wales
All 35 towns, ranked
Band D, 2026–27, lowest first. Towns in one council without parishes share its figure. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied). Each rank across England, Scotland and Wales links to the national list.
35 towns.
#TownBand D, 2026–27Parish partUK rank
Quick answers
Questions people ask
Which town in Cornwall has the lowest council tax?
Tywardreath: Band D is £2,437 for 2026–27 (Cornwall). St Blazey and Threemilestone follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the Band D council tax for 2026–27, lowest first: the council, county, police and fire, plus the town’s own parish or town council precept (in England), averaged over its residents.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers Cornwall’s towns of 2,500+ with the figure. Smaller places show it on their own pages; every town in Cornwall is on the county page.
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Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.
Best places to live35 towns · #1 St AgnesBest small towns23 towns · #1 St AgnesMost affordable towns35 towns · #1 St BlazeySafest towns35 towns · #1 ProbusTowns with the best schools35 towns · #1 St AgnesHealthiest towns35 towns · #1 St AgnesBest towns for jobs & income35 towns · #1 ThreemilestoneMost walkable towns35 towns · #1 St IvesTowns with the lowest flood risk35 towns · #1 Gunnislake and St Ann's Chapel and ThreemilestoneBest towns for the outdoors35 towns · #1 TywardreathMost historic towns35 towns · #1 St IvesTowns with the most civic life35 towns · #1 LostwithielTowns with the highest household incomes35 towns · #1 St AgnesDescribed, no lettersTowns with the mildest winters35 towns · #1 PenzanceDescribed, no lettersTowns with the warmest summers35 towns · #1 Saltash and TorpointDescribed, no lettersTowns with the coolest summers35 towns · #1 CamelfordDescribed, no lettersTowns with the fewest frosts35 towns · #1 St IvesDescribed, no lettersDriest towns35 towns · #1 BudeDescribed, no lettersWettest towns35 towns · #1 LiskeardDescribed, no letters
County by county
Towns with the lowest council tax, county by county
AberdeenshireBedfordshireBerkshireBuckinghamshireCambridgeshireCheshireClwydCornwallCounty DurhamCumbriaDerbyshireDevonDorsetDyfedEast Riding of YorkshireEast SussexEssexFifeGloucestershireGreater ManchesterGwentHampshireHertfordshireHighlandKentLancashireLeicestershireLincolnshireLondonMerseysideMid GlamorganNorfolkNorth LanarkshireNorth YorkshireNorthamptonshireNorthumberlandNottinghamshireOxfordshireShropshireSomersetSouth LanarkshireSouth YorkshireStaffordshireSuffolkSurreyTyne and WearWarwickshireWest GlamorganWest MidlandsWest SussexWest YorkshireWiltshireWorcestershire
Sources: MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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