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Home > List of Administrative shire counties of England by Area


This is a List of Administrative shire counties of England by Area, that is to say Administrative counties with a two-tier County council structure, not including Administrative counties which are Unitary Authorities.

See also:

List of Ceremonial counties of England by Area - List of Administrative shire counties of England by Population


RankCountyArea kmē
1 North Yorkshire8,038
2 Cumbria6,768
3 Devon6,564
4 Lincolnshire5,921
5 Norfolk5,371
6 Northumberland5,013
7 Suffolk3,801
8 Hampshire3,679
9 Cornwall3,547
10 Kent3,544
11 EssexThis article is about the county of Essex in England. For other places named Essex, see Essex (disambiguation). Essex is a county located northeast of London, part of the East of England region. As well as Greater London it borders on Hertfordshire, Cambr3,465
12 SomersetThis page is about the county of Somerset in the United Kingdom. For other meanings of Somerset, see Somerset (disambiguation). Somerset is a county in the south-west of England. Somerset adjoins Gloucestershire to the north east, Wiltshire to the east, D3,451
13 WiltshireWiltshire (abbreviated Wilts is a large southern English county. Considered as a ceremonial county it borders those of Hampshire, Dorset, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire, and contains the unitary authority of Swindon. Wiltshire is a m3,255
14 ShropshireShropshire (abbreviated Salop or Salops is a county in the West Midlands of England, bordering Cheshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, and the Welsh preserved counties of Powys and Clwyd. Shropshire is one of England's most rural counties.3,197
15 CambridgeshireCambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs is a county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. The county town is Cambr3,046
16 LancashireLancashire (archaically, the County of Lancaster is a county palatine of England, lying on the Irish Sea. Its name is sometimes abbreviated to Lancs . Its traditional county town was Lancaster, but the county council is now based in Preston. The county bo2,903
17 GloucestershireGloucestershire is a ceremonial and administrative county in southwest England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire of the Forest of Dean. The county town is Gloucester, and2,653
18 StaffordshireStaffordshire (abbreviated Staffs is a landlocked county in the Midlands of England. The county town is Stafford. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders. It adjoins the ceremonial counties of Cheshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire2,620
19 Oxfordshire2,605
20 Derbyshire2,547
21 Dorset2,542
22 Northamptonshire2,364
23 County Durham2,226
24 Nottinghamshire2,085
25 Cheshire2,083
26 Leicestershire2,083
27 West Sussex1,991
28 Warwickshire1,975
29 Worcestershire1,741
30 East Sussex1,709
31 Surrey1,663
32 Hertfordshire1,643
33 Buckinghamshire1,565
34 Bedfordshire1,192


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