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List of UK Counties

19 December, 2008 by imaker | 45 Comments

For a recent web design project I was looking for a list of UK counties. No problem, I thought, the internet is a wonderful place, bound to find something.

How wrong can you be? Lots of lists, but none of them complete and most out of date. Spent far too long looking and eventually had to make my own. I think it’s pretty complete, though, as ever, you probably know better.

I’ve added a text file with just each County name that you can use as you like. You can list UK Counties in your browser or download the UK Counties file.

Please let me know what you think or if there are any missing by adding a comment. I promise I’ll be grateful and will add any missing counties.

Finally if you make use of the list, feel free to link back to this page http://www.imaker.co.uk/blog/list-of-uk-counties/

45 Comments

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  1. Thomas
    27 February, 2009 at 4:36 pm

    Thanks for putting these up, it’s the most complete list I’ve found.
    I’ll let you know if I find any mistakes.

  2. Administrator
    9 March, 2009 at 5:25 pm

    Appreciate the comment, thanks. I’ll make any amendments for genuine mistakes.

  3. Graham
    18 April, 2009 at 9:29 am

    Hey ‘iMaker’

    Thanks soooo much, sorted my problem (same as you had) in 2 mins flat!

    Warm Regards
    Graham

  4. Administrator
    19 April, 2009 at 10:36 am

    You’re very welcome Graham, thanks for letting me know.

  5. Alan D
    20 April, 2009 at 7:39 am

    Thank you very much, useful to have

  6. Administrator
    20 April, 2009 at 7:55 am

    Thanks Alan D, glad you found it useful

  7. Kate
    25 April, 2009 at 8:26 am

    Fantastic! Thank you. At last someone has put something together that is searchable and useable. Well done and thank you for sharing it with us.

  8. Administrator
    25 April, 2009 at 11:15 am

    Thank you Kate, much appreciated.

  9. Nathan
    28 April, 2009 at 3:26 pm

    Perfect – exactly what I was after. Thanks

  10. marc
    27 September, 2009 at 8:32 pm

    ooops, you’ve missed greater machester, in existance for 38 years

  11. Administrator
    28 September, 2009 at 7:15 pm

    How did I miss that? Thanks for the heads up Marc, Greater Manchester added.

  12. Linda
    30 September, 2009 at 2:00 pm

    Thanks so much for the list, it’s just we we’re looking for.

    regards
    Linda

  13. tom
    21 October, 2009 at 10:36 pm

    westlothian is not on the list

  14. imaker
    23 October, 2009 at 10:48 am

    tom – thank you, I’ve added it to the list.

  15. Rob
    11 November, 2009 at 12:12 pm

    Excellent!

    I do find it disappointing that the internet with vast amounts of info yet most of it can be totally useless and inconsistent but it’s great to see that there is a bit of update to date content on this site…

    Many thanks, solved a problem with minimal effort.

    Rob.

  16. James
    3 February, 2010 at 9:31 am

    Well done, a great list.

    Londonderry?

  17. rupert
    11 March, 2010 at 3:20 pm

    A very useful list, thanks

  18. Tom
    28 March, 2010 at 4:23 pm

    Great list, I will use it on my directory. Had a hard time finding a good proper list.

  19. Tim
    4 May, 2010 at 2:44 pm

    Good list – best I’ve seen so far, but as the Government keep moving things around, Linolcshire’s northern area that was known as Lindsey became South Humberside. Humberside thankfully was kicked out again but Lincolnshire was split, so we now also have North Lincolnshire and if I’m not mistaken, North East Lincolnshire.

    I love the way that Yorkshire is now split into 4 Ridings from the original 3 – when “Riding” is an old word meaning “A Third” (1/3)

    Keep up the good work.

  20. imaker
    4 May, 2010 at 2:49 pm

    Thanks Tim, appreciate your comment, but I’ve no idea whether you mean the list should be updated.

  21. Chris
    20 May, 2010 at 9:39 pm

    Strathclyde does not exist any more. North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire and other counties now exist.

  22. imaker
    21 May, 2010 at 8:23 am

    Hi Chris
    Thanks, really helpful.
    Strathclyde now removed and the following added to the list:

    Argyll and Bute
    East Ayrshire
    East Dunbartonshire
    East Renfrewshire
    Glasgow City (created as Glasgow)
    Inverclyde
    North Ayrshire
    North Lanarkshire
    Renfrewshire
    South Ayrshire
    South Lanarkshire
    Dumbarton and Clydebank

  23. Jo
    25 May, 2010 at 9:00 am

    Thank you! Made my current project sooo much easier!

  24. imaker
    25 May, 2010 at 11:34 am

    Glad to hear it Jo

  25. Mark Flint
    25 May, 2010 at 2:56 pm

    Thanks for the list :-)

    Northern Ireland is officially part of the UK. There are 6 counties as follows:

    Antrim
    Armagh
    Down
    Fermanagh
    Londonderry
    Tyrone

  26. imaker
    25 May, 2010 at 4:32 pm

    Thanks Mark, appreciate you taking the trouble, but I believe you will find them already listed under the “full title” of County Antrim, County Armagh, etc.

  27. PooterMan
    16 October, 2010 at 6:52 am

    Cleveland is missing. It’s actually been renamed to Redcar & Cleveland now

  28. Si
    19 October, 2010 at 5:18 pm

    Many thanks, very helpful :-)

  29. John
    28 October, 2010 at 1:05 pm

    Many thanks for this
    I too, am surprised how difficult it is to find a definitive list.

    Can anybody clarify if Middlesex is a county? I seems to be left of a lot of lists.

    Cheers,
    John

  30. imaker
    29 October, 2010 at 2:28 pm

    Hi John
    Middlesex isn’t a county any longer but falls within Greater London. However it is still used in postal addresses – so it’s back in the list!

    Thanks for asking

  31. Russell English
    4 November, 2010 at 2:35 pm

    Brilliant! Thank you very much, exactly what I was looking for!

  32. Rae MacLeman
    11 November, 2010 at 7:55 am

    Sorry – but you’ve missed County Fermanagh … you know… the SIX counties of Northern Ireland {:0)

  33. Rae MacLeman
    11 November, 2010 at 8:07 am

    Further to my last comment – I know that County Fermanagh was noted in another comment BUT it wasn’t in the file under ‘County Fermanagh’ – I’ve just noticed that is is in the file but listed as ‘Fermanagh’ – it needs to be listed with the other 5 counties as ‘County Fermanagh’.
    Sorry to be picky!

  34. imaker
    11 November, 2010 at 9:46 am

    Hi Russell
    Thanks for your support

  35. imaker
    11 November, 2010 at 9:48 am

    Hello Rae
    Thanks for your contribution. I’ve updated the list.

  36. Leigh
    23 February, 2011 at 11:52 am

    Excellent, thank you.
    Have used this list for orders on my site.
    Just noticed though, the download list isn’t up to date with the view online list!

    Highly appreciated

  37. imaker
    1 March, 2011 at 10:38 am

    Hi Leigh
    Glad it’s appreciated. I can’t see any differences in versions, what do you see that I don’t?

  38. Graham
    21 March, 2011 at 3:17 pm

    Cool, thanks for sharing the list!

  39. Chris
    4 April, 2011 at 12:15 pm

    Hi,

    Thanks for the list. I’ve added Durham to it but otherwise used it as is.

    Cheers!

  40. imaker
    6 April, 2011 at 12:19 pm

    Hi Chris
    Thanks for commenting. Durham is in the list already under County Durham

  41. Noel Williams
    21 April, 2011 at 3:09 pm

    Wales has 22 unitary authorities

    Blaenau Gwent
    Bridgend (Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr)
    Caerphilly (Caerffili)
    Cardiff (Caerdydd)
    Carmarthenshire (Sir Gaerfyrddin)
    Ceredigion
    Conwy
    Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych)
    Flintshire (Sir y Fflint)
    Gwynedd
    Isle of Anglesey (Ynys Môn)
    Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful)
    Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy)
    Neath Port Talbot (Castell-nedd Port Talbot)
    Newport (Casnewydd)
    Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro)
    Powys
    Rhondda Cynon Taf
    Swansea (Abertawe)
    Torfaen (Tor-faen)
    Vale of Glamorgan (Bro Morgannwg)
    Wrexham (Wrecsam)

  42. imaker
    21 April, 2011 at 4:15 pm

    Thanks for the thought Noel.
    Most of those in the list are already included in the main counties list but I’m not quite sure if the missing few are used as counties in postal addresses so i haven’t added them.

  43. Siv
    10 May, 2011 at 8:43 pm

    Many thanks for creating this list, saved a lot of hunting around on the post office website to get it.

    Siv

  44. Wendy Charles-Warner
    30 May, 2011 at 3:38 pm

    Spot on. The internet is full of sites listing the states of the USA but not the UK Counties. Someone asked me if I could name the States of the USA. Personally, as a UK citizen I would have thought we should be able to list the UK counties more readily. With your kind assistance I soon will be able to.

  45. James Ferguson
    18 August, 2011 at 10:37 am

    Thanks for the list – just what I wanted – perfect – no fuss service.

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