List of non-metropolitan counties of England by area

This is a list of non-metropolitan counties of England by area.

It includes those non-metropolitan counties (also known as shire counties) with a two-tier county council structure and does not include metropolitan counties or unitary authorities.

In cases where a unitary authority has been detached from a shire county the area of the unitary authority is excluded. For example, the area of Luton is excluded from the area for Bedfordshire.

Rank	County	Area km²
1	North Yorkshire	8,038
2	Cumbria	6,768
3	Devon	6,564
4	Lincolnshire	5,921
5	Norfolk	5,371
6	Northumberland	5,013
7	Suffolk	3,801
8	Hampshire	3,679
9	Cornwall	3,547
10	Kent	3,544
11	Essex	3,465
12	Somerset	3,451
13	Wiltshire	3,255
14	Shropshire	3,197
15	Cambridgeshire	3,046
16	Lancashire	2,903
17	Gloucestershire	2,653
18	Staffordshire	2,620
19	Oxfordshire	2,605
20	Derbyshire	2,547
21	Dorset	2,542
22	Northamptonshire	2,364
23	County Durham	2,226
24	Nottinghamshire	2,085
25	Cheshire	2,083
26	Leicestershire	2,083
27	West Sussex	1,991
28	Warwickshire	1,975
29	Worcestershire	1,741
30	East Sussex	1,709
31	Surrey	1,663
32	Hertfordshire	1,643
33	Buckinghamshire	1,565
34	Bedfordshire	1,192

See also