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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] |
| 1 |
North Yorkshire |
8,038 |
| 2 |
Cumbria |
6,768 |
| 3 |
Devon |
6,564 |
| 4 |
Lincolnshire |
5,921 |
| 5 |
Norfolk |
5,371 |
| 6 |
Suffolk |
3,801 |
| 7 |
Hampshire |
3,679 |
| 8 |
Kent |
3,544 |
| 9 |
Essex |
3,465 |
| 10 |
Somerset |
3,451 |
| 11 |
Cambridgeshire |
3,046 |
| 12 |
Lancashire |
2,903 |
| 13 |
Gloucestershire |
2,653 |
| 14 |
Staffordshire |
2,620 |
| 15 |
Oxfordshire |
2,605 |
| 16 |
Derbyshire |
2,547 |
| 17 |
Dorset |
2,542 |
| 18 |
Northamptonshire |
2,364 |
| 19 |
Nottinghamshire |
2,085 |
| 20 |
Leicestershire |
2,083 |
| 21 |
West Sussex |
1,991 |
| 22 |
Warwickshire |
1,975 |
| 23 |
Worcestershire |
1,741 |
| 24 |
East Sussex |
1,709 |
| 25 |
Surrey |
1,663 |
| 26 |
Hertfordshire |
1,643 |
| 27 |
Buckinghamshire |
1,565 |
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