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See List of non-metropolitan counties of England by area for a list that does not include metropolitan counties or unitary authorities.

This is a List of Ceremonial counties of England by Area.

Rank	County	Area km²	Area sq mi
1	North Yorkshire	8,654	3,340
2	Lincolnshire	6,959	2,686
3	Cumbria	6,768	2,612
4	Devon	6,707	2,589
5	Norfolk	5,371	2,073
6	Northumberland	5,013	1,935
7	Somerset	4,171	1,610
8	Suffolk	3,801	1,467
9	Hampshire	3,769	1,455
10	Kent	3,736	1,442
11	Essex	3,670	1,417
12	Cornwall	3,563	1,375
13	Shropshire†	3,487	1,346
14	Wiltshire	3,485	1,345
15	Cambridgeshire	3,389	1,308
16	Gloucestershire	3,150	1,216
17	Lancashire	3,075	1,187
18	Staffordshire	2,713	1,047
19	County Durham	2,676	1,033
20	Dorset	2,653	1,024
21	Derbyshire	2,625	1,013
22	Oxfordshire	2,605	1,006
23	East Riding of Yorkshire	2,479	957
24	Northamptonshire	2,364	913
25	Cheshire	2,343	904
26	Herefordshire	2,180	841
27	Nottinghamshire	2,160	834
28	Leicestershire	2,156	832
29	West Yorkshire	2,029	783
30	West Sussex	1,991	769
31	Warwickshire	1,975	762
32	Buckinghamshire	1,874	723
33	East Sussex	1,792	692
34	Worcestershire	1,741	672
35	Surrey	1,663	642
36	Hertfordshire	1,643	634
37	Greater London	1,577	609
38	South Yorkshire	1,552	599
39	Greater Manchester	1,276	493
40	Berkshire	1,262	487
41	Bedfordshire	1,235	477
42	West Midlands	902	348
43	Merseyside	645	249
44	Tyne and Wear	540	208
45	Rutland	382	147.5
46	Isle of Wight	380	146.7
47	Bristol	110	42
48	City of London	2.6	1.0

†Shropshire is the largest county without a coastline

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Area measurement of land area only (to mean high water mark and excluding inland water features larger than 1km²). Office for National Statistics, UK Standard Area Measurements (SAM) as at 31/12/05, published July 2007 [1]. Consult the main article for a definition of the areas included in each county.

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