^C2 Also a ceremonial county covering a larger area.
^C3 Cumbria, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Warwickshire, West Sussex and Worcestershire occupy the same area as the ceremonial county; Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, East Sussex, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Somerset and Staffordshire are larger for ceremonial purposes, being combined with one or more unitary authorities.
^D1 Metropolitan (36); non-metropolitan two-tier (201); unitary authority (55); London borough (32); sui generis (2).
^NC Berkshire has no county council and the districts function as unitary authorities.
