London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

Bins, council tax and planning, and what the council covers

London Borough of Richmond upon Thames is the one council for Richmond upon Thames: there is no county council above it, so it runs bins, council tax and planning, and schools, roads and social care. ONS places 4,390 postcodes in use in Richmond upon Thames, in 16 postcode districts across 3 postcode areas.

91% of homes and businesses in Richmond upon Thames can get gigabit broadband, Ofcom says. The Environment Agency puts 2,432 homes and businesses in Richmond upon Thames in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

Its own pages listed
26
Postcodes in use
4,390
Postcode districts
16
Towns and villages
4

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Its website

London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

richmond.gov.uk

Name and website as GOV.UK gives them.

Do it on London Borough of Richmond upon Thames's own website

Each link goes straight to the page on the council's own website for that task. We opened every one on 14 October 2026.

Bins and recycling

Council tax

Planning and building

Housing

Roads and parking

Report a problem

Schools

Care, support and libraries

Councillors, voting and complaints

The pages are the ones GOV.UK lists for London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. GOV.UK lists 27. When we opened them on 14 October 2026, 1 page did not open for us. We left it out rather than send you to a page we could not see. If one has moved since, tell us.

What broadband can you get in Richmond upon Thames?

Across Richmond upon Thames, 91% of homes and businesses can get gigabit broadband and 70% full fibre, Ofcom says.

Full fibre70% can get it
Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)91% can get it
Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)99% can get it
Cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s)Under 1%

For one street, look up its postcode: each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much is council tax in Richmond upon Thames?

Band D for 2026‑27: £2,486 a year

Every other band is a fixed share of Band D, set in law. Band A is two thirds of it; band H is twice it.

BandA year
Band A£1,657
Band B£1,934
Band C£2,210
Band D£2,486
Band E£3,039
Band F£3,591
Band G£4,144
Band H£4,972

Band D is the average across the area, including the county council, police, fire and combined authority charges, and parish or town council charges, so a home's own bill can be a little different. Bands other than D are worked out by us from Band D and rounded to the pound. A home's bill also takes off any discount, such as 25% for one adult living alone.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How many homes in Richmond upon Thames are at risk of flooding?

Across Richmond upon Thames, the Environment Agency puts 2,432 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1,009 postcodes with any property at risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 1,009 postcodes High: 1,676Medium: 756Low: 6,214Very low: 8,594

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them. It leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Surface water

In Richmond upon Thames the Environment Agency counts 2,296 properties at high risk of flooding from surface water (2.4% of all its properties), 3,423 at medium risk (3.6%) and 12,996 at low risk (13.7%). Surface water is rain that cannot drain away fast enough.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Postcode districts with postcodes in Richmond upon Thames

Counted from the ONS Postcode Directory. A postcode district is drawn for sorting post, so many cross a council's edge.

Its postcode areas

KT postcode area: Kingston upon Thames, postcodes in use here:107 of 14,273SW postcode area: South West London, postcodes in use here:756 of 20,109TW postcode area: Twickenham, postcodes in use here:3,527 of 11,122

Beside each area: how many of its postcodes in use are in Richmond upon Thames.

Towns and villages

Richmond upon ThamesHounslowKingston upon ThamesWandsworth

ONS names London's built-up areas after its boroughs, so a neighbouring borough's name is here where its built-up area crosses into Richmond upon Thames.

Is an address in Richmond upon Thames?

A council's edge does not follow postcodes exactly. Check the postcode.

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What Richmond upon Thames covers: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Its name, website and own pages: GOV.UK, Local authority services, downloaded 14 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0; every link opened on 14 October 2026. See all our data sources

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