How many NHS dentists are taking new patients in England?

On 31 Oct 2026, 1,781 of the 5,847 NHS dental practices listed on the NHS website (30%) said they were taking new adult NHS patients, and 2,540 (43%) were taking children. 75 more take only adults entitled to free NHS dental care.

Which areas have the fewest NHS dentists taking new adult patients?

In 67 of the 527 constituencies we rank, not one listed practice says it takes new adult NHS patients. The table above lists the 40 with the lowest share, worst first.

How often are these numbers updated?

We read every practice's status on the NHS website's Find a dentist service once an hour, and this page recalculates every 15 minutes.

Where do the numbers come from?

From what each practice tells the NHS website. Practices update it themselves, so a status can be weeks old: always phone the practice to check.

Can I use these numbers?

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England · live from the NHS website · updated 31 Oct 2026

NHS dentist access in England, live

Of the 5,847 NHS dental practices in England listed on the NHS website, 1,781 (30%) say they are taking new adult NHS patients and 2,540 (43%) take children. 1,274 (22%) haven't said either way.

Updated 31 Oct 2026, 00:30 UK time · read hourly from the NHS website · independent, not the NHS

30%of practices take new adult NHS patients (1,781 of 5,847)

43%take new child NHS patients (2,540)

22%haven't said whether they take new NHS patients (1,274)

By region

Share of listed practices taking new NHS patients, lowest adult share first
Area	Listed	Adults	Children
Yorkshire and The Humber	572	89 16%	181 32%
North East	260	42 16%	86 33%
South West	521	87 17%	118 23%
South East	972	235 24%	363 37%
East Midlands	427	110 26%	176 41%
North West	800	213 27%	325 41%
East of England	608	166 27%	267 44%
London	1,046	472 45%	588 56%
West Midlands	618	359 58%	425 69%

The 40 constituencies with the least access for adults

Parliamentary constituencies (2024 boundaries) ranked by the share of practices taking new adult NHS patients; 1 = worst. Only constituencies with 5+ listed practices are ranked.
#	Area	Listed	Children
1	Darlington	13	0 0%
2	Liverpool West Derby	12	0 0%
3	North Cornwall	12	0 0%
4	North Somerset	12	0 0%
5	City of Durham	11	0 0%
6	Reading West and Mid Berkshire	11	0 0%
7	Poole	10	0 0%
8	Rutland and Stamford	9	0 0%
9	Glastonbury and Somerton	8	0 0%
10	Shipley	7	0 0%
11	Waveney Valley	6	0 0%
12	East Hampshire	5	0 0%
13	Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor	5	0 0%
14	North East Cambridgeshire	5	0 0%
15	Pendle and Clitheroe	19	1 5%
16	Calder Valley	13	1 8%
17	Bristol Central	12	1 8%
18	Lincoln	12	1 8%
19	Burnley	11	1 9%
20	Wirral West	11	1 9%
21	Carlisle	10	1 10%
22	Reigate	10	1 10%
23	South Ribble	10	1 10%
24	York Outer	10	1 10%
25	Halifax	9	1 11%
26	South Cambridgeshire	9	1 11%
27	Norwich South	17	2 12%
28	Blackpool South	8	1 13%
29	Colne Valley	8	1 13%
30	Tunbridge Wells	15	2 13%
31	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	7	1 14%
32	Earley and Woodley	7	1 14%
33	Middlesbrough and Thornaby East	7	1 14%
34	Milton Keynes Central	7	1 14%
35	Thornbury and Yate	7	1 14%
36	Leeds North West	13	2 15%
37	Spelthorne	13	2 15%
38	Stockton North	13	2 15%
39	North West Norfolk	6	1 17%
40	Ribble Valley	6	1 17%

All 543 constituencies, A to Z

Rank 1 = least adult access
#	Area	Listed	Adults	Children
273	Aldershot	11	3 27%	3 27%
363	Aldridge-Brownhills	10	4 40%	4 40%
183	Altrincham and Sale West	12	2 17%	4 33%
–	Amber Valley	4	1 25%	3 75%
257	Arundel and South Downs	12	3 25%	6 50%
498	Ashfield	6	4 67%	5 83%
73	Ashford	15	1 7%	3 20%
477	Ashton-under-Lyne	11	7 64%	8 73%
274	Aylesbury	11	3 27%	4 36%
452	Banbury	9	5 56%	6 67%
450	Barking	11	6 55%	9 82%
318	Barnsley North	16	5 31%	6 38%
410	Barnsley South	13	6 46%	7 54%
177	Barrow and Furness	6	1 17%	1 17%
424	Basildon and Billericay	14	7 50%	8 57%
447	Basingstoke	11	6 55%	6 55%
226	Bassetlaw	9	2 22%	2 22%
286	Bath	14	4 29%	5 36%
433	Battersea	12	6 50%	8 67%
432	Beaconsfield	14	7 50%	9 64%
170	Beckenham and Penge	13	2 15%	4 31%
220	Bedford	19	4 21%	6 32%
408	Bermondsey and Old Southwark	13	6 46%	6 46%
157	Bethnal Green and Stepney	15	2 13%	6 40%
140	Beverley and Holderness	8	1 13%	1 13%
297	Bexhill and Battle	10	3 30%	3 30%
474	Bexleyheath and Crayford	11	7 64%	7 64%
143	Bicester and Woodstock	8	1 13%	2 25%
275	Birkenhead	11	3 27%	5 45%
468	Birmingham Edgbaston	13	8 62%	8 62%
511	Birmingham Erdington	9	7 78%	9 100%
353	Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley	16	6 38%	9 56%
525	Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North	13	12 92%	12 92%
503	Birmingham Ladywood	17	12 71%	13 76%
514	Birmingham Northfield	11	9 82%	9 82%
517	Birmingham Perry Barr	14	12 86%	13 93%
453	Birmingham Selly Oak	9	5 56%	6 67%
471	Birmingham Yardley	13	8 62%	9 69%
61	Bishop Auckland	7	0 0%	3 43%
77	Blackburn	13	1 8%	4 31%
448	Blackley and Middleton South	11	6 55%	7 64%
–	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	4	0 0%	0 0%
28	Blackpool South	8	0 0%	1 13%
370	Blaydon and Consett	10	4 40%	5 50%
371	Blyth and Ashington	10	4 40%	5 50%
88	Bognor Regis and Littlehampton	11	1 9%	2 18%
512	Bolsover	5	4 80%	4 80%
497	Bolton North East	12	8 67%	10 83%
250	Bolton South and Walkden	12	3 25%	4 33%
385	Bolton West	7	3 43%	3 43%
173	Bootle	13	2 15%	5 38%
253	Boston and Skegness	8	2 25%	3 38%
228	Bournemouth East	9	2 22%	3 33%
205	Bournemouth West	15	3 20%	4 27%
206	Bracknell	15	3 20%	4 27%
156	Bradford East	15	2 13%	4 27%
185	Bradford South	6	1 17%	2 33%
69	Bradford West	17	1 6%	1 6%
115	Braintree	10	1 10%	4 40%
390	Brent East	14	6 43%	7 50%
416	Brent West	23	11 48%	14 61%
330	Brentford and Isleworth	15	5 33%	7 47%
254	Brentwood and Ongar	8	2 25%	3 38%
104	Bridgwater	10	1 10%	2 20%
55	Bridlington and The Wolds	9	0 0%	3 33%
62	Brigg and Immingham	7	0 0%	3 43%
342	Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven	11	4 36%	5 45%
72	Brighton Pavilion	15	1 7%	2 13%
17	Bristol Central	12	0 0%	1 8%
321	Bristol East	6	2 33%	2 33%
367	Bristol North East	5	2 40%	2 40%
176	Bristol North West	12	2 17%	2 17%
386	Bristol South	7	3 43%	3 43%
214	Broadland and Fakenham	5	1 20%	2 40%
237	Bromley and Biggin Hill	13	3 23%	6 46%
358	Bromsgrove	13	5 38%	6 46%
293	Broxbourne	14	4 29%	8 57%
294	Broxtowe	7	2 29%	4 57%
227	Buckingham and Bletchley	9	2 22%	2 22%
19	Burnley	11	0 0%	1 9%
356	Burton and Uttoxeter	13	5 38%	5 38%
418	Bury North	12	6 50%	6 50%
425	Bury South	12	6 50%	7 58%
259	Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket	8	2 25%	4 50%
16	Calder Valley	13	0 0%	1 8%
281	Camborne and Redruth	7	2 29%	2 29%
354	Cambridge	16	6 38%	9 56%
444	Cannock Chase	10	5 50%	9 90%
64	Canterbury	9	0 0%	4 44%
21	Carlisle	10	0 0%	1 10%
221	Carshalton and Wallington	14	3 21%	3 21%
456	Castle Point	9	5 56%	7 78%
322	Central Devon	6	2 33%	2 33%
31	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich	7	0 0%	1 14%
–	Chatham and Aylesford	4	1 25%	2 50%
409	Cheadle	13	6 46%	6 46%
522	Chelmsford	10	9 90%	10 100%
478	Chelsea and Fulham	11	7 64%	8 73%
122	Cheltenham	9	1 11%	1 11%
190	Chesham and Amersham	18	3 17%	7 39%
269	Chester North and Neston	15	4 27%	7 47%
66	Chester South and Eddisbury	7	0 0%	4 57%
331	Chesterfield	12	4 33%	6 50%
105	Chichester	10	1 10%	2 20%
123	Chingford and Woodford Green	9	1 11%	1 11%
213	Chippenham	10	2 20%	4 40%
438	Chipping Barnet	10	5 50%	7 70%
60	Chorley	10	0 0%	4 40%
178	Christchurch	6	1 17%	1 17%
449	Cities of London and Westminster	22	12 55%	15 68%
5	City of Durham	11	0 0%	0 0%
132	Clacton	9	1 11%	3 33%
507	Clapham and Brixton Hill	11	8 73%	9 82%
175	Colchester	19	3 16%	8 42%
29	Colne Valley	8	0 0%	1 13%
118	Congleton	10	1 10%	5 50%
158	Corby and East Northamptonshire	7	1 14%	1 14%
523	Coventry East	10	9 90%	10 100%
454	Coventry North West	9	5 56%	6 67%
475	Coventry South	11	7 64%	7 64%
204	Cramlington and Killingworth	5	1 20%	1 20%
163	Crawley	14	2 14%	3 21%
68	Crewe and Nantwich	18	1 6%	2 11%
469	Croydon East	13	8 62%	8 62%
414	Croydon South	15	7 47%	10 67%
491	Croydon West	15	10 67%	11 73%
495	Dagenham and Rainham	9	6 67%	7 78%
1	Darlington	13	0 0%	0 0%
239	Dartford	13	3 23%	9 69%
215	Daventry	5	1 20%	2 40%
116	Derby North	10	1 10%	4 40%
412	Derby South	13	6 46%	8 62%
159	Derbyshire Dales	7	1 14%	1 14%
41	Dewsbury and Batley	11	0 0%	2 18%
343	Didcot and Wantage	11	4 36%	5 45%
279	Doncaster Central	18	5 28%	7 39%
42	Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme	11	0 0%	2 18%
234	Doncaster North	13	3 23%	4 31%
149	Dorking and Horley	8	1 13%	3 38%
376	Dover and Deal	5	2 40%	3 60%
168	Droitwich and Evesham	7	1 14%	4 57%
527	Dudley	11	11 100%	11 100%
317	Dulwich and West Norwood	16	5 31%	5 31%
164	Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard	14	2 14%	6 43%
337	Ealing Central and Acton	15	5 33%	8 53%
487	Ealing North	15	10 67%	10 67%
265	Ealing Southall	15	4 27%	5 33%
32	Earley and Woodley	7	0 0%	1 14%
58	Easington	6	0 0%	2 33%
194	East Grinstead and Uckfield	11	2 18%	3 27%
101	East Ham	10	1 10%	1 10%
12	East Hampshire	5	0 0%	0 0%
184	East Surrey	12	2 17%	4 33%
488	East Thanet	6	4 67%	4 67%
84	East Wiltshire	12	1 8%	3 25%
395	East Worthing and Shoreham	9	4 44%	4 44%
298	Eastbourne	10	3 30%	3 30%
436	Eastleigh	6	3 50%	4 67%
236	Edmonton and Winchmore Hill	13	3 23%	5 38%
67	Ellesmere Port and Bromborough	7	0 0%	4 57%
504	Eltham and Chislehurst	14	10 71%	12 86%
216	Ely and East Cambridgeshire	5	1 20%	2 40%
392	Enfield North	7	3 43%	6 86%
382	Epping Forest	12	5 42%	7 58%
252	Epsom and Ewell	16	4 25%	6 38%
255	Erewash	8	2 25%	3 38%
344	Erith and Thamesmead	11	4 36%	6 55%
315	Esher and Walton	13	4 31%	8 62%
299	Exeter	10	3 30%	3 30%
179	Exmouth and Exeter East	6	1 17%	1 17%
79	Fareham and Waterlooville	12	1 8%	1 8%
52	Farnham and Bordon	8	0 0%	2 25%
127	Faversham and Mid Kent	9	1 11%	2 22%
484	Feltham and Heston	17	11 65%	13 76%
141	Filton and Bradley Stoke	8	1 13%	1 13%
182	Finchley and Golders Green	18	3 17%	6 33%
302	Folkestone and Hythe	10	3 30%	4 40%
347	Forest of Dean	8	3 38%	3 38%
323	Frome and East Somerset	6	2 33%	2 33%
102	Fylde	10	1 10%	1 10%
–	Gainsborough	4	0 0%	2 50%
289	Gateshead Central and Whickham	14	4 29%	6 43%
411	Gedling	13	6 46%	7 54%
305	Gillingham and Rainham	10	3 30%	5 50%
9	Glastonbury and Somerton	8	0 0%	0 0%
332	Gloucester	12	4 33%	6 50%
74	Godalming and Ash	14	1 7%	3 21%
262	Goole and Pocklington	8	2 25%	5 63%
481	Gorton and Denton	14	9 64%	10 71%
263	Gosport	8	2 25%	5 63%
–	Grantham and Bourne	4	0 0%	1 25%
441	Gravesham	12	6 50%	9 75%
198	Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes	11	2 18%	6 55%
89	Great Yarmouth	11	1 9%	2 18%
482	Greenwich and Woolwich	14	9 64%	10 71%
280	Guildford	14	4 29%	4 29%
374	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	10	4 40%	6 60%
312	Hackney South and Shoreditch	13	4 31%	6 46%
516	Halesowen	11	9 82%	10 91%
25	Halifax	9	0 0%	1 11%
256	Hamble Valley	8	2 25%	3 38%
485	Hammersmith and Chiswick	20	13 65%	14 70%
470	Hampstead and Highgate	13	8 62%	8 62%
85	Harborough, Oadby and Wigston	12	1 8%	3 25%
421	Harlow	10	5 50%	5 50%
369	Harpenden and Berkhamsted	15	6 40%	7 47%
106	Harrogate and Knaresborough	10	1 10%	2 20%
415	Harrow East	17	8 47%	10 59%
463	Harrow West	17	10 59%	12 71%
48	Hartlepool	9	0 0%	2 22%
327	Harwich and North Essex	9	3 33%	4 44%
271	Hastings and Rye	15	4 27%	8 53%
81	Havant	12	1 8%	2 17%
295	Hayes and Harlington	7	2 29%	4 57%
378	Hazel Grove	12	5 42%	6 50%
71	Hemel Hempstead	16	1 6%	4 25%
398	Hendon	18	8 44%	10 56%
238	Henley and Thame	13	3 23%	7 54%
515	Hereford and South Herefordshire	11	9 82%	9 82%
241	Herne Bay and Sandwich	8	2 25%	2 25%
229	Hertford and Stortford	9	2 22%	4 44%
264	Hertsmere	19	5 26%	9 47%
171	Hexham	13	2 15%	4 31%
287	Heywood and Middleton North	14	4 29%	5 36%
133	High Peak	9	1 11%	3 33%
430	Hinckley and Bosworth	8	4 50%	5 63%
109	Hitchin	10	1 10%	3 30%
445	Holborn and St Pancras	25	13 52%	14 56%
103	Honiton and Sidmouth	10	1 10%	1 10%
379	Hornchurch and Upminster	12	5 42%	6 50%
310	Hornsey and Friern Barnet	23	7 30%	8 35%
240	Horsham	12	3 25%	3 25%
219	Houghton and Sunderland South	5	1 20%	4 80%
288	Hove and Portslade	14	4 29%	5 36%
121	Huddersfield	19	2 11%	8 42%
207	Huntingdon	10	2 20%	3 30%
82	Hyndburn	12	1 8%	2 17%
394	Ilford North	16	7 44%	9 56%
338	Ilford South	15	5 33%	8 53%
319	Ipswich	16	5 31%	11 69%
282	Isle of Wight East	7	2 29%	2 29%
–	Isle of Wight West	3	0 0%	0 0%
476	Islington North	11	7 64%	7 64%
403	Islington South and Finsbury	11	5 45%	6 55%
144	Jarrow and Gateshead East	8	1 13%	2 25%
107	Keighley and Ilkley	10	1 10%	2 20%
283	Kenilworth and Southam	7	2 29%	2 29%
510	Kensington and Bayswater	22	17 77%	18 82%
124	Kettering	9	1 11%	1 11%
320	Kingston and Surbiton	19	6 32%	7 37%
186	Kingston upon Hull East	6	1 17%	2 33%
187	Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham	6	1 17%	2 33%
120	Kingston upon Hull West and Haltemprice	19	2 11%	7 37%
462	Kingswinford and South Staffordshire	12	7 58%	10 83%
96	Knowsley	11	1 9%	4 36%
128	Lancaster and Wyre	9	1 11%	2 22%
303	Leeds Central and Headingley	10	3 30%	4 40%
110	Leeds East	10	1 10%	3 30%
86	Leeds North East	12	1 8%	3 25%
36	Leeds North West	13	0 0%	2 15%
75	Leeds South	14	1 7%	4 29%
160	Leeds South West and Morley	7	1 14%	1 14%
208	Leeds West and Pudsey	10	2 20%	3 30%
174	Leicester East	13	2 15%	6 46%
346	Leicester South	19	7 37%	9 47%
142	Leicester West	16	2 13%	4 25%
455	Leigh and Atherton	9	5 56%	6 67%
270	Lewes	15	4 27%	7 47%
500	Lewisham East	16	11 69%	11 69%
464	Lewisham North	10	6 60%	6 60%
509	Lewisham West and East Dulwich	13	10 77%	10 77%
393	Leyton and Wanstead	16	7 44%	7 44%
467	Lichfield	10	6 60%	8 80%
18	Lincoln	12	0 0%	1 8%
375	Liverpool Garston	10	4 40%	6 60%
442	Liverpool Riverside	6	3 50%	5 83%
138	Liverpool Walton	9	1 11%	5 56%
223	Liverpool Wavertree	14	3 21%	4 29%
2	Liverpool West Derby	12	0 0%	0 0%
276	Loughborough	11	3 27%	5 45%
399	Louth and Horncastle	9	4 44%	6 67%
139	Lowestoft	9	1 11%	6 67%
53	Luton North	8	0 0%	2 25%
443	Luton South and South Bedfordshire	6	3 50%	5 83%
361	Macclesfield	18	7 39%	9 50%
328	Maidenhead	9	3 33%	4 44%
90	Maidstone and Malling	11	1 9%	2 18%
473	Makerfield	8	5 63%	7 88%
400	Maldon	11	5 45%	5 45%
483	Manchester Central	14	9 64%	12 86%
480	Manchester Rusholme	11	7 64%	9 82%
362	Manchester Withington	15	6 40%	6 40%
451	Mansfield	9	5 56%	5 56%
111	Melksham and Devizes	10	1 10%	3 30%
165	Melton and Syston	7	1 14%	3 43%
472	Meriden and Solihull East	13	8 62%	9 69%
387	Mid Bedfordshire	7	3 43%	3 43%
–	Mid Buckinghamshire	4	1 25%	1 25%
209	Mid Cheshire	10	2 20%	3 30%
145	Mid Derbyshire	8	1 13%	2 25%
49	Mid Dorset and North Poole	9	0 0%	2 22%
388	Mid Leicestershire	7	3 43%	3 43%
–	Mid Norfolk	3	0 0%	0 0%
117	Mid Sussex	10	1 10%	4 40%
33	Middlesbrough and Thornaby East	7	0 0%	1 14%
134	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	9	1 11%	3 33%
34	Milton Keynes Central	7	0 0%	1 14%
180	Milton Keynes North	6	1 17%	1 17%
406	Mitcham and Morden	11	5 45%	7 64%
192	Morecambe and Lunesdale	11	2 18%	2 18%
94	New Forest East	11	1 9%	3 27%
135	New Forest West	9	1 11%	3 33%
129	Newark	9	1 11%	2 22%
251	Newbury	12	3 25%	4 33%
201	Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West	15	3 20%	3 20%
439	Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend	10	5 50%	7 70%
200	Newcastle upon Tyne North	16	3 19%	6 38%
479	Newcastle-under-Lyme	11	7 64%	8 73%
161	Newton Abbot	7	1 14%	1 14%
13	Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor	5	0 0%	0 0%
54	Normanton and Hemsworth	10	0 0%	3 30%
217	North Bedfordshire	5	1 20%	2 40%
3	North Cornwall	12	0 0%	0 0%
–	North Cotswolds	3	0 0%	1 33%
242	North Devon	8	2 25%	2 25%
364	North Dorset	10	4 40%	4 40%
150	North Durham	8	1 13%	3 38%
14	North East Cambridgeshire	5	0 0%	0 0%
243	North East Derbyshire	8	2 25%	2 25%
87	North East Hampshire	12	1 8%	5 42%
401	North East Hertfordshire	11	5 45%	5 45%
100	North East Somerset and Hanham	10	1 10%	0 0%
–	North Herefordshire	3	1 33%	1 33%
151	North Norfolk	8	1 13%	3 38%
196	North Northumberland	11	2 18%	4 36%
391	North Shropshire	14	6 43%	8 57%
4	North Somerset	12	0 0%	0 0%
513	North Warwickshire and Bedworth	10	8 80%	9 90%
166	North West Cambridgeshire	7	1 14%	3 43%
162	North West Essex	7	1 14%	1 14%
348	North West Hampshire	8	3 38%	3 38%
431	North West Leicestershire	8	4 50%	5 63%
39	North West Norfolk	6	0 0%	1 17%
70	Northampton North	16	1 6%	3 19%
63	Northampton South	7	0 0%	3 43%
136	Norwich North	9	1 11%	3 33%
27	Norwich South	17	0 0%	2 12%
360	Nottingham East	18	7 39%	8 44%
426	Nottingham North and Kimberley	10	5 50%	6 60%
345	Nottingham South	11	4 36%	6 55%
518	Nuneaton	7	6 86%	7 100%
383	Old Bexley and Sidcup	12	5 42%	7 58%
373	Oldham East and Saddleworth	15	6 40%	8 53%
333	Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton	12	4 33%	6 50%
191	Orpington	12	2 17%	5 42%
50	Ossett and Denby Dale	9	0 0%	2 22%
357	Oxford East	13	5 38%	5 38%
233	Oxford West and Abingdon	13	3 23%	3 23%
521	Peckham	10	9 90%	9 90%
15	Pendle and Clitheroe	19	0 0%	1 5%
423	Penistone and Stocksbridge	6	3 50%	3 50%
181	Penrith and Solway	12	2 17%	3 25%
43	Peterborough	10	0 0%	2 20%
368	Plymouth Moor View	5	2 40%	2 40%
108	Plymouth Sutton and Devonport	10	1 10%	2 20%
210	Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley	10	2 20%	3 30%
7	Poole	10	0 0%	0 0%
98	Poplar and Limehouse	11	1 9%	5 45%
235	Portsmouth North	13	3 23%	4 31%
389	Portsmouth South	7	3 43%	3 43%
44	Preston	10	0 0%	2 20%
380	Putney	12	5 42%	6 50%
486	Queen's Park and Maida Vale	20	13 65%	15 75%
349	Rawmarsh and Conisbrough	8	3 38%	3 38%
489	Rayleigh and Wickford	6	4 67%	4 67%
203	Reading Central	10	2 20%	2 20%
6	Reading West and Mid Berkshire	11	0 0%	0 0%
65	Redcar	9	0 0%	5 56%
440	Redditch	10	5 50%	7 70%
22	Reigate	10	0 0%	1 10%
40	Ribble Valley	6	0 0%	1 17%
59	Richmond and Northallerton	14	0 0%	5 36%
460	Richmond Park	12	7 58%	7 58%
372	Rochdale	10	4 40%	5 50%
272	Rochester and Strood	15	4 27%	8 53%
291	Romford	7	2 29%	3 43%
244	Romsey and Southampton North	8	2 25%	2 25%
154	Rossendale and Darwen	8	1 13%	4 50%
496	Rother Valley	9	6 67%	7 78%
199	Rotherham	16	3 19%	4 25%
427	Rugby	10	5 50%	6 60%
311	Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner	23	7 30%	11 48%
245	Runcorn and Helsby	8	2 25%	2 25%
359	Runnymede and Weybridge	13	5 38%	7 54%
78	Rushcliffe	13	1 8%	5 38%
8	Rutland and Stamford	9	0 0%	0 0%
413	Salford	13	6 46%	11 85%
195	Salisbury	11	2 18%	3 27%
91	Scarborough and Whitby	11	1 9%	2 18%
137	Scunthorpe	9	1 11%	4 44%
92	Sefton Central	11	1 9%	2 18%
45	Selby	5	0 0%	1 20%
95	Sevenoaks	11	1 9%	3 27%
381	Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough	12	5 42%	6 50%
313	Sheffield Central	13	4 31%	6 46%
300	Sheffield Hallam	10	3 30%	3 30%
197	Sheffield Heeley	11	2 18%	4 36%
422	Sheffield South East	10	5 50%	5 50%
466	Sherwood Forest	5	3 60%	3 60%
10	Shipley	7	0 0%	0 0%
266	Shrewsbury	15	4 27%	6 40%
309	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	10	3 30%	7 70%
51	Skipton and Ripon	9	0 0%	2 22%
46	Sleaford and North Hykeham	5	0 0%	1 20%
384	Slough	12	5 42%	10 83%
492	Smethwick	15	10 67%	11 73%
437	Solihull West and Shirley	6	3 50%	4 67%
428	South Basildon and East Thurrock	10	5 50%	6 60%
26	South Cambridgeshire	9	0 0%	1 11%
169	South Cotswolds	13	2 15%	3 23%
284	South Derbyshire	7	2 29%	2 29%
246	South Devon	8	2 25%	2 25%
56	South Dorset	9	0 0%	3 33%
188	South East Cornwall	6	1 17%	2 33%
167	South Holland and The Deepings	7	1 14%	3 43%
339	South Leicestershire	9	3 33%	5 56%
–	South Norfolk	4	1 25%	1 25%
–	South Northamptonshire	2	0 0%	1 50%
23	South Ribble	10	0 0%	1 10%
341	South Shields	11	4 36%	4 36%
434	South Shropshire	12	6 50%	8 67%
231	South Suffolk	9	2 22%	5 56%
125	South West Devon	9	1 11%	1 11%
334	South West Hertfordshire	12	4 33%	6 50%
218	South West Norfolk	5	1 20%	2 40%
247	South West Wiltshire	8	2 25%	2 25%
402	Southampton Itchen	11	5 45%	5 45%
490	Southampton Test	6	4 67%	4 67%
404	Southend East and Rochford	11	5 45%	6 55%
396	Southend West and Leigh	9	4 44%	4 44%
377	Southgate and Wood Green	27	11 41%	15 56%
146	Southport	8	1 13%	2 25%
37	Spelthorne	13	0 0%	2 15%
232	Spen Valley	9	2 22%	7 78%
99	St Albans	11	1 9%	5 45%
285	St Austell and Newquay	7	2 29%	2 29%
119	St Helens North	10	1 10%	5 50%
112	St Helens South and Whiston	10	1 10%	3 30%
130	St Ives	9	1 11%	2 22%
230	St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire	9	2 22%	4 44%
419	Stafford	12	6 50%	6 50%
429	Staffordshire Moorlands	10	5 50%	6 60%
350	Stalybridge and Hyde	8	3 38%	3 38%
304	Stevenage	10	3 30%	4 40%
493	Stockport	12	8 67%	9 75%
38	Stockton North	13	0 0%	2 15%
351	Stockton West	8	3 38%	3 38%
502	Stoke-on-Trent Central	13	9 69%	9 69%
458	Stoke-on-Trent North	7	4 57%	6 86%
–	Stoke-on-Trent South	4	3 75%	3 75%
459	Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge	7	4 57%	6 86%
519	Stourbridge	16	14 88%	14 88%
365	Stratford and Bow	10	4 40%	4 40%
172	Stratford-on-Avon	13	2 15%	4 31%
501	Streatham and Croydon North	16	11 69%	13 81%
267	Stretford and Urmston	15	4 27%	6 40%
248	Stroud	8	2 25%	2 25%
260	Suffolk Coastal	8	2 25%	4 50%
147	Sunderland Central	8	1 13%	2 25%
290	Surrey Heath	14	4 29%	6 43%
314	Sussex Weald	13	4 31%	6 46%
225	Sutton and Cheam	14	3 21%	6 43%
335	Sutton Coldfield	12	4 33%	6 50%
189	Swindon North	6	1 17%	2 33%
57	Swindon South	9	0 0%	3 33%
499	Tamworth	6	4 67%	6 100%
76	Tatton	14	1 7%	5 36%
301	Taunton and Wellington	10	3 30%	3 30%
306	Telford	10	3 30%	5 50%
–	Tewkesbury	4	0 0%	0 0%
325	The Wrekin	15	5 33%	6 40%
131	Thirsk and Malton	9	1 11%	2 22%
35	Thornbury and Yate	7	0 0%	1 14%
494	Thurrock	12	8 67%	9 75%
526	Tipton and Wednesbury	12	12 100%	12 100%
126	Tiverton and Minehead	9	1 11%	1 11%
211	Tonbridge	10	2 20%	3 30%
420	Tooting	12	6 50%	6 50%
202	Torbay	15	3 20%	3 20%
193	Torridge and Tavistock	11	2 18%	2 18%
268	Tottenham	15	4 27%	6 40%
222	Truro and Falmouth	14	3 21%	3 21%
30	Tunbridge Wells	15	0 0%	2 13%
307	Twickenham	10	3 30%	5 50%
97	Tynemouth	11	1 9%	4 36%
258	Uxbridge and South Ruislip	12	3 25%	6 50%
508	Vauxhall and Camberwell Green	8	6 75%	6 75%
113	Wakefield and Rothwell	10	1 10%	3 30%
114	Wallasey	10	1 10%	3 30%
524	Walsall and Bloxwich	12	11 92%	12 100%
435	Walthamstow	12	6 50%	8 67%
355	Warrington North	8	3 38%	5 63%
277	Warrington South	11	3 27%	5 45%
316	Warwick and Leamington	13	4 31%	9 69%
155	Washington and Gateshead South	8	1 13%	5 63%
326	Watford	12	4 33%	5 42%
11	Waveney Valley	6	0 0%	0 0%
261	Weald of Kent	8	2 25%	4 50%
340	Wellingborough and Rushden	12	4 33%	9 75%
148	Wells and Mendip Hills	8	1 13%	2 25%
278	Welwyn Hatfield	11	3 27%	5 45%
520	West Bromwich	9	8 89%	9 100%
83	West Dorset	12	1 8%	2 17%
352	West Ham and Beckton	8	3 38%	4 50%
47	West Lancashire	14	0 0%	3 21%
308	West Suffolk	10	3 30%	5 50%
324	West Worcestershire	6	2 33%	2 33%
80	Westmorland and Lonsdale	12	1 8%	1 8%
–	Weston-super-Mare	4	0 0%	0 0%
152	Wetherby and Easingwold	8	1 13%	3 38%
–	Whitehaven and Workington	4	3 75%	3 75%
249	Widnes and Halewood	8	2 25%	2 25%
461	Wigan	12	7 58%	7 58%
292	Wimbledon	14	4 29%	7 50%
505	Winchester	7	5 71%	6 86%
296	Windsor	17	5 29%	8 47%
20	Wirral West	11	0 0%	1 9%
506	Witham	11	8 73%	8 73%
329	Witney	9	3 33%	4 44%
224	Woking	14	3 21%	5 36%
366	Wokingham	10	4 40%	4 40%
336	Wolverhampton North East	12	4 33%	6 50%
465	Wolverhampton South East	10	6 60%	6 60%
446	Wolverhampton West	13	7 54%	8 62%
397	Worcester	9	4 44%	4 44%
405	Worsley and Eccles	11	5 45%	6 55%
93	Worthing West	11	1 9%	2 18%
457	Wycombe	16	9 56%	10 63%
407	Wyre Forest	11	5 45%	7 64%
417	Wythenshawe and Sale East	14	7 50%	7 50%
212	Yeovil	10	2 20%	3 30%
153	York Central	8	1 13%	3 38%
24	York Outer	10	0 0%	1 10%

Council areas with the least access for adults

Council areas ranked the same way; 1 = worst. 5+ listed practices.
#	Area	Listed	Adults	Children
1	North Somerset	18	0 0%	0 0%
2	Darlington	14	0 0%	0 0%
3	Ribble Valley	7	0 0%	0 0%
4	Fenland	5	0 0%	0 0%
5	Rutland	5	0 0%	0 0%
6	Tewkesbury	5	0 0%	0 0%
7	Pendle	15	0 0%	1 7%
8	Lincoln	12	0 0%	1 8%
9	Calderdale	22	0 0%	2 9%
10	South Ribble	11	0 0%	1 9%
11	Wyre	11	0 0%	1 9%
12	Burnley	9	0 0%	1 11%
13	South Kesteven	9	0 0%	1 11%
14	Tunbridge Wells	16	0 0%	2 13%
15	Blackpool	8	0 0%	1 13%
16	East Hampshire	8	0 0%	1 13%
17	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	8	0 0%	1 13%
18	Spelthorne	13	0 0%	2 15%
19	North Kesteven	5	0 0%	1 20%
20	Reigate and Banstead	14	0 0%	3 21%
21	Hartlepool	9	0 0%	2 22%
22	Preston	13	0 0%	3 23%
23	Middlesbrough	8	0 0%	2 25%
24	West Lancashire	15	0 0%	4 27%
25	Chorley	11	0 0%	4 36%
26	Rossendale	5	0 0%	3 60%
27	County Durham	42	2 5%	9 21%
28	North Yorkshire	62	3 5%	16 26%
29	Norwich	19	1 5%	4 21%
30	York	18	1 6%	4 22%

All 296 council areas, A to Z

Rank 1 = least adult access
#	Area	Listed	Adults	Children
225	Adur	7	3 43%	3 43%
84	Amber Valley	7	1 14%	4 57%
33	Arun	15	1 7%	2 13%
274	Ashfield	8	5 63%	6 75%
34	Ashford	15	1 7%	4 27%
134	Babergh	9	2 22%	5 56%
255	Barking and Dagenham	19	10 53%	14 74%
198	Barnet	46	16 35%	23 50%
206	Barnsley	30	11 37%	13 43%
254	Basildon	21	11 52%	13 62%
236	Basingstoke and Deane	15	7 47%	8 53%
128	Bassetlaw	9	2 22%	2 22%
113	Bath and North East Somerset	25	5 20%	6 24%
109	Bedford	21	4 19%	6 29%
253	Bexley	25	13 52%	15 60%
277	Birmingham	122	79 65%	90 74%
209	Blaby	8	3 38%	5 63%
67	Blackburn with Darwen	17	2 12%	5 29%
15	Blackpool	8	0 0%	1 13%
288	Bolsover	5	4 80%	4 80%
242	Bolton	28	14 50%	17 61%
195	Boston	6	2 33%	3 50%
85	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	41	6 15%	9 22%
115	Bracknell Forest	15	3 20%	4 27%
49	Bradford	55	5 9%	9 16%
224	Braintree	19	8 42%	11 58%
101	Breckland	6	1 17%	2 33%
252	Brent	52	27 52%	31 60%
160	Brentwood	7	2 29%	3 43%
120	Brighton and Hove	38	8 21%	11 29%
112	Bristol, City of	40	8 20%	9 23%
61	Broadland	9	1 11%	3 33%
127	Bromley	41	9 22%	18 44%
214	Bromsgrove	13	5 38%	6 46%
180	Broxbourne	13	4 31%	7 54%
133	Broxtowe	9	2 22%	4 44%
203	Buckinghamshire	66	24 36%	32 48%
12	Burnley	9	0 0%	1 11%
233	Bury	22	10 45%	11 50%
9	Calderdale	22	0 0%	2 9%
208	Cambridge	16	6 38%	9 56%
256	Camden	36	19 53%	20 56%
249	Cannock Chase	10	5 50%	9 90%
42	Canterbury	13	1 8%	5 38%
261	Castle Point	9	5 56%	7 78%
132	Central Bedfordshire	27	6 22%	11 41%
154	Charnwood	18	5 28%	8 44%
286	Chelmsford	16	12 75%	13 81%
59	Cheltenham	9	1 11%	1 11%
221	Cherwell	12	5 42%	6 50%
100	Cheshire East	60	10 17%	20 33%
87	Cheshire West and Chester	40	6 15%	17 43%
177	Chesterfield	13	4 31%	6 46%
44	Chichester	12	1 8%	2 17%
25	Chorley	11	0 0%	4 36%
–	City of London	2	0 0%	1 50%
117	Colchester	25	5 20%	10 40%
96	Cornwall	54	9 17%	11 20%
46	Cotswold	12	1 8%	3 25%
27	County Durham	42	2 5%	9 21%
280	Coventry	30	21 70%	23 77%
79	Crawley	14	2 14%	3 21%
268	Croydon	50	30 60%	35 70%
106	Cumberland	22	4 18%	5 23%
45	Dacorum	24	2 8%	6 25%
2	Darlington	14	0 0%	0 0%
126	Dartford	14	3 21%	9 64%
166	Derby	27	8 30%	13 48%
78	Derbyshire Dales	7	1 14%	1 14%
135	Doncaster	44	10 23%	14 32%
74	Dorset	39	5 13%	10 26%
161	Dover	7	2 29%	3 43%
291	Dudley	40	36 90%	38 95%
217	Ealing	43	17 40%	21 49%
–	East Cambridgeshire	4	1 25%	2 50%
93	East Devon	12	2 17%	2 17%
16	East Hampshire	8	0 0%	1 13%
152	East Hertfordshire	11	3 27%	6 55%
204	East Lindsey	11	4 36%	6 55%
71	East Riding of Yorkshire	32	4 13%	11 34%
213	East Staffordshire	13	5 38%	5 38%
77	East Suffolk	22	3 14%	10 45%
168	Eastbourne	10	3 30%	3 30%
245	Eastleigh	10	5 50%	7 70%
183	Elmbridge	16	5 31%	9 56%
188	Enfield	37	12 32%	19 51%
215	Epping Forest	13	5 38%	7 54%
172	Epsom and Ewell	10	3 30%	5 50%
130	Erewash	9	2 22%	3 33%
150	Exeter	11	3 27%	3 27%
48	Fareham	11	1 9%	1 9%
4	Fenland	5	0 0%	0 0%
151	Folkestone and Hythe	11	3 27%	4 36%
207	Forest of Dean	8	3 38%	3 38%
70	Fylde	8	1 13%	1 13%
187	Gateshead	25	8 32%	13 52%
240	Gedling	14	7 50%	8 57%
194	Gloucester	12	4 33%	6 50%
163	Gosport	7	2 29%	5 71%
248	Gravesham	12	6 50%	9 75%
50	Great Yarmouth	11	1 9%	2 18%
266	Greenwich	34	20 59%	24 71%
140	Guildford	16	4 25%	4 25%
201	Hackney	28	10 36%	15 54%
129	Halton	9	2 22%	2 22%
279	Hammersmith and Fulham	25	17 68%	19 76%
116	Harborough	10	2 20%	3 30%
199	Haringey	48	17 35%	22 46%
239	Harlow	10	5 50%	5 50%
232	Harrow	36	16 44%	21 58%
47	Hart	12	1 8%	4 33%
21	Hartlepool	9	0 0%	2 22%
181	Hastings	13	4 31%	8 62%
32	Havant	16	1 6%	2 13%
234	Havering	22	10 45%	12 55%
281	Herefordshire, County of	14	10 71%	10 71%
164	Hertsmere	17	5 29%	9 53%
62	High Peak	9	1 11%	3 33%
174	Hillingdon	36	11 31%	19 53%
243	Hinckley and Bosworth	8	4 50%	5 63%
184	Horsham	19	6 32%	9 47%
251	Hounslow	37	19 51%	23 62%
104	Huntingdonshire	17	3 18%	6 35%
51	Hyndburn	11	1 9%	2 18%
155	Ipswich	18	5 28%	12 67%
110	Isle of Wight	10	2 20%	2 20%
–	Isles of Scilly	1	0 0%	0 0%
263	Islington	19	11 58%	11 58%
287	Kensington and Chelsea	18	14 78%	15 83%
17	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	8	0 0%	1 13%
72	Kingston upon Hull, City of	24	3 13%	9 38%
176	Kingston upon Thames	26	8 31%	10 38%
43	Kirklees	51	4 8%	20 39%
90	Knowsley	19	3 16%	6 32%
264	Lambeth	38	22 58%	24 63%
111	Lancaster	10	2 20%	2 20%
69	Leeds	83	10 12%	21 25%
137	Leicester	48	11 23%	19 40%
200	Lewes	14	5 36%	7 50%
283	Lewisham	34	25 74%	25 74%
270	Lichfield	10	6 60%	8 80%
8	Lincoln	12	0 0%	1 8%
139	Liverpool	47	11 23%	20 43%
125	Luton	14	3 21%	7 50%
91	Maidstone	19	3 16%	6 32%
189	Maldon	6	2 33%	2 33%
218	Malvern Hills	5	2 40%	2 40%
262	Manchester	63	36 57%	43 68%
258	Mansfield	9	5 56%	5 56%
162	Medway	28	8 29%	15 54%
–	Melton	4	0 0%	1 25%
220	Merton	22	9 41%	13 59%
142	Mid Devon	8	2 25%	2 25%
83	Mid Suffolk	7	1 14%	3 43%
105	Mid Sussex	17	3 18%	6 35%
23	Middlesbrough	8	0 0%	2 25%
56	Milton Keynes	19	2 11%	3 16%
107	Mole Valley	11	2 18%	3 27%
55	New Forest	20	2 10%	6 30%
131	Newark and Sherwood	9	2 22%	3 33%
173	Newcastle upon Tyne	36	11 31%	14 39%
247	Newcastle-under-Lyme	14	7 50%	10 71%
175	Newham	26	8 31%	9 35%
143	North Devon	8	2 25%	2 25%
157	North East Derbyshire	7	2 29%	2 29%
82	North East Lincolnshire	14	2 14%	6 43%
153	North Hertfordshire	18	5 28%	7 39%
19	North Kesteven	5	0 0%	1 20%
40	North Lincolnshire	15	1 7%	8 53%
63	North Norfolk	9	1 11%	3 33%
123	North Northamptonshire	28	6 21%	11 39%
1	North Somerset	18	0 0%	0 0%
81	North Tyneside	21	3 14%	8 38%
290	North Warwickshire	7	6 86%	7 100%
244	North West Leicestershire	8	4 50%	5 63%
28	North Yorkshire	62	3 5%	16 26%
119	Northumberland	34	7 21%	12 35%
29	Norwich	19	1 5%	4 21%
228	Nottingham	37	16 43%	20 54%
282	Nuneaton and Bedworth	11	8 73%	9 82%
102	Oadby and Wigston	6	1 17%	2 33%
229	Oldham	30	13 43%	17 57%
167	Oxford	20	6 30%	6 30%
7	Pendle	15	0 0%	1 7%
36	Peterborough	15	1 7%	5 33%
114	Plymouth	20	4 20%	5 25%
170	Portsmouth	20	6 30%	7 35%
22	Preston	13	0 0%	3 23%
65	Reading	17	2 12%	2 12%
196	Redbridge	38	13 34%	18 47%
39	Redcar and Cleveland	15	1 7%	7 47%
246	Redditch	10	5 50%	7 70%
20	Reigate and Banstead	14	0 0%	3 21%
3	Ribble Valley	7	0 0%	0 0%
231	Richmond upon Thames	18	8 44%	10 56%
190	Rochdale	24	8 33%	10 42%
267	Rochford	5	3 60%	3 60%
26	Rossendale	5	0 0%	3 60%
141	Rother	12	3 25%	3 25%
197	Rotherham	29	10 34%	12 41%
259	Rugby	9	5 56%	6 67%
219	Runnymede	10	4 40%	6 60%
37	Rushcliffe	15	1 7%	5 33%
169	Rushmoor	10	3 30%	3 30%
5	Rutland	5	0 0%	0 0%
227	Salford	28	12 43%	18 64%
289	Sandwell	38	31 82%	33 87%
75	Sefton	31	4 13%	8 26%
80	Sevenoaks	14	2 14%	5 36%
202	Sheffield	61	22 36%	27 44%
212	Shropshire	42	16 38%	22 52%
216	Slough	13	5 38%	10 77%
273	Solihull	24	15 63%	17 71%
88	Somerset	52	8 15%	11 21%
41	South Cambridgeshire	14	1 7%	2 14%
158	South Derbyshire	7	2 29%	2 29%
89	South Gloucestershire	19	3 16%	3 16%
144	South Hams	8	2 25%	2 25%
103	South Holland	6	1 17%	3 50%
13	South Kesteven	9	0 0%	1 11%
53	South Norfolk	10	1 10%	1 10%
165	South Oxfordshire	17	5 29%	10 59%
10	South Ribble	11	0 0%	1 9%
222	South Staffordshire	12	5 42%	9 75%
182	South Tyneside	16	5 31%	5 31%
238	Southampton	22	11 50%	11 50%
223	Southend-on-Sea	19	8 42%	9 47%
265	Southwark	34	20 59%	20 59%
18	Spelthorne	13	0 0%	2 15%
185	St Albans	19	6 32%	10 53%
57	St. Helens	19	2 11%	8 42%
271	Stafford	16	10 63%	10 63%
241	Staffordshire Moorlands	10	5 50%	6 60%
192	Stevenage	9	3 33%	4 44%
250	Stockport	37	19 51%	21 57%
76	Stockton-on-Tees	22	3 14%	5 23%
284	Stoke-on-Trent	20	15 75%	15 75%
66	Stratford-on-Avon	17	2 12%	4 24%
145	Stroud	8	2 25%	2 25%
64	Sunderland	18	2 11%	9 50%
159	Surrey Heath	14	4 29%	6 43%
121	Sutton	28	6 21%	9 32%
149	Swale	15	4 27%	8 53%
38	Swindon	15	1 7%	5 33%
257	Tameside	24	13 54%	14 58%
278	Tamworth	6	4 67%	6 100%
108	Tandridge	11	2 18%	3 27%
54	Teignbridge	10	1 10%	1 10%
193	Telford and Wrekin	24	8 33%	11 46%
124	Tendring	14	3 21%	6 43%
146	Test Valley	8	2 25%	2 25%
6	Tewkesbury	5	0 0%	0 0%
272	Thanet	8	5 63%	5 63%
205	Three Rivers	11	4 36%	6 55%
276	Thurrock	17	11 65%	12 71%
60	Tonbridge and Malling	9	1 11%	1 11%
92	Torbay	18	3 17%	3 17%
147	Torridge	8	2 25%	2 25%
58	Tower Hamlets	28	3 11%	11 39%
136	Trafford	35	8 23%	12 34%
14	Tunbridge Wells	16	0 0%	2 13%
94	Uttlesford	6	1 17%	1 17%
156	Vale of White Horse	14	4 29%	4 29%
52	Wakefield	32	3 9%	9 28%
285	Walsall	28	21 75%	22 79%
226	Waltham Forest	28	12 43%	14 50%
237	Wandsworth	36	17 47%	20 56%
171	Warrington	20	6 30%	10 50%
210	Warwick	16	6 38%	11 69%
191	Watford	12	4 33%	5 42%
31	Waverley	17	1 6%	4 24%
118	Wealden	20	4 20%	8 40%
138	Welwyn Hatfield	13	3 23%	5 38%
97	West Berkshire	18	3 17%	4 22%
95	West Devon	6	1 17%	1 17%
24	West Lancashire	15	0 0%	4 27%
–	West Lindsey	4	0 0%	2 50%
35	West Northamptonshire	30	2 7%	9 30%
178	West Oxfordshire	13	4 31%	6 46%
179	West Suffolk	13	4 31%	6 46%
275	Westminster	36	23 64%	27 75%
86	Westmorland and Furness	27	4 15%	5 19%
269	Wigan	30	18 60%	21 70%
99	Wiltshire	54	9 17%	16 30%
260	Winchester	9	5 56%	6 67%
186	Windsor and Maidenhead	25	8 32%	12 48%
68	Wirral	34	4 12%	11 32%
122	Woking	14	3 21%	5 36%
148	Wokingham	15	4 27%	5 33%
211	Wolverhampton	29	11 38%	14 48%
230	Worcester	9	4 44%	4 44%
98	Worthing	12	2 17%	3 25%
73	Wychavon	8	1 13%	4 50%
11	Wyre	11	0 0%	1 9%
235	Wyre Forest	11	5 45%	7 64%
30	York	18	1 6%	4 22%

By integrated care board

ICBs commission NHS dentistry in their area

Lowest adult share first
#	Area	Listed	Adults	Children
1	NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board	171	8 5%	31 18%
2	NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board	159	14 9%	54 34%
3	NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board	249	22 9%	61 24%
4	NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board	53	7 13%	17 32%
5	NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board	80	11 14%	19 24%
6	NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board	58	8 14%	20 34%
7	NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board	77	11 14%	12 16%
8	NHS Norfolk and Suffolk Integrated Care Board	141	21 15%	52 37%
9	NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board	52	8 15%	11 21%
10	NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board	94	15 16%	27 29%
11	NHS Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board	55	9 16%	11 20%
12	NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board	289	48 17%	94 33%
13	NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board	279	48 17%	102 37%
14	NHS Devon Integrated Care Board	109	22 20%	23 21%
15	NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board	54	11 20%	15 28%
16	NHS Surrey and Sussex Integrated Care Board	349	73 21%	118 34%
17	NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board	181	39 22%	76 42%
18	NHS Central East Integrated Care Board	299	66 22%	116 39%
19	NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care Board	115	30 26%	48 42%
20	NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board	178	48 27%	65 37%
21	NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board	91	25 27%	38 42%
22	NHS Thames Valley Integrated Care Board	245	73 30%	101 41%
23	NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board	164	53 32%	66 40%
24	NHS North East London Integrated Care Board	191	66 35%	94 49%
25	NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board	110	40 36%	53 48%
26	NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board	66	24 36%	33 50%
27	NHS Essex Integrated Care Board	187	81 43%	102 55%
28	NHS South West London Integrated Care Board	180	78 43%	97 54%
29	NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board	70	32 46%	40 57%
30	NHS West and North London Integrated Care Board	469	219 47%	271 58%
31	NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board	321	151 47%	184 57%
32	NHS South East London Integrated Care Board	206	109 53%	126 61%
33	NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board	90	48 53%	60 67%
34	NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board	111	62 56%	78 70%
35	NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board	146	94 64%	107 73%
36	NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board	135	99 73%	107 79%

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How we count

Source: each practice's own status on the NHS website's Find a dentist service, read for all of England every hour.
Practices: every practice the NHS website lists for routine NHS care (5,847 now). Practices that only take specialist referrals are left out. Practices not listed on the NHS website aren't counted.
Adults = taking new NHS patients aged 18 or over. 75 other practices take only adults entitled to free NHS dental care; they're on the area pages. Children = aged 17 or under.
Areas: a practice counts in the constituency, council area, region and ICB of its postcode (Postcodes.io, ONS data, Open Government Licence). 23 practices aren't matched to an area yet.
Caveat: practices update the NHS website themselves, and the "last confirmed" dates we see are often weeks old. A practice can say it's taking patients and still have a waiting list. Always phone first.
Checked: on 30 Oct 2026 we compared 11 practices' pages and 2 full search results pages on the NHS website with our data: 92 of 92 statuses matched.

Get the numbers as a spreadsheet: nhs-dentist-access.csv (every constituency, council area, region and ICB). Questions or a fresh cut of the numbers: hello@dentistradar.app.

Questions

How many NHS dentists are taking new patients in England?: On 31 Oct 2026, 1,781 of the 5,847 NHS dental practices listed on the NHS website (30%) said they were taking new adult NHS patients, and 2,540 (43%) were taking children. 75 more take only adults entitled to free NHS dental care.
Which areas have the fewest NHS dentists taking new adult patients?: In 67 of the 527 constituencies we rank, not one listed practice says it takes new adult NHS patients. The table above lists the 40 with the lowest share, worst first.
How often are these numbers updated?: We read every practice's status on the NHS website's Find a dentist service once an hour, and this page recalculates every 15 minutes.
Where do the numbers come from?: From what each practice tells the NHS website. Practices update it themselves, so a status can be weeks old: always phone the practice to check.
Can I use these numbers?: Yes, free. Please credit "Dentist Radar, from NHS website data" and link to https://dentistradar.app/nhs-dentist-access. The information from the NHS website is under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Is Dentist Radar part of the NHS?: No. It is an independent service and isn't endorsed by the NHS. Every status is free to see here and on the NHS website.