Blank map of UK counties and council areas

The outline, free as a PNG, SVG or PDF. Label it, colour it in or drop it into a slide.

Using a blank map of UK counties and council areas

With 232 administrative areas drawn, the With borders version of this blank map is a detailed file, and it is the one this page leads with. Outline only is the shape of the UK with no lines inside it. Each version comes as a PNG on a transparent background, an SVG and a PDF for A4 or Letter, and none carries names.

Detail that suits a design tool

At 232 areas, the SVG is the file to reach for. Open it in Illustrator, Inkscape or Figma, zoom into the area you need and restyle it: a heavier line for a few areas, a lighter one for the rest. A local report can mark the school's own area and its neighbours, and a planning slide can pick out the handful of areas a plan covers while leaving the others as faint lines.

A few areas in focus

Nobody works with 232 areas at once, so choose a few. On a slide or a report page, fill Cornwall, Kent, Fife, Gwynedd and Antrim on the With borders PNG and leave the rest pale, so a reader sees where a project sits. Use Outline only for a title page. The list further down this page gives the spelling of every name.

Choosing a version

The political blank map of UK counties and council areas is With borders. Outline only is a silhouette, and the blank map of the United Kingdom has that outline on its own page. The PNG suits documents and slides, since its transparent background takes the colour behind it. For names or colour, Customise this map opens the editor.

How to do it in MapMaker

Choose With borders for the 232 administrative areas, or Outline only for the shape of the UK.
Pick the SVG to restyle the area lines, or the PNG for a worksheet or slide.
Take PDF, A4 or PDF, Letter if the sheet is going to a printer.
Highlight a handful of areas in your drawing tool, and check each spelling against the list on this page.
Choose Customise this map to add names, colours or pins.

The 232 administrative areas on the map

A key for labelling the map by hand.

Aberdeen
Aberdeenshire
Anglesey
Angus
Antrim
Ards
Argyll and Bute
Armagh
Ballymena
Ballymoney
Banbridge
Barking and Dagenham
Barnet
Barnsley
Bath and North East Somerset
Bedford
Belfast
Bexley
Birmingham
Blackburn with Darwen
Blackpool
Blaenau Gwent
Bolton
Bournemouth
Bracknell Forest
Bradford
Brent
Bridgend
Brighton and Hove
Bristol
Bromley
Buckinghamshire
Bury
Caerphilly
Calderdale
Cambridgeshire
Camden
Cardiff
Carmarthenshire
Carrickfergus
Castlereagh
Central Bedfordshire
Ceredigion
Cheshire East
Cheshire West and Chester
Clackmannanshire
Coleraine
Conwy
Cornwall
Coventry
Craigavon
Croydon
Cumbria
Darlington
Denbighshire
Derby
Derbyshire
Derry
Devon
Doncaster
Dorset
Down
Dudley
Dumfries and Galloway
Dundee
Dungannon and South Tyrone
Durham
Ealing
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
East Riding of Yorkshire
East Sussex
Edinburgh
Enfield
Essex
Falkirk
Fermanagh
Fife
Flintshire
Gateshead
Glasgow
Gloucestershire
Greenwich
Gwynedd
Hackney
Halton
Halton
Hammersmith and Fulham
Hampshire
Haringey
Harrow
Hartlepool
Havering
Herefordshire
Hertfordshire
Highland
Hillingdon
Hounslow
Inverclyde
Isle of Wight
Isles of Scilly
Islington
Kensington and Chelsea
Kent
Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Thames
Kirklees
Knowsley
Lambeth
Lancashire
Larne
Leeds
Leicester
Leicestershire
Lewisham
Limavady
Lincolnshire
Lisburn
Liverpool
London
Luton
Magherafelt
Manchester
Medway
Merseyside
Merthyr Tydfil
Merton
Mid Ulster
Middlesbrough
Midlothian
Milton Keynes
Monmouthshire
Moray
Moyle
Neath Port Talbot
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newham
Newport
Newry and Mourne
Newtownabbey
Norfolk
North Ayrshire
North Down
North East Lincolnshire
North Lanarkshire
North Lincolnshire
North Somerset
North Tyneside
North Yorkshire
Northamptonshire
Northumberland
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
Oldham
Omagh
Orkney Islands
Outer Hebrides
Oxfordshire
Pembrokeshire
Perth and Kinross
Peterborough
Plymouth
Poole
Portsmouth
Powys
Reading
Redbridge
Redcar and Cleveland
Renfrewshire
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Richmond upon Thames
Rochdale
Rotherham
Rutland
Salford
Sandwell
Scottish Borders
Sefton
Sheffield
Shetland Islands
Shropshire
Slough
Solihull
Somerset
South Ayrshire
South Gloucestershire
South Lanarkshire
South Tyneside
Southampton
Southend-on-Sea
Southwark
Staffordshire
Stirling
Stockport
Stockton-on-Tees
Stoke-on-Trent
Strabane
Suffolk
Sunderland
Surrey
Sutton
Swansea
Swindon
Tameside
Telford and Wrekin
Thurrock
Torbay
Torfaen
Tower Hamlets
Trafford
Vale of Glamorgan
Wakefield
Walsall
Waltham Forest
Wandsworth
Warrington
Warwickshire
West Berkshire
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian
West Sussex
Westminster
Wigan
Wiltshire
Windsor and Maidenhead
Wokingham
Wolverhampton
Worcestershire
Wrexham
York

Facts about UK counties and council areas

This map shows 232 administrative areas in Northern Europe. Together they have an area of about 243,000 km². The capital is London. The population is about 67 million (2019 estimate). The largest cities are London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and Sheffield.

Questions people ask

How many areas does the blank map show?

The With borders version shows 232 administrative areas. The list further down this page names every one of them, so it works as the answer key for a labelling task.

Is there a political blank map of UK counties and council areas?

Yes. It is the With borders version, which this page puts first: 232 administrative areas drawn as separate shapes with no names, ready to number, label or colour.

Which file should I use for 232 small areas?

Use the SVG when the areas must stay readable. It is a vector file, so the lines stay sharp however far you enlarge it, and a design tool lets you pick out the areas you need.

Is there a blank map of the United Kingdom on its own?

Yes. Outline only on this page is the shape of the UK without the area lines, and the United Kingdom has a blank page of its own as well.