Offices of High Sheriff
England
The Crown appoints a High Sheriff for each of the following:
- Bedfordshire
- Berkshire
- The City and County of Bristol
- Buckinghamshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Cheshire
- Cornwall
- Cumbria
- Derbyshire
- Devon
- Dorset
- County Durham
- Essex
- Gloucestershire
- Hampshire
- Herefordshire
- Hertfordshire
- Isle of Wight
- Kent
- Lancashire
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- London (Greater)*
- Manchester (Greater)
- Merseyside
- Norfolk
- Northamptonshire
- Northumberland
- Nottinghamshire
- Oxfordshire
- Rutland
- Shropshire
- Somerset
- Staffordshire
- Suffolk
- Surrey
- Sussex (East)
- Sussex (West)
- Tyne and Wear
- Warwickshire
- West Midlands
- Wiltshire
- Worcestershire
- Yorkshire (East Riding)
- Yorkshire (North Riding)
- Yorkshire (South)
*Greater London includes the City of London
Wales
The Crown appoints a High Sheriff for each of the following:
- Clwyd
- Dyfed
- Gwent
- Gwynedd
- Mid Glamorgan
- Powys
- South Glamorgan
- West Glamorgan
Northern Ireland
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland appoints a High Sheriff for each of the following:
- City of Londonderry
- County Antrim
- County Armagh
- County Down
- County Londonderry
- County Tyrone
- County Fermanagh
- The County Borough of Belfast
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