Comitatele Ceremoniale sau comitatele și zonele in scopul locotenenței sau Zone de Locotenență sunt subdiviziuni ale Angliei, numite uneori Comitate Geografice sau simplu comitate. Fiecare comitat are numit un Lord Locotenent care este reprezentantul Coroanei Britanice în respectivul comitat. Aceste comitate sunt folosite de majoritatea oamenilor pentru a se descrie locul unde locuiesc în Anglia. Cu toate acestea, multe nu sunt utilizate ca subunități administrative, deoarece fie sunt prea mari, fie cuprind arii urbane foarte populate. Ele sunt luate însă în considerație pentru a determina circumscripțiile electorale.
Comitatele au început să fie formate încă din secolul al XII-lea iar de-a lungul timpului structura și funcțiile acestora s-a schimbat. În anii 1960 a devenit evidentă necesitatea de a reforma sistemul comitatelor istorice, astfel că în 1972 acestea sunt reorganizate sub forma actuală în comitate metropolitane și nemetropolitane. În 1986 consillile comitatelor metropolitane sunt desființate iar în 1992 majoritatea zonelor urbane ce nu au făcut parte din comitatele metropolitane sunt reorganizate sub forma Autorităților Unitare, separate de comitatul înconjurător.
Zone de Locotenență sau comitate ceremoniale începând din 1997
Acestea sunt în număr de 48: County for the purposes of the lieutenanciesPopulation (2018)AreaDensityComposition Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties or unitary authority areasNo.Rank(km2)(sq mi)Rank(/km2)(/sq mi)RankBedfordshire669,33836th1,23547741st5421,40013thBedford, Central Bedfordshire and LutonBerkshire911,40324th1,26248740th7221,87010thBracknell Forest, Reading, Slough, West Berkshire, Windsor and Maidenhead and WokinghamBristol463,40543rd1104247th4,22410,9402ndBristolBuckinghamshire808,66630th1,87472432nd4321,12022ndBuckinghamshire and Milton KeynesCambridgeshire852,52328th3,3901,31015th25265034thCambridgeshire and PeterboroughCheshire1,059,27119th2,34390525th4521,17021stCheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton, and WarringtonCity of London8,70648th2.901.1248th2,9987,7604thCity of LondonCornwall568,21040th3,5621,37512th16041041stCornwall and the Isles of ScillyCumbria498,88841st6,7672,6133rd7419047thCumbriaDerbyshire1,053,31621st2,6251,01421st4011,04025thDerbyshire and DerbyDevon1,194,16611th6,7072,5904th17846039thDevon, Plymouth and TorbayDorset772,26831st2,6531,02420th27471032ndDorset and Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleDurham866,846[citation needed]26th2,6761,03319th32484028thCounty Durham, Darlington, Hartlepool and that part of Stockton-on-Tees north of the centre line of the River TeesEast Riding of Yorkshire600,25937th2,47795623rd24263035thEast Riding of Yorkshire and Kingston-upon-HullEast Sussex844,98529th1,79169233rd4721,22020thEast Sussex and Brighton and HoveEssex1,832,7527th3,6701,42011th4991,29015thEssex, Southend-on-Sea and ThurrockGloucestershire916,20223rd3,1501,22016th29175030thGloucestershire and South GloucestershireGreater London8,899,3751st1,56960637th5,67114,6901stThe London boroughsGreater Manchester2,812,5693rd1,27649339th2,2045,7105thGreater ManchesterHampshire1,844,2456th3,7691,4559th4891,27017thHampshire, Portsmouth and SouthamptonHerefordshire192,10745th2,18084026th8823046thHerefordshireHertfordshire1,184,36513th1,64363436th7211,87011thHertfordshireIsle of Wight141,53846th38015046th37296026thIsle of WightKent1,846,4785th3,7381,44310th4941,28016thKent and MedwayLancashire1,498,3008th3,0751,18717th4871,26019thBlackburn with Darwen, Blackpool and LancashireLeicestershire1,053,48620th2,15683228th4891,27018thLeicestershire and LeicesterLincolnshire1,087,65918th6,9752,6932nd15640042ndLincolnshire, North Lincolnshire and North East LincolnshireMerseyside1,423,0659th64725043rd2,2005,7006thMerseysideNorfolk903,68025th5,3802,0805th16844040thNorfolkNorth Yorkshire1,158,816[citation needed]14th8,6543,3411st13435044thMiddlesbrough, North Yorkshire, Redcar and Cleveland, York and part of Stockton-on-Tees south of the centre line of the River TeesNorthamptonshire747,62233rd2,36491324th31682029thNorth Northamptonshire and West NorthamptonshireNorthumberland320,27444th5,0141,9366th6417048thNorthumberlandNottinghamshire1,154,19515th2,15983427th5351,39014thNottinghamshire and NottinghamOxfordshire687,52435th2,6051,00622nd26468033rdOxfordshireRutland39,69747th38214745th10427045thRutlandShropshire498,07342nd3,4881,34713th14337043rdShropshire and Telford and WrekinSomerset965,42422nd4,1701,6107th23260036thBath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and SomersetSouth Yorkshire1,402,91810th1,55259938th9042,3409thSouth YorkshireStaffordshire1,131,05217th2,7141,04818th4171,08024thStaffordshire and Stoke-on-TrentSuffolk758,55632nd3,8011,4688th20052038thSuffolkSurrey1,189,93412th1,66364235th7161,85012thSurreyTyne and Wear1,136,37116th54021044th2,1055,4507thTyne and WearWarwickshire571,01039th1,97576331st28975031stWarwickshireWest Midlands2,916,4582nd90234842nd3,2358,3803rdWest MidlandsWest Sussex858,85227th1,99176930th4311,12023rdWest SussexWest Yorkshire2,320,2144th2,02978329th1,1432,9608thWest YorkshireWiltshire720,06034th3,4851,34614th20754037thSwindon and WiltshireWorcestershire592,05738th1,74167234th34088027th