Table 2: Number of holdings where livestock is the predominant activity 2003 to 2008
Counties/unitary authorities
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Hartlepool and Stockton-on-Tees
96
101
100
94
84
77
South Teesside
114
121
119
109
108
102
Darlington
89
96
100
92
93
89
Durham CC
1,321
1,317
1,332
1,305
1,277
1,294
Northumberland
1,481
1,469
1,498
1,499
1,479
1,458
Tyneside
75
80
89
78
89
81
Sunderland
13
14
18
13
20
19
West Cumbria
1,584
1,589
1,586
1,623
1,541
1,559
East Cumbria
3,347
3,304
3,305
3,282
3,277
3,278
Halton and Warrington
69
74
77
67
55
56
Cheshire CC
2,473
2,496
2,481
2,420
2,285
2,272
Greater Manchester South
197
196
192
180
172
181
Greater Manchester North
554
555
559
553
485
494
Blackburn with Darwen
141
140
139
145
133
136
Blackpool
8
9
10
8
7
8
Lancashire CC
3,129
3,125
3,156
3,061
2,969
3,012
East Merseyside
40
40
45
35
38
38
Liverpool
*
*
5
*
5
5
Sefton
24
23
25
24
17
19
Wirral
51
52
51
48
41
41
Kingston Upon Hull, City of
*
*
*
*
*
*
East Riding of Yorkshire
848
880
891
834
835
837
North And North East Lincolnshire
212
218
220
209
212
212
York
134
128
131
124
127
127
North Yorkshire CC
5,129
5,161
5,143
5,052
4,975
4,981
Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham
516
527
524
477
444
455
Sheffield
183
189
197
188
173
170
Bradford
516
523
526
510
492
499
Leeds
251
252
247
229
213
217
Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield
1,214
1,220
1,228
1,177
1,110
1,137
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Derby
15
14
14
18
10
14
East Derbyshire
451
448
453
415
417
409
South and West Derbyshire
2,176
2,192
2,216
2,197
2,096
2,104
Nottingham
6
8
9
7
*
*
North Nottinghamshire
440
461
486
460
453
446
South Nottinghamshire
254
247
257
250
233
228
Leicester
*
*
6
*
*
*
Leicestershire CC and Rutland
1,476
1,460
1,478
1,406
1,333
1,331
Northamptonshire
928
927
933
896
891
892
Lincolnshire
1,231
1,299
1,363
1,294
1,289
1,303
Herefordshire, County of
2,099
2,127
2,120
2,107
2,027
2,018
Worcestershire
1,507
1,526
1,528
1,450
1,374
1,381
Warwickshire
1,141
1,142
1,149
1,098
1,075
1,094
Telford and Wrekin
139
145
147
150
131
136
Shropshire CC
3,149
3,165
3,204
3,117
3,027
2,996
Stoke-on-Trent
38
42
41
50
35
39
Staffordshire CC
3,086
3,077
3,066
2,948
2,795
2,801
Birmingham
9
10
11
11
9
10
Solihull
103
104
104
98
91
95
Coventry
36
39
38
40
32
29
Dudley and Sandwell
27
31
32
21
21
21
Walsall and Wolverhampton
20
19
19
17
19
17
Peterborough
44
46
52
41
36
36
Cambridgeshire CC
432
468
495
445
435
435
Norfolk
1,635
1,732
1,821
1,660
1,637
1,629
Suffolk
1,112
1,157
1,193
1,104
1,061
1,087
Luton
*
*
5
*
*
*
Bedfordshire CC
307
326
333
283
277
279
Hertfordshire
380
383
403
369
328
329
Southend-on-Sea
*
*
*
*
*
*
Thurrock
42
42
40
42
33
35
Essex CC
818
846
878
765
738
769
Inner London—west
*
5
6
5
*
*
Inner London—east
8
8
9
8
8
8
Outer London—east and north-east
33
36
34
27
29
29
Outer London—south
35
34
34
26
28
27
Outer London—west and north-west
36
40
44
39
34
34
Berkshire
351
376
406
359
335
339
Milton Keynes
84
81
79
79
69
67
Buckinghamshire CC
839
863
868
810
780
818
Oxfordshire
911
905
924
913
843
854
Brighton and Hove
11
11
11
11
8
8
East Sussex CC
1304
1330
1331
1292
1246
1282
Surrey
778
775
797
720
666
656
West Sussex
879
875
902
873
839
846
Portsmouth
*
*
*
*
*
*
Southampton
13
13
14
11
9
10
Hampshire CC
1,498
1,546
1,574
1,485
1,429
1,457
Isle of Wight
287
289
287
275
261
265
Medway
30
35
37
32
29
32
Kent CC
1,666
1,727
1,764
1,684
1,614
1,655
Bristol, City of
20
24
24
24
26
26
N. and N.E. Somerset, South Glos.
1,246
1,256
1,258
1,214
1,146
1,142
Gloucestershire
1,987
1,987
2,028
1,945
1,893
1,874
Swindon
93
89
81
81
64
63
Wiltshire CC
1,644
1,633
1,647
1,593
1,515
1,516
Bournemouth and Poole
16
17
19
16
15
13
Dorset CC
1,979
1,985
1,990
1,949
1,863
1,868
Somerset
3,835
3,813
3,840
3,757
3,660
3,692
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly
4,386
4,367
4,358
4,255
3,912
3,923
Plymouth
15
19
20
20
14
15
Torbay
23
25
28
26
28
32
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Devon CC
7,787
7,773
7,854
7,628
7,334
7,285
England
78,724
79,339
80,166
77,370
74,372
74,673
Notes:
1. Livestock holdings are those holding types where livestock is the main activity. Holdings designated as mixed are also included, these are holdings with a mixture of crops and livestock where neither activity is dominant.
2. * denotes data that have been suppressed to protect the confidentiality of individual holdings. Source:
June Agriculture Survey
