Welcome to your comprehensive resource for UK court listings, providing daily hearing schedules, case references, and defendant information for courts across England and Wales. Our database covers both Crown Courts, which handle serious criminal cases including indictable offences heard before a judge and jury, and Magistrates' Courts, which process summary offences, bail hearings, and preliminary proceedings. Whether you're a legal professional, journalist, researcher, or member of the public, our regularly updated court lists help you stay informed about scheduled court appearances and criminal proceedings throughout the United Kingdom.
Each court listing includes essential details such as hearing times, courtroom assignments, case reference numbers, and scheduled defendants. Our system aggregates publicly available court data to provide a centralised, searchable directory of daily court lists, upcoming trials, sentencing hearings, and other judicial proceedings. Browse individual courts below or use the search function to find specific locations quickly.
⚖️ Crown Courts 74 courts
View All Crown Courts →Aylesbury
Basildon
Birmingham
Bolton
Bournemouth
Bradford
Bristol
Burnley
Cambridge
Canterbury
Cardiff
Carlisle
Central Criminal Court
Chelmsford
Chester
Croydon
Derby
Doncaster
Durham
Exeter
Gloucester
Great Grimsby
Guildford
Harrow
Inner London
Ipswich
Isleworth
Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Thames
Leeds
Leicester
Lewes
Lincoln
Liverpool
Luton
Luton and South Bedfordshire
Maidstone
Manchester
Manchester Minshull Street
Merthyr Tydfil
Mold
Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newport IOW
Northampton
Norwich
Nottingham
Oxford
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Preston
Reading
Salisbury
Sheffield
Shrewsbury
Snaresbrook
Southampton
Southwark
St Albans
Stafford
Stoke-on-Trent
Swansea
Swindon
Taunton
Teesside
Truro Today
Warwick
West Hampshire
Winchester
Wolverhampton
Wood Green
Woolwich
Worcester
York
🏛️ Magistrates' Courts 156 courts
View All Magistrates' Courts →Aberystwyth
Aldershot
Barkingside
Barnsley
Barnstaple Today
Barrow-in-Furness
Basildon
Basingstoke
Bath
Berwick
Beverley
Bexley
Birmingham
Blackburn
Bodmin
Bolton
Boston
Bradford & Keighley
Bradford and Keighley
Brighton
Bristol
Bromley
Burnley
Caernarfon Today
Cambridge
Cannock
Cardiff
Carlisle
Chelmsford
Cheltenham
Chester
Chesterfield
City of London
Colchester
Coventry
Crawley
Crewe South Cheshire
Croydon
Cwmbran Today
Derby
Doncaster
Dudley
Ealing
East Berkshire Slough
Exeter
Folkestone
Gateshead
Great Yarmouth
Grimsby
Guildford
Harrogate
Hastings
Hatfield Today
Haverfordwest
Hendon
Hereford
High Wycombe
Highbury
Horsham
Hull & Holderness
Hull and Holderness
Huntingdon
Inner London
Ipswich
Isle of Wight Today
Kidderminster
Kings Lynn Today
Kirklees Huddersfield
Lancaster
Lavender Hill
Leamington Spa
Leeds
Leicester
Lincoln
Liverpool & Knowsley
Liverpool and Knowsley
Llandrindod Wells
Llandudno
Llanelli
Loughborough
Luton
Luton and South Bedfordshire
Maidstone
Manchester
Mansfield
Margate
Medway Chatham
Merthyr Tydfil
Mid SE Northumberland
Milton Keynes
Mold Today
N Staffs Newcastle u Lyme
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newport South Wales
Newton Abbot
Newton Aycliffe
North Somerset
North Tyneside Today
Northampton
Norwich
Nottingham
Oxford Today
Oxford and S. Oxfordshire
Peterborough
Peterlee
Plymouth
Poole Today
Portsmouth
Preston
Reading
Redditch
Romford
Salisbury
Scarborough
Sefton
Sevenoaks
Sheffield
Skipton
Slough
South Tyneside
South Worcestershire
Southend
St Albans
Staines
Stevenage
Stockport
Stratford
Sunderland
Swansea
Swindon Today
Tameside
Taunton
Teesside
Telford
Thames
Truro
Uxbridge
Walsall
Warrington
Wellingborough Today
Welshpool
West Cumbria
West Hampshire
Westminster
Weymouth
Wigan & Leigh
Wigan and Leigh
Willesden
Wimbledon
Wirral
Wolverhampton
Worcester
Worthing
Wrexham
Yeovil
York
Daily Court Lists for Crown and Magistrates’ Courts Across England and Wales
Finding out who is in court today no longer means phoning a court office or scanning noticeboards in a foyer. This directory brings together daily hearing lists from Crown Courts and Magistrates’ Courts across England and Wales, covering more than 170 venues administered by HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) in all seven regions – London, the Midlands, the North East, the North West, the South East, the Western circuit and Wales. Each entry shows the hearing time, courtroom number, case reference and the type of proceeding scheduled, whether that is a first appearance, plea hearing, jury trial or sentencing.
Court lists are typically published the afternoon before the hearing date, usually between 2pm and 5pm, which means tomorrow’s Crown Court listings are normally available to view the previous evening. Magistrates’ court hearing lists follow a similar publishing pattern, although busy city centre courts such as Birmingham, Westminster and Manchester often release amended lists throughout the morning as cases are moved between courtrooms. Listings remain subject to change at short notice, so checking again on the morning of the hearing is always sensible before travelling to a court building.
What You Can Check on Each Court Page
- Today’s and tomorrow’s hearings – case numbers, scheduled start times and courtroom assignments
- Type of hearing – trials, sentencing hearings, committals, appeals from the magistrates’ court and pre-trial reviews
- Venue details – addresses, opening hours, public transport links and accessibility information for each court building
- Historic lists – recent hearing dates for tracking how a case has progressed through the courts
Crown Court and Magistrates’ Court Lists Explained
Virtually every criminal case in England and Wales starts in a magistrates’ court, where over 90 per cent of matters are concluded. More serious charges – including robbery, serious assaults and drug supply offences – are sent up for trial or sentence before a judge and jury. Browse the full index of Crown Court listings to find venues from the Central Criminal Court (the Old Bailey) to regional centres such as Leeds, Cardiff and Bristol, or use the Magistrates’ Court listings index to check summary hearings, remand courts and youth court sittings in your area.
Who Uses Daily Court Listings?
Solicitors and barristers check lists to confirm courtroom allocations before travelling to a hearing. Journalists rely on them to plan court reporting under the open justice principle. Witnesses, defendants and family members use them to confirm start times, while researchers and students consult them to observe proceedings, since most criminal hearings in England and Wales are open to the public free of charge.
Frequently Asked Questions
What time are court lists published?
Most Crown Court and magistrates’ court lists are released the working day before the hearing, generally from mid-afternoon onwards. Friday publications cover Monday sittings.
Can I find out who is in magistrates’ court today?
Yes. Select the relevant magistrates’ court from the index to view the current day’s list, including hearing times and courtroom numbers. Defendant surnames on this site are masked to protect privacy.
Why has a case disappeared from the list?
Lists change at the court’s discretion. Cases may be adjourned, transferred to another courtroom or vacated entirely, sometimes on the morning of the hearing itself. Contact the court directly if a specific case you expected to see is missing.
Are court hearings open to the public?
Almost all criminal hearings in Crown and magistrates’ courts are public. Exceptions include youth court proceedings and cases with reporting restrictions imposed by the judge.