# The Insolvency Rules 1986, Schedule 2: ALTERNATIVE COURTS FOR DEBTORS' PETITIONS IN BANKRUPTCY Extent: E+W Debtor’s own county court Nearest full-time court ABERDARE CARDIFF ABERYSTWYTH CARDIFF AYLESBURY LUTON BANBURY LUTON or GLOUCESTER or READING BANGOR BIRKENHEAD or CHESTER BARNSLEY SHEFFIELD BARNSTAPLE EXETER BARROW IN FURNESS BLACKPOOL or PRESTON BATH BRISTOL BEDFORD LUTON BLACKBURN PRESTON BLACKWOOD CARDIFF BOSTON NOTTINGHAM BRIDGEND CARDIFF BRIDGWATER BRISTOL BURNLEY BOLTON or PRESTON BURTON ON TRENT LEICESTER or DERBY or NOTTINGHAM BURY ST. EDMUNDS CAMBRIDGE CANTERBURY CROYDON or THE HIGH COURT (LONDON) CARLISLE PRESTON or BLACKPOOL CARMARTHEN CARDIFF CHELMSFORD SOUTHEND or THE HIGH COURT (LONDON) CHELTENHAM GLOUCESTER CHESTERFIELD SHEFFIELD COLCHESTER SOUTHEND or THE HIGH COURT (LONDON) COVENTRY BIRMINGHAM CREWE STOKE or CHESTER DARLINGTON MIDDLESBROUGH DEWSBURY LEEDS DONCASTER SHEFFIELD DUDLEY BIRMINGHAM DURHAM NEWCASTLE EASTBOURNE BRIGHTON GREAT GRIMSBY HULL GREAT YARMOUTH NORWICH GUILDFORD CROYDON HALIFAX LEEDS HARROGATE LEEDS HASTINGS BRIGHTON HAVERFORDWEST CARDIFF HEREFORD GLOUCESTER HERTFORD LUTON HUDDERSFIELD LEEDS IPSWICH NORWICH or SOUTHEND KENDAL BLACKPOOL or PRESTON KIDDERMINSTER BIRMINGHAM KING'S LYNN NORWICH or CAMBRIDGE LANCASTER BLACKPOOL or PRESTON LINCOLN NOTTINGHAM MACCLESFIELD STOKE or MANCHESTER MAIDSTONE CROYDON or THE HIGH COURT (LONDON) MEDWAY CROYDON or THE HIGH COURT (LONDON) MERTHYR TYDFIL CARDIFF MILTON KEYNES LUTON NEATH CARDIFF NEWBURY READING NEWPORT (GWENT) CARDIFF NEWPORT (I.O.W.) SOUTHAMPTON or PORTSMOUTH NORTHAMPTON LUTON OXFORD READING PETERBOROUGH CAMBRIDGE PONTYPRIDD CARDIFF PORTMADOC BIRKENHEAD or STOKE or CHESTER RHYL BIRKENHEAD or CHESTER ROCHDALE OLDHAM or MANCHESTER SALISBURY BOURNEMOUTH or SOUTHAMPTON SCARBOROUGH YORK or HULL or MIDDLESBROUGH SCUNTHORPE HULL or SHEFFIELD SHREWSBURY STOKE ST. ALBANS LUTON STAFFORD STOKE STOCKTON ON TEES MIDDLESBROUGH STOCKPORT MANCHESTER STOURBRIDGE BIRMINGHAM SUNDERLAND NEWCASTLE SWANSEA CARDIFF SWINDON GLOUCESTER or READING TAMESIDE MANCHESTER TAUNTON EXETER or BRISTOL TORQUAY EXETER TRURO PLYMOUTH TUNBRIDGE WELLS CROYDON WAKEFIELD LEEDS WARRINGTON CHESTER or LIVERPOOL or MANCHESTER WARWICK BIRMINGHAM WELSHPOOL STOKE or CHESTER WEST BROMWICH BIRMINGHAM WEYMOUTH BOURNEMOUTH WIGAN BOLTON or MANCHESTER or PRESTON WINCHESTER SOUTHAMPTON WORCESTER GLOUCESTER WORKINGTON PRESTON or BLACKPOOL WREXHAM BIRKENHEAD or STOKE or CHESTER YEOVIL EXETER or BRISTOL --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1925/schedule/2 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/insolvency-rules-1986/schedule-2 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.