Kentish Council is a local government body in Tasmania, situated in the north-west of the state, to the south and inland from Devonport.

Kentish is classified as a rural local government area and has a population of 6,324,[1] the major towns of the municipality are Sheffield, Railton and Wilmot.

The area was explored by the surveyor Nathaniel Kentish in 1842 who was given the task of finding a route from Deloraine through to Tasmania's north west coast.

[2] Kentish is classified as rural, agricultural and large (RAL) under the Australian Classification of Local Governments.

Attractions include Cradle Mountain, Lake Barrington and the mural town of Sheffield.