diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 4f559af7..68af0de8 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@ukhomeoffice/asl-components",
-  "version": "13.6.3",
+  "version": "13.6.4",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@ukhomeoffice/asl-components",
-      "version": "13.6.3",
+      "version": "13.6.4",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@ukhomeoffice/asl-constants": "^2.1.8",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index feb0e036..357f1b0a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ukhomeoffice/asl-components",
-  "version": "13.6.3",
+  "version": "13.6.4",
   "description": "React components for ASL layouts and elements",
   "main": "src/index.jsx",
   "styles": "styles/index.scss",
diff --git a/src/fieldset/index.jsx b/src/fieldset/index.jsx
index 33dac4ee..f6135536 100644
--- a/src/fieldset/index.jsx
+++ b/src/fieldset/index.jsx
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ import {
     MultiInput,
     DurationField,
     SelectMany,
-    Inset
+    Inset,
+    TextAreaWithWordCount
 } from '../';
 
 function getLabel(opt, name, type = 'label') {
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ const fields = {
     declaration: props => <ApplicationConfirm { ...props } />,
     inputDate: props => <DateInput { ...props } onChange={value => props.onChange({ target: { value } })} />,
     textarea: props => <TextArea { ...omit(props, ['meta']) } autoExpand={true} />,
+    textAreaWithWordCount: props => <TextAreaWithWordCount { ...omit(props, ['meta']) } />,
     radioGroup: props => {
         if (!props.options) {
             throw new Error(`radioGroup '${props.name}' has undefined options`);
diff --git a/src/index.jsx b/src/index.jsx
index b58d8d48..d16b3548 100644
--- a/src/index.jsx
+++ b/src/index.jsx
@@ -69,5 +69,6 @@ export { default as Tasklist } from './tasklist';
 export { default as TrainingSummary } from './training-summary';
 export { default as WidthContainer } from './width-container';
 export { default as Wrapper } from './wrapper';
+export { default as TextAreaWithWordCount } from './text-area-word-count';
 
 export * from './layouts';
diff --git a/src/text-area-word-count/index.jsx b/src/text-area-word-count/index.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4b2b2902
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/text-area-word-count/index.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import { TextArea } from '@ukhomeoffice/react-components';
+import classNames from 'classnames';
+import WordCountHintMessage from './wordcount-hint-message';
+import omit from 'lodash/omit';
+
+export default function TextAreaWithWordCount(props) {
+
+    const { value, maxWordCount, error, values, name } = props;
+
+    const [content, setContent] = useState(value || '');
+
+    const formErrorClass = classNames({
+        'govuk-form-group': true,
+        'govuk-character-count': true,
+        'govuk-form-group--error': error
+    });
+
+    return (
+        <div className={formErrorClass} id={`${name}-form-group`}>
+            <TextArea
+                {...omit(props, 'maxWordCount')}
+                value={content}
+                onChange={e => setContent(e.target.value)}
+            />
+            <WordCountHintMessage content={content} id={values.id} maxWordCount={maxWordCount} />
+        </div>
+    );
+}
diff --git a/src/text-area-word-count/index.scss b/src/text-area-word-count/index.scss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d6a93bd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/text-area-word-count/index.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Added from govuk-frotnend
+
+.govuk-character-count {
+  @include govuk-responsive-margin(6, "bottom");
+
+  .govuk-form-group,
+  .govuk-textarea {
+    margin-bottom: govuk-spacing(1);
+  }
+}
+
+.govuk-character-count__message {
+  margin-top: 0;
+  margin-bottom: 0;
+
+  &::after {
+    // Zero-width space that will reserve vertical space when no hint is
+    // provided as:
+    // - setting a min-height is not possible without a magic number because
+    //   the line-height is set by the `govuk-font` call above
+    // - using `:empty` is not possible as the hint macro outputs line breaks
+    content: "\200B";
+  }
+}
+
+.govuk-character-count__message--disabled {
+  visibility: hidden;
+}
diff --git a/src/text-area-word-count/index.spec.jsx b/src/text-area-word-count/index.spec.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0172512f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/text-area-word-count/index.spec.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { shallow } from 'enzyme';
+import WordCountHintMessage from './wordcount-hint-message';
+import { describe, test, expect } from '@jest/globals';
+
+describe('<WordCountHintMessage />', () => {
+    const id = 'applicantTrainingUseAtWork';
+    const wordCountHintId = '#applicantTrainingUseAtWork-wordcount-hint';
+
+    test('displays max words remaining when wordCount is not provided', () => {
+        const wrapper = shallow(<WordCountHintMessage content='' maxWordCount={10} id={id} />);
+        expect(wrapper.find(wordCountHintId).text()).toContain('You have 10 words remaining');
+    });
+
+    test('displays remaining words when wordCount is less than maxWordCount', () => {
+        const wrapper = shallow(<WordCountHintMessage content='This is a sentence with 7 words' maxWordCount={10} id={id} />);
+        expect(wrapper.find(wordCountHintId).text()).toContain('You have 3 words remaining');
+    });
+
+    test('displays no remaining words when wordCount is equal to maxWordCount', () => {
+        const wrapper = shallow(<WordCountHintMessage content='This is a sentence with 10 words - 2 more' maxWordCount={10} id={id} />);
+        expect(wrapper.find(wordCountHintId).text()).toContain('You have 0 words remaining');
+    });
+
+    test('displays too many words when wordCount is greater than maxWordCount', () => {
+        const wrapper = shallow(<WordCountHintMessage content='This is a sentence with 12 words - 2 more plus 2' maxWordCount={10} id={id} />);
+        expect(wrapper.find(wordCountHintId).text()).toContain('You have 2 words too many');
+    });
+
+    test('displays singular word when there is only one word remaining', () => {
+        const wrapper = shallow(<WordCountHintMessage content='This is a sentence with 9 words i think' maxWordCount={10} id={id} />);
+        expect(wrapper.find(wordCountHintId).text()).toContain('You have 1 word remaining');
+    });
+
+    test('displays singular word when there is only one word too many', () => {
+        const wrapper = shallow(<WordCountHintMessage content='This is a sentence with 11 words - 3 more words' maxWordCount={10} id={id} />);
+        expect(wrapper.find(wordCountHintId).text()).toContain('You have 1 word too many');
+    });
+});
diff --git a/src/text-area-word-count/wordcount-hint-message.jsx b/src/text-area-word-count/wordcount-hint-message.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b962669
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/text-area-word-count/wordcount-hint-message.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+const WordCountHintMessage = ({ content, id, maxWordCount = 0 }) => {
+
+    const wordCount = content?.split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean).length ?? 0;
+    const hintId = `${id}-wordcount-hint`;
+
+    let hintText = '';
+
+    const wordCountText = count => count === 1 ? 'word' : 'words';
+
+    if (wordCount > maxWordCount) {
+        const count = wordCount - maxWordCount;
+        hintText = `You have ${count} ${wordCountText(count)} too many`;
+    } else {
+        const count = maxWordCount - wordCount;
+        hintText = `You have ${count} ${wordCountText(count)} remaining`;
+    }
+
+    return (
+        <div id={hintId} aria-live="polite" className="govuk-hint govuk-character-count__message">
+            {hintText}
+        </div>
+    );
+};
+
+export default WordCountHintMessage;
diff --git a/styles/index.scss b/styles/index.scss
index e345aae5..b6beaaa5 100644
--- a/styles/index.scss
+++ b/styles/index.scss
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ $highlight-colour: govuk-colour('grey-4');
 @import '../src/sticky-nav-anchor/index';
 @import '../src/tabs/index';
 @import '../src/licence-status-banner/index';
+@import '../src/text-area-word-count/index';
 
 .hidden {
   display: none;