Which parts of London have the cheapest rooms?

Outer neighbourhoods in East and South East London are usually the cheapest for rooms, while Central and West London cost the most. The table on this page shows the current typical asking rent for each area with enough recent listings, each linking to the live rooms available there.

Do these prices include bills?

Some do — many London rooms are advertised with bills included (energy, water, often broadband). The figures here are asking rents as advertised; check each listing for what its price covers.

Average room rent in London by area (2026)

Updated September 2026

Rooms in flatshares advertised on Instamove over the last six months had a typical asking rent of £900 per month, with most rents between £715 and £1250 pcm (297 rooms). Where you look matters more than anything else — the same budget that gets a small room in Zone 2 gets a large en-suite further out.

How these figures are made: asking rents of rooms advertised on Instamove in the last six months, normalised to per-calendar-month. Area figures use listings within roughly 1.5 miles of the area's centre; ranges show where most rents fall (10th–90th percentile once there's enough data). They are indicative asking prices, not achieved rents. Areas without enough recent listings aren't shown.

Central London

Area	Typical rent	Most rents	Rooms
Belgravia	£1040 pcm	£850–£1475	7
Bloomsbury	£975 pcm	£910–£1100	5
Borough	£950 pcm	£875–£1075	11
Clerkenwell	£1125 pcm	£900–£2000	12
Edgware Road	£1062 pcm	£806–£1475	12
Fitzrovia	£1150 pcm	£953–£1475	11
Holborn	£1040 pcm	£910–£2000	5
Hyde Park	£1150 pcm	£850–£1475	11
Knightsbridge	£1040 pcm	£737–£1475	15
Lancaster Gate	£1150 pcm	£820–£1475	11
Marble Arch	£1095 pcm	£850–£1475	12
Pimlico	£1008 pcm	£775–£1400	6
Sloane Square	£850 pcm	£737–£1040	11
Soho	£1250 pcm	£953–£1600	9
South Kensington	£850 pcm	£737–£1040	9
Southwark	£938 pcm	£850–£1300	6
Victoria	£1008 pcm	£850–£1400	6
Westminster	£1040 pcm	£866–£1400	5

East London

Area	Typical rent	Most rents	Rooms
Barking	£900 pcm	£650–£1140	12
Beckton	£875 pcm	£750–£1500	4
Bethnal Green	£925 pcm	£750–£1025	41
Blackwall	£960 pcm	£720–£1300	57
Bow	£900 pcm	£737–£1000	33
Canary Wharf	£955 pcm	£750–£1300	72
Canning Town	£875 pcm	£700–£1050	16
East Ham	£915 pcm	£750–£1140	14
East Village	£900 pcm	£800–£1350	7
Forest Gate	£940 pcm	£850–£1170	16
Hackney	£850 pcm	£715–£1060	11
Hackney Wick	£900 pcm	£715–£1040	15
Limehouse	£950 pcm	£750–£1300	81
Manor Park	£930 pcm	£650–£1140	13
Maryland	£940 pcm	£850–£1350	8
Mile End	£925 pcm	£720–£1100	63
Plaistow	£900 pcm	£750–£1140	16
Shoreditch	£950 pcm	£750–£1650	28
Stratford	£930 pcm	£850–£1040	15
Upton Park	£900 pcm	£750–£1140	17
Wapping	£950 pcm	£800–£1200	44
West Ham	£900 pcm	£800–£1170	19
Whitechapel	£950 pcm	£750–£1200	34

North London

Area	Typical rent	Most rents	Rooms
Angel	£1150 pcm	£900–£2000	11
Camden	£910 pcm	£840–£1100	9
Crouch End	£725 pcm	£700–£780	6
Finsbury Park	£750 pcm	£700–£850	12
Harringay	£750 pcm	£650–£1000	17
Highbury	£900 pcm	£750–£2000	13
Holloway	£900 pcm	£750–£2000	9
Hornsey	£750 pcm	£650–£900	13
Islington	£1150 pcm	£900–£2000	11
Seven Sisters	£750 pcm	£650–£900	23
Stamford Hill	£750 pcm	£650–£1000	15
Stoke Newington	£850 pcm	£650–£1650	7
Tottenham	£850 pcm	£650–£950	17
Tufnell Park	£900 pcm	£780–£1100	7
Wood Green	£750 pcm	£650–£870	11

North West London

Area	Typical rent	Most rents	Rooms
Belsize Park	£950 pcm	£775–£2350	7
Brondesbury	£850 pcm	£775–£1150	19
Camden Town	£910 pcm	£840–£1100	9
Colindale	£889 pcm	£780–£940	26
Cricklewood	£835 pcm	£780–£1050	21
Dollis Hill	£835 pcm	£650–£953	17
Finchley	£940 pcm	£890–£940	5
Finchley Road	£835 pcm	£780–£1150	19
Golders Green	£850 pcm	£830–£889	19
Gospel Oak	£910 pcm	£780–£1100	5
Hampstead	£910 pcm	£775–£2350	7
Hendon	£889 pcm	£830–£940	27
Kensal Rise	£932 pcm	£650–£2350	6
Kentish Town	£900 pcm	£780–£1100	9
Kilburn	£860 pcm	£775–£1150	15
Queens Park	£860 pcm	£780–£1150	17
South Hampstead	£930 pcm	£775–£2350	8
St Johns Wood	£975 pcm	£806–£1475	13
Stonebridge	£953 pcm	£650–£1200	5
Swiss Cottage	£950 pcm	£775–£2350	9
West Hampstead	£842 pcm	£775–£1150	18
Willesden	£840 pcm	£650–£953	18
Willesden Green	£840 pcm	£650–£953	18

South East London

Area	Typical rent	Most rents	Rooms
Canada Water	£975 pcm	£802–£1300	51
Deptford	£962 pcm	£866–£1300	36
Eltham	£650 pcm	£650–£750	5
Greenwich	£1040 pcm	£866–£1300	24
Rotherhithe	£955 pcm	£750–£1300	67
Surrey Quays	£955 pcm	£750–£1300	63

South London

Area	Typical rent	Most rents	Rooms
Bermondsey	£950 pcm	£850–£1350	18
Brixton	£735 pcm	£735–£975	5
Brockley	£900 pcm	£850–£910	4
Camberwell	£735 pcm	£735–£975	5
Elephant And Castle	£925 pcm	£866–£1040	5
Herne Hill	£735 pcm	£735–£910	4
Kennington	£925 pcm	£866–£1400	4
Lambeth	£1008 pcm	£866–£1400	6
New Cross	£938 pcm	£850–£1300	18
Stockwell	£820 pcm	£735–£1400	8
Vauxhall	£1040 pcm	£866–£1400	5

South West London

Area	Typical rent	Most rents	Rooms
Balham	£1000 pcm	£850–£1050	4
Battersea	£910 pcm	£737–£1400	10
Chelsea	£880 pcm	£737–£1050	12
Clapham Junction	£842 pcm	£737–£1050	8
Earlsfield	£912 pcm	£820–£1050	6
Fulham	£910 pcm	£737–£1050	7
Nine Elms	£975 pcm	£775–£1400	5
Parsons Green	£910 pcm	£737–£1050	7
South Lambeth	£1008 pcm	£866–£1400	6
Tooting	£912 pcm	£820–£1050	6

West London

Area	Typical rent	Most rents	Rooms
Acton	£758 pcm	£700–£950	6
Bayswater	£1150 pcm	£820–£1475	11
Ealing	£726 pcm	£700–£780	4
Earls Court	£850 pcm	£737–£1000	8
Kensington	£828 pcm	£737–£910	8
Little Venice	£1200 pcm	£806–£1600	10
Maida Vale	£1150 pcm	£806–£1600	13
Notting Hill	£865 pcm	£806–£975	4
Paddington	£1150 pcm	£820–£1475	11
Warwick Avenue	£726 pcm	£700–£780	4
West Ealing	£726 pcm	£700–£780	4
West Kensington	£850 pcm	£737–£910	7
Westbourne Park	£975 pcm	£775–£1600	9

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