Mapped: how much it costs to rent at every London tube station in 2025

Everyone renting in London knows the feeling. That begrudged moment when, just after you think you’ve scored a bargain, your mate living south of the river reveals that their monthly rent is about £200 less a month than yours. It’s painful knowing you can get cheaper deals just a few stations away, but we can all agree that even on the cheaper end, London rental prices, quite frankly, suck. 

To give you the full picture and help you compare north to south and east to west, DOSE News has put together a tube map of average rental prices across London. The map shows the average monthly rental prices for a room around each London Underground station. 

It’s of little surprise that if you plan on renting by a station smack bang in the centre of London, you’ll need to be prepared to spend a whole lot more. According to DOSE’s research, you’ll find London’s most expensive rooms in Green Park (a whopping £1,707 per month), Victoria (£1674) and St Pauls (£1,559). 

If you want somewhere more affordable in zone one, your best bet is Aldgate which is an average £814 a month. 

Heading into zone two, some of the cheaper places include Kentish Town, where the average room is £735 a month; Brixton, which costs around £792 and Clapham, which is an average of £812 to rent in. 

A little further out, you can get a room by Leyton Underground station for an average of £650, Walthamstow for £737 or Hendon Central for £677. Across the city, the average price of renting a single room is £931 per month. Ugh. 

You can find out the average price in your area, or scout out new, cheaper places to live on the map below. 

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