Renting in Barrow-in-Furness

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The average rent in Barrow-in-Furness is £695/mo, with 545 live listings across 5 portals from £425/mo. Compare rents by bedroom and area below — and get alerted the moment a new Barrow-in-Furness rental appears.

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Latest rentals in Barrow-in-Furness

The freshest listings we picked up across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders.

18 new this weekUpdated today
  1. 2 bed property for rent in Manor House Close, Leyland PR26
    £750/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Manor House Close, Leyland PR26

    2View listing
  2. 3 bed property for rent in Sharoe Green Lane, Fulwood, Preston PR2
    £1,400/moPrimeLocation

    3 bed property

    Sharoe Green Lane, Fulwood, Preston PR2

    3View listing
  3. 2 bed property for rent in Salford Road, Lancaster LA2
    £895/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Salford Road, Lancaster LA2

    2View listing
  4. 3 bed property for rent in Newlands Road, Lancaster LA1
    £1,700/moPrimeLocation

    3 bed property

    Newlands Road, Lancaster LA1

    3View listing
  5. 2 bed property for rent in Brown St, Thornton-Cleveleys FY5
    £800/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Brown St, Thornton-Cleveleys FY5

    2View listing
  6. 2 bed property for rent in 80 Sandylands Promenade, Morecambe LA3
    £850/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    80 Sandylands Promenade, Morecambe LA3

    2View listing
  7. 5 bed room for rent in Room in a Shared House, Bath Street, LA14
    £715/moOpenRent

    5 bed room

    Room in a Shared House, Bath Street, LA14

    55View listing
  8. flat/apartment for rent in Dalton Road, Barrow-In-Furness
    £975/moOnTheMarket

    Studio flat/apartment

    Dalton Road, Barrow-In-Furness

    1View listing
  9. 1 bed terraced house for rent in Queen Street, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA14
    £520/moOnTheMarket

    1 bed terraced house

    Queen Street, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA14

    12View listing
  10. 1 bed terraced house for rent in Queen Street, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA14
    £628/moOnTheMarket

    1 bed terraced house

    Queen Street, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA14

    12View listing
  11. 1 bed flat/apartment for rent in Greengate Street, Barrow-In-Furness
    £575/moOnTheMarket

    1 bed flat/apartment

    Greengate Street, Barrow-In-Furness

    11View listing
  12. 2 bed property for rent in JAMES STREET, Barrow In Furness
    £775/moOnTheMarket

    2 bed property

    JAMES STREET, Barrow In Furness

    21View listing
  13. flat/apartment for rent in Dalton Road, Barrow-In-Furness
    £975/moRightmove

    Studio flat/apartment

    Dalton Road, Barrow-In-Furness

    1View listing
  14. 2 bed terraced house for rent in Provincial Street, Barrow-In-Furness, LA13
    £795/moRightmove

    2 bed terraced house

    Provincial Street, Barrow-In-Furness, LA13

    21View listing
  15. 1 bed flat/apartment for rent in Greengate Street, Barrow-In-Furness
    £575/moRightmove

    1 bed flat/apartment

    Greengate Street, Barrow-In-Furness

    11View listing
  16. 2 bed terraced house for rent in Annan Street, Barrow-In-Furness, LA14
    £695/moRightmove

    2 bed terraced house

    Annan Street, Barrow-In-Furness, LA14

    21View listing
  17. 2 bed flat/apartment for rent in 7 Victoria Park Apartments, Barrow-In-Furness
    £1,295/moRightmove

    2 bed flat/apartment

    7 Victoria Park Apartments, Barrow-In-Furness

    21View listing
  18. 3 bed property for rent in Norris Street, Preston PR1
    £498/moPrimeLocation

    3 bed property

    Norris Street, Preston PR1

    3View listing
  19. 2 bed property for rent in St. Andrews Road South, Lytham St. Annes FY8
    £595/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    St. Andrews Road South, Lytham St. Annes FY8

    2View listing
  20. 2 bed property for rent in Good Street, Preston PR1
    £800/moPrimeLocation

    2 bed property

    Good Street, Preston PR1

    2View listing
  21. 3 bed property for rent in Havelock Street, Preston PR1
    £498/moPrimeLocation

    3 bed property

    Havelock Street, Preston PR1

    3View listing
  22. 3 bed room for rent in Room in a Shared House, Melbourne St, LA14
    £628/moOpenRent

    3 bed room

    Room in a Shared House, Melbourne St, LA14

    33View listing
  23. 2 bed terraced house for rent in 2 Bed Terraced House, Church St, LA15
    £850/moOpenRent

    2 bed terraced house

    2 Bed Terraced House, Church St, LA15

    21View listing
  24. 3 bed room for rent in Room in a Shared House, Harrison St, LA14
    £520/moOpenRent

    3 bed room

    Room in a Shared House, Harrison St, LA14

    31View listing

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Renting in Barrow-in-Furness

What it costs to rent in Barrow-in-Furness

Barrow-in-Furness currently has 545 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £695 a month. 18 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 75% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is LA14 at around £600/mo, while PR2 sits nearer £1,150/mo. For a wider view of where the UK’s cheapest rents are, see our guide to the cheapest cities to rent in the UK.

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Market snapshot

Barrow-in-Furness rental market at a glance

545

Active rentals in Barrow-in-Furness

£695/mo

Median monthly rent

5

Property sites we watch

Rental prices

Rent by bedrooms in Barrow-in-Furness

Median monthly rent, based on 545 active listings across 5 property sites.

BedroomsMedian rentAvailable
1 bed£628/mo88
2 bed£783/mo204
3 bed£955/mo82
4+ bed£693/mo97
Room£585/mo65

Updated July 2026. Prices normalised to monthly where weekly was listed.

Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across Barrow-in-Furness

Most Barrow-in-Furness homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 117,060 properties on the council-tax list.

Modal band

A

most common band

Mean band

2.95

≈ Band B–C

Stock

117k

117,060 properties

  • A
    25%29,220
  • B
    21%24,360
  • C
    20%23,120
  • D
    15%17,650
  • E
    11%12,600
  • F
    5%6,380
  • G
    3%3,410
  • H
    0%330

Source: HM Valuation Office Agency — Council Tax Stock of Properties (CTSOP1.0), extract dated 31 March 2024. Covers England and Wales; Scotland and Northern Ireland use separate band schemes and aren't included.

Broadband · Ofcom Connected Nations

Broadband coverage across Barrow-in-Furness

79% of Barrow-in-Furness premises can already get full-fibre and 79% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.

Full fibre

79%

FTTP-ready premises

Gigabit

79%

≥1Gbit/s available

Superfast

96%

≥30Mbit/s available

Mean speed

425 Mbit/s

bucket-weighted estimate

  • Full fibre (FTTP)
    79%
  • Gigabit-capable
    79%
  • Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
    96%

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Westmorland and Furness), July 2025, covering 115,774 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.

Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC

EPC ratings for Barrow-in-Furness homes

34% of Barrow-in-Furness homes hold a current EPC in bands A–C — the bands that meet the proposed 2030 minimum energy-efficiency standard for rented stock.

Bands A–C

34%

good energy-efficiency stock

Bands D–G

66%

below the proposed 2030 floor

Certificates

95k

94,678 EPCs

  • A
    1%629
  • B
    9%8,053
  • C
    25%23,266
  • D
    39%36,562
  • E
    18%16,915
  • F
    7%6,876
  • G
    3%2,377

Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Westmorland and Furness. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.

Schools · GIAS · DfE

State-funded schools near Barrow-in-Furness

13 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Barrow-in-Furness centroid. The five closest:

  1. 1

    St George's CofE School

    Primary · Voluntary controlled school · LA14 2JN

    0.30 mi
  2. 2

    Ramsden Infant School

    Primary · Community school · LA14 1AN

    0.32 mi
  3. 3

    Greengate Junior School

    Primary · Community school · LA14 1BG

    0.34 mi
  4. 4

    Barrow Island Community Primary School

    Primary · Community school · LA14 2SJ

    0.50 mi
  5. 5

    Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Barrow

    Primary · Academy converter · LA14 2BA

    0.53 mi

Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Barrow-in-Furness centroid. Ofsted ratings were removed from GIAS in January 2025 and aren't available here.

Property types

What’s on offer in Barrow-in-Furness

Flats & apartments

74

20% of listings

Houses

226

61% of listings

Rooms

65

18% of listings

Bungalows

3

1% of listings

Property mix · houses

Houses to rent in Barrow-in-Furness — what's on the market

Terraced houses make up 72% of the 229 houses currently advertised in Barrow-in-Furness.

  • Terraced
    72%165
  • Other house
    21%48
  • Semi-detached
    5%11
  • Bungalow
    1%3
  • Detached
    1%2

Rent by postcode

Where Barrow-in-Furness rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 420 live listings in 12 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Barrow-in-Furness

  1. 1PR2£1,150/mo6 rentals
  2. 2FY4£850/mo8 rentals
  3. 3FY1£850/mo3 rentals

Cheapest in Barrow-in-Furness

  1. 1LA14£600/mo282 rentals
  2. 2BB2£675/mo5 rentals
  3. 3FY8£695/mo3 rentals

Features · Barrow-in-Furness

Garden, parking, and floor area in Barrow-in-Furness

Live signal across 545 Barrow-in-Furness rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

49%

of 125 Barrow-in-Furness listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

63%

of 128 Barrow-in-Furness listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Area safety

Safety in Barrow-in-Furness

Lower Crime AreaEstimated — limited data

Based on the latest police data (July 2026), Barrow-in-Furness has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 12 of 12 postcode districts analysed, the median was 32 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Barrow-in-Furness is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.

Crime overview

  • 32 crimes per area (median)
  • 12 of 12 postcode districts covered
  • Data: July 2026

Most reported

  • Anti-social behaviour
  • 0% of incidents

Barrow-in-Furness ranks well for renters concerned about neighbourhood safety. Every Dwellio alert includes the area’s crime data so you can compare at a glance.

Data from data.police.uk, updated monthly. Contains public-sector information licensed under OGL v3.0.

Area breakdown

Safety by suburb in Barrow-in-Furness

Street-level crime counts from data.police.uk for May 2026, covering a ~1 mile radius around each suburb centre. Figures are normalised per 1,000 residents so you can compare neighbourhoods fairly.

Askam in Furness has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Barrow-in-Furness.

  • Dalton-in-Furness

    Typical for city

    Most common: Violent crime (21) · pop. ~8,000

    8.0
    per 1k

  • Askam in Furness

    Safer area

    Most common: Violent crime (1) · pop. ~3,500

    0.6
    per 1k

  • Walney

    Safer area

    Most common: Violent crime (13) · pop. ~11,000

    1.8
    per 1k

  • Hawcoat

    Higher crime

    Most common: Violent crime (165) · pop. ~4,000

    98
    per 1k

  • Ormsgill

    Higher crime

    Most common: Violent crime (151) · pop. ~4,000

    92
    per 1k

Suburbs shown are representative populated areas; figures reflect street-level incidents within ~1 mile of each centre. Data from data.police.uk. Contains public-sector information licensed under OGL v3.0.

Where we search

Barrow-in-Furness listings by portal

We watch 5 property sites for rentals in Barrow-in-Furness.

OpenRent
149
Rightmove
142
OnTheMarket
111
PrimeLocation
78
SpareRoom
65

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Renting in Barrow-in-Furness — your questions answered

What is the average rent in Barrow-in-Furness?

The median rent in Barrow-in-Furness is £695/month based on 545 active listings across 5 property portals (2026-07).

How many rental properties are available in Barrow-in-Furness?

There are currently 545 rental properties available in Barrow-in-Furness, with 18 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Is Barrow-in-Furness safe for renters?

Barrow-in-Furness has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 32 reported crimes per postcode area (July 2026). The most common category is Anti-social behaviour. Data from data.police.uk.

What is the most common crime in Barrow-in-Furness?

The most commonly reported crime category in Barrow-in-Furness is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for July 2026.

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