Renting in Barrow-in-Furness

Average Rent in Barrow-in-Furness: £795/mo

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Median asking rent across 677 live Barrow-in-Furness listings on 5 portals from £425/mo, broken down by property size below — plus how rents have moved, where they are highest and lowest, and what landed on the market this week.

Median asking rent

£795 /month

677 live listings · 5 portals

Median monthly rent in Barrow-in-Furness by property size
Size	Median rent	Listings
Studio	£950/mo	10
1 bed	£628/mo	109
2 bed	£795/mo	261
3 bed	£995/mo	108
4+ bed	£715/mo	115
Room (house share)	£585/mo	74

Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated 12 September 2026. Weekly prices normalised to monthly.

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Renting in Barrow-in-Furness

What it costs to rent in Barrow-in-Furness

Barrow-in-Furness currently has 677 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £795 a month. 18 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 77% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is BB2 at around £675/mo, while PR5 sits nearer £1,050/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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Rent by property size

Average rent in Barrow-in-Furness by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 677 live listings across 5 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Barrow-in-Furness

£950/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Barrow-in-Furness is £950 a month, 19% above the city-wide median of £795, based on 10 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Barrow-in-Furness

£628/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Barrow-in-Furness is £628 a month, 21% below the city-wide median of £795, based on 109 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in Barrow-in-Furness

£795/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Barrow-in-Furness is £795 a month, in line with the city-wide median of £795, based on 261 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Barrow-in-Furness

£995/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Barrow-in-Furness is £995 a month, 25% above the city-wide median of £795, based on 108 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Barrow-in-Furness

£715/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Barrow-in-Furness is £715 a month, 10% below the city-wide median of £795, based on 115 listings currently on the market.

Average room rent in Barrow-in-Furness

£585/mo

The median asking rent for a room in a Barrow-in-Furness house share is £585 a month, 26% below the city-wide median of £795, based on 74 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

Medians exclude prices that fail our junk-listing floor. Room rents are per room, not per property.

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Rent trend · ONS PIPR

How Westmorland and Furness rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Westmorland and Furness, the ONS area that covers Barrow-in-Furness. Latest: £812/mo (Jul 26, +6.5% YoY).

Latest

£812

Jul 26

Annual

+6.5%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£623

Aug 21

Total change

+30%

since 2021

Source: Office for National Statistics · Price Index of Private Rents (PIPR). Updated monthly with a ~2-month lag. ONS uses Broad Rental Market Areas in Scotland — figures may aggregate beyond the city itself.

Property types

What’s on offer in Barrow-in-Furness

Flats & apartments

19% of listings

Houses

289

64% of listings

Rooms

16% of listings

Bungalows

1% of listings

Property mix · houses

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

Terraced houses make up 66% of the 292 houses currently advertised in Barrow-in-Furness.

Terraced
66%194
Other house
26%76
Semi-detached
5%16
Detached
1%3
Bungalow
1%3

Rent by postcode

Where Barrow-in-Furness rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 348 live listings in 15 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Barrow-in-Furness

1PR5£1,050/mo3 rentals
2PR8£973/mo4 rentals
3PR2£950/mo15 rentals

Cheapest in Barrow-in-Furness

1BB2£675/mo5 rentals
2FY1£688/mo6 rentals
3FY8£695/mo3 rentals

Features · Barrow-in-Furness

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

Live signal across 677 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 165 Barrow-in-Furness listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

67%

of 167 Barrow-in-Furness listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Barrow-in-Furness this week

18 homes came onto the Barrow-in-Furness rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.

18 new this weekUpdated today

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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

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
St George's CofE School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · LA14 2JN
0.30 mi
2
Ramsden Infant School
Primary · Community school · LA14 1AN
0.32 mi
3
Greengate Junior School
Primary · Community school · LA14 1BG
0.34 mi
4
Barrow Island Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · LA14 2SJ
0.50 mi
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.

Area safety

Safety in Barrow-in-Furness

Lower Crime AreaEstimated — limited data

Based on the latest police data (September 2026), Barrow-in-Furness has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 12 of 12 postcode districts analysed, the median was 39 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Barrow-in-Furness is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.

Crime overview

39 crimes per area (median)
12 of 12 postcode districts covered
Data: September 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 July 2026, covering a ~1 mile radius around each suburb centre. Figures are normalised per 1,000 residents so you can compare neighbourhoods fairly.

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

Dalton-in-Furness
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (27) · pop. ~8,000
8.4
per 1k
Askam in Furness
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (7) · pop. ~3,500
2.9
per 1k
Walney
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (12) · pop. ~11,000
2.6
per 1k
Hawcoat
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (177) · pop. ~4,000
107
per 1k
Ormsgill
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (156) · pop. ~4,000
95
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.

Rightmove

182

OpenRent

177

OnTheMarket

139

PrimeLocation

105

SpareRoom

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Frequently asked

Renting in Barrow-in-Furness — your questions answered

How much is rent in Barrow-in-Furness?

The average (median) asking rent in Barrow-in-Furness is £795 a month — a 1-bed is £628 and a 2-bed £795, based on 677 live listings across 5 property portals in Sept 2026.

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

The median asking rent for a studio in Barrow-in-Furness is £950 a month, 19% above the city-wide median of £795, based on 10 studios currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 1-bed flat in Barrow-in-Furness?

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Barrow-in-Furness is £628 a month, 21% below the city-wide median of £795, based on 109 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in Barrow-in-Furness?

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Barrow-in-Furness is £795 a month, in line with the city-wide median of £795, based on 261 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 3-bed house in Barrow-in-Furness?

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Barrow-in-Furness is £995 a month, 25% above the city-wide median of £795, based on 108 listings currently on the market.

What is the average rent for a 4-bed house in Barrow-in-Furness?

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Barrow-in-Furness is £715 a month, 10% below the city-wide median of £795, based on 115 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a room in a Barrow-in-Furness house share is £585 a month, 26% below the city-wide median of £795, based on 74 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

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

There are currently 677 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 39 reported crimes per postcode area (September 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 September 2026.

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