Renting in Bridgwater
Median asking rent · all sizes · 204 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Bridgwater is £1,100 a month, from 204 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £825/moasking · 40 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,100/moasking · 79 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,250/moasking · 42 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £4,500/moasking · 35 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £671/moasking · 48 listings · Oct 2026 |
Asking rents from live listings on Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders · Updated . Weekly prices normalised to monthly. Each figure counts the live listings behind it; rooms are per room.
Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent in Bridgwater by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/bridgwater, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Bridgwater
Bridgwater currently has 252 rental listings on the property sites we track, 204 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Bridgwater is £1,100 a month, from 204 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 78 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 71% are houses and the rest are flats. How we measure this
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Rent by property size
Median monthly asking rent for each property size in Bridgwater, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Bridgwater is £825 a month, 25% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 40 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Bridgwater is £1,100 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 79 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Bridgwater is £1,250 a month, 14% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 42 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Bridgwater is £4,500 a month, 309% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 35 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Bridgwater is £671 a month, from 48 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
Medians exclude prices that fail our junk-listing floor. Room rents are per room, not per property. Each size needs at least 10 live listings. Studio figures are hidden for now: listings whose bedroom count we couldn’t read were being counted as studios. How we measure this
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Rent trend · ONS PIPR
The ONS average rent paid in Somerset is £1,021 a month, up 6.3% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). Somerset is the ONS area that covers Bridgwater. The Office for National Statistics’ Price Index of Private Rents is the official series for rents being paid, including long-running tenancies; Dwellio’s figures above are asking rents.
Annual
+6.3%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+34%
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. How we measure this
Property types
22% of listings
54% of listings
23% of listings
0% of listings
Property mix · houses
Other house houses make up 53% of the 115 houses currently advertised in Bridgwater.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 121 live listings in 1 district (October 2026). Districts with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental; rooms in shared houses are left out.
Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent by postcode district in Bridgwater, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/bridgwater, updated 28 October 2026.
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Features · Bridgwater
Live signal across 252 Bridgwater rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
77%
of 97 Bridgwater listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
85%
of 106 Bridgwater listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
78 homes came onto the Bridgwater rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
2 bed property
Grenville Court, Bridgwater TA6
2 bed house
3 bed house
10 bed room
2 bed house
2 bed house
1 bed house
3 bed room
3 bed house
1 bed room
4 bed room
2 bed terraced house
Kings Drive, Somerset TA6
2 bed terraced house
Bridgwater TA6
3 bed flat/apartment
London Court, 42-44 Eastover, Bridgwater
1 bed flat/apartment
Carlton Drive, Bridgwater, Somerset
2 bed terraced house
Bridgwater, Somerset TA6
2 bed house
Carolina Close, Bridgwater TA6
1 bed flat/apartment
Taunton Road, Bridgwater
1 bed flat/apartment
Wembdon Road, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA6
1 bed room
Hamp St, Bridgwater, TA6
1 bed room
Kent Ave, Bridgwater, TA6
3 bed semi-detached house
Peace Close, Somerset TA6
2 bed flat/apartment
Marsa Way, Somerset TA6
2 bed terraced house
Redgate Street, Bridgwater
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Bridgwater. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Bridgwater homes sit in Band B. The weighted average works out close to Band C–D across 270,080 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
B
most common band
Mean band
3.10
≈ Band C–D
Stock
270k
270,080 properties
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
74% of Bridgwater premises can already get full-fibre and 75% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
74%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
75%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
95%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
409 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Somerset), July 2025, covering 267,460 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
47% of Bridgwater 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
47%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
53%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
226k
225,613 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Somerset. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
12 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Bridgwater centroid. The five closest:
Northgate Primary School
Primary · Free schools · TA6 3EU
Westover Green Community School and Autism Centre
Primary · Academy converter · TA6 7HB
Robert Blake School
Secondary · Foundation school · TA6 6AW
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Bridgwater
Primary · Academy converter · TA6 7EE
Eastover Primary School
Primary · Community school · TA6 5EX
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Bridgwater centroid. Ofsted ratings were removed from GIAS in January 2025 and aren't available here.
Area safety
Based on the latest police data (October 2026), Bridgwater has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 24 of 24 postcode districts analysed, the median was 28 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Bridgwater is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Bridgwater 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
Street-level crime counts from data.police.uk for August 2026, covering a ~1 mile radius around each suburb centre. Figures are normalised per 1,000 residents so you can compare neighbourhoods fairly.
Most common: Violent crime (184) · pop. ~4,000
Most common: Violent crime (160) · pop. ~5,000
Most common: Violent crime (91) · pop. ~4,000
Most common: Violent crime (200) · pop. ~3,000
Most common: Violent crime (13) · pop. ~7,000
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.
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Bridgwater is £1,100 a month, from 204 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Bridgwater is £825 a month, 25% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 40 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Bridgwater is £1,100 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 79 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Bridgwater is £1,250 a month, 14% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 42 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Bridgwater is £4,500 a month, 309% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 35 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Bridgwater is £671 a month, from 48 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 252 rental properties available in Bridgwater, with 78 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Bridgwater has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 28 reported crimes per postcode area (October 2026). The most common category is Anti-social behaviour. Data from data.police.uk.
The most commonly reported crime category in Bridgwater is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across South West
How Bridgwater compares with the other 17 places we track in South West — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across South West, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/bridgwater, updated 28 October 2026.
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