Renting in Cheltenham
Median asking rent · all sizes · 623 live listings · October 2026
Rent in Cheltenham before the rush.
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Cheltenham is £1,295 a month, from 623 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £925/moasking · 201 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £1,295/moasking · 236 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,600/moasking · 76 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £2,500/moasking · 83 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £600/moasking · 28 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 Cheltenham by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/cheltenham, updated 27 October 2026.
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Renting in Cheltenham
Cheltenham currently has 651 rental listings on the property sites we track, 623 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Cheltenham is £1,295 a month, from 623 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 272 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 42% are houses and the rest are flats. How we measure this
Rents vary sharply by postcode. Median asking rents for homes of all sizes run from £1,225 a month in GL50 (275 live listings) to £1,695 in GL53 (61 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Cheltenham (Dwellio, October 2026). 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
Median monthly asking rent for each property size in Cheltenham, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Cheltenham is £925 a month, 29% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 201 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Cheltenham is £1,295 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 236 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Cheltenham is £1,600 a month, 24% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 76 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Cheltenham is £2,500 a month, 93% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 83 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Cheltenham is £600 a month, from 28 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 Cheltenham is £1,269 a month, up 6.1% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). 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
+6.1%
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
Affordability · ONS ASHE
Renters in Cheltenham spend an estimated 42% of the local median gross salary on rent — based on the ONS Price Index of Private Rents and ASHE Table 8 (2025).
Median pay
£36,014/yr
Median gross annual pay for residents · ONS ASHE 2025
Rent burden
42%
Stretched — above the 30% rent-burden threshold.
Sources: Office for National Statistics — Price Index of Private Rents (latest month) and Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings Table 8.7a (median annual gross pay, place of residence). The 30% line is the conventional rent-burden threshold above which housing costs are considered to crowd out other essentials. How we measure this
Property types
55% of listings
40% of listings
5% of listings
1% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 44% of the 238 houses currently advertised in Cheltenham.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 564 live listings in 4 districts (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 Cheltenham, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/cheltenham, updated 27 October 2026.
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Features · Cheltenham
Live signal across 651 Cheltenham rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
95%
of 87 Cheltenham listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
99%
of 194 Cheltenham listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Live from the portals
272 homes came onto the Cheltenham rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
3 bed house
Fairview Close, Cheltenham, GL52
2 bed property
Ridge Close, Cheltenham GL52
1 bed property
Fairhaven Street, Cheltenham GL53
1 bed property
Clarence Street, Cheltenham GL50
3 bed property
Wisteria Court, Cheltenham GL51
4 bed property
Pinewood Walk, Pinewood Drive, Cheltenham GL51
3 bed property
Princes Street, Cheltenham GL52
3 bed property
Gloucester Road, Cheltenham GL51
3 bed property
Clare Street, Cheltenham GL53
2 bed property
Regency Square, Tryes Road, Cheltenham GL50
1 bed property
Pavilion Gardens, Cheltenham GL50
2 bed property
Tryes Road, Cheltenham GL50
2 bed property
Chapel Street, Cheltenham GL50
2 bed property
Tom Price Close, Cheltenham GL52
2 bed property
Mitre Street, Cheltenham GL53
1 bed property
Fairhaven Street, Cheltenham GL53
3 bed house
Carlton Street, Cheltenham
2 bed flat/apartment
Evesham Road Cheltenham GL52
3 bed house
Swindon Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51
3 bed terraced house
Fairview Close, Cheltenham, GL52
2 bed bungalow
Queens Road, Queens Court Queens Road, GL50
1 bed flat/apartment
Hewlett Road, Gloucestershire GL52
1 bed house
High Street, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50
2 bed flat/apartment
Hatherley Lane, Cheltenham
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Cheltenham. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Cheltenham homes sit in Band C. The weighted average works out close to Band C–D across 57,260 properties on the council-tax list.
Modal band
C
most common band
Mean band
3.08
≈ Band C–D
Stock
57k
57,260 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
83% of Cheltenham premises can already get full-fibre and 93% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.
Full fibre
83%
FTTP-ready premises
Gigabit
93%
≥1Gbit/s available
Superfast
100%
≥30Mbit/s available
Mean speed
479 Mbit/s
bucket-weighted estimate
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Cheltenham), July 2025, covering 57,137 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.
Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC
48% of Cheltenham 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
48%
good energy-efficiency stock
Bands D–G
52%
below the proposed 2030 floor
Certificates
48k
48,213 EPCs
Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Cheltenham. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.
Schools · GIAS · DfE
10 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Cheltenham centroid. The five closest:
The Catholic School of Saint Gregory the Great
Primary · Academy converter · GL50 3QG
Gloucestershire Hospital Education Service
Not applicable · Pupil referral unit · GL50 3EW
St John's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · GL52 2SN
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · GL52 2JP
Christ Church CofE Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · GL50 2NR
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Cheltenham centroid. Ofsted ratings were removed from GIAS in January 2025 and aren't available here.
Area safety
Based on the latest police data (April 2026), Cheltenham has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 20 of 20 postcode districts analysed, the median was 61 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Cheltenham is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Cheltenham 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.
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Frequently asked
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Cheltenham is £1,295 a month, from 623 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Cheltenham is £925 a month, 29% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 201 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Cheltenham is £1,295 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 236 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Cheltenham is £1,600 a month, 24% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 76 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Cheltenham is £2,500 a month, 93% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 83 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Cheltenham is £600 a month, from 28 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 651 rental properties available in Cheltenham, with 272 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Cheltenham has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 61 reported crimes per postcode area (April 2026). The most common category is Anti-social behaviour. Data from data.police.uk.
The most commonly reported crime category in Cheltenham is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for April 2026.
Across South West
How Cheltenham compares with the other 17 places we track in South West — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
Every city, every region, one table: the UK rental index.
Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across South West, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/cheltenham, updated 28 October 2026.
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