Renting in Kendal
Median asking rent · all sizes · 60 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Kendal is £925 a month, from 60 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £835/moasking · 21 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £925/moasking · 27 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £1,200/moasking · 11 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 Kendal by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/kendal, updated 28 October 2026.
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Renting in Kendal
Kendal currently has 64 rental listings on the property sites we track, 60 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Kendal is £925 a month, from 60 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 22 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 41% 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 Kendal, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Kendal is £835 a month, 10% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 21 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Kendal is £925 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 27 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Kendal is £1,200 a month, 30% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 11 live listings on four property sites (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 Westmorland and Furness is £819 a month, up 6.2% on a year earlier, across private tenancies of all sizes (Office for National Statistics, September 2026). Westmorland and Furness is the ONS area that covers Kendal. 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
+6.2%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+31%
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
54% of listings
37% of listings
7% of listings
2% of listings
Property mix · houses
Other house houses make up 52% of the 21 houses currently advertised in Kendal.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 31 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 Kendal, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/kendal, updated 28 October 2026.
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Live from the portals
22 homes came onto the Kendal rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
1 bed property
Kentmere Road, Kendal LA8
1 bed property
15 Bluebell Close, Kendal LA9
2 bed property
305 Liberty House, Highgate, Kendal LA9
1 bed flat/apartment
15 Bluebell Close, Kendal
4 bed semi-detached house
Natland Road, Kendal
2 bed flat/apartment
305 Liberty House, Highgate, Kendal
1 bed flat/apartment
Flat 2, 6-10 Wildman Street, Kendal
3 bed bungalow
Rose Cottage, 2 Woodgate, Kendal
2 bed semi-detached house
28 Anchorite Fields, Kendal
1 bed terraced house
Chambers Close, Kendal
2 bed flat/apartment
The Cottage Flat, Friends Meeting House, Stramongate, Kendal, LA9 4BH
2 bed flat/apartment
Howe Bank Close, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7PU
2 bed flat/apartment
Stramongate, Kendal LA9
3 bed property
Rose Cottage, 2 Woodgate, Kendal
1 bed flat/apartment
15 Bluebell Close, Kendal
2 bed flat/apartment
305 Liberty House, Highgate, Kendal
1 bed flat/apartment
Flat 2, 6-10 Wildman Street, Kendal
1 bed terraced house
Chambers Close, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 5JE
2 bed flat/apartment
Howe Bank Close, Kendal, LA9 7PU
1 bed flat/apartment
3 bed house
1 bed flat/apartment
2 bed flat/apartment
2 bed house
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Council tax · VOA 2024
Most Kendal 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
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
79% of Kendal 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
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
34% of Kendal 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
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
10 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Kendal centroid. The five closest:
Stramongate Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · LA9 4BT
Kendal Nursery School
Nursery · Local authority nursery school · LA9 4PH
Ghyllside Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · LA9 4JB
St Thomas's CofE Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · LA9 5PP
Sandgate School
Not applicable · Community special school · LA9 6JG
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Kendal 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), Kendal has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 10 of 10 postcode districts analysed, the median was 8 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Kendal is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.
Kendal 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 (12) · pop. ~1,000
Most common: Violent crime (12) · pop. ~2,000
Most common: Violent crime (25) · pop. ~1,500
Most common: Violent crime (71) · pop. ~2,000
Most common: Violent crime (65) · pop. ~1,500
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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Frequently asked
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Kendal is £925 a month, from 60 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Kendal is £835 a month, 10% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 21 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Kendal is £925 a month, in line with the median for homes of all sizes, from 27 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Kendal is £1,200 a month, 30% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 11 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 64 rental properties available in Kendal, with 22 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Kendal has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 8 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 Kendal is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for October 2026.
Across North West
How Kendal compares with the other 24 places we track in North West — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across North West, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/kendal, updated 28 October 2026.
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