Renting in Lewisham
Median asking rent · all sizes · 1,150 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Lewisham is £1,900 a month, from 1,150 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £1,625/moasking · 415 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £2,100/moasking · 409 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £2,550/moasking · 132 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £3,500/moasking · 107 listings · Oct 2026 |
| Room in a shared house | £918/moasking · 74 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 Lewisham by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/lewisham, updated 31 October 2026.
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Renting in Lewisham
Lewisham currently has 1,224 rental listings on the property sites we track, 1,150 of them whole homes rather than rooms in shared houses. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Lewisham is £1,900 a month, from 1,150 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 188 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 17% 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 £1,700 a month in SE26 (40 live listings) to £2,800 in SE15 (3 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Lewisham (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 Lewisham, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Lewisham is £1,625 a month, 14% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 415 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Lewisham is £2,100 a month, 11% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 409 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Lewisham is £2,550 a month, 34% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 132 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Lewisham is £3,500 a month, 84% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 107 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Lewisham is £918 a month, from 74 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 Lewisham is £1,832 a month, up 2.1% 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
+2.1%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+28%
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
78% of listings
15% of listings
7% of listings
Property mix · houses
Terraced houses make up 44% of the 165 houses currently advertised in Lewisham.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 908 live listings in 12 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 Lewisham, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/lewisham, updated 31 October 2026.
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Features · Lewisham
Live signal across 1,224 Lewisham rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.
Garden
73%
of 386 Lewisham listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
66%
of 287 Lewisham listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Floor area
£3.20/sq ft a monthMedian asking rent per sq ft · all sizes · 151 live listings · October 2026Median 662 sqft across the 151 Lewisham listings that publish floor area.
Live from the portals
188 homes came onto the Lewisham rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
2 bed flat/apartment
Cornmill Lane, London, SE13
3 bed house
Marischal Road, London, SE13
1 bed flat/apartment
Rosenthal Road, London, SE6
2 bed flat/apartment
Eastdown Park, London, SE13
2 bed flat/apartment
Swanton Court, Jerrard Street, London SE13
1 bed flat/apartment
Station Road, London, SE13
1 bed room
Axion House, London, SE13
2 bed flat/apartment
Parkside Avenue, London, SE10
2 bed property
Theodore Road, London, SE13
2 bed house
Theodore Road, London SE13
2 bed flat/apartment
Cornmill Lane, London, SE13
1 bed flat/apartment
Conington Road, Baquba Building Conington Road, SE13
1 bed room
London, London, SE13
2 bed house
Theodore Road London SE13
3 bed flat/apartment
Kingswood Court, London, SE13
2 bed semi-detached house
Theodore Road, Lewisham, SE13
1 bed flat/apartment
Crosslet Vale, Greenwich
2 bed flat/apartment
Loampit Vale, London, SE13
1 bed flat/apartment
Chiltonian Mews, London, SE13
2 bed flat/apartment
Crosslet Vale, London
3 bed detached house
Marischal Road, SE13
1 bed property
Elswick Road, Lewisham, London, SE13
2 bed flat/apartment
Cornmill Lane London SE13
Studio flat/apartment
Catford, London, SE6
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Schools · GIAS · DfE
14 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Lewisham centroid. The five closest:
St Mary's Lewisham Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · SE13 6NX
St Saviour's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · SE13 6AL
Prendergast Vale School
All-through · Academy converter · SE13 7BN
Brindishe Green School
Primary · Community school · SE13 6EH
Prendergast School
Secondary · Academy converter · SE4 1LE
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Lewisham centroid. Ofsted ratings were removed from GIAS in January 2025 and aren't available here.
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Frequently asked
The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Lewisham is £1,900 a month, from 1,150 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Lewisham is £1,625 a month, 14% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 415 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Lewisham is £2,100 a month, 11% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 409 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Lewisham is £2,550 a month, 34% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 132 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Lewisham is £3,500 a month, 84% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 107 live listings on five property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a room in a shared house in Lewisham is £918 a month, from 74 live listings (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 1,224 rental properties available in Lewisham, with 188 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Across the capital
Lewisham compared with the rest of Greater London — median asking rent from live listings, updated October 2026.
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Cite this: Dwellio, “Median asking rent across London boroughs, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/lewisham, updated 30 October 2026.
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