Renting in Morecambe

Average Rent in Morecambe: £825/mo

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Median asking rent across 1,178 live Morecambe listings on 6 portals from £400/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

£825 /month

1,178 live listings · 6 portals

Median monthly rent in Morecambe by property size
Size	Median rent	Listings
Studio	£737/mo	42
1 bed	£695/mo	340
2 bed	£825/mo	382
3 bed	£995/mo	160
4+ bed	£1,300/mo	79
Room (house share)	£585/mo	175

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 Morecambe

What it costs to rent in Morecambe

Morecambe currently has 1,178 rental properties listed across the portals we track, with a median rent of £825 a month. 15 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 24% are houses and the rest are flats.

Rents vary sharply by postcode. The most affordable outcode we track is FY4 at around £560/mo, while PR26 sits nearer £1,295/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.

Dwellio watches Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders for Morecambe around the clock — so a new listing reaches your inbox before most renters have refreshed the app. Here’s how our rental alerts work. Looking further afield? You can browse rentals in every UK city.

Rent by property size

Average rent in Morecambe by bedrooms

Median monthly asking rent for each property size, from 1,178 live listings across 6 property sites (September 2026).

Average studio rent in Morecambe

£737/mo

The median asking rent for a studio in Morecambe is £737 a month, 11% below the city-wide median of £825, based on 42 studios currently on the market.

Average rent for a 1-bed flat in Morecambe

£695/mo

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Morecambe is £695 a month, 16% below the city-wide median of £825, based on 340 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 2-bed flat or house in Morecambe

£825/mo

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Morecambe is £825 a month, in line with the city-wide median of £825, based on 382 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 3-bed house in Morecambe

£995/mo

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Morecambe is £995 a month, 21% above the city-wide median of £825, based on 160 listings currently on the market.

Average rent for a 4-bed house in Morecambe

£1,300/mo

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Morecambe is £1,300 a month, 58% above the city-wide median of £825, based on 79 listings currently on the market.

Average room rent in Morecambe

£585/mo

The median asking rent for a room in a Morecambe house share is £585 a month, 29% below the city-wide median of £825, based on 175 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 Lancaster rents have moved

Office for National Statistics Price Index of Private Rents — official monthly average rent across all tenures in Lancaster, the ONS area that covers Morecambe. Latest: £815/mo (Jul 26, +6.0% YoY).

Latest

£815

Jul 26

Annual

+6.0%

vs last year

5-yr ago

£626

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 Morecambe

Flats & apartments

383

55% of listings

Houses

122

17% of listings

Rooms

175

25% of listings

Bungalows

3% of listings

Property mix · houses

Houses to rent in Morecambe — what's on the market

Other house houses make up 53% of the 143 houses currently advertised in Morecambe.

Other house
53%76
Bungalow
15%21
Semi-detached
14%20
Terraced
13%19
Detached
5%7

Rent by postcode

Where Morecambe rent is highest and lowest

Median monthly rent grouped by outcode across 813 live listings in 32 outcodes. Outcodes with fewer than 3 listings are skipped to avoid skew from a single luxury rental.

Most expensive in Morecambe

1PR26£1,295/mo3 rentals
2PR7£1,100/mo15 rentals
3PR4£1,100/mo8 rentals

Cheapest in Morecambe

1FY4£560/mo10 rentals
2FY1£600/mo18 rentals
3BB10£650/mo3 rentals

Features · Morecambe

Garden, parking, and floor area in Morecambe

Live signal across 1,178 Morecambe rentals scraped from six UK portals. Coverage varies by portal — figures below show the share of listings whose advertiser surfaces the feature.

Garden

48%

of 92 Morecambe listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.

Parking

76%

of 99 Morecambe listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.

Live from the portals

New rentals in Morecambe this week

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

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Council tax · VOA 2024

Council tax bands across Morecambe

Most Morecambe homes sit in Band A. The weighted average works out close to Band B–C across 66,620 properties on the council-tax list.

Modal band

most common band

Mean band

2.43

≈ Band B–C

Stock

67k

66,620 properties

A
35%23,410
B
25%16,490
C
19%12,760
D
10%6,700
E
6%4,230
F
3%2,100
G
1%850
H
0%80

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 Morecambe

88% of Morecambe premises can already get full-fibre and 90% can get gigabit speeds — Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage, July 2025.

Full fibre

88%

FTTP-ready premises

Gigabit

90%

≥1Gbit/s available

Superfast

99%

≥30Mbit/s available

Mean speed

466 Mbit/s

bucket-weighted estimate

Full fibre (FTTP)
88%
Gigabit-capable
90%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
99%

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations residential coverage by Local Authority (Lancaster), July 2025, covering 65,177 premises. Mean download speed is estimated from Ofcom speed-bucket midpoints.

Energy efficiency · DESNZ EPC

EPC ratings for Morecambe homes

35% of Morecambe 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

35%

good energy-efficiency stock

Bands D–G

65%

below the proposed 2030 floor

Certificates

51k

51,494 EPCs

A
1%310
B
8%4,218
C
26%13,397
D
43%21,987
E
16%8,451
F
4%2,271
G
2%860

Source: DESNZ Energy Performance of Buildings register (replacement for opendatacommunities.org), domestic certificates filed under Lancaster. Covers England and Wales — Scottish EPCs are held in a separate Scottish register and aren't included.

Schools · GIAS · DfE

State-funded schools near Morecambe

8 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Morecambe centroid. The five closest:

1
Morecambe Bay Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · LA4 5JL
0.06 mi
2
Poulton-le-Sands Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · LA4 5QA
0.24 mi
3
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Morecambe
Primary · Voluntary aided school · LA4 5PS
0.40 mi
4
Morecambe Bay Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · LA4 5BG
0.56 mi
5
Lancaster Road Primary School
Primary · Community school · LA4 5TH
0.60 mi

Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Morecambe centroid. Ofsted ratings were removed from GIAS in January 2025 and aren't available here.

Area safety

Safety in Morecambe

Lower Crime Area

Based on the latest police data (September 2026), Morecambe has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities. Across 16 of 16 postcode districts analysed, the median was 61 reported crimes per area. The most common category in Morecambe is Anti-social behaviour, accounting for 0% of all incidents.

Crime overview

61 crimes per area (median)
16 of 16 postcode districts covered
Data: September 2026

Most reported

Anti-social behaviour
0% of incidents

Morecambe 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 Morecambe

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.

Heysham has the lowest crime count of the top 5 suburbs in Morecambe.

Heysham
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (51) · pop. ~17,000
5.8
per 1k
Bare
Safer area
Most common: Violent crime (124) · pop. ~7,000
45
per 1k
Torrisholme
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (161) · pop. ~6,000
67
per 1k
Westgate
Typical for city
Most common: Violent crime (164) · pop. ~5,000
77
per 1k
Sandylands
Higher crime
Most common: Violent crime (186) · pop. ~5,000
85
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

Morecambe listings by portal

We watch 6 property sites for rentals in Morecambe.

PrimeLocation

410

Rightmove

240

SpareRoom

175

OnTheMarket

155

OpenRent

115

Leaders

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Frequently asked

Renting in Morecambe — your questions answered

How much is rent in Morecambe?

The average (median) asking rent in Morecambe is £825 a month — a 1-bed is £695 and a 2-bed £825, based on 1,178 live listings across 6 property portals in Sept 2026.

What is the average studio rent in Morecambe?

The median asking rent for a studio in Morecambe is £737 a month, 11% below the city-wide median of £825, based on 42 studios currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 1-bed home in Morecambe is £695 a month, 16% below the city-wide median of £825, based on 340 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 2-bed home in Morecambe is £825 a month, in line with the city-wide median of £825, based on 382 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a 3-bed home in Morecambe is £995 a month, 21% above the city-wide median of £825, based on 160 listings currently on the market.

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

The median asking rent for a four-bedroom-plus home in Morecambe is £1,300 a month, 58% above the city-wide median of £825, based on 79 listings currently on the market.

What is the average room rent in Morecambe?

The median asking rent for a room in a Morecambe house share is £585 a month, 29% below the city-wide median of £825, based on 175 rooms currently listed, mostly on SpareRoom and OpenRent.

How many rental properties are available in Morecambe?

There are currently 1,178 rental properties available in Morecambe, with 15 new listings added in the last 7 days.

Is Morecambe safe for renters?

Morecambe has a lower crime rate compared to other UK cities, with a median of 61 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 Morecambe?

The most commonly reported crime category in Morecambe is Anti-social behaviour, based on data.police.uk records for September 2026.

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