Renting in Tower Hamlets
Median asking rent · all sizes · 2,006 live listings · October 2026
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The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Tower Hamlets is £2,500 a month, from 2,006 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
| Size | Median asking rent |
|---|---|
| 1-bed | £2,100/moasking · 709 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 2-bed | £2,650/moasking · 782 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 3-bed | £3,300/moasking · 256 listings · Oct 2026 |
| 4+ bed | £3,600/moasking · 165 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 Tower Hamlets by size, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/tower-hamlets, updated 30 October 2026.
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Renting in Tower Hamlets
Tower Hamlets currently has 2,006 rental listings on the property sites we track. The median asking rent for homes of all sizes in Tower Hamlets is £2,500 a month, from 2,006 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026). 667 new homes appeared in the past week alone. Among the houses and flats listed, roughly 6% 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 £1,800 a month in E16 (5 live listings) to £3,725 in E8 (6 live listings), the cheapest and priciest postcode districts we track in Tower Hamlets (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.
Dwellio watches Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders for Tower Hamlets 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.
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Rent by property size
Median monthly asking rent for each property size in Tower Hamlets, October 2026. Every figure carries the number of live listings behind it.
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Tower Hamlets is £2,100 a month, 16% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 709 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Tower Hamlets is £2,650 a month, 6% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 782 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Tower Hamlets is £3,300 a month, 32% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 256 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Tower Hamlets is £3,600 a month, 44% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 165 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 Tower Hamlets is £2,462 a month, up 3.8% 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
+3.8%
vs a year earlier
Total change
+41%
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
94% of listings
6% of listings
Property mix · houses
Other house houses make up 48% of the 97 houses currently advertised in Tower Hamlets.
Rent by postcode
Median monthly asking rent for homes of all sizes, grouped by postcode district, across 1,333 live listings in 16 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 Tower Hamlets, October 2026”, dwellio.co.uk/rent/tower-hamlets, updated 30 October 2026.
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Features · Tower Hamlets
Live signal across 2,006 Tower Hamlets 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 936 Tower Hamlets listings advertise a garden, patio, or terrace.
Parking
39%
of 855 Tower Hamlets listings include parking, a driveway, or a garage.
Floor area
£4.04/sq ft a monthMedian asking rent per sq ft · all sizes · 530 live listings · October 2026Median 681 sqft across the 530 Tower Hamlets listings that publish floor area.
Live from the portals
667 homes came onto the Tower Hamlets rental market in the last 7 days across Rightmove, OnTheMarket, OpenRent, PrimeLocation, SpareRoom and Leaders. The freshest are below.
1 bed property
Massingham Street, London E1
Studio property
New Drum Street, Aldgate, London E1
1 bed property
Solebay Street, London E1
2 bed property
Meath Crescent, Bethnal Green E2
2 bed property
Ostro Tower, Canary Wharf E14
2 bed property
Westferry Circus, London E14
2 bed property
Ostro Tower, Canary Wharf E14
1 bed property
Isle Of Dogs E14
3 bed property
Balfron Tower, St Leonards Road, London E14
3 bed property
Balfron Tower, St Leonards Road, London E14
3 bed property
Ambrose Walk, London E3
2 bed property
London City Island, Hope Street, London E14
2 bed property
Grand Regent Tower, 2 Cadmium Square, London E2
1 bed property
Ostro Tower, Canary Wharf E14
1 bed property
Isle Of Dogs E14
1 bed property
The Landmark West Tower, London E14
2 bed property
Horizons Tower, Yabsley Street, Canary Wharf E14
2 bed property
Duckett Street, London E1
2 bed property
Grosvenor Court, London E14
2 bed property
Newlands Quay, London E1W
2 bed property
Newlands Quay, London E1W
1 bed property
Douglas Path, London E14
1 bed property
Cheshire Street, London E2
1 bed property
The Sphere, 1 Hallsville Road, Canning Town, London E16
Listings refresh as our scraper picks up new properties for Tower Hamlets. Click through to the source portal to enquire.
How it works
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Schools · GIAS · DfE
37 open state-funded schools sit within one mile of the Tower Hamlets centroid. The five closest:
Stepney Greencoat Church of England Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · E14 7TF
Sir William Burrough Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · E14 7PQ
St Paul With St Luke CofE Primary Federation
Primary · Voluntary aided school · E3 4LA
Stebon Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · E14 7AD
Halley Primary School
Primary · Community school · E14 7SS
Source: DfE Get Information About Schools (state-funded extract). Distances are straight-line from each school's postcode to the Tower Hamlets 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 Tower Hamlets is £2,500 a month, from 2,006 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 1-bed in Tower Hamlets is £2,100 a month, 16% below the median for homes of all sizes, from 709 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 2-bed in Tower Hamlets is £2,650 a month, 6% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 782 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 3-bed in Tower Hamlets is £3,300 a month, 32% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 256 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
The median asking rent for a 4+ bed home in Tower Hamlets is £3,600 a month, 44% above the median for homes of all sizes, from 165 live listings on four property sites (Dwellio, October 2026).
There are currently 2,006 rental properties available in Tower Hamlets, with 667 new listings added in the last 7 days.
Across the capital
Tower Hamlets 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/tower-hamlets, updated 30 October 2026.
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