Flats to Rent in Enfield

Renting in Enfield

Enfield is London's northernmost borough, running from Palmers Green, Southgate and Edmonton in the south to Enfield Town, Hadley Wood and the Green Belt on the Hertfordshire border, with the Lee Valley along its eastern edge. On the ONS measure in the table above, its average rent is below the London average. Council tax is above it: Band D is £2,267.67 in 2026/27, against a London average of £2,068 (MHCLG).

Enfield licenses private landlords in much of the borough: a borough-wide additional HMO licensing scheme started in September 2025, and a new selective licensing scheme covering 17 wards started on 1 September 2026. The council's website lists the wards and which homes need a licence.

The neighbourhoods

Southgate, Oakwood and Cockfosters

The west of the borough is on the Piccadilly line, with Charles Holden's 1930s stations at Arnos Grove, Southgate and Oakwood, and the line's terminus at Cockfosters on the boundary with Barnet. Southgate has a small town centre around its round station building, and Grovelands Park, landscaped by Humphry Repton, is next to it. Homes are mostly inter-war semis and flats, and these are among the borough's more expensive areas.

Palmers Green and Winchmore Hill

Palmers Green's stretch of Green Lanes has many Greek Cypriot and Turkish restaurants, bakeries and shops, and Broomfield Park, with its lakes and gardens, is on its western edge. Winchmore Hill has a small village green. Both have Great Northern trains to Moorgate and King's Cross. Homes are mostly Edwardian terraces and semis, popular with families.

Enfield Town

Enfield Town is the borough's main shopping centre, with the Palace Exchange and a market square whose market dates from a charter of 1303. Enfield Town station is on the Overground's Weaver line to Liverpool Street, and Enfield Chase and Gordon Hill have Great Northern trains. Forty Hall, a Jacobean house with gardens, is to the north. Rentals range from flats in the centre to inter-war and Victorian houses around it.

Hadley Wood

Hadley Wood, on the Hertfordshire border, is a small area of large detached houses on quiet roads surrounded by Green Belt. Its station has Great Northern trains. Rentals here are few and mostly large houses.

Edmonton and Meridian Water

Edmonton, in the south-east, is the borough's most densely built area, with Victorian terraces, large estates and the Edmonton Green shopping centre. Edmonton Green and Silver Street stations are on the Weaver line. By the River Lea, Meridian Water is a large council-led regeneration scheme of new homes, with its own station, which has Greater Anglia trains to Stratford. Edmonton is usually where Enfield's rents are lowest.

Ponders End and Enfield Lock

The east of the borough, along the Lee Valley, has Victorian and post-war housing, industrial estates and easy access to the Lee Valley Regional Park. Ponders End, Brimsdown and Enfield Lock stations have Greater Anglia trains to Liverpool Street.

Getting around

Enfield's rail lines all run north to south into central London, so which one you live near matters. The Piccadilly line serves the west (Arnos Grove, Southgate, Oakwood and Cockfosters) and runs to King's Cross, the West End and Heathrow. Great Northern trains from Palmers Green, Winchmore Hill, Grange Park, Enfield Chase, Gordon Hill and Hadley Wood run to Moorgate and King's Cross. The Overground's Weaver line serves Edmonton Green, Bush Hill Park, Enfield Town, Silver Street, Southbury and Turkey Street. Greater Anglia trains serve the Lee Valley stations. Crossing the borough east to west is mostly by bus. Check a specific commute on the TfL Journey Planner before you sign.

Schools

The Latymer School in Edmonton, founded in 1624, is a selective state grammar school that admits by entrance test. Other state secondaries include Highlands School, St Anne's Catholic High School for Girls, Southgate School, Winchmore School, Enfield Grammar School (non-selective, boys) and Edmonton County School. Grammar, faith and single-sex schools set their own admissions rules, and popular primaries can have small distance catchments, so read each school's admissions criteria and its latest Ofsted report before choosing a street for a school.

Parks and open space

Enfield has more open land than most boroughs. Trent Park, a former royal hunting estate, is a large country park of woods, lakes and meadows. Grovelands Park, Broomfield Park, Forty Hall and Whitewebbs Park serve the rest of the borough, and the Lee Valley Regional Park, with its reservoirs, towpaths and the Lee Valley Athletics Centre, runs down the eastern edge.

Safety

Crime concentrates in the south-east of the borough, around Edmonton and its town centre and stations; the west and north are generally quieter. For a specific street, the police's crime map at police.uk shows reported crime month by month.

Who it suits

Enfield suits Piccadilly line commuters to King's Cross and the West End who want houses and parks in Southgate or Oakwood; families who want Edwardian houses and good transport to Moorgate in Palmers Green and Winchmore Hill; and people who want lower rents near the Weaver line in Edmonton. It suits people less well if they need to cross the borough east to west often without a car, or want inner London nightlife close by.

Useful links

Enfield Council: enfield.gov.uk (council tax, licensing, school admissions)
Crime by street: police.uk
Journeys: tfl.gov.uk/plan-a-journey
Lee Valley Regional Park: visitleevalley.org.uk

The listings above are homes and rooms advertised by their landlords in Enfield now. Check which line each one is near: the Piccadilly line, Great Northern and the Weaver line serve different parts of the borough and go to different parts of central London.