Flats to Rent in Haringey

Renting in Haringey

Haringey stretches across north London from Highgate and Muswell Hill in the west to Tottenham and the Lea Valley in the east, with Crouch End, Hornsey, Wood Green and Harringay in between. The west is hilly, leafy and expensive; the east is flatter, busier, more diverse and cheaper, with most of the borough's regeneration. On the ONS measure in the table above, Haringey's average rent sits close to the London average, but the gap between its two halves is wide. Council tax is above average: Band D is £2,313.78 in 2026/27, against a London average of £2,068 (MHCLG).

Haringey also runs selective licensing. A five-year scheme started on 17 November 2022 in 14 wards, mainly in the centre and east of the borough (among them Harringay, Noel Park, Seven Sisters, Tottenham Hale and Woodside), under which private landlords need a council licence. The council's website lists the wards and which homes the scheme covers.

The neighbourhoods

Highgate

Highgate village is split between Haringey and Camden, and several of its best-known sights, including Highgate Cemetery, Pond Square and The Flask pub, are on the Camden side. The Haringey side has Highgate School, founded in 1565, and two ancient woodlands, Highgate Wood and Queen's Wood. Highgate station, on the Northern line's High Barnet branch, sits in a cutting on Archway Road, below the village and up a steep path. Rentals are mostly flats in large period houses and mansion blocks, at the top of the borough's price range.

Muswell Hill

Muswell Hill was built almost all at once in the early 1900s, and its Broadway of Edwardian shopping parades is still the centre of the area. Alexandra Palace and its park are on the hill to the east. The main drawback is transport: there is no Tube, so most commuters take a bus to Highgate, East Finchley or Bounds Green. Homes are mostly Edwardian houses and flats in converted houses, popular with families.

Crouch End and Hornsey

Crouch End's centre is the Broadway, with its clock tower and Hornsey Town Hall, an art deco building. The streets around it are Victorian and Edwardian terraces with a strong run of independent shops, cafés and restaurants. Like Muswell Hill it has no Tube: Hornsey and Crouch Hill stations have trains, and Finsbury Park and Highgate are a bus ride or a long walk away. The Parkland Walk, a disused railway line turned into a nature reserve, runs from near Finsbury Park towards Highgate along its southern edge.

Harringay and Green Lanes

Harringay (spelled differently from the borough) is best known for the Ladder, a grid of parallel Victorian terraced streets running between Green Lanes and the railway along Wightman Road. Green Lanes is one of London's main streets for Turkish and Kurdish restaurants, grocers and bakeries. Transport is Harringay Green Lanes station on the Overground's Suffragette line, Harringay station on Great Northern trains, and the Piccadilly line at Manor House or Turnpike Lane. Finsbury Park, one of the borough's two largest parks, is at the southern end.

Wood Green

Wood Green is Haringey's main shopping centre, around the Mall and the High Road, with the Piccadilly line at Wood Green and Turnpike Lane. East of the High Road is Noel Park, an estate of terraced cottages begun in the 1880s by the Artizans', Labourers' and General Dwellings Company, now a conservation area. The Chocolate Factory, a former confectionery works, houses artists' and makers' studios. Rentals range from flats above shops on the High Road to terraced houses on the side streets.

Tottenham

Tottenham, in the east of the borough, is where most of Haringey's new building is happening, around Tottenham Hale station and the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, which opened in 2019 and also hosts NFL games and concerts. The High Road runs north through it, and Bruce Castle, a Tudor house that is now the borough's museum, is just off it on Lordship Lane. Tottenham Hale has the Victoria line and trains to Liverpool Street and Stansted Airport; Seven Sisters has the Victoria line and the Overground's Weaver line, which also serves Bruce Grove and White Hart Lane. Homes range from Victorian terraces and large council estates to new blocks by the stations. Match days and events bring big crowds around the stadium.

Getting around

How easy Haringey is to get around depends on which side you live on. The east has the Victoria line (Tottenham Hale and Seven Sisters), one of the fastest routes into the West End and Victoria. The middle has the Piccadilly line (Manor House, Turnpike Lane, Wood Green and Bounds Green) and the west has the Northern line at Highgate. Great Northern trains from Hornsey, Harringay, Alexandra Palace and Bowes Park run to Moorgate and King's Cross; the Overground's Suffragette line runs east to west, and the Weaver line runs south to Liverpool Street. Muswell Hill and Crouch End depend on buses. Check a specific commute on the TfL Journey Planner before you sign.

Schools

State secondaries include Fortismere School in Muswell Hill, Highgate Wood School in Crouch End, Alexandra Park School, Hornsey School for Girls, Heartlands High School in Wood Green, Park View School, Gladesmore Community School and St Thomas More Catholic School. Highgate School is the best-known independent school. Faith and other schools with their own admissions rules do not admit on distance alone, and the most popular state schools in the west of the borough have small catchments, so read each school's admissions criteria and its latest Ofsted report before choosing a street for a school.

Parks and open space

Alexandra Park, around Alexandra Palace, has views across London, a boating lake and a pitch-and-putt course; the palace, which was rebuilt after a fire in 1980 and reopened in 1988, has an ice rink and hosts concerts and events. Finsbury Park has sports facilities and hosts summer festivals. Highgate Wood and Queen's Wood are ancient woodland. In the east, Lordship Recreation Ground, Bruce Castle Park and the Tottenham Marshes, part of the Lee Valley Regional Park, give Tottenham a large area of open space along the River Lea.

Safety

Crime varies across the borough. It concentrates around the busiest transport hubs and high streets (Wood Green, Seven Sisters, Tottenham Hale and parts of Green Lanes) and is lower on most residential streets in the west. For a specific street, the police's crime map at police.uk shows reported crime month by month.

Who it suits

Haringey suits Victoria line commuters who want Tottenham or Seven Sisters rents; renters who want a busy, mixed high street in Harringay or Wood Green; and families who want period houses, parks and schools in Muswell Hill, Crouch End or Highgate and will commute by bus or train. It suits people less well if they want the Tube on their doorstep in the west of the borough, where there is little of it, or quiet streets near the stadium on match days.

Useful links

Haringey Council: haringey.gov.uk (council tax, selective licensing, school admissions)
Crime by street: police.uk
Journeys: tfl.gov.uk/plan-a-journey
Alexandra Palace: alexandrapalace.com

The listings above are homes and rooms advertised by their landlords in Haringey now. Check which side of the borough each one is on, and whether it is in a selective licensing ward.