Flats to Rent in Harrow

Renting in Harrow

Harrow is an outer north-west London borough of hilltop village, Metroland suburbs and busy town centres, stretching from Harrow-on-the-Hill and South Harrow north to Pinner, Hatch End and Stanmore on the Hertfordshire border. On the ONS measure in the table above, rents are below the London average. Council tax is not: Band D is £2,511.07 in 2026/27, the third highest in London, after Kingston and Croydon, against a London average of £2,068 (MHCLG). Budget for it, especially in a house.

Most homes are 1930s semis and terraces with gardens, with flats concentrated around Harrow town centre, Wealdstone and the stations.

The neighbourhoods

Harrow-on-the-Hill

The old village sits on a steep hill topped by St Mary's Church, consecrated in 1094, with Harrow School, founded under a royal charter from Elizabeth I in 1572, spread across its slopes. The streets around the school are a conservation area of period houses, a few shops and pubs, and views west on a clear day. Most renters live below the hill, near Harrow-on-the-Hill station, which has the Metropolitan line and Chiltern Railways trains to Marylebone.

Harrow town centre and Wealdstone

Harrow's town centre, around Station Road and the St George's and St Ann's shopping centres, is the borough's main place for shops and restaurants, with many South Asian grocers, jewellers and restaurants along its streets. Wealdstone, to the north, is being redeveloped around Harrow and Wealdstone station, the northern end of the Bakerloo line, which also has the Overground's Lioness line and fast trains to Euston. Most of the borough's purpose-built flats and new-build rentals are in these two areas.

Pinner and Hatch End

Pinner's High Street keeps a run of timber-framed and Georgian buildings, and the village holds a street fair each year under a charter dating from 1336. Pinner Memorial Park has the Heath Robinson Museum, dedicated to the illustrator, who lived locally. Pinner is on the Metropolitan line; Hatch End, a little to the east, is on the Overground's Lioness line and has its own parade of shops and the Harrow Arts Centre. Both are family areas of 1930s houses with a limited supply of flats.

Stanmore and Canons Park

Stanmore, at the northern end of the Jubilee line, is the borough's greenest and one of its most expensive areas, with large detached and semi-detached houses and access to Stanmore Common and Stanmore Country Park. Bentley Priory, the RAF Fighter Command headquarters during the Battle of Britain, is now a museum. Canons Park, one stop south, is named after the estate of the Duke of Chandos; its park is public, and the house is now part of North London Collegiate School. The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital is also in Stanmore.

North Harrow, Rayners Lane and South Harrow

These are the borough's most typical Metroland streets: inter-war semis and terraces around small parades of shops. North Harrow and West Harrow are on the Metropolitan line; Rayners Lane has both the Metropolitan and Piccadilly lines; South Harrow is on the Piccadilly line. They usually cost less than Pinner or Stanmore for similar houses.

Kenton and Queensbury

Kenton, on the borough's eastern edge, is served by Kenton station (Bakerloo line and Overground) and Northwick Park (Metropolitan line), both just over the boundary in Brent. Queensbury, to the north-east, has a Jubilee line station just inside Brent. Both areas straddle the boundary with Brent, so check which borough an address is in if council tax or school admissions matter to you.

Getting around

Harrow has four Underground lines, but each serves a different part of the borough. The Metropolitan line is the fastest into central London from Harrow-on-the-Hill, Pinner and North Harrow, with some fast trains to Baker Street and on to the City. The Jubilee line serves Stanmore and Canons Park; the Bakerloo line serves Harrow and Wealdstone, with Kenton just over the Brent boundary; the Piccadilly line serves Rayners Lane and South Harrow. National Rail trains from Harrow and Wealdstone run to Euston, and Chiltern trains from Harrow-on-the-Hill run to Marylebone. Getting across the borough between these lines is often easier by bus. Check a specific commute on the TfL Journey Planner before you sign.

Schools

Harrow's state secondaries include Nower Hill High School in Pinner, Hatch End High School, Bentley Wood High School (girls) and Park High School in Stanmore, Canons High School, Whitmore High School, Rooks Heath School and Harrow High School. The best-known independent schools are Harrow School (boys, boarding), the John Lyon School and North London Collegiate School (girls). Faith, selective and independent schools set their own admissions rules, and popular state schools 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

The north of the borough is the greenest: Harrow Weald Common, Stanmore Common, Stanmore Country Park and the grounds of Bentley Priory form a belt of woodland and heath along the Hertfordshire border. Further south, Canons Park, Pinner Memorial Park, Roxbourne Park and Harrow Recreation Ground serve their neighbourhoods. Headstone Manor, a moated medieval manor house between North Harrow and Harrow Weald, is now the borough's museum and is set in its own recreation ground.

Safety

Crime in Harrow concentrates in the town centre and around Wealdstone and the main stations, as it does in most outer boroughs; residential streets are generally quieter. For a specific street, the police's crime map at police.uk shows reported crime month by month.

Who it suits

Harrow suits families who want a house and garden with a choice of state schools, and commuters who work near the Metropolitan, Jubilee or Bakerloo lines. It also suits people who want a large, established South Asian community with its shops and places of worship close by. It suits people less well if they want nightlife on the doorstep, need to cross the borough without a car, or are renting a larger house on a tight budget, given its council tax.

Useful links

Harrow Council: harrow.gov.uk (council tax, parking, school admissions)
Crime by street: police.uk
Journeys: tfl.gov.uk/plan-a-journey
Headstone Manor and Museum: headstonemanor.org.uk

The listings above are homes and rooms advertised by their landlords in Harrow now. Check which station each one is nearest: a home in Stanmore and one in Rayners Lane are both in Harrow but are on different lines into town.