London Underground

Rent by station on the Central line

Name: Average rent by station on the Central line
Creator: FTR London
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

The cheapest stop on the Central line is Ruislip Gardens, where a one-bedroom averages £1,252 a month in Hillingdon. The dearest is Notting Hill Gate at £2,640 — a gap of £1,388 a month along a single line.

Running between Epping and West Ruislip, the Central line passes through Hillingdon, Redbridge, Waltham Forest, Ealing, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Hammersmith and Fulham, Camden, Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, City of London. Rent falls from £2,548 at its zone 1 stops to £1,252 at its zone 5 stops.

49 stations · zones 1 to 6 · 11 London boroughs · rent figures August 2026

Cheapest stop

£1,252

Ruislip Gardens

Dearest stop

£2,640

Notting Hill Gate

Spread along the line

£1,388

per month, one-bedroom

London average

£1,760

one-bedroom, all boroughs

Moving out 4 zones saves about £1,296 a month

Boroughs at this line’s zone 1 stops average £2,548 for a one-bedroom. At its zone 5 stops they average £1,252 — the same line, the same journey, on a longer ride.

Boroughs on the Central line, cheapest first

Average monthly rent for a one-bedroom property, August 2026, against the London average of £1,760.

London boroughs served by the Central line, ranked by average one-bedroom rent
Borough	Stops on line	1-bed average	vs London	Share of local pay
Hillingdon	3	£1,252	−£508	35.9%
Redbridge	12	£1,368	−£392	38.5%
Waltham Forest	2	£1,400	−£360	38.5%
Ealing	7	£1,629	−£131	47.9%
Newham	1	£1,630	−£130	49.6%
Tower Hamlets	2	£1,992	+£232	52.1%
Hammersmith and Fulham	3	£2,000	+£240	53.5%
Camden	2	£2,054	+£294	54.8%
Westminster	6	£2,548	+£788	61.4%
Kensington and Chelsea	2	£2,640	+£880	61.7%
City of London	3	Not published	—	—

Share of local pay: one-bed rent against median gross full-time pay of residents, ONS ASHE 2024. How this is calculated.

Every stop on the Central line, cheapest first

Rent is published by borough, so stops in the same borough share a figure. The ranking is what changes: it shows where along the line the cheaper boroughs actually are.

Every station on the Central line with its travel zone, borough and average one-bedroom rent
#	Station	Zone	Borough	1-bed average	On FTR now
1	Ruislip Gardens	Zone 5	Hillingdon	£1,252	—
2	South Ruislip	Zone 5	Hillingdon	£1,252	—
3	West Ruislip	Zone 6	Hillingdon	£1,252	—
4	Barkingside	Zone 4	Redbridge	£1,368	—
5	Fairlop	Zone 4	Redbridge	£1,368	—
6	Gants Hill	Zone 4	Redbridge	£1,368	—
7	Grange Hill	Zone 4	Redbridge	£1,368	—
8	Hainault	Zone 4	Redbridge	£1,368	—
9	Newbury Park	Zone 4	Redbridge	£1,368	—
10	Redbridge	Zone 4	Redbridge	£1,368	—
11	Roding Valley	Zone 4	Redbridge	£1,368	—
12	Snaresbrook	Zone 4	Redbridge	£1,368	—
13	South Woodford	Zone 4	Redbridge	£1,368	—
14	Wanstead	Zone 4	Redbridge	£1,368	—
15	Woodford	Zone 4	Redbridge	£1,368	—
16	Leyton	Zone 3	Waltham Forest	£1,400	1
17	Leytonstone	Zones 3–4	Waltham Forest	£1,400	—
18	Ealing Broadway	Zone 3	Ealing	£1,629	—
19	Greenford	Zone 4	Ealing	£1,629	1
20	Hanger Lane	Zone 3	Ealing	£1,629	1
21	North Acton	Zones 2–3	Ealing	£1,629	1
22	Northolt	Zone 5	Ealing	£1,629	1
23	Perivale	Zone 4	Ealing	£1,629	—
24	West Acton	Zone 3	Ealing	£1,629	1
25	Stratford	Zones 2–3	Newham	£1,630	2
26	Bethnal Green	Zone 2	Tower Hamlets	£1,992	7
27	Mile End	Zone 2	Tower Hamlets	£1,992	6
28	East Acton	Zone 2	Hammersmith and Fulham	£2,000	1
29	Shepherd's Bush (Central)	Zone 2	Hammersmith and Fulham	£2,000	—
30	White City	Zone 2	Hammersmith and Fulham	£2,000	1
31	Chancery Lane	Zone 1	Camden	£2,054	3
32	Holborn	Zone 1	Camden	£2,054	4
33	Bond Street	Zone 1	Westminster	£2,548	2
34	Lancaster Gate	Zone 1	Westminster	£2,548	3
35	Marble Arch	Zone 1	Westminster	£2,548	2
36	Oxford Circus	Zone 1	Westminster	£2,548	4
37	Queensway	Zone 1	Westminster	£2,548	3
38	Tottenham Court Road	Zone 1	Westminster	£2,548	4
39	Holland Park	Zone 2	Kensington and Chelsea	£2,640	2
40	Notting Hill Gate	Zones 1–2	Kensington and Chelsea	£2,640	3
—	Bank	Zone 1	City of London	Not published	2
—	Buckhurst Hill	Zone 5	Epping Forest	Not published	—
—	Chigwell	Zone 4	Epping Forest	Not published	—
—	Debden	Zone 6	Epping Forest	Not published	—
—	Epping	Zone 6	Epping Forest	Not published	—
—	Liverpool Street	Zone 1	City of London	Not published	3
—	Loughton	Zone 6	Epping Forest	Not published	—
—	St. Paul's	Zone 1	City of London	Not published	—
—	Theydon Bois	Zone 6	Epping Forest	Not published	—

6 stops are outside Greater London (Buckhurst Hill, Chigwell, Debden, Epping, Loughton, Theydon Bois) and sit outside both the travel zones and the London rent statistics.

Rent on the Central line by property size

The middle stop on the line at each size, and the cheapest stop for that size — which is not always the same station, because boroughs price sizes differently.

Median and cheapest average rent along the Central line, by number of bedrooms
Size	Middle stop	Cheapest stop	From	London average
1 bedroom	£1,629	Ruislip Gardens Hillingdon	£1,252	£1,760
2 bedroom	£2,033	Ruislip Gardens Hillingdon	£1,586	£2,232
3 bedroom	£2,406	Ruislip Gardens Hillingdon	£1,913	£2,643
4 or more bedroom	£3,287	Leyton Waltham Forest	£2,565	£3,646

Rent by travel zone on the Central line

The median of the borough figures for this line’s stops in each zone. Stations on a zone boundary count in both.

Median one-bedroom rent by travel zone along the Central line
Zone	Stops	Median 1-bed	Cheapest stop in this zone	Listings nearby
Zone 1	12	£2,548	Chancery Lane Camden · £2,054	33
Zone 2	9	£2,000	North Acton Ealing · £1,629	23
Zone 3	7	£1,629	Leyton Waltham Forest · £1,400	6
Zone 4	15	£1,368	Barkingside Redbridge · £1,368	1
Zone 5	3	£1,252	Ruislip Gardens Hillingdon · £1,252	1
Zone 6	1	£1,252	West Ruislip Hillingdon · £1,252	—

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Where the Central line runs

Epping ↔ West Ruislip (37 stops)
Epping ↔ Ealing Broadway (32 stops)
Hainault ↔ West Ruislip via Newbury Park (36 stops)
Hainault ↔ Ealing Broadway (31 stops)
Hainault ↔ West Ruislip via Woodford (36 stops)

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Common questions

Where is the cheapest place to rent on the Central line?

Ruislip Gardens is the cheapest stop on the Central line. It sits in Hillingdon, where a one-bedroom property rents for an average of £1,252 per month (August 2026, ONS) — £508 below the London average of £1,760.

How much does rent vary along the Central line?

By £1,388 a month. A one-bedroom near Notting Hill Gate averages £2,640 in Kensington and Chelsea, against £1,252 near Ruislip Gardens in Hillingdon.

Is it cheaper to live further out on the Central line?

Yes, by about £1,296 a month. Stops in zone 1 sit in boroughs where a one-bedroom averages £2,548, against £1,252 at the line's zone 5 stops.

Which borough on the Central line is most affordable on a local salary?

Hillingdon, where the average one-bedroom takes 35.9% of median gross local full-time pay — against 61.7% in Kensington and Chelsea, the toughest on this line. Note that Hillingdon is also the cheapest borough on the line. Earnings are gross, ONS ASHE 2024.

How many stations are on the Central line?

The Central line serves 49 stations across zones 1 to 6 and 11 London boroughs.

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How the rent figures are matched: rent is published by ONS at borough level, not by station. Each stop is matched to the borough it physically sits in, and shows that borough’s average — so two stops in the same borough share a figure, and the number describes the area around the station rather than the street outside it.

Stations, lines and zones: Transport for London Unified API, retrieved 2026-09-22. Powered by TfL Open Data. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2016 and Geomni UK Map data © and database rights 2019. Each station is matched to its local authority using postcodes.io (ONS postcode directory, Open Government Licence v3.0).

Rent: Office for National Statistics — Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, August 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Read the full methodology — how stations are matched to boroughs, what these figures do and do not measure, which of these pages are indexed and why, and how to report a figure that looks wrong.