London Underground

Rent by station on the Northern line

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

The cheapest stop on the Northern line is Brent Cross, where a one-bedroom averages £1,500 a month in Barnet. The dearest is Tottenham Court Road at £2,548 — a gap of £1,048 a month along a single line.

Running between High Barnet and Morden, the Northern line passes through Barnet, Merton, Haringey, Southwark, Lambeth, Wandsworth, Camden, Islington, Westminster, City of London. Rent falls from £2,054 at its zone 1 stops to £1,500 at its zone 5 stops.

52 stations · zones 1 to 5 · 10 London boroughs · rent figures August 2026

Cheapest stop

£1,500

Brent Cross

Dearest stop

£2,548

Tottenham Court Road

Spread along the line

£1,048

per month, one-bedroom

London average

£1,760

one-bedroom, all boroughs

Moving out 4 zones saves about £554 a month

Boroughs at this line’s zone 1 stops average £2,054 for a one-bedroom. At its zone 5 stops they average £1,500 — the same line, the same journey, on a longer ride.

Boroughs on the Northern 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 Northern line, ranked by average one-bedroom rent
Borough	Stops on line	1-bed average	vs London	Share of local pay
Barnet only rail line here	13	£1,500	−£260	40.1%
Merton	3	£1,639	−£121	43.2%
Haringey	1	£1,639	−£121	46.4%
Southwark	3	£1,876	+£116	49.2%
Lambeth	7	£1,882	+£122	49.2%
Wandsworth	5	£1,938	+£178	48.6%
Camden	11	£2,054	+£294	54.8%
Islington	3	£2,178	+£418	53.8%
Westminster	4	£2,548	+£788	61.4%
City of London	2	Not published	—	—

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

Barnet: no other line reaches it

Barnet (13 stops, £1,500) has no alternative rail service, so a closure on the Northern line leaves no rail route at all.

Every stop on the Northern 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 Northern line with its travel zone, borough and average one-bedroom rent
#	Station	Zone	Borough	1-bed average	On FTR now
1	Brent Cross	Zone 3	Barnet	£1,500	3
2	Burnt Oak	Zone 4	Barnet	£1,500	1
3	Colindale	Zone 4	Barnet	£1,500	1
4	East Finchley	Zone 3	Barnet	£1,500	—
5	Edgware	Zone 5	Barnet	£1,500	1
6	Finchley Central	Zone 4	Barnet	£1,500	—
7	Golders Green	Zone 3	Barnet	£1,500	1
8	Hendon Central	Zones 3–4	Barnet	£1,500	2
9	High Barnet	Zone 5	Barnet	£1,500	—
10	Mill Hill East	Zone 4	Barnet	£1,500	—
11	Totteridge & Whetstone	Zone 4	Barnet	£1,500	—
12	West Finchley	Zone 4	Barnet	£1,500	—
13	Woodside Park	Zone 4	Barnet	£1,500	—
14	Colliers Wood	Zone 3	Merton	£1,639	—
15	Highgate	Zone 3	Haringey	£1,639	1
16	Morden	Zone 4	Merton	£1,639	—
17	South Wimbledon	Zones 3–4	Merton	£1,639	—
18	Borough	Zone 1	Southwark	£1,876	4
19	Elephant & Castle	Zones 1–2	Southwark	£1,876	4
20	London Bridge	Zone 1	Southwark	£1,876	3
21	Clapham Common	Zone 2	Lambeth	£1,882	4
22	Clapham North	Zone 2	Lambeth	£1,882	7
23	Kennington	Zones 1–2	Lambeth	£1,882	2
24	Nine Elms	Zone 1	Lambeth	£1,882	4
25	Oval	Zone 2	Lambeth	£1,882	4
26	Stockwell	Zone 2	Lambeth	£1,882	7
27	Waterloo	Zone 1	Lambeth	£1,882	2
28	Balham	Zone 3	Wandsworth	£1,938	1
29	Battersea Power	Zone 1	Wandsworth	£1,938	3
30	Clapham South	Zones 2–3	Wandsworth	£1,938	2
31	Tooting Bec	Zone 3	Wandsworth	£1,938	—
32	Tooting Broadway	Zone 3	Wandsworth	£1,938	—
33	Belsize Park	Zone 2	Camden	£2,054	1
34	Camden Town	Zone 2	Camden	£2,054	4
35	Chalk Farm	Zone 2	Camden	£2,054	3
36	Euston	Zone 1	Camden	£2,054	6
37	Goodge Street	Zone 1	Camden	£2,054	5
38	Hampstead	Zones 2–3	Camden	£2,054	—
39	Kentish Town	Zone 2	Camden	£2,054	2
40	King's Cross St. Pancras	Zone 1	Camden	£2,054	7
41	Mornington Crescent	Zone 2	Camden	£2,054	6
42	Tufnell Park	Zone 2	Camden	£2,054	1
43	Warren Street	Zone 1	Camden	£2,054	6
44	Angel	Zone 1	Islington	£2,178	3
45	Archway	Zones 2–3	Islington	£2,178	1
46	Old Street	Zone 1	Islington	£2,178	3
47	Charing Cross	Zone 1	Westminster	£2,548	1
48	Embankment	Zone 1	Westminster	£2,548	1
49	Leicester Square	Zone 1	Westminster	£2,548	3
50	Tottenham Court Road	Zone 1	Westminster	£2,548	4
—	Bank	Zone 1	City of London	Not published	2
—	Moorgate	Zone 1	City of London	Not published	1

Rent on the Northern 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 Northern line, by number of bedrooms
Size	Middle stop	Cheapest stop	From	London average
1 bedroom	£1,882	Brent Cross Barnet	£1,500	£1,760
2 bedroom	£2,348	Brent Cross Barnet	£1,858	£2,232
3 bedroom	£2,732	Brent Cross Barnet	£2,256	£2,643
4 or more bedroom	£3,715	Highgate Haringey	£3,186	£3,646

Rent by travel zone on the Northern 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 Northern line
Zone	Stops	Median 1-bed	Cheapest stop in this zone	Listings nearby
Zone 1	19	£2,054	Borough Southwark · £1,876	64
Zone 2	15	£2,054	Elephant & Castle Southwark · £1,876	48
Zone 3	13	£1,639	Brent Cross Barnet · £1,500	11
Zone 4	10	£1,500	Burnt Oak Barnet · £1,500	4
Zone 5	2	£1,500	Edgware Barnet · £1,500	1

Available now within walking distance of the Northern line

37 live listings on FTR London within a 20-minute walk of a stop, cheapest first.

Dec/Jan Sublet Cosy double room in Brixton/Clapham£750 Long Term Flatshare Near Battersea Power Station£760 Bright and cozy flat close to Finchley central£800 Convenient Double Room in SE1 Central London | SHORT-TERM avail NOW – 2nd Sept£800 🌟Fully Furnished Living in a Great Hendon Location£850 Stunning ONE Bedroom available£900 Double En-suite Modern Room£950 Double room in spacious Brixton Hill flat£1,000

Where the Northern line runs

Edgware ↔ Morden via Bank (31 stops)
Edgware ↔ Battersea Power Station (22 stops)
Edgware ↔ Morden via Charing Cross (31 stops)
High Barnet ↔ Morden via Bank (32 stops)
High Barnet ↔ Battersea Power Station (23 stops)
High Barnet ↔ Morden via Charing Cross (32 stops)
Mill Hill East ↔ Morden via Bank (29 stops)
Mill Hill East ↔ Morden via Charing Cross (29 stops)

Lines you can change onto

Bakerloo line · 4 shared stops Victoria line · 4 shared stops Circle line · 3 shared stops Central line · 2 shared stops Hammersmith & City line · 2 shared stops Jubilee line · 2 shared stops Metropolitan line · 2 shared stops Piccadilly line · 2 shared stops Waterloo & City line · 2 shared stops District line · 1 shared stop DLR · 1 shared stop Elizabeth line · 1 shared stop Lioness line · 1 shared stop

Common questions

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

Brent Cross is the cheapest stop on the Northern line. It sits in Barnet, where a one-bedroom property rents for an average of £1,500 per month (August 2026, ONS) — £260 below the London average of £1,760.

How much does rent vary along the Northern line?

By £1,048 a month. A one-bedroom near Tottenham Court Road averages £2,548 in Westminster, against £1,500 near Brent Cross in Barnet.

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

Yes, by about £554 a month. Stops in zone 1 sit in boroughs where a one-bedroom averages £2,054, against £1,500 at the line's zone 5 stops.

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

Barnet, where the average one-bedroom takes 40.1% of median gross local full-time pay — against 61.4% in Westminster, the toughest on this line. Note that Barnet is also the cheapest borough on the line. Earnings are gross, ONS ASHE 2024.

How many stations are on the Northern line?

The Northern line serves 52 stations across zones 1 to 5 and 10 London boroughs.

Looking for a place on this line?

Browse rooms and flats listed directly by their landlords across every London borough.

Browse London rentals Compare every line

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.