Most expensive and cheapest places in South East to rent a two-bedroom home (September 2026)

Oxford was the most expensive of South East’s 64 councils in September 2026 (two-bedroom private rent £1,662).

Isle of Wight was the cheapest (£874). The middle council, Vale of White Horse, had £1,245.

Map of two-bedroom private rent across the UK

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Two-bedroom private rent for every council in South East, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
Rank	Council	Value
1	Oxford	£1,662
2	Spelthorne	£1,609
3	Sevenoaks	£1,596
4	Elmbridge	£1,584
5	Windsor and Maidenhead	£1,568
6	Guildford	£1,557
7	Brighton and Hove	£1,525
8	Epsom and Ewell	£1,498
9	Reigate and Banstead	£1,493
10	Tandridge	£1,476
11	Mole Valley	£1,469
12	Woking	£1,450
13	Slough	£1,426
14	Dartford	£1,424
15	Tunbridge Wells	£1,414
16	Runnymede	£1,406
17	Reading	£1,399
18	Crawley	£1,392
19	Horsham	£1,366
20	Waverley	£1,364
21	Bracknell Forest	£1,362
22	Wokingham	£1,348
23	Tonbridge and Malling	£1,343
24	Surrey Heath	£1,340
25	Winchester	£1,325
26	Buckinghamshire	£1,321
27	South Oxfordshire	£1,307
28	Hart	£1,306
29	Adur	£1,305
30	Mid Sussex	£1,302
31	Rushmoor	£1,274
32	Vale of White Horse	£1,245
33	West Berkshire	£1,232
=34	Cherwell	£1,229
=34	Chichester	£1,229
36	Lewes	£1,226
37	Milton Keynes	£1,219
38	West Oxfordshire	£1,218
39	Basingstoke and Deane	£1,213
40	Gravesham	£1,209
41	Maidstone	£1,199
42	Worthing	£1,184
43	East Hampshire	£1,182
44	Arun	£1,149
45	Ashford	£1,148
46	Wealden	£1,147
47	Test Valley	£1,144
48	Medway	£1,140
49	Portsmouth	£1,139
=50	Canterbury	£1,138
=50	New Forest	£1,138
52	Southampton	£1,117
53	Eastleigh	£1,115
54	Havant	£1,092
55	Eastbourne	£1,083
56	Fareham	£1,076
57	Gosport	£1,049
58	Swale	£1,042
59	Folkestone and Hythe	£1,041
60	Rother	£1,029
61	Thanet	£1,010
62	Dover	£966
63	Hastings	£898
64	Isle of Wight	£874

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