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

Sevenoaks was the most expensive of South East’s 64 councils in September 2026 (four-bedroom or larger private rent £2,985).

Hastings was the cheapest (£1,514). The middle council, West Berkshire, had £2,224.

Map of four-bedroom or larger private rent across the UK

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Four-bedroom or larger private rent for every council in South East, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
Rank	Council	Value
1	Sevenoaks	£2,985
2	Elmbridge	£2,876
3	Oxford	£2,850
4	Tandridge	£2,845
5	Woking	£2,707
6	Windsor and Maidenhead	£2,698
7	Epsom and Ewell	£2,632
8	Mole Valley	£2,600
9	Reigate and Banstead	£2,578
10	Guildford	£2,553
11	Spelthorne	£2,532
12	Tonbridge and Malling	£2,498
13	Brighton and Hove	£2,489
14	Tunbridge Wells	£2,479
15	Horsham	£2,454
16	Slough	£2,438
17	Runnymede	£2,429
18	Surrey Heath	£2,422
19	Bracknell Forest	£2,402
20	Waverley	£2,378
21	Dartford	£2,377
22	Buckinghamshire	£2,376
23	Reading	£2,365
24	South Oxfordshire	£2,354
25	Hart	£2,307
26	Wokingham	£2,305
27	Crawley	£2,271
28	Winchester	£2,260
29	Vale of White Horse	£2,257
30	Mid Sussex	£2,229
=31	Cherwell	£2,224
=31	West Berkshire	£2,224
33	Lewes	£2,186
34	Rushmoor	£2,179
35	Chichester	£2,130
36	West Oxfordshire	£2,099
37	Gravesham	£2,096
38	Milton Keynes	£2,092
39	Wealden	£2,091
40	Adur	£2,085
41	Basingstoke and Deane	£2,071
42	Ashford	£2,049
43	Test Valley	£2,003
=44	Arun	£1,997
=44	New Forest	£1,997
46	East Hampshire	£1,982
47	Maidstone	£1,979
48	Portsmouth	£1,968
49	Fareham	£1,939
50	Worthing	£1,935
51	Canterbury	£1,913
52	Rother	£1,910
53	Havant	£1,907
54	Southampton	£1,896
=55	Eastleigh	£1,876
=55	Swale	£1,876
57	Medway	£1,827
58	Eastbourne	£1,804
59	Folkestone and Hythe	£1,739
60	Gosport	£1,734
61	Thanet	£1,691
62	Dover	£1,686
63	Isle of Wight	£1,519
64	Hastings	£1,514

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