Spelthorne's average rent reached £1,726 in September, up 7.1% and the fastest rise in Surrey. House prices are down 1.6% and Woking is now cheaper.
Renting in Staines-upon-Thames and the rest of Spelthorne is getting dearer faster than anywhere else in Surrey. The average private rent in the borough was £1,726 a month in September, up 7.1% on a year earlier.
Buying is going the other way. The average home sold for £440,812 in August, 1.6% less than a year before.
The figures were published on Wednesday 21 October by the Office for National Statistics and HM Land Registry. Rents run a month ahead of house prices, so the newest rent figure is for September and the newest price figure is for August.
Rents: £114 a month more than last year
A year ago the average Spelthorne rent was £1,612. It is now £1,726, which is £114 a month, or about £1,370 a year, more for the same kind of home.
Most of that rise is recent. In May, rents were only 1.1% up on the year. Then the average went from £1,637 in June to £1,726 in September, an extra £89 a month in three months, according to the ONS Price Index of Private Rents.
Spelthorne’s 7.1% is:
- the highest of Surrey’s eleven districts, ahead of Tandridge and Guildford at 5.7%
- about double the South East rise of 3.5%, where the average rent is £1,438
- well above England’s 4.0%
- 33rd of 294 English local authorities with a figure
The neighbours are moving in the opposite direction. Rents in Woking fell 1.0% to £1,628, and Runnymede’s rose just 0.9% to £1,600. Spelthorne is now the third most expensive district in Surrey to rent in, behind only Elmbridge (£1,885) and Guildford (£1,754).
What renting costs by size of home
The ONS gives these averages for Spelthorne in September 2026:
| Home | Average monthly rent |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £1,252 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,609 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,873 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £2,532 |
By type, flats and maisonettes averaged £1,493, up 6.8%. Terraced and semi-detached houses rose 7.4%, to £1,672 and £1,919.
House prices: up in August, down on the year
The average Spelthorne home was worth £440,812 in August, up 1.1% on July. That is the third monthly rise in a row, after a 0.1% rise in June and 3.1% in July.
Over the year it is still down £7,227, from £448,039 in August 2025. It is also well below the borough’s peak of £452,519 in July 2025.
The Land Registry has revised July down. We reported last month that the July average was £439,609. The August full file now puts it at £436,081, a 3.6% annual fall rather than 2.9%. Revisions like this are routine: the index is rebuilt as late sales are registered.
By type, every kind of home is down on a year ago:
| Type | Average, August 2026 | Change over the year |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £801,004 | -1.0% |
| Semi-detached | £537,798 | -0.3% |
| Terraced | £429,803 | -0.8% |
| Flat or maisonette | £269,657 | -4.4% |
First-time buyers paid an average of £367,850, down 1.7%. Home movers paid £538,813, down 1.4%.
No longer Surrey’s cheapest place to buy
Since our June report, Spelthorne has been the cheapest of Surrey’s eleven districts. In July, Woking was only a few hundred pounds dearer.
In August the two swapped places. Woking’s average is now £437,628, which is £3,184 below Spelthorne’s. Spelthorne is now the second cheapest district in Surrey.
| Area | Average, August 2026 | Change over the year |
|---|---|---|
| Woking | £437,628 | -2.7% |
| Spelthorne | £440,812 | -1.6% |
| Surrey Heath | £457,981 | +1.5% |
| Runnymede | £472,507 | -1.2% |
| Surrey average | £524,334 | -0.2% |
| Hounslow | £528,051 | -1.5% |
| England | £293,525 | +0.4% |
Across England, 107 of 295 districts recorded a fall over the year. Spelthorne’s 1.6% fall was the 54th steepest, an improvement on 24th in July. The steepest falls are still in central London, led by the City of London at 14.6%.
What it means for you
- If you rent: the borough average has risen £89 a month since June. If your landlord proposes an increase, the ONS figures for Spelthorne by bedroom are a fair benchmark for what similar homes cost.
- If you are buying: prices are still below last year’s, and flats are down 4.4%. A first-time buyer’s average of £367,850 is £6,380 less than a year ago.
- If you are selling: three monthly rises in a row suggest the fall has slowed, but the borough is still £11,707 below its July 2025 peak.
Both measures are averages of all homes, not asking prices. The house price index is a mean, so a handful of expensive sales can lift it, and the borough sees only around 100 sales a month. The ONS calls its local rent figures “official statistics in development” and advises looking at trends over a year or longer. Local figures can move sharply from one month to the next.
More on the local market: our Staines house prices page and the July figures.
Sources
- Office for National Statistics, Housing prices in Spelthorne, updated 21 October 2026, for rents by bedroom and type, and the South East and UK rent averages.
- Office for National Statistics, Price Index of Private Rents, UK: monthly price statistics, 21 October 2026 edition, for the Surrey district and England figures, the ranking and Spelthorne’s monthly series.
- HM Land Registry, UK HPI full data file, August 2026, for Spelthorne’s averages by type and buyer, the revised July figure, the Surrey and neighbouring districts and the England ranking.
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