Seven miles northeast of central London you’ll find the neighbourhood of Lea Bridge. With its scenic canal-side cycling routes, hand-painted houseboats and new-build high-rise apartment blocks glittering in the sunlight, you may not even realise this is London at all. Indeed, Lea Bridge had been largely forgotten about by the masses until 2016 – when its railway station, having been closed in 1985 as part of a cost-cutting exercise, was reopened to the public. Since the re-opening, Lea Bridge has enjoyed investment and regeneration from the London Borough of Waltham Forest in the hopes of attracting a new wave of residents. This has seen new developments fly up and reams of rental homes come onto the market, so Lea Bridge is increasingly becoming a renter’s paradise.

Flats & Apartments for Rent in Lea Bridge

The newest apartments to come onto the rental market in Lea Bridge are called Motion. These flats overlook internal courtyards on one side and the London landscape on the other. Dotted along the river as part of the ‘Little Holland’ cycle routes along the canal, these apartments are just metres away from green space and the great outdoors.

Houses for Rent in Lea Bridge

Lea Bridge’s residential streets are filled with Victorian-era houses that are affordable by London standards – in part, of course, because of the long-term lack of rail station. You’ll get good ‘bang for your buck’ renting a house in Lea Bridge, so you may find the homes here a bit larger than you’d expect.

Living in Lea Bridge, London

The newly reopened Lea Bridge station is in Zone 3 between Stratford and Tottenham Hale on the Lea Valley Lines. There are extensive amounts of open space in Lea Bridge, and the Bridge itself gives access to the lower area of Lee Valley Park. Renters will find all the usual amenities in the local area and, from early 2021, a new leisure centre and ice rink - perfect for when it’s a little too cold to be out along the river!