Business rates in Tower Hamlets

4,324 retail, hospitality and leisure premises across 470 streets, each checked against the 2026 rating list. Pick your street below.

LondonTower Hamlets
Premises assessed
4,324
Median rateable value
£24,000
Streets covered
470
WHAT THE PUBLIC RECORD SHOWS FOR TOWER HAMLETS
Premises typeCountShare
Retail 3,245 75.0%
Hospitality 913 21.1%
Leisure 166 3.8%

Flags across Tower Hamlets

FlagPremisesShare
Rateable value inside the full small business relief band 868 20.1%
Rateable value inside the tapered band 395 9.1%
Rate per m² above the street median for comparable use 243 5.6%
Valuation rose 25% or more at the 2026 revaluation 1,367 31.6%
Valuation fell 25% or more at the 2026 revaluation 26 0.6%
Nothing flagged from public data. Needs the bill 1,824 42.2%

A flag records where a premises sits in the public record. It is not a finding that a bill is wrong. The bill itself shows which reliefs and which multiplier were applied. Source: 2026 rating list, data as of August 2026.

Rateable values in Tower Hamlets

The spread of rateable values across Tower Hamlets, by type of premises. If yours sits well outside the range for its type, that is worth understanding. On its own it is not evidence of an error.

Premises typePremises Lower quartileMedian Upper quartile
All retail, hospitality and leisure 4,311 £13,500 £24,000 £50,500
Retail 3,239 £12,500 £20,750 £37,750
Hospitality 907 £22,000 £45,500 £96,000
Leisure 165 £22,500 £58,500 £136,000

Value per square metre in Tower Hamlets

Rateable values are largely built from a rate per square metre applied to the trading area. That rate is what decides your valuation. It is published only in the detailed valuations, premises by premises. The summary below is ours.

Premises typeWith published area Lower quartileMedian Upper quartile
All retail, hospitality and leisure 4,069 £380 £575 £910
Retail 3,230 £400 £575 £930
Hospitality 699 £385 £575 £875
Leisure 140 £170 £228 £310

Per square metre of floor area (NIA), from the published detailed valuations. Premises without a published area are not counted.

The most valuable retail streets in Tower Hamlets

Streets ranked by the median value per square metre of their retail, hospitality and leisure premises. Only streets with at least five premises with a published area are ranked. 157 of 470 qualify.

#Street Premises Median £/m² Median RV
1 Reuters Plaza E14 7 £7,350 £52,500
2 Canada Place E14 28 £3,185 £241,000
3 Cabot Square West E14 14 £2,135 £150,500
4 Canada Square E14 47 £2,060 £164,000
5 Lamb Street E1 22 £1,930 £50,000
6 Redchurch Street E2 42 £1,780 £57,500
7 Cabot Square E14 53 £1,765 £135,500
8 Brushfield Street E1 36 £1,680 £81,000
9 Bank Street E14 88 £1,570 £88,000
10 Trafalgar Way E14 122 £1,555 £1,550
11 Artillery Lane E1 6 £1,455 £58,125
12 Artillery Passage E1 7 £1,455 £48,000
13 Brick Lane E2 7 £1,420 £43,500
14 Brick Lane E1 146 £1,350 £49,875
15 Norton Folgate E1 5 £1,345 £141,000
16 Market Street E1 7 £1,330 £68,000
17 Dray Walk E1 10 £1,230 £61,500
18 Horner Square E1 14 £1,192 £199,000
19 Cheshire Street E2 30 £1,175 £24,250
20 Hanbury Street E1 44 £1,085 £30,125
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Questions this data tends to raise

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