Business rates in Waltham Forest

3,403 retail, hospitality and leisure premises across 192 streets, each checked against the 2026 rating list. Pick your street below.

LondonWaltham Forest
Premises assessed
3,403
Median rateable value
£15,500
Streets covered
192
WHAT THE PUBLIC RECORD SHOWS FOR WALTHAM FOREST
Premises typeCountShare
Retail 2,998 88.1%
Hospitality 311 9.1%
Leisure 94 2.8%

Flags across Waltham Forest

FlagPremisesShare
Rateable value inside the full small business relief band 1,061 31.2%
Rateable value inside the tapered band 501 14.7%
Rate per m² above the street median for comparable use 233 6.8%
Valuation rose 25% or more at the 2026 revaluation 1,156 34.0%
Valuation fell 25% or more at the 2026 revaluation 28 0.8%
Nothing flagged from public data. Needs the bill 1,163 34.2%

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 Waltham Forest

The spread of rateable values across Waltham Forest, 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 3,399 £11,000 £15,500 £24,250
Retail 2,997 £10,750 £15,000 £22,750
Hospitality 309 £15,000 £22,750 £40,250
Leisure 93 £15,500 £35,000 £71,000

Value per square metre in Waltham Forest

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 3,300 £350 £425 £500
Retail 2,982 £350 £425 £500
Hospitality 238 £335 £400 £500
Leisure 80 £48 £115 £168

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 Waltham Forest

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. 63 of 192 qualify.

#Street Premises Median £/m² Median RV
1 Selborne Walk E17 57 £760 £49,500
2 Church Lane E11 37 £575 £19,750
3 High Street E17 249 £575 £27,750
4 Kirkdale Road E11 6 £575 £10,000
5 Station Road E4 142 £515 £21,500
6 Francis Road E10 41 £500 £14,250
7 High Road Leyton E10 231 £500 £18,750
8 Hoe Street E17 314 £500 £18,750
9 The Green E4 10 £500 £18,250
10 Orford Road E17 23 £485 £18,625
11 High Road E10 36 £462 £18,750
12 Albert Crescent E4 6 £450 £30,875
13 Queens Road E17 28 £450 £12,500
14 High Road Leytonstone E11 248 £425 £16,000
15 High Road Leytonstone E15 14 £425 £14,625
16 Leytonstone E11 40 £425 £16,750
17 Blackhorse Lane E17 18 £400 £14,000
18 Cherrydown Avenue E4 8 £400 £17,875
19 Hale End Road E4 24 £400 £12,750
20 The Avenue E4 28 £400 £12,875
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Questions this data tends to raise

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