Farringdon Office Space to Rent

The average private office in Farringdon is around £604 per desk per month, against a London average of £517. The cheapest space is around £400 per desk but for the highest quality Grade A refitted space prices go above £1000 a desk

Considerably, once you compare like with like. The best King’s Cross office space is around £1,000 to £1,800 per desk. Farringdon’s average desk rate is around £604, and only one stop south or a 20-minute walk away.

It is the southern tip of the Knowledge Quarter, so it carries the cluster connection without a King’s Cross address or premium office rental. It also avoids being tied to the single operator that dominates King’s Cross flexible space.

Mostly AI, technology and fintech, sitting on top of an older interior design, office fit-out and furniture trade that was here long before the Knowledge Quarter had a name. That trade is why the creative element has never washed out.

Anyone who needs a destination address. Despite the transport, Farringdon still reads as a fringe location next to Mayfair, King’s Cross or the City, so a business trading on its address should look elsewhere.

Farringdon station carries the Elizabeth line, Thameslink and the Circle, Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City lines. Barbican station nearby adds the same Hammersmith & City line, which is air conditioned and runs through the City towards Hammersmith.

Around ten minutes on the Elizabeth line. The same line puts Liverpool Street three minutes away, Bond Street five and Paddington eight.

Terminals 2 and 3 are around 38 minutes on the Elizabeth line, with services roughly every 20 minutes. Terminal 5 takes longer and has only a handful of direct services, so most journeys there involve a change.

It is a reasonable claim. Few locations bring this many modern services together in one station, and the Elizabeth line, Thameslink and Hammersmith & City combination is unusual. The Elizabeth line is what changed it.

Businesses no longer have to choose between a Central London base and attracting staff from West or East London, because the Elizabeth line makes commuting from either direction considerably easier.

In practice very little. They merge into one area with very similar personalities, and there is no obvious point where one finishes and the other begins. Farringdon is the transport heart of the wider area.

Warehouse and old carriage buildings on cobbled streets, with exposed timber beams, exposed brickwork and classic London yellow brick. A significant amount of modern Grade A glass now sits alongside that historic stock.

They are. WeWork famously tried to recreate the aesthetic by making modern buildings feel like converted warehouses. Farringdon has the real thing, redeveloped to Grade A standard or into managed office products.

Usually 5,000 to 8,500 sq ft per floor, against the 20,000 sq ft floor plates of the City or Canary Wharf. A large requirement often means more than one floor. Ceiling heights are often well over three metres.

Yes. There are office buildings that have not had millions spent on them but where the character makes the space, and the work needed is often upgraded air conditioning and good furniture rather than a full refit.

Yes. There has been significant Grade A development, with modern glass buildings alongside the historic stock, and many of the authentic warehouse buildings have themselves been redeveloped to Grade A standard.

Yes. The converted warehouse offices around Farringdon Road run to ten or fifteen addresses offering authentic warehouse space on a fully managed basis, many with terraces and shared meeting facilities.

Massively. Before COVID it was best known for nightlife. The Elizabeth line opening, post-COVID changes in how people use Central London, and the work around Smithfield have changed the feel of the area entirely.

Charterhouse Square, the Barbican and Clerkenwell all blend together, so it reads as one connected neighbourhood rather than separate districts. The bars, restaurants and hospitality are noticeably less corporate than elsewhere in central Central London.