Rightmove says it has identified the 20 most expensive rental locations in the UK outside of London – and surprise, surprise, a Surrey location comes top.

The portal says that across the country demand for rental property is at a record high, with the website seeing a 73 per cent increase in email enquiries sent from home-hunters to letting agents in the past year. 

It has looked at the costs of renting a two bed property and Esher comes out as the dearest location – costing almost £2,000 per month – with the top ten priciest areas dominated by Surrey, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.

The top twenty most expensive places are:

– Esher, Surrey (£1,913)

– Oxford, Oxfordshire (£1,612)

– Weybridge, Surrey (£1,446)

– Marlow, Buckinghamshire (£1,424)

– Ascot, Berkshire (£1,412)

– Henley-On-Thames, Oxfordshire (£1,385)

– Egham, Surrey (£1,353)

– Windsor, Berkshire (£1,351)

– Bushey, Hertfordshire (£1,330

– Guildford, Surrey (£1,309)

– Epsom, Surrey (£1,269)

– Walton-On-Thames, Surrey (£1,232)

– St. Albans, Hertfordshire (£1,222)

– Chertsey, Surrey (£1,210)

– Woking, Surrey (£1,209)

– Loughton, Essex (£1,208)

– Sevenoaks, Kent (£1,193)

– Reigate, Surrey (£1,184)

– Borehamwood, Hertfordshire (£1,184)

– Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (£1,182)