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116 towns · updated September 2026

London commuter towns A–Z: data on all 116

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Bedfordshire

Town	Train to London	Avg price	Rent (area)	Annual season
Bedford	40 min	£350k	£1,029	£6,017
Biggleswade	44 min	£355k	£1,097	£5,782
Leighton Buzzard	40 min	£360k	£1,097	£4,608
Luton	22 min	£310k	£1,114	£3,689

Berkshire

Town	Train to London	Avg price	Rent (area)	Annual season
Bracknell	47 min	£390k	£1,345	£5,313
Maidenhead	24 min	£506k	£1,567	£3,629
Newbury	55 min	£375k	£1,216	£8,446
Reading	25 min	£398k	£1,393	£6,362
Slough	18 min	£412k	£1,425	£3,119
Thatcham	55 min	£375k	£1,216	£5,448
Windsor	55 min	£497k	£1,567	£3,629
Wokingham	44 min	£480k	£1,345	£5,727

Buckinghamshire

Town	Train to London	Avg price	Rent (area)	Annual season
Amersham	30 min	£728k	£1,310	£3,408
Aylesbury	56 min	£375k	£1,310	£6,127
Beaconsfield	23 min	£900k	£1,310	£3,060
Gerrards Cross	20 min	£795k	£1,310	£2,820
High Wycombe	27 min	£428k	£1,310	£3,892
Marlow	55 min	£648k	£1,310	£4,620
Milton Keynes	35 min	£328k	£1,217	£7,493
Princes Risborough	38 min	£500k	£1,310	£4,056

Cambridgeshire

Town	Train to London	Avg price	Rent (area)	Annual season
Cambridge	48 min	£440k	£1,613	£6,224
Ely	70 min	£320k	£958	£7,052
Huntingdon	53 min	£312k	£967	£7,535
Peterborough	50 min	£245k	£895	£8,087
St Neots	52 min	£315k	£967	£7,838

East Sussex

Town	Train to London	Avg price	Rent (area)	Annual season
Brighton	60 min	£412k	£1,518	£6,307
Eastbourne	88 min	£280k	£1,079	£8,542
Hove	57 min	£433k	£1,518	£6,527
Lewes	65 min	£478k	£1,217	£7,562

Essex

Town	Train to London	Avg price	Rent (area)	Annual season
Basildon	35 min	£325k	£1,269	£3,974
Billericay	34 min	£480k	£1,269	£4,526
Braintree	60 min	£334k	£1,099	£5,016
Brentwood	25 min	£490k	£1,399	£4,126
Chelmsford	35 min	£395k	£1,291	£5,175
Colchester	52 min	£325k	£1,063	£7,673
Epping	35 min	£555k	£1,584	£3,243
Grays	30 min	£350k	£1,214	£3,008
Shenfield	28 min	£550k	£1,399	£2,784
Southend-on-Sea	55 min	£317k	£1,116	£4,402
Witham	45 min	£315k	£1,099	£4,608

Hampshire

Town	Train to London	Avg price	Rent (area)	Annual season
Aldershot	47 min	£360k	£1,269	£5,299
Alton	58 min	£430k	£1,180	£6,265
Basingstoke	45 min	£350k	£1,210	£5,506
Farnborough	40 min	£369k	£1,269	£4,526
Fleet	44 min	£450k	£1,303	£5,065
Petersfield	65 min	£485k	£1,180	£5,616
Southampton	79 min	£300k	£1,114	£6,803
Winchester	62 min	£502k	£1,318	£5,768

Hertfordshire

Town	Train to London	Avg price	Rent (area)	Annual season
Berkhamsted	37 min	£709k	£1,378	£4,250
Bishop's Stortford	40 min	£439k	£1,382	£4,816
Broxbourne	28 min	£435k	£1,451	£3,698
Harpenden	28 min	£794k	£1,633	£3,576
Hatfield	22 min	£380k	£1,375	£3,077
Hemel Hempstead	27 min	£408k	£1,378	£3,298
Hertford	32 min	£445k	£1,382	£4,099
Hitchin	40 min	£446k	£1,284	£4,899
Letchworth Garden City	38 min	£400k	£1,284	£4,899
Potters Bar	18 min	£590k	£1,604	£2,594
Radlett	22 min	£750k	£1,604	£2,640
Royston	45 min	£400k	£1,284	£4,824
St Albans	20 min	£585k	£1,633	£2,939
Stevenage	23 min	£350k	£1,321	£4,457
Tring	35 min	£515k	£1,378	£4,200
Ware	35 min	£449k	£1,382	£3,974
Watford	17 min	£425k	£1,599	£4,072
Welwyn Garden City	22 min	£410k	£1,375	£3,077

Kent

Town	Train to London	Avg price	Rent (area)	Annual season
Ashford	38 min	£350k	£1,143	£6,044
Canterbury	57 min	£305k	£1,132	£7,645
Chatham	40 min	£285k	£1,137	£5,106
Dartford	22 min	£360k	£1,419	£2,470
Dover	62 min	£245k	£952	£5,832
Faversham	61 min	£335k	£1,029	£6,831
Folkestone	57 min	£295k	£1,031	£10,240
Gravesend	28 min	£350k	£1,201	£3,464
Maidstone	55 min	£350k	£1,193	£5,865
Margate	80 min	£270k	£1,004	£5,832
Paddock Wood	48 min	£420k	£1,333	£4,200
Ramsgate	76 min	£260k	£1,004	£5,832
Rochester	36 min	£324k	£1,137	£5,106
Sevenoaks	26 min	£591k	£1,579	£3,878
Sittingbourne	55 min	£300k	£1,029	£4,800
Tonbridge	40 min	£422k	£1,333	£4,899
Tunbridge Wells	49 min	£440k	£1,405	£5,962
Whitstable	75 min	£395k	£1,132	£5,616

Northamptonshire

Town	Train to London	Avg price	Rent (area)	Annual season
Kettering	63 min	£255k	£882	£9,798
Northampton	67 min	£275k	£954	£8,611
Wellingborough	60 min	£247k	£882	£5,832

Oxfordshire

Town	Train to London	Avg price	Rent (area)	Annual season
Banbury	57 min	£329k	£1,217	£8,653
Bicester	48 min	£360k	£1,217	£5,220
Didcot	40 min	£375k	£1,292	£6,831
Henley-on-Thames	52 min	£730k	£1,292	£6,362
Oxford	57 min	£460k	£1,667	£7,259

Suffolk

Town	Train to London	Avg price	Rent (area)	Annual season
Ipswich	68 min	£260k	£915	£8,818

Surrey

Town	Train to London	Avg price	Rent (area)	Annual season
Camberley	50 min	£428k	£1,335	£5,120
Dorking	36 min	£480k	£1,455	£3,878
Farnham	55 min	£515k	£1,354	£5,962
Godalming	47 min	£535k	£1,354	£4,440
Guildford	35 min	£500k	£1,541	£3,933
Haslemere	57 min	£580k	£1,354	£5,220
Leatherhead	35 min	£627k	£1,455	£3,629
Oxted	31 min	£565k	£1,467	£4,319
Redhill	30 min	£430k	£1,483	£3,767
Reigate	32 min	£530k	£1,483	£4,319
Walton-on-Thames	25 min	£535k	£1,589	£2,520
Weybridge	29 min	£543k	£1,589	£2,520
Woking	24 min	£450k	£1,443	£4,099

West Sussex

Town	Train to London	Avg price	Rent (area)	Annual season
Burgess Hill	49 min	£395k	£1,291	£5,837
Chichester	86 min	£380k	£1,222	£8,156
Crawley	35 min	£360k	£1,385	£3,480
East Grinstead	52 min	£420k	£1,291	£5,065
Hassocks	50 min	£525k	£1,291	£4,440
Haywards Heath	46 min	£450k	£1,291	£5,506
Horsham	53 min	£420k	£1,352	£5,561
Worthing	80 min	£341k	£1,182	£6,914

Wiltshire

Town	Train to London	Avg price	Rent (area)	Annual season
Salisbury	88 min	£340k	£973	£7,240
Swindon	57 min	£280k	£987	£8,791

Head-to-head comparisons

Bedfordshire

Bedford vs Biggleswade Bedford vs Milton Keynes Bedford vs St Neots Biggleswade vs Letchworth Garden City Biggleswade vs Royston Biggleswade vs St Neots Leighton Buzzard vs Milton Keynes Leighton Buzzard vs Tring

Berkshire

Bracknell vs Camberley Bracknell vs Wokingham Maidenhead vs Marlow Maidenhead vs Slough Maidenhead vs Windsor Newbury vs Swindon Newbury vs Thatcham Reading vs Wokingham Slough vs Windsor

Buckinghamshire

Amersham vs Beaconsfield Amersham vs Berkhamsted Aylesbury vs Leighton Buzzard Aylesbury vs Princes Risborough Aylesbury vs Tring Beaconsfield vs Gerrards Cross Beaconsfield vs High Wycombe Gerrards Cross vs Slough High Wycombe vs Marlow High Wycombe vs Princes Risborough

Cambridgeshire

Cambridge vs Ely Cambridge vs Huntingdon Cambridge vs Royston Ely vs Huntingdon Huntingdon vs Peterborough Huntingdon vs St Neots

East Sussex

Brighton vs Eastbourne Brighton vs Hassocks Brighton vs Hove Brighton vs Lewes Brighton vs Worthing Eastbourne vs Lewes Hove vs Worthing

Essex

Basildon vs Billericay Basildon vs Shenfield Basildon vs Southend-on-Sea Billericay vs Brentwood Billericay vs Chelmsford Billericay vs Shenfield Braintree vs Chelmsford Braintree vs Colchester Braintree vs Witham Brentwood vs Epping Brentwood vs Shenfield Chelmsford vs Witham Colchester vs Ipswich Colchester vs Witham

Hampshire

Aldershot vs Farnborough Aldershot vs Farnham Aldershot vs Fleet Aldershot vs Godalming Alton vs Basingstoke Alton vs Farnham Alton vs Petersfield Alton vs Winchester Basingstoke vs Fleet Basingstoke vs Newbury Basingstoke vs Thatcham Farnborough vs Fleet Southampton vs Winchester

Northamptonshire

Kettering vs Northampton Kettering vs Peterborough Kettering vs Wellingborough Northampton vs Wellingborough

Oxfordshire

Banbury vs Bicester Banbury vs Oxford Bicester vs Oxford Didcot vs Oxford Didcot vs Swindon Didcot vs Thatcham Henley-on-Thames vs Marlow Henley-on-Thames vs Reading

Suffolk

Ipswich vs Witham

Surrey

Camberley vs Farnborough Dorking vs Leatherhead Dorking vs Redhill Dorking vs Reigate Farnham vs Fleet Farnham vs Haslemere Godalming vs Guildford Godalming vs Haslemere Guildford vs Woking Haslemere vs Petersfield Leatherhead vs Reigate Leatherhead vs Walton-on-Thames Oxted vs Redhill Oxted vs Sevenoaks Redhill vs Reigate Walton-on-Thames vs Weybridge Weybridge vs Woking

West Sussex

Burgess Hill vs Hassocks Burgess Hill vs Haywards Heath Chichester vs Haslemere Chichester vs Petersfield Crawley vs East Grinstead Crawley vs Horsham East Grinstead vs Oxted Hassocks vs Haywards Heath Hassocks vs Hove Hassocks vs Lewes Haywards Heath vs Horsham

Wiltshire

Salisbury vs Southampton Salisbury vs Winchester

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