Hampshire · commuter town data · June 2026
Aldershot is a commuter town in Hampshire, around 47 minutes from London by direct train from Aldershot (about average for the towns we track), with below-average prices at £255,000. It ranks #46 of 120 on Rightroute's balanced commuter score (June 2026 data).
Train to London
47 min
From Aldershot, 6% slower than the 120-town median.
Annual season ticket
£5,299
About £442 a month, 5% dearer than the 120-town median.
Average house price
£255k
£255,000, 28% below the 120-town median.
Safety
Low
Crime index 57 on a 0–100 scale (lower is safer).
Broadband
80 Mbps
Median download speed, 2% below the 120-town median.
Life satisfaction
7.2
ONS Personal Well-being mean score, 0–10 (higher is better).
Direct trains from Aldershot take around 47 minutes into London Waterloo, running on South Western Railway. That makes it #66 out of 120 towns for speed into London.
An annual season ticket costs about £5,299, roughly £442 a month or £26,495 over five years. That's 5% more expensive than the 120-town median of £5,065.
| Metric | Aldershot | Median (120 towns) | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Train to London | 47 min | 44.5 min | #66 |
| Annual season ticket | £5,299 | £5,065 | #68 |
| Average house price | £255,000 | £355,000 | #14 |
| Crime index (lower is safer) | 57 | 52.5 | #72 |
| Broadband (median Mbps) | 80 | 82 | #72 |
| Life satisfaction (0–10) | 7.2 | 7.5 | #97 |
Overall, Aldershot ranks #46 of 120 on the balanced Rightroute commuter score. Different priorities give different answers, so you can weight the criteria yourself in the area ranking tool.
Direct trains from Aldershot take around 47 minutes to London Waterloo. Aldershot is served by South Western Railway.
An annual season ticket from Aldershot costs about £5,299, which works out at roughly £442 a month.
The average sold price in Aldershot is £255,000 (HM Land Registry), which is 28% below the median across 120 London commuter towns.
Aldershot scores 57 on a 0–100 crime index (lower is safer), which is a lower level of safety relative to other London commuter towns.
Aldershot ranks #46 of 120 London commuter towns on Rightroute's balanced score, which weighs commute time, house prices, season ticket cost, safety and broadband. If your priorities are different, the Rightroute area ranking tool lets you weight the criteria yourself.
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Data (June 2026): house prices are HM Land Registry averages by postcode district; train times are typical off-peak direct rail to London terminals (National Rail); season tickets are the annual price to a London terminal; the crime index comes from ONS / police.uk (0 = very safe, 100 = very high crime); broadband is the Ofcom Connected Nations median download speed; life satisfaction is the ONS Personal Well-being mean score for the local authority. Figures are approximate estimates for comparison.