London commuter townsAmersham vs Beaconsfield

Amersham vs Beaconsfield: which commuter town suits you?

Beaconsfield is 7 minutes closer to London, but Amersham is £173k cheaper on the average sold price.
Amersham

#71 of 118

Beaconsfield

#82 of 118

Train to London

30 min
23 min

Annual season ticket

£3,408
£3,060

Average house price

£728k
£900k

Price to local earnings

Years of the local authority's median wage

18.0x
22.3x

Crime index

0–100, lower is safer

27
22

Broadband

Average available download speed, from Ofcom

810 Mb
810 Mb

Life satisfaction

ONS, 0–10

7.6
7.6

Historic landmarks

Protected sites within 3 miles

26
25

Parks and fields

Hectares within 3 miles

99 ha
84 ha

Places to eat and drink

Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles

107
92

Estimates only. Prices from HM Land Registry (August 2025 to July 2026), crime from police.uk (August 2025 to July 2026); broadband, life satisfaction and train times from Ofcom, ONS and National Rail, reviewed periodically. A tinted figure is the better of the two on that row alone, not an overall verdict.

The full picture on each

Living in Amersham

Buckinghamshire · 30 min to London · average sold price £728k.

Read the Amersham report

Living in Beaconsfield

Buckinghamshire · 23 min to London · average sold price £900k.

Read the Beaconsfield report

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