London commuter townsBrighton vs Lewes
Brighton vs Lewes: which commuter town suits you?
Brighton is 5 minutes closer to London and £66k cheaper on the average sold price.
Train to London
60 min
65 min
Annual season ticket
£6,307
£7,562
Average house price
£412k
£478k
Price to local earnings
Years of the local authority's median wage
10.5x
12.0x
Crime index
0–100, lower is safer
94
44
Broadband
Average available download speed, from Ofcom
957 Mb
764 Mb
Life satisfaction
ONS, 0–10
7.4
7.4
Historic landmarks
Protected sites within 3 miles
87
92
Parks and fields
Hectares within 3 miles
247 ha
48 ha
Places to eat and drink
Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles
1218
83
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.
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Living in Brighton
East Sussex · 60 min to London · average sold price £412k.
Read the Brighton report