London commuter townsCamberley
Surrey · commuter town data · September 2026Living in Camberley: London commute, house prices & costs
Camberley is a commuter town in Surrey, around 50 minutes from London by direct train from Camberley (longer than average for the towns we track), with mid-range prices at £428,000. It ranks #55 of 118 on Rightroute's balanced commuter score (September 2026 data).
60
Rightroute score
Upper half · #55 of 118
Camberley at a glance
Commute and cost
50 min
Train to London
From Camberley, 14% slower than the 118-town median.
£5,120
Annual season ticket
About £427 a month, 2% dearer than the 118-town median.
£428k
Average house price
£428,000, 5% above the 118-town median.
£1,335
Average rent
A two-bed in Surrey Heath, per month, 3% above the 118-town median.
Living there
Moderate
Safety
Crime index 44 on a 0–100 scale (lower is safer).
889Mb
Broadband
Average available download speed, 2% below the 118-town median.
8.0
Life satisfaction
ONS Personal Well-being mean score, 0–10 (higher is better).
What’s nearby
13
Historic landmarks
Nationally protected buildings, monuments and gardens within 3 miles, 65% fewer than the 118-town median.
591
Hectares of parks and fields
Public parks and playing fields within 3 miles, 148% more than the 118-town median.
183
Places to eat and drink
Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles, 16% more than the 118-town median.
The commute from Camberley
Direct trains from Camberley take around 50 minutes into London Waterloo, running on South Western Railway. That makes it #73 out of 118 towns for speed into London.
An annual season ticket costs about £5,120, roughly £427 a month or £25,600 over five years. That's 2% more expensive than the 118-town median of £5,041.
How Camberley compares to the other 117 towns
| Metric | Camberley | Median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Train to London | 50 min | 44 min | #73 |
| Annual season ticket | £5,120 | £5,041 | #64 |
| Average house price | £428,000 | £409,000 | #68 |
| Price to local earnings | 10.7x | 10.1x | #71 |
| Average rent (2 bed) | £1,335/mo | £1,298/mo | #73 |
| Rent to local earnings | 40% | 39% | #77 |
| Crime index (lower is safer) | 44 | 52.5 | #41 |
| Broadband speed | 889 Mb | 903 Mb | #69 |
| Life satisfaction (0–10) | 8.0 | 7.6 of 116 | #9 |
Overall, Camberley ranks #55 of 118 on the balanced Rightroute commuter score. Different priorities give different answers, so you can weight the criteria yourself in the comparison page.
Camberley commuter FAQs
How long is the commute from Camberley to London?
Direct trains from Camberley take around 50 minutes to London Waterloo. Camberley is served by South Western Railway.
How much is a season ticket from Camberley to London?
An annual season ticket from Camberley costs about £5,120, which works out at roughly £427 a month.
What is the average house price in Camberley?
The average sold price in Camberley is £428,000 (HM Land Registry), which is 5% above the median across the 118 London commuter towns we hold a price for.
Is Camberley a safe place to live?
Camberley scores 44 on a 0–100 crime index (lower is safer), which is a moderate level of safety relative to other London commuter towns.
Is Camberley a good commuter town for London?
Camberley ranks #55 of 118 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 compare view lets you weight the criteria yourself.
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House prices are the median of that town's own sales from HM Land Registry Price Paid, August 2025 to July 2026, refreshed monthly; the crime score is the mean monthly count from police.uk over August 2025 to July 2026, placed on a 0 to 100 scale where lower is safer, also refreshed monthly. Rent is the average for a two-bed in the local authority, from the ONS Price Index of Private Rents, August 2026, refreshed monthly. Train times are typical off-peak direct rail to the destination city (National Rail) and season tickets the annual fare to the same place. Broadband is the average available download speed from Ofcom Connected Nations; life satisfaction is the ONS Personal Well-being mean for the local authority. Those are reviewed periodically rather than monthly. Heritage sites, green space and places to eat are counted within three miles from Historic England, OS Open Greenspace and the Food Standards Agency, built September 2026, and refreshed annually. Figures are for comparison between townsrather than exact values.