London commuter townsDorking vs Leatherhead

Dorking vs Leatherhead: which commuter town suits you?

Leatherhead is 1 minute closer to London, but Dorking is £147k cheaper on the average sold price.
Dorking

#20 of 118

Leatherhead

#33 of 118

Train to London

36 min
35 min

Annual season ticket

£3,878
£3,629

Average house price

£480k
£627k

Price to local earnings

Years of the local authority's median wage

9.6x
12.6x

Crime index

0–100, lower is safer

35
40

Broadband

Average available download speed, from Ofcom

829 Mb
829 Mb

Life satisfaction

ONS, 0–10

8.1
8.1

Historic landmarks

Protected sites within 3 miles

33
35

Parks and fields

Hectares within 3 miles

351 ha
399 ha

Places to eat and drink

Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles

96
98

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 Dorking

Surrey · 36 min to London · average sold price £480k.

Read the Dorking report

Living in Leatherhead

Surrey · 35 min to London · average sold price £627k.

Read the Leatherhead report