London commuter townsHaywards Heath
West Sussex · commuter town data · September 2026Living in Haywards Heath: London commute, house prices & costs
Haywards Heath is a commuter town in West Sussex, around 46 minutes from London by direct train from Haywards Heath (about average for the towns we track), with above-average prices at £450,000. It ranks #77 of 118 on Rightroute's balanced commuter score (September 2026 data).
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Rightroute score
Lower half · #77 of 118
Haywards Heath at a glance
Commute and cost
46 min
Train to London
From Haywards Heath, 5% slower than the 118-town median.
£5,506
Annual season ticket
About £459 a month, 9% dearer than the 118-town median.
£450k
Average house price
£450,000, 10% above the 118-town median.
£1,291
Average rent
A two-bed in Mid Sussex, per month, 1% below the 118-town median.
Living there
Moderate
Safety
Crime index 43 on a 0–100 scale (lower is safer).
812Mb
Broadband
Average available download speed, 10% below the 118-town median.
8.1
Life satisfaction
ONS Personal Well-being mean score, 0–10 (higher is better).
What’s nearby
33
Historic landmarks
Nationally protected buildings, monuments and gardens within 3 miles, 11% fewer than the 118-town median.
222
Hectares of parks and fields
Public parks and playing fields within 3 miles, 7% less than the 118-town median.
93
Places to eat and drink
Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles, 41% fewer than the 118-town median.
The commute from Haywards Heath
Direct trains from Haywards Heath take around 46 minutes into London Victoria, running on Thameslink and Southern. That makes it #64 out of 118 towns for speed into London.
An annual season ticket costs about £5,506, roughly £459 a month or £27,530 over five years. That's 9% more expensive than the 118-town median of £5,041.
How Haywards Heath compares to the other 117 towns
| Metric | Haywards Heath | Median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Train to London | 46 min | 44 min | #64 |
| Annual season ticket | £5,506 | £5,041 | #71 |
| Average house price | £450,000 | £409,000 | #82 |
| Price to local earnings | 11.2x | 10.1x | #80 |
| Average rent (2 bed) | £1,291/mo | £1,298/mo | #54 |
| Rent to local earnings | 39% | 39% | #55 |
| Crime index (lower is safer) | 43 | 52.5 | #39 |
| Broadband speed | 812 Mb | 903 Mb | #94 |
| Life satisfaction (0–10) | 8.1 | 7.6 of 116 | #6 |
Overall, Haywards Heath ranks #77 of 118 on the balanced Rightroute commuter score. Different priorities give different answers, so you can weight the criteria yourself in the comparison page.
Haywards Heath commuter FAQs
How long is the commute from Haywards Heath to London?
Direct trains from Haywards Heath take around 46 minutes to London Victoria. Haywards Heath is served by Thameslink and Southern.
How much is a season ticket from Haywards Heath to London?
An annual season ticket from Haywards Heath costs about £5,506, which works out at roughly £459 a month.
What is the average house price in Haywards Heath?
The average sold price in Haywards Heath is £450,000 (HM Land Registry), which is 10% above the median across the 118 London commuter towns we hold a price for.
Is Haywards Heath a safe place to live?
Haywards Heath scores 43 on a 0–100 crime index (lower is safer), which is a moderate level of safety relative to other London commuter towns.
Is Haywards Heath a good commuter town for London?
Haywards Heath ranks #77 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.