London commuter townsHove vs Worthing
Hove vs Worthing: which commuter town suits you?
Hove is 23 minutes closer to London, but Worthing is £92k cheaper on the average sold price.
Train to London
57 min
80 min
Annual season ticket
£6,527
£6,914
Average house price
£433k
£341k
Price to local earnings
Years of the local authority's median wage
11.1x
9.3x
Crime index
0–100, lower is safer
69
69
Broadband
Average available download speed, from Ofcom
957 Mb
1013 Mb
Life satisfaction
ONS, 0–10
7.4
7.0
Historic landmarks
Protected sites within 3 miles
90
17
Parks and fields
Hectares within 3 miles
248 ha
146 ha
Places to eat and drink
Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles
1256
332
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 Worthing
West Sussex · 80 min to London · average sold price £341k.
Read the Worthing report