London commuter townsHuntingdon vs Peterborough

Huntingdon vs Peterborough: which commuter town suits you?

Peterborough is 3 minutes closer to London and £67k cheaper on the average sold price.
Huntingdon

#89 of 118

Peterborough

#79 of 118

Train to London

53 min
50 min

Annual season ticket

£7,535
£8,087

Average house price

£312k
£245k

Price to local earnings

Years of the local authority's median wage

8.4x
6.8x

Crime index

0–100, lower is safer

51
78

Broadband

Average available download speed, from Ofcom

943 Mb
949 Mb

Life satisfaction

ONS, 0–10

7.5
7.3

Historic landmarks

Protected sites within 3 miles

45
68

Parks and fields

Hectares within 3 miles

196 ha
1105 ha

Places to eat and drink

Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles

86
301

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 Huntingdon

Cambridgeshire · 53 min to London · average sold price £312k.

Read the Huntingdon report

Living in Peterborough

Cambridgeshire · 50 min to London · average sold price £245k.

Read the Peterborough report

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