London commuter townsKettering vs Peterborough

Kettering vs Peterborough: which commuter town suits you?

Peterborough is 13 minutes closer to London and £10k cheaper on the average sold price.
Kettering

#116 of 118

Peterborough

#79 of 118

Train to London

63 min
50 min

Annual season ticket

£9,798
£8,087

Average house price

£255k
£245k

Price to local earnings

Years of the local authority's median wage

7.1x
6.8x

Crime index

0–100, lower is safer

67
78

Broadband

Average available download speed, from Ofcom

1000 Mb
949 Mb

Life satisfaction

ONS, 0–10

7.2
7.3

Historic landmarks

Protected sites within 3 miles

29
68

Parks and fields

Hectares within 3 miles

153 ha
1105 ha

Places to eat and drink

Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles

136
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 Kettering

Northamptonshire · 63 min to London · average sold price £255k.

Read the Kettering report

Living in Peterborough

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

Read the Peterborough report

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