London commuter townsLeatherhead vs Walton-on-Thames

Leatherhead vs Walton-on-Thames: which commuter town suits you?

Walton-on-Thames is 10 minutes closer to London and £92k cheaper on the average sold price.
Leatherhead

#33 of 118

Train to London

35 min
25 min

Annual season ticket

£3,629
£2,520

Average house price

£627k
£535k

Price to local earnings

Years of the local authority's median wage

12.6x
13.0x

Crime index

0–100, lower is safer

40
47

Broadband

Average available download speed, from Ofcom

829 Mb
923 Mb

Life satisfaction

ONS, 0–10

8.1
7.6

Historic landmarks

Protected sites within 3 miles

35
38

Parks and fields

Hectares within 3 miles

399 ha
381 ha

Places to eat and drink

Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles

98
314

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 Leatherhead

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

Read the Leatherhead report

Living in Walton-on-Thames

Surrey · 25 min to London · average sold price £535k.

Read the Walton-on-Thames report