London commuter townsLeighton Buzzard vs Tring

Leighton Buzzard vs Tring: which commuter town suits you?

Tring is 5 minutes closer to London, but Leighton Buzzard is £156k cheaper on the average sold price.
Tring

#53 of 118

Train to London

40 min
35 min

Annual season ticket

£4,608
£4,200

Average house price

£360k
£515k

Price to local earnings

Years of the local authority's median wage

9.5x
13.6x

Crime index

0–100, lower is safer

50
24

Broadband

Average available download speed, from Ofcom

906 Mb
874 Mb

Life satisfaction

ONS, 0–10

7.3
7.6

Historic landmarks

Protected sites within 3 miles

24
35

Parks and fields

Hectares within 3 miles

103 ha
160 ha

Places to eat and drink

Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles

94
57

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 Leighton Buzzard

Bedfordshire · 40 min to London · average sold price £360k.

Read the Leighton Buzzard report

Living in Tring

Hertfordshire · 35 min to London · average sold price £515k.

Read the Tring report