Locations by commute
Commuter villages under 90 minutes to London
The outer edge of a sensible daily commute. Best suited to hybrid workers travelling to London one to three days a week, with a wider choice of quieter locations and better value per square foot.
68 locations.
Gerrards Cross
BuckinghamshireCommuter town
19 min peak trainBeaconsfield
BuckinghamshireCommuter town
25 min peak train · 30 min door-to-LondonHarpenden
HertfordshireCommuter town
26 min peak train · 31 min door-to-LondonChalfont St Peter Parish
BuckinghamshireLarge village
27 min peak train · from Gerrards Cross · 35 min door-to-LondonBerkhamsted
HertfordshireMarket town
32 min peak train · 37 min door-to-LondonGuildford
SurreyCathedral city
32 min peak train · 37 min door-to-LondonHarefield
Greater LondonLarge village
31 min peak train · from Gerrards Cross · 43 min door-to-LondonGodalming
SurreyHistoric town
39 min peak train · 44 min door-to-LondonTonbridge
KentHistoric town
42 min peak train · 47 min door-to-LondonHaywards Heath
West SussexCommuter town
44 min peak train · 49 min door-to-LondonColchester
EssexHistoric town
52 min peak trainHorsham
West SussexMarket town
53 min peak trainHitchin
HertfordshireMarket town
49 min peak train · 54 min door-to-LondonFarnham
SurreyMarket town
55 min peak train · from AldershotHyde Heath
BuckinghamshireLarge village
38 min peak train · from Gerrards Cross · 57 min door-to-LondonTunbridge Wells
KentSpa town
53 min peak train · 58 min door-to-LondonBourne End
BuckinghamshireLarge village
44 min peak train · from High Wycombe · 61 min door-to-LondonChesham
BuckinghamshireMarket town
48 min peak train · from Berkhamsted · 61 min door-to-LondonEast Horsley
SurreyLarge village
52 min peak train · from Bookham · 62 min door-to-LondonCuckfield
West SussexLarge village
55 min peak train · from Haywards Heath · 63 min door-to-LondonLane End
BuckinghamshireLarge village
45 min peak train · from High Wycombe · 63 min door-to-LondonHertford Heath
HertfordshireVillage
56 min peak train · from Hertford North · 64 min door-to-LondonCopthorne
West SussexVillage
52 min peak train · from Ifield · 66 min door-to-LondonFetcham
SurreyLarge village
54 min peak train · from Bookham · 66 min door-to-LondonEynsford
KentLarge village
44 min peak train · from Sevenoaks · 66 min door-to-LondonIver
BuckinghamshireLarge village
43 min peak train · from Gerrards Cross · 67 min door-to-LondonGreat Baddow
EssexLarge village
54 min peak train · from Hatfield Peverel · 68 min door-to-LondonBlackmore
EssexLarge village
50 min peak train · from Ingatestone · 68 min door-to-LondonHenley-on-Thames
OxfordshireRiverside town
64 min peak train · 69 min door-to-LondonCobham
SurreyLarge village
56 min peak train · from Bookham · 70 min door-to-LondonBrockham
SurreyVillage
60 min peak train · from Dorking (main) · 70 min door-to-LondonBookham
SurreyLarge village
58 min peak train · from Boxhill & Westhumble · 71 min door-to-LondonIghtham
KentVillage
52 min peak train · from Borough Green · 71 min door-to-LondonBoreham
EssexLarge village
53 min peak train · from Chelmsford · 71 min door-to-LondonBovingdon
HertfordshireLarge village
56 min peak train · from Tring · 74 min door-to-LondonBorough Green
KentLarge village
58 min peak train · from Aylesford · 74 min door-to-LondonCapel-le-Ferne
KentLarge village
64 min peak train · from Folkestone Central · 74 min door-to-LondonLewes
East SussexHistoric town
71 min peak train · 76 min door-to-LondonAylesford
KentLarge village
57 min peak train · from Chatham · 76 min door-to-LondonBiggleswade
BedfordshireMarket town
59 min peak train · from Baldock · 76 min door-to-LondonBulphan
EssexVillage
52 min peak train · from Swanscombe · 76 min door-to-LondonCharlbury
OxfordshireMarket town
77 min peak trainColchester Town Centre
EssexHistoric town
65 min peak train · from Colchester · 78 min door-to-LondonCapel
SurreyLarge village
64 min peak train · from Dorking (main) · 78 min door-to-LondonHurstpierpoint and surrounding villages
West SussexLarge village
60 min peak train · from Burgess Hill · 79 min door-to-LondonFaversham
KentMarket town
74 min peak train · 79 min door-to-LondonHeadley
SurreyVillage
61 min peak train · from Bookham · 80 min door-to-LondonBradfield
EssexLarge village
71 min peak train · from Manningtree · 80 min door-to-LondonHeybridge
EssexLarge village
65 min peak train · from Kelvedon · 81 min door-to-LondonBledlow Ridge
BuckinghamshireVillage
59 min peak train · from Princes Risborough · 81 min door-to-LondonBurham
KentVillage
59 min peak train · from Higham · 81 min door-to-LondonGoffs Oak
HertfordshireLarge village
59 min peak train · from Crews Hill · 82 min door-to-LondonBletchingley
SurreyVillage
63 min peak train · from Edenbridge · 82 min door-to-LondonEversley
HampshireVillage
61 min peak train · from Farnborough North · 82 min door-to-LondonArlesey
BedfordshireLarge village
62 min peak train · from Baldock · 82 min door-to-LondonBuntingford
HertfordshireMarket town
65 min peak train · from Royston · 83 min door-to-LondonBattle
East SussexHistoric town
79 min peak train · 84 min door-to-LondonEwshot and Church Crookham (south)
HampshireLarge village
67 min peak train · from Aldershot · 84 min door-to-LondonBaldock
HertfordshireMarket town
66 min peak train · from Royston · 85 min door-to-LondonHenfield
West SussexLarge village
63 min peak train · from Burgess Hill · 85 min door-to-LondonEaton Bray
BedfordshireLarge village
61 min peak train · from Leighton Buzzard · 85 min door-to-LondonBanstead
SurreyLarge village
62 min peak train · from Leatherhead · 86 min door-to-LondonBramber & Upper Beeding
West SussexVillage
65 min peak train · from Hassocks · 86 min door-to-LondonHook Norton
OxfordshireLarge village
76 min peak train · from Banbury · 87 min door-to-LondonBearsted
KentVillage
65 min peak train · from Aylesford · 88 min door-to-LondonEast Meon
HampshireVillage
74 min peak train · from Liphook · 88 min door-to-LondonBroadbridge Heath
West SussexLarge village
74 min peak train · from Christ's Hospital · 88 min door-to-LondonBayford
HertfordshireLarge village
66 min peak train · from Bayford · 88 min door-to-London
Every commute time on this page is the peak weekday train from the nearest usable station into central London (typically a terminus), plus a realistic drive-to-station allowance. Sorting is fastest first, so the top of the list is the shortest total door-to-London journey.
Train times move — timetables change, engineering works happen. Treat these figures as a well-researched baseline for shortlisting, then confirm current timetables with National Rail before making a decision.