Best places to live for commuting to Brighton

Door-to-door commute times by train to Brighton from every neighbourhood in England, with typical house prices, good schools nearby and crime, so you can see where families can live within reach. Times are for the morning rush and include getting to the station and waiting for the train.

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neighbourhoods within 30 min

within 45 min

110

within an hour

7 min

quickest: North Laine & the Lanes

Commuter towns, quickest first

Typical door-to-door time across each town's neighbourhoods, the quickest of them, the typical home price, and the neighbourhood with the best family score.

Town	Typical commute	Quickest	Typical home	Best for families
Brighton and Hove	15 min	7 min	£414k	Fiveways
Southwick (Adur)	26 min	26 min	£406k	Hillside
Shoreham-by-Sea	31 min	29 min	£426k	Buckingham
Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint	35 min	32 min	£538k	Hassocks, Keymer & East Hurstpierpoint
Burgess Hill	36 min	35 min	£395k	Burgess Hill West
Haywards Heath	36 min	34 min	£426k	Haywards Heath North East
Lancing and Sompting	37 min	35 min	£350k	North Lancing
Lewes	39 min	39 min	£494k	Lewes West
Ditchling	43 min	43 min	£542k	Wivelsfield Green, Ditchling & Rodmell
Steyning	45 min	45 min	£420k	Steyning & Upper Beeding
Ardingly	46 min	46 min	£555k	Horsted Keynes, Ardingly & Sharpthorne
Horley (Reigate and Banstead)	46 min	44 min	£440k	Horley East
Ringmer	46 min	46 min	£398k	Ringmer, Glynde & South Heighton
Worthing	48 min	42 min	£345k	Broadwater East
Balcombe	49 min	49 min	£550k	Balcombe & Handcross
Copthorne	49 min	49 min	£465k	Copthorne & Turners Hill
Newhaven	49 min	49 min	£299k	Newhaven West
Henfield	51 min	51 min	£482k	Henfield & Small Dole
Crawley	52 min	48 min	£355k	Maidenbower East & Worth
Smallfield	52 min	52 min	£525k	Smallfield & Felbridge
Newick	54 min	54 min	£478k	Chailey, Newick & Barcombe
Peacehaven	54 min	53 min	£335k	Peacehaven West
Rustington	56 min	53 min	£413k	Ferring & Kingston Gorse
Seaford	56 min	54 min	£375k	Seaford Eastbourne Road
Telscombe Cliffs	56 min	56 min	£400k	East Saltdean & Telscombe Cliffs
Partridge Green	57 min	57 min	£440k	Cowfold & Partridge Green
Polegate	57 min	57 min	£295k	Polegate
Crawley Down	58 min	58 min	£480k	Crawley Down
Findon	58 min	58 min	£430k	Angmering North, Patching & Findon
Littlehampton	60 min	58 min	£291k	Littlehampton East
Nutley	60 min	60 min	£625k	Chelwood & Nutley
Wick (Arun)	61 min	61 min	£288k	Wick & Toddington
Lower Willingdon	62 min	62 min	£355k	Willingdon
Eastbourne	64 min	58 min	£288k	Old Town & Motcombe
East Grinstead	66 min	66 min	£509k	East Grinstead West & South
Maresfield	66 min	66 min	£549k	Five Ash Down, Horsted & Chiddingly
Arundel	67 min	67 min	£470k	Arundel
Hailsham	67 min	66 min	£312k	Hailsham Central & East
Crumbles	69 min	69 min	£270k	Sovereign Harbour
Pevensey Bay	69 min	69 min	£355k	Stone Cross, Westham & Pevensey Bay
Redhill (Reigate and Banstead)	69 min	68 min	£420k	Redhill West
Barnham (Arun)	71 min	71 min	£377k	Westergate, Eastergate & Walberton
Reigate	72 min	67 min	£546k	Reigate South Park
Yapton	72 min	72 min	£350k	Yapton & Climping
South Merstham	73 min	73 min	£438k	Merstham
Beare Green	74 min	74 min	£562k	Charlwood, Newdigate & Beare Green
Bletchingley	76 min	76 min	£528k	Nutfield & Bletchingley
Storrington	78 min	74 min	£430k	Ashington & Washington
Bognor Regis	79 min	75 min	£309k	Felpham
Chichester	79 min	75 min	£360k	Stockbridge & Fishbourne
Horsham	80 min	75 min	£390k	Littlehaven
Uckfield	80 min	79 min	£366k	Uckfield Town & North
Croydon	83 min	67 min	£414k	Monks Orchard
Herstmonceux	85 min	85 min	£413k	Herstmonceux & Ninfield
Southwark	85 min	80 min	£457k	Rotherhithe
Bexhill-on-Sea	86 min	86 min	£205k	Bexhill Central
Hammersmith and Fulham	86 min	84 min	£829k	Fulham Palace & Hurlingham Park
Caterham	87 min	87 min	£600k	Caterham West
City of Westminster	87 min	86 min	£802k	Pimlico South
Emsworth	87 min	87 min	£388k	Emsworth

Under 30 minutes from Brighton

36 neighbourhoods. The 15 with the best family score:

Neighbourhood	By train, door to door	By car (light traffic)	Typical home	Walk to a Good+ primary	Drive to a Good+ secondary	Crime	Family score
Fiveways, Brighton and Hove	12 min	7 min	£600k	8 min	4 min	Very low	8.6 / 10
Withdean Woods, Brighton and Hove	13 min	7 min	£550k	8 min	4 min	Low	8.0 / 10
Hollingbury, Brighton and Hove	15 min	10 min	£675k	12 min	3 min	Very low	7.3 / 10
West Blatchington, Brighton and Hove	16 min	10 min	£750k	12 min	5 min	Very low	6.8 / 10
Elm Grove & Bear Road, Brighton and Hove	12 min	7 min	£414k	6 min	8 min	Low	6.4 / 10
Preston Park, Brighton and Hove	14 min	6 min	£354k	8 min	5 min	Low	6.4 / 10
Patcham West & Westdene, Brighton and Hove	17 min	11 min	£560k	10 min	5 min	Low	6.3 / 10
Goldsmid East, Brighton and Hove	12 min	6 min	£380k	12 min	4 min	Low	6.0 / 10
Hanover, Brighton and Hove	13 min	6 min	£450k	7 min	7 min	Low	5.9 / 10
Seven Dials, Brighton and Hove	8 min	4 min	£322k	8 min	5 min	Average	5.7 / 10
Hangleton North, Brighton and Hove	20 min	13 min	£477k	12 min	3 min	Low	5.6 / 10
Hillside, Southwick (Adur)	26 min	13 min	£440k	12 min	5 min	Low	5.6 / 10
Aldrington, Brighton and Hove	15 min	10 min	£585k	9 min	6 min	Average	5.5 / 10
Patcham East, Brighton and Hove	18 min	13 min	£475k	13 min	4 min	High	5.4 / 10
Rottingdean & Saltdean, Brighton and Hove	26 min	16 min	£500k	10 min	10 min	Very low	5.4 / 10

30 to 45 minutes from Brighton

24 neighbourhoods. The 15 with the best family score:

Neighbourhood	By train, door to door	By car (light traffic)	Typical home	Walk to a Good+ primary	Drive to a Good+ secondary	Crime	Family score
Broadwater East, Worthing	44 min	25 min	£340k	6 min	4 min	Low	8.2 / 10
North Lancing, Lancing and Sompting	37 min	21 min	£408k	8 min	3 min	Low	8.0 / 10
Burgess Hill West, Burgess Hill	36 min	26 min	£375k	9 min	4 min	Very low	7.7 / 10
Steyning & Upper Beeding, Steyning	45 min	24 min	£420k	10 min	5 min	Very low	6.8 / 10
Hassocks, Keymer & East Hurstpierpoint, Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint	32 min	21 min	£550k	10 min	5 min	Low	6.7 / 10
Haywards Heath North East, Haywards Heath	36 min	36 min	£615k	11 min	6 min	Very low	6.7 / 10
Buckingham, Shoreham-by-Sea	33 min	19 min	£468k	10 min	7 min	Very low	6.5 / 10
Burgess Hill South, Burgess Hill	35 min	25 min	£485k	12 min	5 min	Very low	6.5 / 10
Haywards Heath East, Haywards Heath	35 min	35 min	£362k	7 min	7 min	Low	6.2 / 10
Lewes West, Lewes	39 min	18 min	£589k	8 min	5 min	High	6.0 / 10
Cokeham & Sompting, Lancing and Sompting	40 min	23 min	£355k	11 min	4 min	Low	5.8 / 10
Haywards Heath West, Haywards Heath	34 min	32 min	£330k	12 min	6 min	Average	5.2 / 10
Broadwater South, Worthing	44 min	28 min	£320k	10 min	3 min	Very high	5.2 / 10
Burgess Hill Central, Burgess Hill	35 min	25 min	£340k	10 min	4 min	Very high	5.0 / 10
Haywards Heath South & Cuckfield, Haywards Heath	37 min	33 min	£490k	15 min	7 min	Low	5.0 / 10

45 minutes to an hour from Brighton

50 neighbourhoods. The 15 with the best family score:

Neighbourhood	By train, door to door	By car (light traffic)	Typical home	Walk to a Good+ primary	Drive to a Good+ secondary	Crime	Family score
Maidenbower East & Worth, Crawley	50 min	44 min	£415k	9 min	4 min	Very low	7.8 / 10
Goring-by-Sea, Worthing	48 min	32 min	£460k	10 min	4 min	Low	7.3 / 10
Seaford Eastbourne Road, Seaford	58 min	35 min	£375k	10 min	4 min	Very low	7.2 / 10
Broadwater West, Worthing	46 min	27 min	£448k	9 min	4 min	Average	7.1 / 10
Maidenbower West & Furnace Green, Crawley	50 min	41 min	£370k	7 min	5 min	Low	6.8 / 10
Horley East, Horley (Reigate and Banstead)	46 min	49 min	£440k	8 min	12 min	Very low	6.6 / 10
Salvington, Worthing	48 min	27 min	£393k	9 min	4 min	Low	6.5 / 10
Durrington South, Worthing	48 min	29 min	£345k	9 min	4 min	Average	6.1 / 10
High Salvington & Findon Valley, Worthing	51 min	28 min	£475k	13 min	6 min	Very low	6.1 / 10
Tilgate, Crawley	52 min	38 min	£364k	6 min	4 min	High	6.1 / 10
Ferring & Kingston Gorse, Rustington	53 min	36 min	£515k	13 min	5 min	Very low	6.1 / 10
East Blatchington, Seaford	54 min	33 min	£418k	12 min	7 min	Very low	6.0 / 10
Peacehaven West, Peacehaven	55 min	20 min	£335k	8 min	4 min	Average	6.0 / 10
Broadfield West, Crawley	56 min	39 min	£320k	8 min	4 min	Average	5.9 / 10
Ifield & Gossops Green, Crawley	56 min	40 min	£355k	10 min	4 min	Average	5.8 / 10

An hour to 90 minutes from Brighton

234 neighbourhoods. The 15 with the best family score:

Neighbourhood	By train, door to door	By car (light traffic)	Typical home	Walk to a Good+ primary	Drive to a Good+ secondary	Crime	Family score
Merton Road, Wandsworth	89 min	—	£725k	8 min	4 min	Very low	8.5 / 10
Littlehaven, Horsham	79 min	43 min	£438k	7 min	5 min	Very low	8.4 / 10
Wandsworth Common, Wandsworth	85 min	—	£985k	6 min	3 min	Average	8.3 / 10
Southfields North, Wandsworth	88 min	—	£950k	7 min	3 min	Low	8.3 / 10
Elmers End, Bromley	88 min	86 min	£618k	6 min	4 min	Low	7.9 / 10
Rotherhithe, Southwark	88 min	—	£550k	5 min	4 min	Average	7.7 / 10
East Grinstead West & South, East Grinstead	66 min	51 min	£509k	9 min	4 min	Low	7.6 / 10
Horsham East & Roffey, Horsham	80 min	45 min	£385k	10 min	4 min	Very low	7.6 / 10
Monks Orchard, Croydon	85 min	86 min	£471k	7 min	4 min	Low	7.6 / 10
Wallington North, Sutton	87 min	72 min	£440k	7 min	4 min	Low	7.6 / 10
Clapham South, Lambeth	90 min	—	£780k	5 min	3 min	High	7.4 / 10
Upper Tooting, Wandsworth	90 min	91 min	£775k	5 min	4 min	Average	7.4 / 10
Old Town & Motcombe, Eastbourne	65 min	43 min	£300k	8 min	3 min	Low	7.3 / 10
Nightingale Lane, Wandsworth	84 min	—	£1.56m	8 min	5 min	Low	7.3 / 10
Upper Norwood, Croydon	86 min	87 min	£630k	8 min	4 min	Low	7.2 / 10

Most affordable with good schools, within an hour

A Good or Outstanding primary within a 15-minute walk, a Good or Outstanding secondary within a 15-minute drive, and average or lower crime, cheapest first.

Neighbourhood	By train, door to door	By car (light traffic)	Typical home	Walk to a Good+ primary	Drive to a Good+ secondary	Crime	Family score
Seaford Town, Seaford	56 min	33 min	£264k	11 min	4 min	Average	4.9 / 10
Polegate, Polegate	57 min	37 min	£295k	12 min	5 min	Low	5.1 / 10
Rustington North, Rustington	56 min	40 min	£320k	11 min	7 min	Low	4.8 / 10
Broadfield West, Crawley	56 min	39 min	£320k	8 min	4 min	Average	5.9 / 10
Seven Dials, Brighton and Hove	8 min	4 min	£322k	8 min	5 min	Average	5.7 / 10
Haywards Heath West, Haywards Heath	34 min	32 min	£330k	12 min	6 min	Average	5.2 / 10
Peacehaven West, Peacehaven	55 min	20 min	£335k	8 min	4 min	Average	6.0 / 10
Broadwater East, Worthing	44 min	25 min	£340k	6 min	4 min	Low	8.2 / 10
Littlehampton East, Littlehampton	58 min	41 min	£342k	12 min	9 min	Average	3.7 / 10
Hove Central, Brighton and Hove	12 min	7 min	£344k	11 min	6 min	Average	3.9 / 10
Marsh Barn & Widewater, Lancing and Sompting	35 min	24 min	£345k	13 min	5 min	Average	4.0 / 10
Durrington South, Worthing	48 min	29 min	£345k	9 min	4 min	Average	6.1 / 10
Mile Oak, Brighton and Hove	25 min	14 min	£350k	8 min	8 min	Low	4.8 / 10
Preston Park, Brighton and Hove	14 min	6 min	£354k	8 min	5 min	Low	6.4 / 10
Ifield & Gossops Green, Crawley	56 min	40 min	£355k	10 min	4 min	Average	5.8 / 10

Questions

Where can I live within an hour of Brighton?

110 neighbourhoods in England are within 60 minutes of Brighton door to door by train, 60 within 45 minutes and 36 within 30. The commuter towns table above lists the towns, quickest first.

What are the best places to live for families commuting to Brighton?

The lists above rank neighbourhoods at each commute time on a family score: how far it is to walk to a Good or Outstanding primary school, how far to drive to a Good or Outstanding secondary, recorded crime and deprivation. Within 45 minutes, the top is Fiveways.

Where is cheapest to live with good schools within an hour of Brighton?

Of the neighbourhoods within 60 minutes with a Good or better primary within a 15-minute walk, a Good or better secondary within a 15-minute drive and average or lower crime, the cheapest typical home price is in Seaford Town (£264k).

How are the commute times worked out?

Door to door at the morning peak. By train: getting from homes to the neighbourhood's best station (walking, or driving and parking where the station is more than 20 minutes' walk), the typical train leaving between 07:00 and 08:45 including the wait, then the walk from the arrival station. The fastest train on a line is often a few minutes quicker. Car times are a typical drive without rush-hour traffic, so expect longer at peak times.

Family score: each neighbourhood's place in England (0 to 10) on walking time to a Good or Outstanding primary, driving time to a Good or Outstanding secondary, recorded crime and deprivation, averaged. School times are from the middle of the neighbourhood. Prices are typical sales over the latest 12 months.