Best places to live for commuting to London Waterloo

Door-to-door commute times by train to Waterloo 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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191

neighbourhoods within 30 min

628

within 45 min

1,112

within an hour

6 min

quickest: Lambeth North, Waterloo & South Bank

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
City and County of the City of London	18 min	18 min	£745k	City of London
Southwark	20 min	12 min	£478k	Rotherhithe
City of Westminster	24 min	15 min	£811k	Maida Vale
Camden	26 min	13 min	£751k	Frognal
Tower Hamlets	28 min	18 min	£475k	Millwall South
Kensington and Chelsea	28 min	18 min	£1.14m	Notting Hill South
Lambeth	28 min	6 min	£538k	Clapham Park West
Wandsworth	30 min	16 min	£632k	Merton Road
Islington	32 min	23 min	£675k	Tufnell Park East
Hammersmith and Fulham	34 min	25 min	£745k	Munster
Lewisham	36 min	26 min	£475k	Telegraph Hill
Newham	38 min	27 min	£426k	Silvertown & Royal Wharf
Brent	39 min	26 min	£525k	Wembley North
Hackney	39 min	23 min	£607k	Clissold South
Haringey	40 min	33 min	£581k	Fortis Green & Coldfall
Merton	40 min	31 min	£515k	Wimbledon Chase
Greenwich	42 min	27 min	£450k	Westcombe Park & Maze Hill
Kingston upon Thames	42 min	35 min	£604k	Tudor Drive
Barnet	43 min	32 min	£592k	Osidge
Waltham Forest	44 min	37 min	£548k	Highams Park East
Richmond upon Thames	45 min	32 min	£730k	Twickenham Marble Hill
Woking	46 min	42 min	£444k	St John's
Ealing	47 min	36 min	£520k	Elthorne Park
Esher	48 min	48 min	£981k	Esher
West Molesey	48 min	41 min	£817k	Thames Ditton
Bromley	49 min	39 min	£510k	Widmore
Croydon	49 min	35 min	£424k	Monks Orchard
Hersham	49 min	49 min	£615k	Hersham
Redbridge	49 min	42 min	£520k	Barkingside East
Walton-on-Thames	49 min	47 min	£550k	Walton Hersham Road
Worcester Park and Stoneleigh	49 min	43 min	£626k	Worcester Park West
Bexley	50 min	43 min	£424k	Danson Park
Sevenoaks	50 min	49 min	£730k	Sevenoaks Town & Weald
Swanley	50 min	50 min	£398k	Swanley South & Crockenhill
Harrow	50 min	41 min	£550k	North Harrow
Hounslow	51 min	37 min	£442k	Chiswick South East
Weybridge	52 min	50 min	£584k	Oatlands
Barking and Dagenham	52 min	38 min	£383k	Becontree East
Buckhurst Hill	52 min	52 min	£636k	Buckhurst Hill
Hextable	52 min	52 min	£455k	Swanley East & Hextable
Watford	52 min	48 min	£452k	Nascot Wood
Borehamwood	53 min	53 min	£445k	Borehamwood Cowley Hill
Bushey	53 min	52 min	£542k	Bushey Central
Send	53 min	53 min	£675k	West Clandon & Send
West Byfleet, Sheerwater and New Haw	53 min	50 min	£562k	West Byfleet & Pyrford North
Ashford Common	54 min	54 min	£432k	Ashford Common
Shepperton	54 min	54 min	£542k	Shepperton Town
Byfleet	54 min	53 min	£612k	Byfleet
Otford and Kemsing	55 min	55 min	£661k	Kemsing & Otford
Sunbury-on-Thames	55 min	54 min	£490k	Sunbury East
Sutton	55 min	41 min	£480k	Wallington North
West End and Chobham	55 min	55 min	£590k	West End & Bisley
Guildford	56 min	54 min	£490k	Pewley Down & The Mount
Addlestone	56 min	55 min	£427k	Addlestone South
Joyden's Wood	56 min	56 min	£510k	Joydens Wood
Loughton	56 min	54 min	£545k	Loughton South
Radlett	56 min	56 min	£958k	Radlett
South Merstham	56 min	56 min	£438k	Merstham
Chigwell	57 min	56 min	£710k	Grange Hill
Chipstead and Woodmansterne	57 min	57 min	£635k	Chipstead & Netherne

Under 30 minutes from Waterloo

191 neighbourhoods. The 15 with the best family score:

Neighbourhood	By train, door to door	Typical home	Walk to a Good+ primary	Drive to a Good+ secondary	Crime	Family score
Wandsworth Common, Wandsworth	26 min	£985k	6 min	3 min	Average	8.3 / 10
Southfields North, Wandsworth	30 min	£950k	7 min	3 min	Low	8.3 / 10
Rotherhithe, Southwark	20 min	£550k	5 min	4 min	Average	7.7 / 10
Clapham Park West, Lambeth	29 min	£690k	5 min	4 min	Low	7.6 / 10
Clapham South, Lambeth	28 min	£780k	5 min	3 min	High	7.4 / 10
Upper Tooting, Wandsworth	30 min	£775k	5 min	4 min	Average	7.4 / 10
Nightingale Lane, Wandsworth	25 min	£1.56m	8 min	5 min	Low	7.3 / 10
Battersea Park, Wandsworth	24 min	£842k	6 min	3 min	High	7.1 / 10
Maida Vale, City of Westminster	26 min	£825k	4 min	3 min	High	7.0 / 10
Earlsfield North, Wandsworth	26 min	£757k	5 min	7 min	Low	7.0 / 10
Frognal, Camden	29 min	£1.25m	6 min	8 min	Low	7.0 / 10
Belsize Park, Camden	26 min	£875k	6 min	5 min	Average	6.9 / 10
Clapham Common West, Wandsworth	28 min	£945k	8 min	6 min	Low	6.9 / 10
Tooting Bec West, Wandsworth	28 min	£625k	4 min	4 min	High	6.9 / 10
Little Venice, City of Westminster	26 min	£1.01m	5 min	4 min	Average	6.8 / 10

30 to 45 minutes from Waterloo

437 neighbourhoods. The 15 with the best family score:

Neighbourhood	By train, door to door	Typical home	Walk to a Good+ primary	Drive to a Good+ secondary	Crime	Family score
Wimbledon Chase, Merton	34 min	£721k	7 min	4 min	Very low	8.8 / 10
Twickenham Marble Hill, Richmond upon Thames	38 min	£935k	6 min	4 min	Very low	8.6 / 10
Merton Road, Wandsworth	31 min	£725k	8 min	4 min	Very low	8.5 / 10
Munster, Hammersmith and Fulham	33 min	£816k	5 min	3 min	Low	8.5 / 10
St Margarets, Richmond upon Thames	36 min	£955k	5 min	5 min	Very low	8.4 / 10
Fortis Green & Coldfall, Haringey	36 min	£876k	6 min	4 min	Low	7.9 / 10
Cottenham Park, Merton	36 min	£1.05m	7 min	6 min	Very low	7.9 / 10
Merton Park, Merton	40 min	£635k	7 min	6 min	Very low	7.8 / 10
Muswell Hill North, Haringey	37 min	£638k	6 min	4 min	Average	7.7 / 10
Ham, Richmond upon Thames	45 min	£730k	5 min	4 min	Low	7.7 / 10
Hornsey Vale, Haringey	44 min	£635k	4 min	4 min	Low	7.6 / 10
Wimbledon Hill, Merton	33 min	£725k	9 min	4 min	Low	7.4 / 10
Summerstown, Wandsworth	35 min	£725k	9 min	4 min	Low	7.4 / 10
Crouch End West, Haringey	36 min	£670k	7 min	4 min	Average	7.4 / 10
Fulham Reach, Hammersmith and Fulham	38 min	£836k	5 min	4 min	Average	7.4 / 10

45 minutes to an hour from Waterloo

484 neighbourhoods. The 15 with the best family score:

Neighbourhood	By train, door to door	Typical home	Walk to a Good+ primary	Drive to a Good+ secondary	Crime	Family score
Pewley Down & The Mount, Guildford	54 min	£770k	6 min	4 min	Very low	8.8 / 10
Marshalswick, St Albans	60 min	£625k	7 min	4 min	Very low	8.7 / 10
Tudor Drive, Kingston upon Thames	48 min	£912k	8 min	4 min	Very low	8.5 / 10
Osidge, Barnet	54 min	£770k	6 min	4 min	Very low	8.5 / 10
Bernards Heath, St Albans	58 min	£742k	8 min	4 min	Very low	8.3 / 10
Elthorne Park, Ealing	47 min	£887k	7 min	4 min	Low	8.1 / 10
Longacres, St Albans	58 min	£640k	10 min	4 min	Very low	8.1 / 10
Widmore, Bromley	48 min	£508k	8 min	4 min	Low	7.9 / 10
South Ealing, Ealing	48 min	£572k	6 min	3 min	Low	7.9 / 10
Elmers End, Bromley	51 min	£618k	6 min	4 min	Low	7.9 / 10
Enfield Town North, Enfield	60 min	£575k	8 min	4 min	Low	7.9 / 10
Hampton Wick & Teddington East, Richmond upon Thames	48 min	£560k	7 min	5 min	Low	7.8 / 10
Maidenbower East & Worth, Crawley	60 min	£415k	9 min	4 min	Very low	7.8 / 10
Strawberry Hill, Richmond upon Thames	46 min	£860k	8 min	5 min	Very low	7.7 / 10
Twickenham West, Richmond upon Thames	49 min	£650k	8 min	4 min	Very low	7.7 / 10

An hour to 90 minutes from Waterloo

747 neighbourhoods. The 15 with the best family score:

Neighbourhood	By train, door to door	Typical home	Walk to a Good+ primary	Drive to a Good+ secondary	Crime	Family score
Hitchin Highbury, Hitchin	75 min	£489k	7 min	3 min	Very low	9.1 / 10
Harpenden East, Harpenden	65 min	£785k	7 min	3 min	Very low	8.7 / 10
Harpenden North, Harpenden	65 min	£775k	8 min	4 min	Very low	8.6 / 10
Springfield South & Coronation Park, Chelmsford	71 min	£380k	8 min	4 min	Very low	8.6 / 10
Westwood, Reading	79 min	£445k	8 min	4 min	Very low	8.6 / 10
Dunstable South, Dunstable	82 min	£350k	6 min	4 min	Very low	8.5 / 10
Maidenhead Highway, Maidenhead	61 min	£565k	9 min	4 min	Very low	8.4 / 10
Littlehaven, Horsham	84 min	£438k	7 min	5 min	Very low	8.4 / 10
Didcot South West, Didcot	87 min	£371k	7 min	3 min	Low	8.4 / 10
Croxley Green, Rickmansworth	64 min	£635k	8 min	4 min	Very low	8.3 / 10
Springfield North, Chelmsford	73 min	£450k	7 min	3 min	Low	8.3 / 10
Marlow West & North, Marlow	74 min	£718k	8 min	3 min	Low	8.3 / 10
Rayleigh North East, Rayleigh	86 min	£438k	9 min	4 min	Very low	8.3 / 10
Farnham Weybourne & Badshot Lea, Weybourne (Waverley)	71 min	£428k	9 min	4 min	Very low	8.2 / 10
Bishop's Stortford East, Bishop's Stortford	78 min	£425k	8 min	3 min	Low	8.2 / 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	Typical home	Walk to a Good+ primary	Drive to a Good+ secondary	Crime	Family score
Sutton South & Shanklin, Sutton	55 min	£290k	10 min	7 min	Low	4.7 / 10
Mayfield, Farnborough	60 min	£315k	6 min	7 min	Average	4.7 / 10
Carshalton on the Hill, Sutton	55 min	£320k	9 min	6 min	Low	6.1 / 10
Welsh Harp, Brent	36 min	£325k	7 min	5 min	Average	4.9 / 10
Hackbridge, Sutton	51 min	£332k	6 min	6 min	Average	6.0 / 10
Sheerwater, Woking	46 min	£338k	6 min	5 min	Average	5.4 / 10
Lesney Farm & Colyers East, Bexley	57 min	£340k	10 min	7 min	Average	3.8 / 10
New Addington North, Croydon	60 min	£348k	6 min	10 min	Average	4.2 / 10
Canning Town East, Newham	32 min	£355k	4 min	4 min	Average	5.6 / 10
Clapham Park East & Streatham Hill North, Lambeth	29 min	£358k	5 min	5 min	Average	5.9 / 10
Goldsworth Park, Woking	46 min	£365k	7 min	6 min	Low	6.2 / 10
Purley North, Croydon	49 min	£369k	8 min	7 min	Average	4.8 / 10
Maidenbower West & Furnace Green, Crawley	60 min	£370k	7 min	5 min	Low	6.8 / 10
Forestdale, Croydon	60 min	£375k	7 min	13 min	Low	5.4 / 10
Dagenham North, Barking and Dagenham	54 min	£375k	6 min	5 min	Low	5.8 / 10

Questions

Where can I live within an hour of Waterloo?

1,112 neighbourhoods in England are within 60 minutes of Waterloo door to door by train, 628 within 45 minutes and 191 within 30. The commuter towns table above lists the towns, quickest first.

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

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 Wimbledon Chase.

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

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 Sutton South & Shanklin (£290k).

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.

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.