Best places to live for commuting to Milton Keynes

Door-to-door commute times by train to Milton Keynes 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

161

within an hour

12 min

quickest: Loughton

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
Milton Keynes	16 min	12 min	£316k	Shenley Wood & Crownhill
Bletchley	20 min	17 min	£327k	Bletchley North West
Newport Pagnell	24 min	23 min	£324k	Newport Pagnell South
Newton Longville	27 min	27 min	£418k	Newton Longville & Great Horwood
Deanshanger	28 min	28 min	£369k	Deanshanger, Potterspury & Old Stratford
Leighton Buzzard	31 min	26 min	£332k	Linslade West
Hanslope	32 min	32 min	£400k	Hanslope, Castlethorpe & Sherington
Northampton	35 min	31 min	£250k	Abington Vale
Stewkley	36 min	36 min	£525k	Granborough, Stewkley & Great Brickhill
Winslow	40 min	40 min	£395k	Winslow & Padbury
Toddington (Central Bedfordshire)	43 min	43 min	£407k	Toddington, Heath & Reach
Olney	44 min	44 min	£400k	Olney & Lavendon
Buckingham	45 min	45 min	£370k	Buckingham North
Bugbrooke	45 min	45 min	£330k	Harpole, Kislingbury & Bugbrooke
Moulton (West Northamptonshire)	45 min	45 min	£361k	Walgrave & Moulton
Rugby	45 min	42 min	£285k	Eastlands
Broughton (Buckinghamshire)	46 min	46 min	£438k	Wing, Wingrave & Bierton
Cogenhoe	47 min	47 min	£375k	Cogenhoe, Hackleton & Denton
Pitstone	49 min	49 min	£460k	Cheddington, Pitstone & Edlesborough
Berkhamsted	50 min	48 min	£758k	Berkhamsted South
Eaton Bray and Edlesborough	50 min	50 min	£548k	Eaton Bray, Whipsnade & Holywell
Long Lawford	50 min	50 min	£292k	Cawston & Long Lawford
Watford	50 min	48 min	£452k	Nascot Wood
Bushey	52 min	49 min	£542k	Bushey Central
Brixworth	53 min	53 min	£350k	Brixworth & Spratton
Tring	53 min	52 min	£582k	Tring West & Long Marston
Houghton Regis	54 min	52 min	£312k	Houghton Regis North
Earls Barton	55 min	55 min	£343k	Earls Barton & Great Doddington
Rickmansworth	55 min	55 min	£662k	Croxley North & Sarratt
Towcester	56 min	51 min	£361k	Towcester East & Paulerspury
Steeple Claydon	56 min	56 min	£412k	Marsh Gibbon, Steeple Claydon & Tingewick
Weedon Bec	58 min	58 min	£314k	Long Buckby West & Weedon
Bovingdon	59 min	59 min	£650k	Bovingdon & Chipperfield
Long Buckby	60 min	60 min	£409k	Long Buckby East & Ravensthorpe
Hemel Hempstead	60 min	57 min	£396k	Chaulden
Abbots Langley and Kings Langley	61 min	60 min	£582k	Kings Langley
Camden	61 min	45 min	£751k	Frognal
Crick	61 min	61 min	£350k	Braunston & Crick
Dunchurch	61 min	61 min	£380k	Dunchurch, Stretton-on-Dunsmore & Marton
Chesham	62 min	61 min	£468k	Chesham East
Dunstable	63 min	51 min	£317k	Dunstable South
Lutterworth	63 min	63 min	£290k	Lutterworth
Brinklow	64 min	64 min	£323k	Brinklow, Wolvey & Churchover
Islington	64 min	59 min	£675k	Tufnell Park East
Silverstone	64 min	64 min	£425k	Silverstone, Syresham & Helmdon
City of Westminster	65 min	57 min	£811k	Maida Vale
Coventry	65 min	60 min	£227k	Finham Park
Hyde Heath	66 min	66 min	£774k	Hyde Heath, Bellingdon & Latimer
Wellingborough	66 min	63 min	£240k	Brickhill
Aylesbury	66 min	61 min	£354k	Waddesdon & Whitchurch
Binley Woods	68 min	68 min	£330k	Wolston, Binley Woods & Ryton
Wollaston	68 min	68 min	£285k	Irchester, Wollaston & Bozeat
City and County of the City of London	70 min	70 min	£745k	City of London
Broughton (North Northamptonshire)	71 min	71 min	£305k	Broughton, Mawsley & Loddington
Daventry	71 min	71 min	£245k	Daventry North
Markyate	72 min	72 min	£460k	Markyate, Flamstead & Gaddesden
Gilmorton	73 min	73 min	£455k	Dunton Bassett, Claybrooke & Swinford
Finedon	74 min	74 min	£300k	Finedon, Isham & Harrowden
Hackney	74 min	62 min	£607k	Clissold South
Haringey	74 min	63 min	£581k	Fortis Green & Coldfall

Under 30 minutes from Milton Keynes

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
Linslade West, Leighton Buzzard	29 min	26 min	£390k	6 min	7 min	Very low	8.0 / 10
Shenley Wood & Crownhill, Milton Keynes	14 min	6 min	£410k	9 min	4 min	Low	7.1 / 10
Bletchley North West, Bletchley	17 min	11 min	£317k	6 min	3 min	Average	7.1 / 10
Bletchley West, Bletchley	21 min	13 min	£336k	7 min	4 min	Average	7.1 / 10
Tattenhoe & Emerson Valley, Milton Keynes	18 min	12 min	£367k	8 min	5 min	Low	7.0 / 10
Newport Pagnell South, Newport Pagnell	25 min	17 min	£310k	7 min	5 min	Average	6.9 / 10
Westcroft & Shenley Brook End, Milton Keynes	16 min	10 min	£366k	9 min	5 min	Low	6.7 / 10
Loughton, Milton Keynes	12 min	2 min	£460k	8 min	4 min	High	6.6 / 10
Woughton & Woolstone, Milton Keynes	17 min	13 min	£425k	7 min	5 min	Average	6.5 / 10
Linslade East, Leighton Buzzard	26 min	23 min	£332k	10 min	5 min	Low	6.5 / 10
Fairfields & Grange Farm, Milton Keynes	16 min	9 min	£375k	9 min	5 min	Low	6.3 / 10
Far Bletchley, Bletchley	19 min	12 min	£352k	10 min	4 min	Low	6.2 / 10
Broughton West & Milton Keynes Village, Milton Keynes	20 min	16 min	£437k	11 min	4 min	Average	6.1 / 10
Furzton, Milton Keynes	15 min	11 min	£325k	7 min	6 min	Average	5.9 / 10
Bradwell Village, Milton Keynes	13 min	9 min	£307k	8 min	9 min	Low	5.8 / 10

30 to 45 minutes from Milton Keynes

51 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
Eastlands, Rugby	45 min	51 min	£285k	8 min	4 min	Very low	8.8 / 10
Abington Vale, Northampton	37 min	36 min	£362k	8 min	4 min	Very low	8.0 / 10
Buckingham North, Buckingham	45 min	26 min	£350k	8 min	4 min	Low	7.4 / 10
Wootton & Collingtree, Northampton	38 min	28 min	£387k	8 min	5 min	Low	7.3 / 10
Leighton Buzzard North & East, Leighton Buzzard	32 min	25 min	£415k	10 min	4 min	Very low	7.1 / 10
Winslow & Padbury, Winslow	40 min	24 min	£395k	11 min	3 min	Low	6.8 / 10
East Hunsbury, Northampton	35 min	30 min	£300k	9 min	5 min	Low	6.7 / 10
Westone, Northampton	38 min	36 min	£275k	9 min	4 min	Low	6.7 / 10
New Duston West, Northampton	37 min	38 min	£250k	12 min	5 min	Very low	6.5 / 10
Boothville & Spinney Hill, Northampton	39 min	38 min	£280k	7 min	4 min	High	6.5 / 10
Abington, Northampton	33 min	35 min	£228k	5 min	4 min	High	6.2 / 10
Moulton, Northampton	39 min	39 min	£265k	11 min	4 min	Average	6.2 / 10
Harpole, Kislingbury & Bugbrooke, Bugbrooke	45 min	38 min	£330k	9 min	6 min	Low	6.2 / 10
Boughton, Northampton	37 min	40 min	£268k	11 min	4 min	Low	6.1 / 10
Little Billing, Northampton	41 min	35 min	£285k	12 min	4 min	Low	6.1 / 10

45 minutes to an hour from Milton Keynes

74 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
Hillmorton, Rugby	47 min	49 min	£285k	8 min	3 min	Low	8.2 / 10
Bushey Central, Bushey	52 min	56 min	£542k	6 min	5 min	Low	7.7 / 10
Tring West & Long Marston, Tring	55 min	47 min	£582k	8 min	5 min	Very low	7.4 / 10
Tring North, Tring	53 min	46 min	£445k	7 min	4 min	Average	7.3 / 10
Berkhamsted South, Berkhamsted	50 min	56 min	£795k	7 min	5 min	Low	7.1 / 10
Chaulden, Hemel Hempstead	57 min	51 min	£418k	8 min	4 min	Low	7.1 / 10
Nash Mills & Bennetts End, Hemel Hempstead	60 min	47 min	£396k	5 min	4 min	Average	7.1 / 10
Berkhamsted Town, Berkhamsted	48 min	57 min	£640k	7 min	6 min	Low	6.9 / 10
Belsize Park, Camden	60 min	76 min	£875k	6 min	5 min	Average	6.9 / 10
Overslade & Bilton, Rugby	48 min	57 min	£286k	11 min	4 min	Very low	6.8 / 10
Tring East, Wigginton & Aldbury, Tring	52 min	47 min	£725k	9 min	6 min	Very low	6.8 / 10
Nascot Wood, Watford	49 min	56 min	£455k	7 min	8 min	Very low	6.7 / 10
Boxmoor & Apsley, Hemel Hempstead	60 min	47 min	£430k	8 min	5 min	Average	6.7 / 10
Kentish Town East, Camden	59 min	81 min	£615k	5 min	3 min	Average	6.6 / 10
Cassiobury, Watford	48 min	58 min	£775k	8 min	5 min	Average	6.5 / 10

An hour to 90 minutes from Milton Keynes

699 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
Finham Park, Coventry	61 min	62 min	£320k	7 min	4 min	Very low	9.0 / 10
Wimbledon Chase, Merton	90 min	—	£721k	7 min	4 min	Very low	8.8 / 10
Dunstable South, Dunstable	72 min	33 min	£350k	6 min	4 min	Very low	8.5 / 10
Munster, Hammersmith and Fulham	82 min	—	£816k	5 min	3 min	Low	8.5 / 10
Osidge, Barnet	83 min	71 min	£770k	6 min	4 min	Very low	8.5 / 10
Merton Road, Wandsworth	87 min	—	£725k	8 min	4 min	Very low	8.5 / 10
Wandsworth Common, Wandsworth	79 min	—	£985k	6 min	3 min	Average	8.3 / 10
Kettering East, Kettering	83 min	58 min	£250k	7 min	4 min	Low	8.3 / 10
Southfields North, Wandsworth	87 min	—	£950k	7 min	3 min	Low	8.3 / 10
Chesham East, Chesham	61 min	64 min	£495k	8 min	4 min	Very low	8.1 / 10
Allesley Green & Lower Eastern Green, Coventry	67 min	70 min	£292k	6 min	6 min	Very low	8.0 / 10
Broughton Astley, Broughton Astley	82 min	65 min	£291k	10 min	3 min	Very low	8.0 / 10
Fortis Green & Coldfall, Haringey	74 min	69 min	£876k	6 min	4 min	Low	7.9 / 10
Kenilworth South, Kenilworth	87 min	69 min	£439k	7 min	6 min	Very low	7.8 / 10
Coundon, Coventry	64 min	70 min	£229k	7 min	4 min	Very low	7.7 / 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
Town East, Rugby	42 min	54 min	£200k	10 min	3 min	Average	5.6 / 10
Chapelfields, Coventry	60 min	68 min	£200k	4 min	5 min	Average	5.7 / 10
New Bilton, Rugby	45 min	54 min	£210k	10 min	4 min	Average	5.3 / 10
Cheylesmore Daventry Road, Coventry	60 min	64 min	£249k	10 min	6 min	Low	5.2 / 10
New Duston West, Northampton	37 min	38 min	£250k	12 min	5 min	Very low	6.5 / 10
Two Mile Ash, Milton Keynes	14 min	8 min	£258k	10 min	6 min	Average	5.2 / 10
Moulton, Northampton	39 min	39 min	£265k	11 min	4 min	Average	6.2 / 10
Boughton, Northampton	37 min	40 min	£268k	11 min	4 min	Low	6.1 / 10
Delapre, Northampton	32 min	31 min	£275k	8 min	4 min	Average	6.0 / 10
Westone, Northampton	38 min	36 min	£275k	9 min	4 min	Low	6.7 / 10
Eastlands, Rugby	45 min	51 min	£285k	8 min	4 min	Very low	8.8 / 10
Little Billing, Northampton	41 min	35 min	£285k	12 min	4 min	Low	6.1 / 10
Hillmorton, Rugby	47 min	49 min	£285k	8 min	3 min	Low	8.2 / 10
Overslade & Bilton, Rugby	48 min	57 min	£286k	11 min	4 min	Very low	6.8 / 10
Cawston & Long Lawford, Long Lawford	50 min	53 min	£292k	11 min	6 min	Low	5.6 / 10

Questions

Where can I live within an hour of Milton Keynes?

161 neighbourhoods in England are within 60 minutes of Milton Keynes door to door by train, 87 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 Milton Keynes?

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 Eastlands.

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

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 Town East (£200k).

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.