Best places to live for commuting to Oxford

Door-to-door commute times by train to Oxford 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

within an hour

9 min

quickest: Osney, Jericho & Port Meadow

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
Oxford	18 min	9 min	£462k	North Central Oxford
Kidlington	26 min	26 min	£380k	Kidlington South
Wootton (Vale of White Horse)	26 min	26 min	£470k	Radley, Wootton & Marcham
Horspath	28 min	28 min	£448k	Beckley & Horspath
Eynsham	29 min	29 min	£455k	Eynsham & Stanton Harcourt
Abingdon-on-Thames	30 min	27 min	£345k	Abingdon Audlett Drive & Farm Road
Berinsfield	38 min	38 min	£460k	Berinsfield & Wittenham
Long Hanborough	38 min	38 min	£432k	Hanborough & Cassington
Didcot	40 min	40 min	£329k	Didcot South West
Wheatley	40 min	40 min	£490k	Wheatley & Great Haseley
Woodstock	41 min	41 min	£510k	Woodstock, Stonesfield & Tackley
Drayton (Vale of White Horse)	42 min	42 min	£438k	Sutton Courtenay, Drayton & Steventon
Bicester	44 min	41 min	£355k	Bicester North
Kingston Bagpuize	44 min	44 min	£530k	Kingston Bagpuize & East Hanney
Chalgrove	47 min	47 min	£485k	Chalgrove, Stadhampton & Dorchester
Witney	47 min	45 min	£375k	Witney East
Harwell	48 min	48 min	£417k	South Wantage, Harwell & Blewbury
Caversham	48 min	47 min	£485k	Caversham Emmer Green
Charlbury	49 min	49 min	£575k	Charlbury & North Leigh
Reading	50 min	43 min	£368k	Westwood
Cholsey	54 min	54 min	£400k	Hagbourne, Moreton & Cholsey
Woodley	54 min	54 min	£440k	Sonning & Woodley North
Bampton (West Oxfordshire)	55 min	55 min	£490k	Bampton, Clanfield & Standlake
Banbury	56 min	54 min	£272k	Banbury Hardwick
Wallingford	56 min	56 min	£475k	Wallingford & Brightwell
Ducklington	57 min	57 min	£490k	Leafield, Minster Lovell & Duckington
Grove (Vale of White Horse)	57 min	57 min	£325k	Grove
Sonning Common	58 min	58 min	£585k	Sonning Common & Kidmore End
Haddenham (Buckinghamshire)	60 min	60 min	£538k	Haddenham, Dinton & Stone
Milton-under-Wychwood and Shipton-under-Wychwood	60 min	60 min	£615k	Chadlington & Wychwoods
Spencers Wood	60 min	60 min	£455k	Spencers Wood & Swallowfield
Winnersh	60 min	60 min	£450k	Winnersh
Twyford (Wokingham)	61 min	61 min	£545k	Twyford West & Charvil
Bodicote	62 min	62 min	£425k	Bodicote, Adderbury & Bloxham
Chipping Norton	62 min	62 min	£378k	Chipping Norton
Long Crendon	62 min	62 min	£661k	Worminghall, Long Crendon & Cuddington
Lower Shiplake	62 min	62 min	£950k	Shiplake & Binfield Heath
Thame	62 min	61 min	£429k	Thame North
Middleton Cheney	63 min	63 min	£400k	Middleton Cheney & Chipping Warden
Benson	64 min	64 min	£516k	Benson & Crowmarsh Gifford
Carterton	64 min	64 min	£322k	Carterton North
Upper Heyford	64 min	64 min	£470k	Deddington, Steeple Aston & Heyfords
Oakley (Buckinghamshire)	65 min	65 min	£408k	Oakley, Brill & Edgcott
Wargrave	66 min	66 min	£845k	Twyford East & Wargrave
Henley-on-Thames	66 min	66 min	£635k	Henley South
Cropredy	67 min	67 min	£380k	Cropredy, Wroxton & Shennington
Enstone	67 min	67 min	£518k	Kingham, Enstone & Middle Barton
Princes Risborough	67 min	67 min	£480k	Princes Risborough
Royal Leamington Spa	67 min	66 min	£296k	Leamington Brunswick
Wantage	68 min	68 min	£335k	Wantage Town
Whitnash	68 min	68 min	£325k	Whitnash
Goring	69 min	69 min	£652k	Goring, Woodcote & Whitchurch
Pangbourne	69 min	69 min	£595k	Streatley & Pangbourne
Kings Sutton	71 min	71 min	£421k	Kings Sutton, Greatworth & Evenley
Steeple Claydon	71 min	71 min	£412k	Marsh Gibbon, Steeple Claydon & Tingewick
Longwick	72 min	72 min	£640k	Longwick, Kimble & Lacey Green
Moreton-in-Marsh	72 min	72 min	£420k	Moreton & Stow-on-the-Wold
Warwick	72 min	69 min	£320k	Warwick North
Bourton-on-the-Water	73 min	73 min	£450k	Bourton-on-the-Water & Vale
Burford	73 min	73 min	£485k	Burford & Brize Norton

Under 30 minutes from Oxford

29 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
Abingdon Audlett Drive & Farm Road, Abingdon-on-Thames	29 min	16 min	£360k	7 min	4 min	Very low	8.9 / 10
North Central Oxford, Oxford	13 min	8 min	£790k	9 min	3 min	Very low	8.4 / 10
Marston, Oxford	15 min	13 min	£446k	7 min	5 min	Very low	8.2 / 10
Cowley North, Oxford	18 min	16 min	£372k	5 min	4 min	Average	7.2 / 10
Abingdon Northcourt & Peachcroft, Abingdon-on-Thames	27 min	15 min	£415k	10 min	6 min	Very low	7.2 / 10
Summertown, Oxford	16 min	10 min	£775k	11 min	4 min	Low	7.0 / 10
Headington, Oxford	17 min	15 min	£486k	7 min	5 min	High	6.8 / 10
Kidlington South, Kidlington	26 min	14 min	£385k	8 min	10 min	Very low	6.6 / 10
Risinghurst & Sandhills, Oxford	21 min	17 min	£450k	9 min	7 min	Low	6.3 / 10
Eynsham & Stanton Harcourt, Eynsham	29 min	18 min	£455k	14 min	4 min	Very low	6.3 / 10
Iffley Fields, Oxford	15 min	12 min	£512k	6 min	9 min	Average	6.2 / 10
Osney, Jericho & Port Meadow, Oxford	9 min	2 min	£540k	6 min	6 min	High	6.1 / 10
Dean Court, Cumnor & Appleton, Oxford	18 min	11 min	£528k	25 min	6 min	Very low	5.8 / 10
Kidlington North, Kidlington	28 min	16 min	£365k	8 min	11 min	Low	5.7 / 10
East Central Oxford, Oxford	14 min	13 min	£567k	8 min	5 min	Very high	5.5 / 10

30 to 45 minutes from Oxford

18 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
Didcot South West, Didcot	40 min	30 min	£371k	7 min	3 min	Low	8.4 / 10
Bicester North, Bicester	44 min	28 min	£360k	6 min	6 min	Very low	7.9 / 10
Witney East, Witney	45 min	26 min	£375k	10 min	4 min	Very low	7.6 / 10
Didcot West, Didcot	40 min	29 min	£340k	9 min	3 min	Average	7.0 / 10
Bicester West, Bicester	44 min	26 min	£350k	7 min	5 min	Low	6.6 / 10
Didcot South East, Didcot	40 min	31 min	£310k	10 min	3 min	Low	6.4 / 10
Abingdon South, Abingdon-on-Thames	34 min	21 min	£330k	8 min	5 min	Low	6.3 / 10
Hanborough & Cassington, Long Hanborough	38 min	23 min	£432k	9 min	9 min	Very low	6.2 / 10
Didcot Ladygrove, Didcot	42 min	30 min	£319k	14 min	6 min	Very low	6.0 / 10
Bicester South, Bicester	41 min	25 min	£330k	8 min	4 min	Very high	5.9 / 10
Bicester East, Bicester	44 min	27 min	£320k	9 min	6 min	Low	5.8 / 10
Abingdon Town & West, Abingdon-on-Thames	31 min	18 min	£325k	9 min	3 min	Very high	5.7 / 10
Woodstock, Stonesfield & Tackley, Woodstock	41 min	20 min	£510k	14 min	9 min	Very low	5.4 / 10
Kingston Bagpuize & East Hanney, Kingston Bagpuize	44 min	22 min	£530k	17 min	17 min	Very low	4.9 / 10
Wheatley & Great Haseley, Wheatley	40 min	24 min	£490k	35 min	8 min	Low	4.3 / 10

45 minutes to an hour from Oxford

52 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
Westwood, Reading	56 min	59 min	£445k	8 min	4 min	Very low	8.6 / 10
Purley on Thames, Reading	57 min	61 min	£452k	8 min	4 min	Very low	8.1 / 10
Wokingham Road, Reading	47 min	65 min	£298k	6 min	3 min	Average	7.5 / 10
Caversham Emmer Green, Caversham	49 min	63 min	£470k	8 min	6 min	Very low	7.5 / 10
Caversham Balmore Park, Caversham	47 min	62 min	£500k	9 min	6 min	Very low	7.3 / 10
Tilehurst North, Reading	54 min	59 min	£410k	9 min	5 min	Very low	7.3 / 10
Wallingford & Brightwell, Wallingford	56 min	37 min	£475k	7 min	5 min	Low	7.2 / 10
Calcot North & Little Heath, Reading	56 min	56 min	£415k	7 min	5 min	Average	7.2 / 10
Winnersh, Winnersh	60 min	68 min	£450k	12 min	4 min	Very low	7.2 / 10
Sonning & Woodley North, Woodley	54 min	69 min	£554k	8 min	7 min	Very low	7.1 / 10
Banbury Hardwick, Banbury	57 min	42 min	£275k	7 min	6 min	Low	7.0 / 10
Southampton Street & Redlands Road, Reading	46 min	63 min	£312k	7 min	4 min	Average	6.9 / 10
Lower Earley North, Reading	52 min	65 min	£525k	10 min	6 min	Very low	6.9 / 10
Southlake, Woodley	54 min	68 min	£448k	9 min	7 min	Very low	6.8 / 10
Caversham Heights, Caversham	48 min	58 min	£698k	11 min	7 min	Very low	6.4 / 10

An hour to 90 minutes from Oxford

249 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
Abbey Park, Swindon	76 min	51 min	£270k	7 min	4 min	Very low	8.5 / 10
Maidenhead Highway, Maidenhead	77 min	54 min	£565k	9 min	4 min	Very low	8.4 / 10
Mouldon Hill & Oakhurst, Swindon	77 min	52 min	£297k	7 min	4 min	Very low	8.4 / 10
Marlow West & North, Marlow	90 min	48 min	£718k	8 min	3 min	Low	8.3 / 10
Thame North, Thame	61 min	34 min	£363k	7 min	6 min	Very low	8.0 / 10
Wokingham East, Wokingham	80 min	68 min	£494k	10 min	4 min	Very low	8.0 / 10
Chippenham Pewsham, Chippenham (Wiltshire)	88 min	78 min	£291k	8 min	5 min	Very low	8.0 / 10
Haydon Wick, Swindon	73 min	52 min	£293k	6 min	5 min	Very low	7.9 / 10
Covingham, Swindon	74 min	45 min	£290k	7 min	5 min	Very low	7.9 / 10
Kenilworth South, Kenilworth	79 min	66 min	£439k	7 min	6 min	Very low	7.8 / 10
College Town, Sandhurst (Bracknell Forest)	87 min	81 min	£435k	11 min	3 min	Very low	7.8 / 10
Marlow East, Marlow	89 min	49 min	£500k	8 min	3 min	Low	7.8 / 10
Sandhurst, Sandhurst (Bracknell Forest)	84 min	81 min	£475k	9 min	4 min	Very low	7.7 / 10
Chipping Norton, Chipping Norton	62 min	37 min	£378k	8 min	4 min	Low	7.5 / 10
Hazlemere, Hazlemere	83 min	50 min	£495k	8 min	6 min	Very low	7.5 / 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
Banbury Hardwick, Banbury	57 min	42 min	£275k	7 min	6 min	Low	7.0 / 10
Wokingham Road, Reading	47 min	65 min	£298k	6 min	3 min	Average	7.5 / 10
Didcot South East, Didcot	40 min	31 min	£310k	10 min	3 min	Low	6.4 / 10
Southampton Street & Redlands Road, Reading	46 min	63 min	£312k	7 min	4 min	Average	6.9 / 10
Banbury Calthorpe, Banbury	55 min	41 min	£317k	9 min	5 min	Average	6.2 / 10
Didcot Ladygrove, Didcot	42 min	30 min	£319k	14 min	6 min	Very low	6.0 / 10
Bicester East, Bicester	44 min	27 min	£320k	9 min	6 min	Low	5.8 / 10
Abingdon South, Abingdon-on-Thames	34 min	21 min	£330k	8 min	5 min	Low	6.3 / 10
Didcot West, Didcot	40 min	29 min	£340k	9 min	3 min	Average	7.0 / 10
Calcot South, Reading	55 min	58 min	£345k	10 min	7 min	Low	5.2 / 10
Bicester West, Bicester	44 min	26 min	£350k	7 min	5 min	Low	6.6 / 10
Abingdon Audlett Drive & Farm Road, Abingdon-on-Thames	29 min	16 min	£360k	7 min	4 min	Very low	8.9 / 10
Bicester North, Bicester	44 min	28 min	£360k	6 min	6 min	Very low	7.9 / 10
Kidlington North, Kidlington	28 min	16 min	£365k	8 min	11 min	Low	5.7 / 10
Leighton Park, Reading	49 min	63 min	£368k	10 min	4 min	Low	5.8 / 10

Questions

Where can I live within an hour of Oxford?

99 neighbourhoods in England are within 60 minutes of Oxford door to door by train, 47 within 45 minutes and 29 within 30. The commuter towns table above lists the towns, quickest first.

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

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 Abingdon Audlett Drive & Farm Road.

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

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 Banbury Hardwick (£275k).

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.