Best places to live for commuting to Reading

Door-to-door commute times by train to Reading 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

123

within 45 min

361

within an hour

9 min

quickest: Central Reading North

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
Caversham	14 min	13 min	£485k	Caversham Emmer Green
Reading	16 min	9 min	£368k	Westwood
Woodley	20 min	20 min	£440k	Sonning & Woodley North
Twyford (Wokingham)	23 min	23 min	£545k	Twyford West & Charvil
Sonning Common	24 min	24 min	£585k	Sonning Common & Kidmore End
Spencers Wood	26 min	26 min	£455k	Spencers Wood & Swallowfield
Winnersh	26 min	26 min	£450k	Winnersh
Lower Shiplake	28 min	28 min	£950k	Shiplake & Binfield Heath
Wargrave	28 min	28 min	£845k	Twyford East & Wargrave
Wokingham	31 min	28 min	£527k	Wokingham East
Henley-on-Thames	32 min	32 min	£635k	Henley South
Goring	35 min	35 min	£652k	Goring, Woodcote & Whitchurch
Maidenhead	35 min	33 min	£499k	Maidenhead Highway
Burghfield Common	36 min	36 min	£492k	Burghfield Common
Theale (West Berkshire)	36 min	36 min	£380k	Theale & Beenham
Didcot	37 min	37 min	£329k	Didcot South West
Pangbourne	37 min	37 min	£595k	Streatley & Pangbourne
Arborfield Garrison	38 min	38 min	£540k	Arborfield & Garrison
Binfield	38 min	38 min	£529k	Binfield & Popeswood
Crowthorne	40 min	38 min	£503k	Crowthorne South
Mortimer	40 min	40 min	£455k	Mortimer & Aldermaston Wharf
Slough	40 min	35 min	£408k	Langley St Mary's
Basingstoke	42 min	40 min	£320k	Brighton Hill
Cookham	42 min	42 min	£788k	Cookham & Waltham
Bracknell	42 min	38 min	£376k	Wick Hill
Datchet	44 min	44 min	£508k	Datchet
Stoke Poges	44 min	44 min	£657k	Stoke Poges & George Green
Harwell	45 min	45 min	£417k	South Wantage, Harwell & Blewbury
Sandhurst (Bracknell Forest)	46 min	45 min	£445k	College Town
Drayton (Vale of White Horse)	47 min	47 min	£438k	Sutton Courtenay, Drayton & Steventon
Farnham Common and Farnham Royal	47 min	47 min	£770k	Farnham & Hedgerley
Windsor	47 min	44 min	£497k	Clewer New Town
City of Westminster	48 min	32 min	£811k	Maida Vale
Marlow	48 min	47 min	£609k	Marlow West & North
Bramley	48 min	48 min	£450k	Bramley, Sherfield & the Sherbornes
Yateley	48 min	47 min	£462k	Yateley East
Iver Heath	49 min	49 min	£530k	Iver & Richings Park
Newbury	49 min	47 min	£380k	Newbury Wash Common
Oxford	49 min	40 min	£462k	North Central Oxford
Kensington and Chelsea	50 min	44 min	£1.14m	Notting Hill South
Old Basing	50 min	50 min	£578k	Old Basing & the Candovers
Thatcham	50 min	48 min	£363k	Thatcham North East
Berinsfield	51 min	51 min	£460k	Berinsfield & Wittenham
Blackwater (Hart)	51 min	51 min	£415k	Blackwater, Frogmore & Minley
Bourne End	51 min	51 min	£565k	Bourne End
Cholsey	51 min	51 min	£400k	Hagbourne, Moreton & Cholsey
Frimley	51 min	51 min	£449k	Frimley Green
Marlow Bottom	51 min	51 min	£812k	Marlow Bottom, Danesfield & Well End
North Ascot	51 min	51 min	£548k	Chavey Down & North Ascot West
Abingdon-on-Thames	52 min	50 min	£345k	Abingdon Audlett Drive & Farm Road
Farnborough	52 min	51 min	£382k	South Farnborough & North Camp
Oakley (Basingstoke and Deane)	52 min	52 min	£520k	East Oakley
Tadley	52 min	51 min	£398k	Tadley West
Wallingford	53 min	53 min	£475k	Wallingford & Brightwell
Stratton St Margaret	54 min	54 min	£288k	Lower Stratton
Swindon	54 min	46 min	£268k	Abbey Park
Camberley	55 min	51 min	£419k	Camberley Heatherside
Camden	56 min	48 min	£751k	Frognal
Winkfield Row	56 min	56 min	£625k	Winkfield & Cranbourne
Kidlington	57 min	57 min	£380k	Kidlington South

Under 30 minutes from Reading

38 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	22 min	13 min	£445k	8 min	4 min	Very low	8.6 / 10
Purley on Thames, Reading	23 min	13 min	£452k	8 min	4 min	Very low	8.1 / 10
Wokingham Road, Reading	13 min	7 min	£298k	6 min	3 min	Average	7.5 / 10
Caversham Emmer Green, Caversham	15 min	9 min	£470k	8 min	6 min	Very low	7.5 / 10
Caversham Balmore Park, Caversham	13 min	7 min	£500k	9 min	6 min	Very low	7.3 / 10
Tilehurst North, Reading	20 min	11 min	£410k	9 min	5 min	Very low	7.3 / 10
Calcot North & Little Heath, Reading	22 min	13 min	£415k	7 min	5 min	Average	7.2 / 10
Twyford West & Charvil, Twyford (Wokingham)	23 min	15 min	£545k	9 min	6 min	Very low	7.2 / 10
Winnersh, Winnersh	26 min	16 min	£450k	12 min	4 min	Very low	7.2 / 10
Sonning & Woodley North, Woodley	20 min	14 min	£554k	8 min	7 min	Very low	7.1 / 10
Wokingham Town, Wokingham	28 min	21 min	£375k	9 min	3 min	Average	7.0 / 10
Southampton Street & Redlands Road, Reading	12 min	5 min	£312k	7 min	4 min	Average	6.9 / 10
Lower Earley North, Reading	18 min	12 min	£525k	10 min	6 min	Very low	6.9 / 10
Southlake, Woodley	20 min	13 min	£448k	9 min	7 min	Very low	6.8 / 10
Woodley East, Woodley	26 min	15 min	£425k	10 min	7 min	Very low	6.7 / 10

30 to 45 minutes from Reading

85 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
Maidenhead Highway, Maidenhead	35 min	28 min	£565k	9 min	4 min	Very low	8.4 / 10
Didcot South West, Didcot	37 min	46 min	£371k	7 min	3 min	Low	8.4 / 10
North Central Oxford, Oxford	44 min	66 min	£790k	9 min	3 min	Very low	8.4 / 10
Wokingham East, Wokingham	31 min	20 min	£494k	10 min	4 min	Very low	8.0 / 10
Sandhurst, Sandhurst (Bracknell Forest)	45 min	34 min	£475k	9 min	4 min	Very low	7.7 / 10
Boyn Hill & Norreys Drive, Maidenhead	34 min	27 min	£450k	7 min	4 min	Low	7.4 / 10
Crowthorne South, Crowthorne	41 min	29 min	£456k	10 min	4 min	Low	7.4 / 10
Henley South, Henley-on-Thames	32 min	21 min	£650k	8 min	6 min	Low	7.3 / 10
Wokingham North & Hurst, Wokingham	33 min	18 min	£560k	10 min	4 min	Low	7.1 / 10
Burnham South, Slough	39 min	31 min	£512k	7 min	4 min	Average	7.1 / 10
Langley St Mary's, Slough	43 min	36 min	£445k	9 min	3 min	Low	7.1 / 10
Clewer Village, Windsor	45 min	33 min	£469k	8 min	3 min	High	7.1 / 10
Pinkney's Green & Furze Platt Road, Maidenhead	36 min	32 min	£635k	14 min	4 min	Very low	7.0 / 10
Didcot West, Didcot	37 min	47 min	£340k	9 min	3 min	Average	7.0 / 10
Maida Vale, City of Westminster	42 min	73 min	£825k	4 min	3 min	High	7.0 / 10

45 minutes to an hour from Reading

238 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	52 min	53 min	£360k	7 min	4 min	Very low	8.9 / 10
Abbey Park, Swindon	57 min	59 min	£270k	7 min	4 min	Very low	8.5 / 10
Mouldon Hill & Oakhurst, Swindon	58 min	60 min	£297k	7 min	4 min	Very low	8.4 / 10
Marlow West & North, Marlow	48 min	34 min	£718k	8 min	3 min	Low	8.3 / 10
Marston, Oxford	46 min	65 min	£446k	7 min	5 min	Very low	8.2 / 10
Camberley Heatherside, Camberley	57 min	36 min	£410k	9 min	5 min	Very low	8.0 / 10
Haydon Wick, Swindon	54 min	60 min	£293k	6 min	5 min	Very low	7.9 / 10
Covingham, Swindon	55 min	53 min	£290k	7 min	5 min	Very low	7.9 / 10
Marlow East, Marlow	47 min	35 min	£500k	8 min	3 min	Low	7.8 / 10
College Town, Sandhurst (Bracknell Forest)	48 min	33 min	£435k	11 min	3 min	Very low	7.8 / 10
Thatcham North East, Thatcham	49 min	33 min	£376k	11 min	4 min	Very low	7.4 / 10
Bourne End, Bourne End	51 min	38 min	£565k	12 min	3 min	Very low	7.4 / 10
Fulham Reach, Hammersmith and Fulham	60 min	58 min	£836k	5 min	4 min	Average	7.4 / 10
Newbury Wash Common, Newbury	50 min	34 min	£447k	10 min	4 min	Very low	7.3 / 10
South Farnborough & North Camp, Farnborough	54 min	40 min	£340k	8 min	4 min	Low	7.3 / 10

An hour to 90 minutes from Reading

934 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
Pewley Down & The Mount, Guildford	74 min	54 min	£770k	6 min	4 min	Very low	8.8 / 10
Wimbledon Chase, Merton	82 min	76 min	£721k	7 min	4 min	Very low	8.8 / 10
Marshalswick, St Albans	90 min	67 min	£625k	7 min	4 min	Very low	8.7 / 10
Twickenham Marble Hill, Richmond upon Thames	88 min	58 min	£935k	6 min	4 min	Very low	8.6 / 10
Munster, Hammersmith and Fulham	66 min	61 min	£816k	5 min	3 min	Low	8.5 / 10
Merton Road, Wandsworth	66 min	75 min	£725k	8 min	4 min	Very low	8.5 / 10
Osidge, Barnet	85 min	80 min	£770k	6 min	4 min	Very low	8.5 / 10
St Margarets, Richmond upon Thames	86 min	56 min	£955k	5 min	5 min	Very low	8.4 / 10
Downend North, Kingswood and Fishponds	90 min	86 min	£482k	8 min	4 min	Very low	8.4 / 10
Southfields North, Wandsworth	65 min	73 min	£950k	7 min	3 min	Low	8.3 / 10
Wandsworth Common, Wandsworth	80 min	74 min	£985k	6 min	3 min	Average	8.3 / 10
Bernards Heath, St Albans	88 min	65 min	£742k	8 min	4 min	Very low	8.3 / 10
Farnham Weybourne & Badshot Lea, Weybourne (Waverley)	68 min	46 min	£428k	9 min	4 min	Very low	8.2 / 10
Elthorne Park, Ealing	64 min	55 min	£887k	7 min	4 min	Low	8.1 / 10
Farnham Upper Hale, Weybourne (Waverley)	70 min	46 min	£505k	7 min	5 min	Very low	8.1 / 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
Moredon, Swindon	52 min	62 min	£240k	8 min	4 min	Average	5.8 / 10
Westlea & Shaw, Swindon	54 min	56 min	£250k	5 min	7 min	Low	6.7 / 10
Roughmoor, Swindon	56 min	58 min	£252k	9 min	6 min	Very low	6.7 / 10
Freshbrook North & Grange Park, Swindon	56 min	54 min	£255k	9 min	4 min	Average	7.0 / 10
Freshbrook South & Toothill, Swindon	55 min	54 min	£268k	6 min	6 min	Average	5.2 / 10
Abbey Park, Swindon	57 min	59 min	£270k	7 min	4 min	Very low	8.5 / 10
Eldene & Dorcan, Swindon	57 min	53 min	£270k	10 min	8 min	Low	4.6 / 10
Kingshill & Okus, Swindon	50 min	55 min	£275k	10 min	4 min	Low	6.7 / 10
Pinehurst, Swindon	50 min	58 min	£281k	7 min	3 min	Average	5.8 / 10
Upper Stratton, Stratton St Margaret	54 min	56 min	£285k	10 min	4 min	Low	6.3 / 10
Lower Stratton, Stratton St Margaret	54 min	54 min	£290k	8 min	5 min	Low	6.6 / 10
Covingham, Swindon	55 min	53 min	£290k	7 min	5 min	Very low	7.9 / 10
Haydon Wick, Swindon	54 min	60 min	£293k	6 min	5 min	Very low	7.9 / 10
Mouldon Hill & Oakhurst, Swindon	58 min	60 min	£297k	7 min	4 min	Very low	8.4 / 10
Wokingham Road, Reading	13 min	7 min	£298k	6 min	3 min	Average	7.5 / 10

Questions

Where can I live within an hour of Reading?

361 neighbourhoods in England are within 60 minutes of Reading door to door by train, 123 within 45 minutes and 38 within 30. The commuter towns table above lists the towns, quickest first.

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

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 Westwood.

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

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 Moredon (£240k).

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.