{"id":4023033,"date":"2019-03-01T09:24:45","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T09:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociation.co.uk\/?p=4023033"},"modified":"2023-09-14T16:54:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T15:54:03","slug":"best-commuter-towns-for-london-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/news\/best-commuter-towns-for-london-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Best commuter towns for London 2019\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Research by\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Totally<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Money has\u00a0<\/span><\/b>revealed<\/span><\/b>\u00a0the best\u00a0<\/span><\/b>places to live and commute into\u00a0<\/span><\/b>London<\/span><\/b>,<\/span><\/b>\u00a0with Hertfordshire\u00a0<\/span><\/b>coming out on top<\/span><\/b>\u00a0as\u00a0<\/span><\/b>London\u2019s best commuter hotspot for 2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The study looked at<\/span>\u00a01<\/span>16 commuter belt towns<\/a><\/span>\u00a0specifically<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>investigat<\/span>ing<\/span>\u00a0average house prices,\u00a0<\/span>length of\u00a0<\/span>train<\/span>\u00a0journey<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>average<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>cost of a season ticket<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and ONS data on resident satisfaction<\/span>. Using this\u00a0<\/span>data,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>they<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>identified<\/span>\u00a0the top places to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>consider<\/span>\u00a0if you<\/span>\u2019re looking to live outside the city and commute\u00a0<\/span>in for<\/span>\u00a0work.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

H<\/span>old<\/span>ing<\/span>\u00a0six of the top ten commuter hotspot positions<\/span>\u00a0are\u00a0<\/span>Hertfordshire towns\u00a0<\/span>Cheshunt, Waltham Cross, Hatfield,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Broxbourne<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Watford Junction<\/span>\u00a0and Hemel\u00a0<\/span>Hempstead<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With a\u00a0<\/span>26-minute<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>journey<\/span>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span>Liverpool<\/a> Street, an average season ticket cost of \u00a32,288<\/span>\u00a0(the fourth cheapest)<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>average<\/span>\u00a0house price of \u00a3384,248<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Cheshunt<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>comes out at number one<\/span>.\u00a0 However,\u00a0<\/span>neighbouring\u00a0<\/span>Waltham Cross\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>a close second with a\u00a0<\/span>28-minute<\/span>\u00a0commute and an average house price of \u00a3390, 612.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In fact,<\/span>\u00a0all six of the Hertfordshire towns in the top ten boast a commute of under 35 minutes<\/span>, and\u00a0<\/span>Cheshunt, Waltham Cross<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0Broxbourne<\/span>\u00a0and Hatfield all score high<\/span>ly for lifestyle satisfaction.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Unsurprisingly with<\/span>\u00a0a 45 minute plus journey<\/span>, \u00a34,000 season ticket<\/span>\u00a0and an average property price of \u00a31.1 million,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Virginia Water in Surrey\u00a0<\/span>occupies the bottom of the list<\/span>\u00a0at number 11<\/span>6<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The top ten best places to live and commute into London<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Cheshunt, Hertfordshire<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      1. High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        1. Hatfield, Hertfordshire<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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          1. Gravesend, Kent<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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            1. Broxbourne, Hertfordshire<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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              1. Watford Junction, Hertfordshire<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                1. Basingstoke, Hampshire<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                  1. Overton, Hampshire<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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                    1. Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire<\/span>
                      \n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                      Hertfordshire may well dominate the top ten, but according to Totally Money if you want to balance house prices with\u00a0<\/span>accessibility<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0then Peterborough in Cambridgeshire is the place to\u00a0<\/span>be<\/span>. Despite only ranking 111 out of the 116<\/span>, average house prices are\u00a0<\/span>just<\/span>\u00a0\u00a3194,885<\/span>, which\u00a0<\/span>could\u00a0<\/span>offset\u00a0<\/span>the 51-minute commute to Kings Cross St Pancras and \u00a38,000 season ticket.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

                      With\u00a0<\/span>no sign of\u00a0<\/span>London property prices and living costs falling<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>homebuyers and buy to let landlords<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>looking\u00a0<\/span>to buy outside the city\u00a0<\/span>and retain easy access to the capital<\/span>\u00a0and all it has to offer<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>are sure to<\/span>\u00a0benefit from this insight.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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                      Research by\u00a0Totally\u00a0Money has\u00a0revealed\u00a0the best\u00a0places to live and commute into\u00a0London,\u00a0with Hertfordshire\u00a0coming out on top\u00a0as\u00a0London\u2019s best commuter hotspot for 2019.\u00a0\u00a0 The study looked at\u00a0116 commuter belt towns\u00a0specifically\u00a0investigating\u00a0average house prices,\u00a0length of\u00a0train\u00a0journey,\u00a0the\u00a0average\u00a0cost of a season ticket\u00a0and ONS data on resident satisfaction. Using this\u00a0data,\u00a0they\u00a0identified\u00a0the top places to\u00a0consider\u00a0if you\u2019re looking to live outside the city and commute\u00a0in for\u00a0work.\u00a0\u00a0 Holding\u00a0six of the… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3380,"featured_media":4023034,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[111,12,6],"tags":[11,377],"class_list":["post-4023033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-liverpool","category-london","category-uk-housing-market","tag-london","tag-london-commuter-towns"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4023033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3380"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4023033"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4023033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6095948,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4023033\/revisions\/6095948"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4023034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4023033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4023033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4023033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}