{"id":374882,"date":"2025-08-26T12:10:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T12:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/374882\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T12:10:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T12:10:22","slug":"this-surrey-spot-has-been-named-the-best-london-commuter-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/374882\/","title":{"rendered":"This Surrey Spot Has Been Named The Best London Commuter Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/dan-poulton-qx11pQJZ_xk-unsplash-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"Horsell Common in Woking on a foggy day\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit: Dan Poulton via Unsplash<\/p>\n<p>With the plethora of places perched inside the <strong>capital\u2019s commuter belt<\/strong>, it\u2019s pretty difficult to work out which of them are actually worth opting-out of <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/best-things-to-do-london\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/best-things-to-do-london\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_internal\">London life<\/a> for. But luckily for those of you that are keen to dip your toe in the cleaner (and far less chaotic) waters of life beyond these <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/london-32-boroughs\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/london-32-boroughs\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_1\" data-category=\"click_internal\">32 boroughs<\/a>; recent research has revealed which<strong> commuter town near London<\/strong> is the best of all. And we\u2019re about to point you in that very direction.<\/p>\n<p>The research in question comes courtesy of mortgage-lenders, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pepper.money\/blog\/2025s-best-and-worst-uk-commuter-towns-revealed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.pepper.money\/blog\/2025s-best-and-worst-uk-commuter-towns-revealed\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_2\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">Pepper Money<\/a>. They analysed data from over <strong>67 commuter towns<\/strong> across the country to uncover the best of the bunch, taking into account factors including property prices, rental costs, travel time, transport costs, average salaries, and quality of life ratings. Whilst towns in the north of England came up trumps overall, there were some <strong>London commuter towns<\/strong> that topped the charts, too. And the one that reigned supreme as the best London commuter town of all was <strong>Woking in Surrey<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>  <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-311967 size-full\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"An aerial shot towards Woking town inSurrey\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Towards_Woking_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_6878917.jpg\"\/>Credit: Ian Capper via Wikimedia Commons \/ CC BY-SA 2.0 Woking, Surrey <\/p>\n<p>Woking was crowned <strong>the capital\u2019s top commuter town<\/strong>, triumphing over the likes of St Albans, Guildford, Luton, Reading, and Slough. According to the research, Woking managed to strike a pretty perfect balance between <strong>proximity to London and value for money<\/strong>. The average house price in Woking is \u00a3460,000 and the average monthly rental cost is \u00a31648, making the Surrey spot one of the most affordable options on the list. And the commute between<strong> Woking and London Waterloo<\/strong> takes just 29 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Woking is located slap-bang in the centre of <strong>Surrey<\/strong>. Surrounded by a whole host picturesque <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/stunning-green-spaces-london\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/stunning-green-spaces-london\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_3\" data-category=\"click_internal\">green spaces<\/a> and an abundance of <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/best-london-walks\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/best-london-walks\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_4\" data-category=\"click_internal\">walking<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/cycling-spots-london\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/cycling-spots-london\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_5\" data-category=\"click_internal\">cycling<\/a> routes; it\u2019s perfect for those who wish to fill their lungs with some actual fresh air. But the town centre itself is also <strong>vibrant and bustling<\/strong>; boasting some impressive cultural offerings, too. Woking also holds a unique claim to fame. Not only is it the primary setting for the<strong> best-selling Sci-Fi novel<\/strong>, The War of the Worlds, but it\u2019s also the town in which <strong>H.G. Wells<\/strong> lived whilst he wrote the book. Not bad, hey?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: Dan Poulton via Unsplash With the plethora of places perched inside the capital\u2019s commuter belt, it\u2019s pretty&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,17009,257,10763,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-374882","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-local-trip","12":"tag-london","13":"tag-trip-travel","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115095000064306392","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}