Cheapest town/ cities that are commutable to london

Roadtonowhere100121

Can anyone suggest any people? I am depressed 

elsien

Define commutable.

EssexHebridean

Harlow has decent prices for property still in comparison to other areas a similar distance from London over this side, but the commute - if you need to use public transport, is expensive. 

sourpuss2021

Luton?      

daveyjp

Another vote for Luton. 

Brie

I know people that work in London that commute from Poole.  I wouldn't fancy it myself as I don't want to spend a minimum of 5 hours a day getting to and from work.  Expensive too with the train and no easy way to discount it if you are WFH a couple of days a week.  I doubt anywhere in between Poole and Waterloo is any cheaper although the commute would be quicker and less ££.

Andrew1981

I used to live in Mitcham. It's zone 3, costs about £5/day to get to Waterloo and you can buy a 3 bed house for £450k. Mitcham it's self isn't great, but there's loads of green space and Wimbledon is a 5 minute drive away which is perfectly nice. 

NameUnavailable

Croydon is one of the cheaper London boroughs and has great train connections although not on the tube of course, but trains run back to Croydon from London all night as it's on the Gatwick line.

The town centre is a mess right now, so many closed up shops, but with so much development going on it will surely be addressed in the coming years.

lr1277

Do you want to rent or to buy? Might make a difference.

Any preferences on being North, East, South or West of London?

I could suggest Hatfield. Close to the A1 and commutable by train into KGX or Moorgate. Also pretty good tube connections with every train stopping at Finsbury Park.

I don't rate the town centre but that is me.

When I used to live in London, as others have suggested above, you need to add the rent/mortgage to your travel costs to determine if it is financially affordable. 28 years ago, I came for my first interview in London. On the train back, 2 chaps behind me were talking. One commuted from Scarborough and the other commuted from Harrogate. Cost of living was cheap (well for Scarborough) but long train journeys. Though both were at their desks by 9am. I think both worked near Kings Cross though.

zagubov

Based on observations of threads (and long-distance commuters I know) over the last decade or so:
You're looking north and maybe east.
Luton is affordable and close, look at the other towns in Bedfordshire too.
Some people with subsidised travel have commuted by train from Stafford to Euston on fast express trains.
Commuting by car from far away will not work at all.
Travelling more than 100 minutes each way can't be sustained for more than a very few years.
You have to live in the same side of London as your job.
If you live further north than the midlands, you want a working-week lodging (four nights) in a room in a landlord's house in London.

Tiglet2

Basildon, Essex

On the C2C line to Fenchurch Street, which takes around 40 minutes.