Market towns
Best market towns to live in England
Market towns give you a high street, a station and a Saturday market without city prices. Each one below is profiled on the same measures, so they are genuinely comparable.
22 locations.
Alton (Southern)
HampshireMarket town
Hampshire· 99 min peak train to LondonAndover North East
HampshireMarket town
Hampshire· 78 min peak train to LondonBaldock
HertfordshireMarket town
Hertfordshire· 66 min peak train to LondonBerkhamsted
HertfordshireMarket town
Hertfordshire· 32 min peak train to LondonBiggleswade
BedfordshireMarket town
Bedfordshire· 59 min peak train to LondonBrackley
NorthamptonshireMarket town
Northamptonshire· 88 min peak train to LondonBuntingford
HertfordshireMarket town
Hertfordshire· 65 min peak train to LondonCharlbury
OxfordshireMarket town
Oxfordshire· 77 min peak train to LondonChesham
BuckinghamshireMarket town
Buckinghamshire· 48 min peak train to LondonChipping Norton
OxfordshireMarket town
Oxfordshire· 105 min peak train to LondonEdenbridge
KentMarket town
Kent· 76 min peak train to LondonFarnham
SurreyMarket town
Surrey· 55 min peak train to LondonFaversham
KentMarket town
Kent· 74 min peak train to LondonGreat Dunmow
EssexMarket town
Essex· 75 min peak train to LondonHitchin
HertfordshireMarket town
Hertfordshire· 49 min peak train to LondonHorsham
West SussexMarket town
West Sussex· 53 min peak train to LondonLeatherhead
SurreyMarket town
Surrey· 60 min peak train to LondonMarlborough
WiltshireMarket town
Wiltshire· 80 min peak train to LondonPetworth
West SussexMarket town
West Sussex· 86 min peak train to LondonPrinces Risborough
BuckinghamshireMarket town
Buckinghamshire· 47 min peak train to LondonThame
OxfordshireMarket town
Oxfordshire· 56 min peak train to LondonWaltham Abbey
EssexMarket town
Essex· 55 min peak train to London
How this list is filtered
- Market town character
- Named pubs and named green spaces verified
- Commute, school, property and healthcare data complete
Nothing here is ranked on reputation. A place appears only when every criterion above is met and its full profile — commute, schools, property, pubs, green space and healthcare — is complete.
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