Live in country charm with an easy city commute
Once out of the city, every minute on the train knocks about £1,300 off the average house price. David Spittles does a new homes search for commuters who want a painless journey
26 February 2016
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A row of houses and shops in the old town of prosperous Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
Beaconsfield: 30 minutes from Marylebone
From £960,000: Arts & Crafts-style homes at Queens Acre, Beaconsfield, have integral garages (01494 410520)
Queens Acre
From £365,000: Balls Park, Hertford, where a Jacobean mansion is being split into flats and courtyard homes (01992 551777)
Hertford: where the balls park figures
Balls Park
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The Old Barge pub at Folly Island in Hertford, which has good air and road links
900 Canterbury Belles
Kingsbrook Park
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Canterbury in Kent, with its 16th-century Old Weaver's House on the River Stour is now benefitting from vastly improved rail links
Seasoned travellers know the ideal time
Under an hour
Beaconsfield to Marylebone
Chelmsford to Liverpool Street
Guildford to Waterloo
Haywards Heath to Victoria/London Bridge
Cambridge to King's Cross/Liverpool Street
Tunbridge Wells to Charing Cross/Cannon Street
Newbury to Paddington
Winchester to Waterloo
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