Best place to commute from in London

kmahony

Currently in Tooting, but moving in the next 2 months. Where's the place to live for a good, but longer commute into the City?
(would probably like to be near the tube/train for "drinking" days)

Thinking about Wimbledon, Grenwich, Ealing ....?

not too many other constraints.

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If it wasn't for hangovers, I'd ride everyday.

dondare

Barnet. 11 miles out and almost in countryside. Top of the Northern Line. And loads of pubs.

steviesch

On the drinking days wimbledon is good if you are on the tube - it is the end of the line and someone might wake u up!...but if you are on the overland you might wake up in...."did you say Weymouth!!!!?....!"
....thinking about it the Weymouth train doen't stop at Wimbledon...but i gues depends how p155ed u were at Waterloo!

il_principe

Wimbledon Village is a nice place to be, good pubs and restaurants, plenty of green space and fairly easy to get out into the Surrey countryside from, plus your close to Richmond park which is always good.

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Wimbledon Village is a nice place to be, good pubs and restaurants, plenty of green space and fairly easy to get out into the Surrey countryside from, plus your close to Richmond park which is always good.
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I live down the hill in Wimbledon, it's a bit cheaper.

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P.S. It is a decent place to commute in from though.

joebe

Isleworth:

Proximity to Richmond, Twickenham, M4 M3 M25, plus by the river.

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rjeffroy

Richmond.

You get a daily commute through Richmond Park and then along the Embankment. Loads of trains for drinking days.
I would move there if I could afford it.

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Greenbank

You'll see that most of the responses are SW (or W) London. I'm in Putney which gives me an 8 mile ride to Southbank.

Plenty of variation on the route (I can go from S to N of the river over 5 different bridges and then come back to the south bank over a choice of 2.

Quick blat along the Kings Road or the slower but quieter route via Lots Road, Chelsea Harbour, Hurlingham.

Bimble through Battersea Park or Commuter Racing down Chelsea Embankment.

And, as others have said, close proximity to Richmond Park. My long commute home goes via RP.

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john richardson

East Yorkshire... or somewhere warm

Tynancp

Highams Park, posh bit of Chingford and Wlathamstow, direct train to Liverpool Street and right on the edge of Epping Forest for the weekends

right sort of distance from Central London

jel

On SW london:

Used to live in Weybridge but found it a touch long and the last few miles past Kingston were dull as hell.

Putney, Kingston or Richmond are good. Try Ham, might be a touch cheaper. Make sure it isn't West Ham, which is significantly cheaper but a different place completely.

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Gavin Gilbert

Remember to factor in the ease of commuting in to the City by tube for the days you're not able to ride, as even the most hardened commuter sometimes needs to leave the bike at home.

Ealing's good. I wouldn't want to live any further westwards than Hanwell, firstly as the vibe isn't as good and secondly the distance would probably start to get a bit much in winter. Whilst there are some good pubs and eateries, these tend to be away from the centre (on Northfields Av and the South Ealing Road, and to a lesser extent around the Common where I live). The town centre is a shocker - nasty mall developments full of mobile phone shops. And this will only get worse when the Westfields Centre opens at White City next year. It is a student town (we have the Thames Valley Uni), so Saturday nights on the Broadway can get a bit lairy.

Richmond is much classier - and expensive, has the park on the doorstep, fast rail connections to Waterloo, and probably the best selection of pubs within the area. If I had the money, I'd live there instead. About the only downside is the flightpath noise as it's at treetop hight on the Heathrow approach.

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andrewc3142

Woking keeps you fit and the trains are excellent (if rather pricey) for when you can't cycle. In the context of over-priced SE England, house prices aren't too bad.

Black Keith

Sutton:

good distance, overpriced, small, easy to get a fight on Saturday night.

actually, Wimbledon is pretty good, or even "South Wimbledon" (Coliiers Wood)

But what's wrong with Tootin!?

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