London & South England

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commuter neighbourhood

wheretomove.uk cross-references every train station with nearby secondary school quality — combining Ofsted ratings, GCSE results, commute times and season ticket costs into a single score.

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1,200+ Stations scored
3,900+ Schools analysed
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How it works

From data to decision
in seconds

Every hotspot is a train station with qualifying secondary schools nearby. We score each one so you can find the best areas at a glance.

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Browse the map
Green, gold and blue circles show hotspot stations across London and the South. Bigger circles mean higher scores.
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Click a hotspot
See nearby schools with Ofsted ratings and GCSE scores, plus estimated commute time and annual season ticket cost to London.
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Browse properties
One click takes you to Rightmove or Zoopla pre-searched for that postcode area — straight from hotspot to house hunt.
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Filter your search
Adjust the radius slider, filter by Outstanding schools only, or toggle grammar schools to reveal them across the whole map.
What's included

Everything you need
to find the right area

All data is sourced from UK government open data — free, transparent, and updated regularly.

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Ofsted ratings
Outstanding and Good secondary schools within your chosen radius. Includes the new inspection framework with sub-judgements for quality of education, behaviour, leadership and more.
Source: Ofsted
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GCSE Attainment 8
The official DfE headline exam performance measure for each school, compared to the national average of 46.4. Colour-coded so you can instantly see which schools are well above average.
Source: DfE
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Grammar schools
Grammar schools are highlighted with a gold star — identified by admissions policy, not just name, so schools like Bournemouth School are correctly flagged even without "Grammar" in the title.
Source: Ofsted
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Commute time to London
Estimated morning peak journey time to the nearest central London terminus, calculated from station coordinates and typical commuter rail speeds.
Estimated
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Annual season ticket cost
2026 annual season ticket prices to London for over 200 commuter stations. Fares are frozen for 2026 — updated each January when regulated fares are reviewed.
2026 fares
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Property search links
Every station card links directly to Rightmove and Zoopla pre-searched for that postcode area — so you go straight from exploring a hotspot to browsing properties there.
Rightmove · Zoopla
The score

How hotspots
are scored

Each station earns points for every qualifying school nearby. The total score determines the colour and size of its circle on the map.

Exceptional
Score 10+
Strong
Score 5–9
Moderate
Score 1–4
Ofsted rating
Outstanding +3 pts
Good +1 pt
New framework (all ≥ Good) +1–3 pts
GCSE Attainment 8
Score ≥ 60 (well above avg) +3 pts
Score ≥ 50 (above avg) +2 pts
Score ≥ 46 (at average) +1 pt
Go deeper

Explore any area
in full detail

Once you've found a hotspot neighbourhood, use the Explore Area tool to layer six more government datasets onto the map — covering everything from food hygiene to flood risk.

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Food Hygiene
Every rated food business within 1 mile, colour-coded from 0 (Urgent Improvement) to 5 (Very Good). Source: Food Standards Agency.
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Crime
Street-level crime incidents by category — violent crime, burglary, ASB, vehicle crime and more. Selectable across Latest, −3 months, or −6 months. Source: UK Police API.
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Flood Risk
Environment Agency flood risk zones and any active flood warnings or alerts in the area. Source: Environment Agency.
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All Schools
Every state school within 2 miles — primaries, secondaries, nurseries, special schools and all-through schools — with Ofsted ratings. Filter by school type. Source: Ofsted.
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Sold Prices
Recent property sales colour-coded relative to the local median — so you can instantly see which streets are above or below average. Source: HM Land Registry.
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Air Quality
Live readings from DEFRA monitoring stations — NO₂, PM2.5, PM10 and ozone — graded Good to Very Poor using UK DAQI thresholds. Source: DEFRA UK-Air.
Area Report

Every search generates an Area Report — an instant summary scoring the neighbourhood across all six dimensions, so you can compare areas at a glance.

✓Crime LevelLow
✓Food HygieneGood
✓Flood RiskLow Risk
~SchoolsSome
£Sold Prices£340k median
✓Air QualityGood
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