The best commuter towns around London: High Wycombe, Chelmsford and Epsom have the best schools, lowest house prices and quickest commutes

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Oxford

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Winchester

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The research was inspired by "the questions most commonly asked by parents moving to the commuter belt in search of a better standard of living and a better education for their children", said the company. 

Jonathan Hopper, its managing director, said there was "still good value – and a good quality of life – to be found within easy reach of the capital".