Swaythling

SWAYTHLING is an area of Victorian terraces and ex-local authority housing with prices lower than Eastleigh’s. A two-bedroom house might cost £105,000. Many workers from the nearby Ford factory have their homes here, and it can seem as if nearly all the 19,500 students from Southampton University have their digs here, too.

County:Hampshire
London terminal: Waterloo
Journey time: 97 mins
Season ticket: £4328
Peak trains: 2 per hour
Off-peak trains: 1 per hour