Easy country commutes
Anthea Masey visits Londoners’ seven favourite commuter hotspots - all only an hour’s train journey from the capital
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25 February 2016
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Wivenhoe waterfront is just a few minutes south of Colchester at the creek end of the River Colne
1. Guildford
Queen Elizabeth Park, Guildford, about 40 minutes from London
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Verulamium Park, near St Albans, which is connected to London by the Thameslink line
2. St Albans
© Glenn Copus
The clock tower in St Albans city centre
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3. Winchester
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4. Colchester
Marshal's lake at Bedgebury Pinetum and Forest Gardens, Cranbrook, Kent
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5. Old Amersham
A triple oast house and barn, Tonbridge
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The M25 and good schools prove a winning combination
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Knole House, on the western edge of Sevenoaks, owned by the National Trust
6. Sevenoaks
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7. Tunbridge Wells
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The colonnaded Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells
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