| Surbiton is a relatively small town to the south of | | | | later students also have good opportunities with |
| London, residing in the leafy county of Surrey. The | | | | Kingston University and the inevitable social life that |
| place only really started to attract hordes of | | | | arise from big groups of students. The parents are |
| commuters with the construction of the non-stop | | | | catered by the shopping heaven that is |
| railway connection to London Waterloo. This, as well | | | | Kingston-Upon-Thames. They can spend their |
| as the relatively large distance from London and the | | | | evenings and lazy Sunday afternoons relaxing in the |
| green parks that surround it have made Surbiton a | | | | cafes and restaurants on the river or take in the |
| desirable and chique place for the crowds of | | | | culture of the theatre for example. |
| commuters working in the City. | | | | The town boasts a good mixture of nineteenth |
| Surbiton's other claim to fame is being the base for the | | | | century townhouses blending into more modern |
| popular television programme 'The Good Life' (Richard | | | | housing estates but over time the demand for space |
| Briers and Felicity Kendal) as well as the series Stella | | | | near the train station has meant more and more flat |
| Street. Naturally the town has more than that | | | | conversions in the area. This has a happened because |
| nowadays, with lots of leafy green areas, the river | | | | of the inevitable stream of professional groups coming |
| Thames on the doorstep and Kingston down the road. | | | | to the town in search of the perfect mix of quick |
| The itchy-footed amongst us will enjoy the position of | | | | commute and good life style. |
| Surbiton as it offers the best of both worlds. on the | | | | This leads onto the point that the advantages of living |
| one side London is very close via the trains, as well as | | | | in such a nice area are nearly outweighed by the cost |
| being equidistant from Gatwick and Heathrow airports | | | | of living there. While not having the same allure as |
| by car. The M25 is on the doorstep via the A3, | | | | somewhere like Esher or Richmond, Surbiton can |
| allowing a speedy exit into the deeper countryside and | | | | attract a fair amount of premium from potential buyers, |
| even the coastlines of Sussex and Kent for a | | | | which the credit crunch has not really reduced. It |
| weekend break. | | | | seems that people who move to Surbiton are not |
| Families also get the best of both worlds. All the | | | | willing to give up on it and there are more waves of |
| generations of the family are looked after, as the kids | | | | people willing to match that premium to try and force |
| have great schools to attend in the area and some | | | | their way in! |
| lovely parks for the weekends. The older children and | | | | |