Surrey

This ever-popular home county on the edge of Greater London, offers beautiful countryside at the same time as including a stretch of the M25 which runs from Egham to Oxted.

There’s a great balance here between the fast pace of city life at the same time as the slow pace of country life. A new home within reach of Surrey’s main working focal points – Guildford, Working, Leatherhead, Aldershot and Horley – also has the advantage of easy access to the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, miles of woodland – Surrey is known as the most highly wooded county in England – pretty villages and welcoming village pubs.

It's a sought-after lifestyle especially as it’s so close to the City for work and play. Pretty market towns like Farnham and historic villages like Chiddingfold are part and parcel of this county along with the Greater London built-up area to the north of the M25.

Key road routes are the A3, the A24 and the M23 – which heads to Gatwick Airport just over the border with West Sussex – so you’ll have strong links down to the south coast as well as up to the capital.