The best Tube stations to live near in Zones 5, 6 and beyond: these areas not only guarantee you a seat for your morning commute - but offer good value, too

Stations near the end of the line mean rush hour seats are plentiful in Zones 5 to 9.

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Ruth Bloomfield22 March 2017

A new zone-by-zone guide reveals where to buy a property if you want strong profit growth potential - and to bag an empty space on the Tube.

Zone 5’s quiet stations include Hatton Cross, near Heathrow, where a house typically costs just over £436,000, and prices have grown 6.9 per cent in the last year.

The most expensive option is Cockfosters, in north London, where an average house costs just over £793,000. But the area which has seen the strongest price growth is Canons Park, also in north London, where prices have shot up 15 per cent to an average of just over £617,000.

Travelling out to Zone 6, it's little surprise that several stations at, or close to the end of lines in east London have plenty of seats available first thing. Debden is the star of the Central line with an average house price of £385,000, an 11.5 per cent rise compared to last year.

Hornchurch and Upmister Bridge on the District line have also seen double digit price increases of 13.2 per cent and 14.6 per cent respectively.

The Metropolitan line faces no competition in Zones 7 to 9, where the commuter town of Watford has seen prices rise 10.6 per cent to £540,000.

THE TUBE STATIONS WHERE SEATS ARE AVAILABLE AT 8AM
Source: TFL & Hamptons International

Zone 5
Annual travel card: £2,248

Station	Line	Av. house price	12 month price change
Hatton Cross	Piccadilly	£436,375	6.9%
Harrow and Wealdstone	Bakerloo	£473,484	12.5%
Ruislip Grardens	Central	£478, 176	10.6%
South Ruislip	Central	£492,143	13.8%
Rayners Lane	Piccadilly	£566, 438	10.3%
Canons Park	Jubilee	£617, 205	15.0%
Eastcote	Piccadilly	£618, 495	13.8%
Edgware	Northern	£649.974	4.2%
High Barnet	Northern	£688,491	13.5%
Oakwood	Piccadilly	£671,351	9.9%
Stanmore	Jubliee	£776,182	-5.7%
Cockfosters	Piccadilly	£793,318	7.3%

Zone 6

Annual travel card: £2.408

Station	Line	Av. house price	12 month price change
Debden	Central	£384,909	11.5%
Hornchurch	District	£407,589	13.2%
Upminster Bridge	District	£457,919	14.6%
Uxbridge	Piccadilly	£476,566	14.0%
Ruislip Manor	Piccadilly	£574,646	6.3%
Upminster	District	£611,111	8.9%
Hillingdon	Piccadilly	£613,926	10.2%
Ickenham	Piccadilly	£619,173	11.5%
Ruislip	Piccadilly	£624,864	7.7%
Epping	Central	£632,864	5.7%
West Ruislip	Central	£642,505	10.3%
Theydon Bois	Central	£747,667	13.6%