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Distance to the nearest station, km, every council ranked

Measured in a straight line from where people live and averaged. A train, Underground or tram stop counts; a halt with two trains a day counts like a terminus. Figures for October 2026, published for 360 councils in the UK. Lowest first: the order says where a council sits, not whether that is good.

Lowest: City of London, 0.2. The council in the middle: Leicester, 2.3. Highest: Na h-Eileanan Siar, 96.1.

Distance to the nearest station, km, every council it is published for, lowest first
PlaceCouncilFigure
1City of LondonLondon0.2
2 jointCamdenLondon0.4
2 jointWestminsterLondon0.4
2 jointTower HamletsLondon0.4
2 jointIslingtonLondon0.4
6 jointKensington and ChelseaLondon0.5
6 jointHammersmith and FulhamLondon0.5
6 jointHackneyLondon0.5
6 jointLambethLondon0.5
10 jointLewishamLondon0.6
10 jointNewhamLondon0.6
10 jointBrentLondon0.6
10 jointMertonLondon0.6
10 jointHaringeyLondon0.6
15 jointSouthwarkLondon0.7
15 jointWandsworthLondon0.7
15 jointGlasgow CityScotland0.7
15 jointRichmond upon ThamesLondon0.7
15 jointEnfieldLondon0.7
15 jointCroydonLondon0.7
21 jointHarrowLondon0.8
21 jointKingston upon ThamesLondon0.8
21 jointEalingLondon0.8
21 jointGreenwichLondon0.8
21 jointWaltham ForestLondon0.8
21 jointBarnetLondon0.8
21 jointSuttonLondon0.8
21 jointHounslowLondon0.8
21 jointRedbridgeLondon0.8
21 jointManchesterNorth West0.8
21 jointExeterSouth West0.8
32 jointEpsom and EwellSouth East0.9
32 jointAdurSouth East0.9
32 jointBarking and DagenhamLondon0.9
32 jointBexleyLondon0.9
32 jointWatfordEast of England0.9
32 jointTraffordNorth West0.9
38 jointStockportNorth West1.0
38 jointTamesideNorth West1.0
38 jointBlackpoolNorth West1.0
38 jointBromleyLondon1.0
38 jointWest DunbartonshireScotland1.0
43 jointSpelthorneSouth East1.1
43 jointReigate and BansteadSouth East1.1
43 jointSeftonNorth West1.1
43 jointInverclydeScotland1.1
43 jointWorthingSouth East1.1
43 jointSalfordNorth West1.1
43 jointSouthend-on-SeaEast of England1.1
43 jointSandwellWest Midlands1.1
43 jointSouth TynesideNorth East1.1
43 jointHigh PeakEast Midlands1.1
53 jointNorth TynesideNorth East1.2
53 jointKnowsleyNorth West1.2
53 jointNottinghamEast Midlands1.2
53 jointElmbridgeSouth East1.2
53 jointHastingsSouth East1.2
53 jointThanetSouth East1.2
53 jointPortsmouthSouth East1.2
53 jointRunnymedeSouth East1.2
53 jointThree RiversEast of England1.2
53 jointDartfordSouth East1.2
53 jointWirralNorth West1.2
53 jointHillingdonLondon1.2
65 jointCrawleySouth East1.3
65 jointEast RenfrewshireScotland1.3
65 jointRushmoorSouth East1.3
65 jointSloughSouth East1.3
65 jointOldhamNorth West1.3
65 jointBrighton and HoveSouth East1.3
65 jointHaveringLondon1.3
65 jointBlackburn with DarwenNorth West1.3
65 jointSouthamptonSouth East1.3
74 jointBirminghamWest Midlands1.4
74 jointBasildonEast of England1.4
74 jointNorth LanarkshireScotland1.4
74 jointBroxbourneEast of England1.4
74 jointHaltonNorth West1.4
74 jointCaerphillyWales1.4
74 jointNewcastle upon TyneNorth East1.4
74 jointSt. HelensNorth West1.4
74 jointBurnleyNorth West1.4
74 jointHyndburnNorth West1.4
74 jointBuryNorth West1.4
74 jointCanterburySouth East1.4
74 jointLiverpoolNorth West1.4
87 jointTamworthWest Midlands1.5
87 jointDoverSouth East1.5
87 jointHertsmereEast of England1.5
87 jointRochdaleNorth West1.5
87 jointMole ValleySouth East1.5
87 jointRochfordEast of England1.5
87 jointBoltonNorth West1.5
87 jointWelwyn HatfieldEast of England1.5
87 jointFyldeNorth West1.5
87 jointThurrockEast of England1.5
87 jointIpswichEast of England1.5
87 jointEastbourneSouth East1.5
87 jointLutonEast of England1.5
87 jointBroxtoweEast Midlands1.5
87 jointCannock ChaseWest Midlands1.5
87 jointEastleighSouth East1.5
103 jointTandridgeSouth East1.6
103 jointWokingSouth East1.6
103 jointSheffieldYorkshire and the Humber1.6
103 jointVale of GlamorganWales1.6
103 jointRenfrewshireScotland1.6
103 jointSolihullWest Midlands1.6
103 jointCardiffWales1.6
103 jointWindsor and MaidenheadSouth East1.6
103 jointReadingSouth East1.6
103 jointBristolSouth West1.6
103 jointDarlingtonNorth East1.6
103 jointGuildfordSouth East1.6
103 jointCity of EdinburghScotland1.6
103 jointMerthyr TydfilWales1.6
117 jointBracknell ForestSouth East1.7
117 jointRhondda Cynon TafWales1.7
117 jointTorbaySouth West1.7
117 jointCambridgeEast of England1.7
117 jointWarwickWest Midlands1.7
117 jointSevenoaksSouth East1.7
117 jointSt AlbansEast of England1.7
117 jointMid SussexSouth East1.7
117 jointFolkestone and HytheSouth East1.7
117 jointWest LothianScotland1.7
117 jointWorcesterWest Midlands1.7
128 jointBelfastNorthern Ireland1.8
128 jointTonbridge and MallingSouth East1.8
128 jointFarehamSouth East1.8
128 jointBrentwoodEast of England1.8
128 jointArunSouth East1.8
128 jointChorleyNorth West1.8
128 jointEast DunbartonshireScotland1.8
128 jointNorth HertfordshireEast of England1.8
128 jointWakefieldYorkshire and the Humber1.8
128 jointRotherSouth East1.8
128 jointMaidstoneSouth East1.8
128 jointSurrey HeathSouth East1.8
140 jointGraveshamSouth East1.9
140 jointLancasterNorth West1.9
140 jointStockton-on-TeesNorth East1.9
140 jointTendringEast of England1.9
140 jointWokinghamSouth East1.9
140 jointCheltenhamSouth West1.9
140 jointSwaleSouth East1.9
140 jointBradfordYorkshire and the Humber1.9
140 jointMiddlesbroughNorth East1.9
149 jointBridgendWales2.0
149 jointNuneaton and BedworthWest Midlands2.0
149 jointSouth RibbleNorth West2.0
149 jointWarringtonNorth West2.0
149 jointBournemouth, Christchurch and PooleSouth West2.0
149 jointLincolnEast Midlands2.0
149 jointMedwaySouth East2.0
149 jointConwyWales2.0
149 jointLewesSouth East2.0
149 jointMansfieldEast Midlands2.0
149 jointCheshire EastNorth West2.0
160 jointAshfieldEast Midlands2.1
160 jointNorth East LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber2.1
160 jointHartlepoolNorth East2.1
160 jointGatesheadNorth East2.1
160 jointErewashEast Midlands2.1
160 jointBarnsleyYorkshire and the Humber2.1
160 jointDudleyWest Midlands2.1
167 jointKirkleesYorkshire and the Humber2.2
167 jointCheshire West and ChesterNorth West2.2
167 jointWiganNorth West2.2
167 jointBromsgroveWest Midlands2.2
167 jointWolverhamptonWest Midlands2.2
167 jointStevenageEast of England2.2
167 jointEpping ForestEast of England2.2
174 jointHartSouth East2.3
174 jointCoventryWest Midlands2.3
174 jointWest LancashireNorth West2.3
174 jointFalkirkScotland2.3
174 jointCalderdaleYorkshire and the Humber2.3
174 jointCharnwoodEast Midlands2.3
174 jointLeicesterEast Midlands2.3
174 jointWalsallWest Midlands2.3
182 jointSouth LanarkshireScotland2.4
182 jointTunbridge WellsSouth East2.4
182 jointAshfordSouth East2.4
182 jointPendleNorth West2.4
182 jointHarlowEast of England2.4
182 jointLeedsYorkshire and the Humber2.4
182 jointChelmsfordEast of England2.4
182 jointSouth AyrshireScotland2.4
182 jointColchesterEast of England2.4
182 jointDacorumEast of England2.4
192 jointRedditchWest Midlands2.5
192 jointEast LothianScotland2.5
192 jointWest BerkshireSouth East2.5
192 jointBlaenau GwentWales2.5
192 jointStoke-on-TrentWest Midlands2.5
192 jointDundee CityScotland2.5
192 jointDerbyEast Midlands2.5
192 jointNewportWales2.5
192 jointRedcar and ClevelandNorth East2.5
192 jointTorfaenWales2.5
202 jointEast HertfordshireEast of England2.6
202 jointNorwichEast of England2.6
202 jointAmber ValleyEast Midlands2.6
202 jointCastle PointEast of England2.6
202 jointWrexhamWales2.6
202 jointCherwellSouth East2.6
202 jointNorth AyrshireScotland2.6
209 jointWestmorland and FurnessNorth West2.7
209 jointOadby and WigstonEast Midlands2.7
209 jointTest ValleySouth East2.7
209 jointWaverleySouth East2.7
213 jointChesterfieldEast Midlands2.8
213 jointNorth SomersetSouth West2.8
213 jointWychavonWest Midlands2.8
216 jointGloucesterSouth West2.9
216 jointPeterboroughEast of England2.9
216 jointPlymouthSouth West2.9
216 jointGedlingEast Midlands2.9
216 jointNorth WarwickshireWest Midlands2.9
216 jointEast StaffordshireWest Midlands2.9
216 jointDoncasterYorkshire and the Humber2.9
216 jointBuckinghamshireSouth East2.9
216 jointMilton KeynesSouth East2.9
225 jointWyre ForestWest Midlands3.0
225 jointEast HampshireSouth East3.0
225 jointFifeScotland3.0
225 jointHavantSouth East3.0
225 jointSunderlandNorth East3.0
225 jointRotherhamYorkshire and the Humber3.0
225 jointSwanseaWales3.0
225 jointBedfordEast of England3.0
233 jointBolsoverEast Midlands3.1
233 jointNorth LincolnshireYorkshire and the Humber3.1
233 jointCentral BedfordshireEast of England3.1
233 jointRushcliffeEast Midlands3.1
233 jointPrestonNorth West3.1
233 jointSouth GloucestershireSouth West3.1
233 jointEast SuffolkEast of England3.1
240 jointWyreNorth West3.2
240 jointMid and East AntrimNorthern Ireland3.2
240 jointYorkYorkshire and the Humber3.2
240 jointBostonEast Midlands3.2
240 jointWinchesterSouth East3.2
240 jointBasingstoke and DeaneSouth East3.2
240 jointRossendaleNorth West3.2
247 jointTeignbridgeSouth West3.3
247 jointOxfordSouth East3.3
247 jointHorshamSouth East3.3
247 jointAberdeen CityScotland3.3
247 jointNorth KestevenEast Midlands3.3
247 jointSwindonSouth West3.3
253 jointKingston upon HullYorkshire and the Humber3.4
253 jointStaffordWest Midlands3.4
253 jointTelford and WrekinWest Midlands3.4
253 jointRugbyWest Midlands3.4
253 jointLichfieldWest Midlands3.4
253 jointClackmannanshireScotland3.4
253 jointGosportSouth East3.4
253 jointFlintshireWales3.4
253 jointMeltonEast Midlands3.4
253 jointNorthumberlandNorth East3.4
253 jointGwyneddWales3.4
253 jointTewkesburySouth West3.4
265 jointEast DevonSouth West3.5
265 jointSouth StaffordshireWest Midlands3.5
265 jointNeath Port TalbotWales3.5
265 jointNewcastle-under-LymeWest Midlands3.5
265 jointCumberlandNorth West3.5
270 jointSouth OxfordshireSouth East3.6
270 jointBlabyEast Midlands3.6
272 jointWealdenSouth East3.7
272 jointBraintreeEast of England3.7
272 jointMidlothianScotland3.7
272 jointRibble ValleyNorth West3.7
272 jointEast CambridgeshireEast of England3.7
277 jointStroudSouth West3.8
277 jointIsle of WightSouth East3.8
277 jointAntrim and NewtownabbeyNorthern Ireland3.8
280 jointHinckley and BosworthEast Midlands3.9
280 jointBassetlawEast Midlands3.9
280 jointNorth East DerbyshireEast Midlands3.9
283 jointLisburn and CastlereaghNorthern Ireland4.1
283 jointPembrokeshireWales4.1
283 jointNorth NorfolkEast of England4.1
283 jointGreat YarmouthEast of England4.1
287 jointNorth YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber4.3
287 jointEast AyrshireScotland4.3
287 jointNorth NorthamptonshireEast Midlands4.3
287 jointBath and North East SomersetSouth West4.3
287 jointCarmarthenshireWales4.3
292 jointNew ForestSouth East4.5
292 jointStaffordshire MoorlandsWest Midlands4.5
294 jointBroadlandEast of England4.6
294 jointUttlesfordEast of England4.6
296ChichesterSouth East4.7
297 jointMid SuffolkEast of England4.8
297 jointMalvern HillsWest Midlands4.8
297 jointDerbyshire DalesEast Midlands4.8
300MonmouthshireWales4.9
301 jointRutlandEast Midlands5.0
301 jointWest LindseyEast Midlands5.0
303Newark and SherwoodEast Midlands5.1
304StirlingScotland5.2
305East Riding of YorkshireYorkshire and the Humber5.3
306 jointMaldonEast of England5.4
306 jointWiltshireSouth West5.4
306 jointBaberghEast of England5.4
309 jointSouth DerbyshireEast Midlands5.5
309 jointCornwallSouth West5.5
309 jointWest NorthamptonshireEast Midlands5.5
312DenbighshireWales5.6
313 jointCounty DurhamNorth East5.8
313 jointShropshireWest Midlands5.8
313 jointSouth CambridgeshireEast of England5.8
316 jointSomersetSouth West5.9
316 jointHuntingdonshireEast of England5.9
318West SuffolkEast of England6.0
319 jointSouth NorfolkEast of England6.1
319 jointHarboroughEast Midlands6.1
321 jointMid DevonSouth West6.2
321 jointMorayScotland6.2
321 jointForest of DeanSouth West6.2
324 jointIsle of AngleseyWales6.3
324 jointBrecklandEast of England6.3
324 jointSouth HamsSouth West6.3
324 jointStratford-on-AvonWest Midlands6.3
324 jointSouth KestevenEast Midlands6.3
329 jointWest DevonSouth West6.5
329 jointAngusScotland6.5
331DorsetSouth West6.6
332HighlandScotland6.9
333 jointArds and North DownNorthern Ireland7.0
333 jointHerefordshireWest Midlands7.0
335 jointWest OxfordshireSouth East7.1
335 jointKing's Lynn and West NorfolkEast of England7.1
335 jointFenlandEast of England7.1
338North DevonSouth West7.2
339Armagh City, Banbridge and CraigavonNorthern Ireland7.3
340Perth and KinrossScotland7.5
341Vale of White HorseSouth East7.7
342South HollandEast Midlands8.0
343CotswoldSouth West8.2
344Causeway Coast and GlensNorthern Ireland8.4
345North West LeicestershireEast Midlands8.5
346PowysWales8.9
347Derry City and StrabaneNorthern Ireland9.6
348Dumfries and GallowayScotland10.8
349East LindseyEast Midlands12.8
350Scottish BordersScotland13.2
351TorridgeSouth West15.1
352CeredigionWales15.3
353Argyll and ButeScotland16.3
354Newry, Mourne and DownNorthern Ireland17.4
355AberdeenshireScotland18.2
356Mid UlsterNorthern Ireland25.9
357Orkney IslandsScotland54.2
358Fermanagh and OmaghNorthern Ireland58.9
359Isles of ScillySouth West60.0
360Na h-Eileanan SiarScotland96.1

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