we want to move but don''t know where to. Can you help?

[Greatfun]

We need the following:

max 1 hour journey to waterloo and/or paddington by train/tube so this would include victoria station and clapham junction station.

At least 3 bed house.

Good schools (primary and secondary that cater for boys and girls)

In a nice town. Doesnt have to be too big if we are going to be near a bigger town.

Budget: 400k absolute max preferably nearer to 350.

We frequent;ly have to travel to Portsouth and Devon so somewhere to the SW/W of London would be better.

Asking for the impossible?Probably but all sensible suggetsions would be welcomed.

Thanks

[2cats2many]

How about somewhere like Guildford?

[Greatfun]

2catsmany - I looked into Guildford but it is very expensive and the travel would be another 500 per month for the two of us But thank you anyway

RIMOD - Lovely house. I had never thought of horsham that sounds great. I shall look into that.

Don't suppose anyone knows anything about Wokingham or virginia water?

[wombleprincess]

hartley wintney/fleet/odiham area?. its the dogs bollocks. off the M3 and the train stations (fleet or winchfield) go to waterloo

near wokingham which is also quite nice but its a bit of a suburb of reading if you ask me.

[GypsyMoth]

Wokingham still got any shops? Used to live near there but heard most had closed down!! And there weren't many to start with!!

[wombleprincess]

actually, its not bad. admittedly not "high fashion" but all the usuals, boots, robert dyas, that sort of thing, and a few individual boutiques. quite a good (small) market on saturdays.