Originally Posted by KiwiGTI

Best place by far would be in East Sussex. Plenty of nice villages around Haywards Heath with fast, reliable and new trains (Southern) into London Bridge and Victoria. Or if you don't mind a longer commute then Hove/Brighton/Lewes all offer excellent quality of life with easy access to the South Coast and South Downs.

Just look on that main London-Brighton train-line and the towns and villages that are around there.