How far do you commute to work on a daily basis?

We're thinking of moving, well, we NEED to move to a bigger house but a 4 bed house in a decent area in Gloucester is too far out of our budget.  We were thinking of moving to Evesham where we can get a lovely decent sized house in a sought after area, and which is not to far from my husband's job in Tewkesbury but I work in Gloucester city centre (council) and it would mean a 45 minute drive.  So 90 minutes at least in the car daily.  I'm an office manager (although got an interview next week for a promotion) and don't get a huge amount of money.

So how far do you commute?   How far is too far for an office/administration job?

Hey loopy, well i do an hour on train and then another half hour by tube each way each day (plus 10 mins walk to station)....i must admit it does drain me & i find im knackered by the weekend, having said that i think driving is worse as you need full attention but i do think a 90min drive each day is doable, but obviously costly too.  Good luck with what you decide.

I work in Sales Support I do a 50 mile round trip drive every day -  I live 5 miles off  Jct 13 of the M1, down to Jct 10.

That can take me, in rush hour, anything from 30 mins to 2 hours, depending on whether the weather is crap or there has been a crash and everyone is rubber necking / motorway closed.

Usually I'd say just over 30 mins each way for me,  As much as it pains me to spend that much time in the car everyday, I do like having the distance between work and home - it gives me some proper time out when I'm away from work. Plus the drive gives me the chance to calm my mood down if I've had a crumby day at work!

It's not that bad really, I drive in with Moyles and drive home wih Mills!

x

26 miles each way so a 52 mile round trip every day. I drive as its quicker it takes at least an hour each way (sometimes up to 2). Ive done this for 7 1/2 years so far.

Public transport takes 2 hours and 20 mins and involes a walk, a bus, a walk, a train, a change of train and another walk.

I do a 70 mile round trip by car from Tunbridge Wells, Kent to Waterloo, London. I have to go by car because I start at 07.00 (but it's an unspoken rule to let the off going night shift off between 06.30-07.00) I cannot get an early enough train. My journey takes 1hr 15mins minimum, sometimes 1hr 45 if there are road works/jams/accidents etc.

I find it exhausting, especially driving home after a night shift, but I only work 3 shifts in a row and like Rachele said, I love having the distance between home and work because you can shut off when you're at home.

I personally think 45 mins each way is no problem but it depends on your personal circumstances. Do you have family or outside interests which would be affected by you leaving and arriving home later?

I travel about 10 feet to work, from my bedroom to my office thats in my 2nd bedroom!

In the past though I've preferred not to travel at most 30 mins away. Depends how much you like travelling though. I hate driving so that's why I don't like to go too far

Copper, my partner has just seen a job he'd love to apply for in Tunbridge Wells, we'd have to move there if he did get it as we live in Northampton. But I have no idea what its like. Is it a nice place to live? (sorry to go off topic )

Well I do a 140 mile round trip each day which consists of a 15 minute walk to the station, a 1 hour 15 min train journey and another 20 minute walk to the office which means I travel for about 4 hours a day (assuming National Express are working vaguely normally).

Its draining but the only way we could afford the house we wanted for a price we could sensibly afford.  Although I have to admit i've settled into a rhythm now and quite like the peace and quiet I get on the train.  I often sleep on the way in and get college work done on the way home.  I wouldn't do it forever but it works for now.

family is a touchy subject at the moment, one reason why we're not too sad about not being able to stay in Glos.

We've got 2 babies under 3, not sure if a nursery near work or near home would be better.  Evenually i'll prob get a job a little nearer to home.

I commute by train and at the moment it's about 50 minutes door to door - time isn't my issue so much as cost, I really do begrudge £3k a year for a train ticket especially considering I never even get a seat [:'(] We're also thinking about moving further out, the current location of choice would mean by commute goes up to £4k a year and 1 hour 40 minutes each way but it would mean a much bigger property and at the very least a seat on the train into work...

Commuting sucks but I'd say the extra time / cost would be outweighed by a nice house in a sought after area... For us for example, putting that extra £1,000 a year into a mortgage wouldn't give us anywhere near the extra space in property putting it into travel would and I'm thinking I could log into emails on the train and effectively work for an hour every morning and then use the return journey to sleep but obviously if you are driving that won't be option.

I currently live about 30 mins from work (a 10 min walk, 2 tube stops (10 mins) and another 10 mins walk) on a good day or up to an hour depending on what's going on with the tube.  We're about to move further out so it will be about an hour each way (10 mins walk, 35 mins train, 10 mins tube, 5 mins walk) but worth it so we can have a house rather than a v v v small flat.  It's a really tricky decision to make about 'how far is too far' and 'how much £' etc  isn't it.  We (H & I ) decided that an hour each way was enough for us and we didn't want to pay more than 3.5K for our tickets.

ps I grew up in Evesham (and am a Prince Henry's girl), I think it's a lovely place to grow up x

I drive about 23 miles each way every day, on clear roads it's 30 minutes, but typically probably 45 min and can take longer (my record was over 2 hours to get home in the snow!). It's not too bad, but I do get frustrated with it (I've only just gone back from maternity leave so haven't had too many days of it for my frustration to build up again yet!)

The 45 min drive you talk about, does that factor in traffic?

I have a nursery close to home, as I think I'd like the option of sending him in if I was ever off sick, and also I worry that if I got stuck badly in traffic he might start getting upset and I wouldn't be able to do anything. The downside is that it adds to the pressure of time to do my hours at work and fit in with nursery times

I have a 10 minute stroll to work everyday...such hardship, when we move my stroll will be extended to 25 mins...will have to add new music to my ipod

About 4.5 - 5hrs a day. I work in W. London, but live in Northampton. I train/tube it here most days. If I drive, it takes anywhere from 1hr15mins each way (on a really good day) to 2hrs, which when you're tired, isn't great. So, I prefer to sit on a train. Not so great at the mo being 24wks pregnant! Sitting on the floor of the train is a very common occurance.

It takes me about 45 mins to an hour to travel to work and the same length of time to get home on a night, so about an hour and half - two hours every day, I drive to work and have done this journey for the past 14 years.

My drive to work is probably about 40mins each way. I don't really work that far from work although sometimes I wish I worked closer to home, mainly because by the time I'm home and cooked dinner I have no evening. Overall, it's not that bad.