Commuter watch: living on the farm

You don't have to be TV's Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall to run a smallholding. Ruth Bloomfield finds three country areas where you can live the good life but still commute to the city
25 February 2016
£750,000: The Laurels in Epping comes with 4.5 acres with paddocks and outbuildings and has a modern interior (01245 344222)

Epping, Essex

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£1,595 million: Falcon Fields in Groombridge comes with outbuildings and large gardens with a pool (01892 501000)

Crowborough, East Sussex

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£875,000: The Farm, in Fritwell is a 17th century farmhouse with 1.37 acres and a barn, workshop, wood store and a paddock (01865 790077)

Bicester, Oxfordshire

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Things to consider

'We really loved London but this lifestyle is just totally rewarding,'

Charlie with Mum, Dad and brothers Will, 16, and Tom, 12, and some of their menagerie

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