London leavers: 20 most popular home county hotspots for people quitting capital

More than 420,000 people quit London in a year, according to the latest figures, many of them in search of a better life.The boroughs seeing the highest numbers of people departing the capital were Newham, Lambeth, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth, Ealing and Southwark.But where are all these London leavers going?Beaconsfield town centre in BuckinghamshirePAIn the home counties, Buckinghamshire saw the most new arrivals from the city in the year to June 2025, at 11,414, according to a detailed analysis of the data from the Office for National Statistics.Some families and other movers will have been attracted by the array of historic, county, market and other towns that the county boasts with fast access to beautiful, rolling countryside.They include Aylesbury, High Wycombe, Beaconsfield, Amersham