House price growth has slowed to around a third of its previous levels in areas where commuters have been affected by the Southern railway strikes, according to a property website.

Zoopla looked at property value growth rates in towns across the network over the past 12 months, since the strikes started, and compared them with the previous year.

It found that between April 2016 and April 2017, house prices were increasing at around a third of the rate seen during the previous year.

Between April 2016 and April 2017, property values increased by around 3.01%, compared with a 9.11% increase between April 2015 and April 2016.

Zoopla found 91% of towns across the network have seen property value growth weaken over the last year.

Lewes has seen a particularly marked slowdown in property price growth, with a 3.55% decrease over the last year following a 12.39% increase during the previous 12 months.

A Southern spokesman said it is "deeply sorry" for the disruption passengers have faced.

He continued: "We are now running over 90% of our trains during RMT strikes and punctuality has improved on Southern five months in a row.

"Part of the solution is our close work with Network Rail, which is investing £300 million on essential maintenance work to make our heavily congested network more reliable."