[Closed] Retireing to the sea side in the UK. Where would you go?

Having spent much of my life close to the coast, I wouldn't choose it now. It's really limiting for cycling, you can only go in one direction!

It's really limiting for cycling, you can only go in one direction!

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This ^^^

Grew up in south Devon on the coast, and lovely as it is the only riding involved heading inland up monstrous road climbs to get up to the likes of Dartmoor.

Also find Devon, while there is Dartmoor, a lot of the woodlands you see all over the place are private estates and no go. Since moving to posh end of the country (well, Surrey), I'm very used to a massive amount of common land and almost everywhere is rideable in some way (plus even the private estates aren't as fenced or walled off like stuff in Devon). Other thing is the rest of Devon is farmland.

Still, Devon has a number of nice riding spots, but it's all a fair distance to get to. Though that's one of the reasons I left the place (aside from it being boring when you're in your teens and 20s), as civilisation was always at least half an hour to an hour or more away. Still might return to retire though. That's what the place is for. Holidays and retirement 😉

They're only one proper way to live in Cornwall and that's on a boat in Penryn.

I can help make the introductions, but you'll have a lot of money left over to spend on rum, which will help break the ice.

There are some nice places in East Lothian. North Berwick, Gullane, Aberlady. Good rail links to Edinburgh. Far nicer weather than the West coast.

[quote=thecaptain ]Having spent much of my life close to the coast, I wouldn't choose it now. It's really limiting for cycling, you can only go in one direction!This was a major factor when my Missus and I decided to move North. Mind you, it would have justified buying a boat, and a kayak, or two...

West side of Loch Eribol.

North Berwick is a good shout, just come back from there and it's lovely. Bit golfy round that part of the world though. There's no reason that should annoy me, but it does.

'Saltburn by the sea'

Not a bad shout actually. Some nice bits, right near the NYM & a cracking chip shop.

Stay away from Northumberland, It's shit & they taalk queeor, they rrrurrl their rrr's. try saying 'Rrothburry'

Retiring? Brighton I reckon, if I'm retired I want pubs, decent grub and a good train connection, sod gardening or walks on the beach.

Brighton I reckon, if I'm retired I want pubs, decent grub and a good train connection

Might be a vicious rumour but I've heard you can have that where there's a beach too.

Girvan, nobody will mither you there...........

If i was retiring at a typical age for retiring and intending to stay there for the rest of my days then I'd want to move somewhere where there was a significant population of other oldies and the services in place to deal with the issues that people generally have in later life. It's all very well living in a beautiful rural spot but your needs are likely to change as you get older and likely less mobile. You're gonna want easy access to a variety of shops, medical facilities, transport links etc.

So south coast somewhere, probably just inland a bit so that you don't get the worst of the weather but close enough that you can still sense the sea in the air.

Would all you lot who don't open water swim or otherwise take to the water piss off and leave the coast alone for those of us that will take proper advantage of it so the house prices don't rocket any more than they already are. I saw a stat recently that said houses in costal locations had bucked the trend of the last 7 or 8 years and gone up by something daft like 50% whilst the rest of the UK (apart from London) was pretty stagnate. That'll be another opportunity I've missed.

I bought in Weymouth 10 years ago and whilst it's not ideal I do like it. Just wish I spent more time there (no local work so I'm based in Oxfordshire). I think if I was buying now I'd be forced for financial reasons to look elsewhere and TBH I bought in Weymouth when watersports not cycling was my hobby. I do like the social aspects of the area though.

Costa del Fife, between Elie & Wormit, but excluding St Andrews. Too expensive and full of Oxbridge rejects and middle-aged men in ludicrous golfing leisure wear.

Torridon. Truly out of the rat race.

Caravan and be a pikey for life?

yep Northumberland is a dump, avoid it 🙂

Swanage. Although house prices are high.

Parents moved to Sidmouth. Nice place, good hills, no idea what houses cost though. Appears to be a great place to be if you're a builder/handyman though.

nick1962 - Member
Why just the UK,Spain surely?

Have you considered Maryport ? you could always nip down to Workington for a fight !

North Antrim coast

http://www.propertypal.com/14-runkerry-house-14-runkerry-road-bushmills/324359/photo-19

Girvan, nobody [s]will mither you [/s]there...........

FTFY

Arsehole of nowhere? No ta. Find it hilarious that stupid eejit Trump is sinking his money into Turdberry, AKA the dangleberry on the arsehole of nowhere.

This is why I'd love to retire to South Hams:

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Start Point on the right, Hallsands, Beesands, Torcross and Slapton Sands, Blackpool Sands and Dartmouth harbour entrance sweeping round from the left.
I have a print of this photo on the wall in front of my desk at work. Love it there.
All I need is the money...

All I need is the money...

lots and lots of money.

Have we had Pompey yet?

nick1962 - Member
Why just the UK,Spain surely?

Seriously? There isn't one compelling reason that would make me consider Spain!
I'm not including convenient cycling, I hardly ride these days, and that's unlikely to change much in the future.
I just love being close to the sea, and South Hams has lovely coast for walking, some great pubs with good food, and Dartmoor isn't too far away for some wild inland country.
Plus it's not too far for friends to pop down for a weekend, or for me to go and see friends back home.
All I need is the money!

Errr,weather,cycling MTB and road(this is a cycling forum after all!),sea ,mountains,winter sports,food,house prices,cost of living,political system,health care,football etc etc.And it's quicker to get to Manchester from lots of parts of Spain than it is from Devon!

Is Harris one of the crazy dominated (wee free AKA The Kirk) islands? My mates folks moved from there to the Solway Firth because commuting to work on Benbecula from there was preferable to living with folk where they were. Not somewhere I'd be heading to without some sound experience of the place.

Commuting from the Solway Firth to Benbecula 😯

ould all you lot who don't open water swim or otherwise take to the water piss off and leave the coast alone for those of us that will take proper advantage of it so the house prices don't rocket any more than they already are. I saw a stat recently that said houses in costal locations had bucked the trend of the last 7 or 8 years and gone up by something daft like 50% whilst the rest of the UK (apart from London) was pretty stagnate. That'll be another opportunity I've missed.

I met some people from Devon. They said the internet has massively changed the housing market. There is chunk of the population who can now live anywhere with the an internet connection. This has massively pushed up house prices in nice places to live like the coast, particularly where there was't much work before

Most people are thinking about the fun end of retirement. Rather than the no driving licence limited mobility end of retirement

Commuting from the Solway Firth to Benbecula

Yup, flies back and forth every few days! I believe the journey is actually quicker than the old house as well once you factor in ferry times and such.

I met some people from Devon. They said the internet has massively changed the housing market. There is chunk of the population who can now live anywhere with the an internet connection.

there are still large parts of devon without a decent internet connection.

They are still eye wateringly expensive...south hams is just ridiculous.

Jam Bo

Resident of the considerably less expensive west devon and considering moving to the even cheaper south-east cornwall.

Absolutely [i]not[/i] the Moray coast, especially not Findhorn, or the Northumberland coast. Stay away, nothing to see there.

why not have a small flat near to the kids/grandkids and a campervan ? that way you have all options covered including winter with amenities and you get to choose which bit of the coast you want to look at without having to pony up a massive chunk of cash

if anyone wants to visit, they come on the train and you break out a tent

as others have posted, being near the sea is great if you want to swim/kayak/sail, but how often would a 60yo person actually go in?

[i]as others have posted, being near the sea is great if you want to swim/kayak/sail, but how often would a 60yo person actually go in?[/i]

I don't go swimming in the sea, but I still love being next to it, walking etc.

without having to pony up a massive chunk of cash

Considering the price a motorhome goes for that's not really true is it?

Mersea Island Essex

Sod the seaside, I'm moving to the hills for my dotage. But I've already done that so guess I'd best hurry up and retire 🙂

If i was retiring at a typical age for retiring and intending to stay there for the rest of my days then I'd want to move somewhere where there was a significant population of other oldies and the services in place to deal with the issues that people generally have in later life. It's all very well living in a beautiful rural spot but your needs are likely to change as you get older and likely less mobile. You're gonna want easy access to a variety of shops, medical facilities, transport links etc.

Milford-on-Sea or Barton-on-Sea, SW Hampshire. Expensive and full of old folks but good views across to the Isle of Wight, a kind climate and easy to reconnect with civilization without having to run the gauntlet of the A31 Bournemouth [s]car park[/s] road.

Whitby.

Or Whitby.

http://www.britishtelevisiondrama.org.uk/?p=919

How about retiring where YOU GREW UP (or lived your adult life)

Instead of royally screwing the life chances of folks who come from certain parts of the UK 😡