UK area to retire to

It depends on which bit of the North Norfolk Coast Greyduster. Around Blakeney and Cley its expensive, The Burnhams and neighbouring villages on the coast are London prices (its known as Chelsea-on-Sea) but if you head round to the east a bit to Cromer, the Runtons and Overstrand its much more reasonable. Cromer has a good bus service to Norwich and there's actually a train service from neighbouring Sheringham. There's quite a lot going on in Cromer too with most of what you need covered. Worth looking at perhaps?

The south coast is your best bet weather-wise but of course it's quite expensive, particularly as you want coastal!

I know someone who lives in Worthing, not the prettiest of towns but there are good parts and have seen some nice seafront apartments when walking along the beach.

As I'm sure you already know, seaside towns can be very dismal when the weather is bad.

As lovely as Norfolk is IMHO it's too flat to have good views. I prefer rolling hills and something of interest too a couple of miles of fields and sky

Sussex has some lovely views. A seaview would come at a premium but a few streets back from the sea would save you money.

I like the North Norfolk coast, but having looked in some estate agents' windows while we were there last weekend, you would have to have serious brass to be able to buy there . It didn't seem as if public transport was that good either.

You aren't the only one vq, but you have to wear your vest "up 'ere" in the summer!

You want to be close to shops, GP and dentist especially if you do not drive. A decent bus route is a must as you want to get out and about. Rents are horrendous most places, especially where I live in London.

Hello Vissos I moved from Rayleigh a few years ago now initially to the Yorkshire Dales beautiful but too cold for me - South Essex its quite warm compared to some parts of the country so we came a bit further down to the east Midlands where property prices are better. If you want coast though how about Suffolk/Norfolk. My brother retired from Liverpool to Dorset but the property prices are very high there (he downsized). Have a look at weather maps re rainfall etc before you decide the West Country can be very wet.

Of course I would suggest North Yorkshire and East Yorkshire but as many know I'm very biased about God's own county

Jersey is very pleasant. Great public transport, lots of sea, no political parties and lovely beaches. Only I thinking you can't just buy a house there - there's all sorts of rules and regulations regarding residency.

So scrap that....sorry.

I don't think you can beat Bournemouth and the public transport is excellent .I don't know about prices but they are certainly cheaper thantheHome Counties.