undecided you don't say why you want to move. Maybe you don't actually know ; perhaps you suddenly feel restless and want a new challenge somewhere else but the choice you have is too much to make an easy decision. I'd have to sit down and seriously make a list, or lists. Sometimes it's the only way to focus and collect together all the thoughts that spin in your head when you try to make a difficult decision. In such a list you could note all the things you like about where you are and the flat; what you don't like; what you would miss if you moved; what your looking for which you feel would improve on your current lifestyle, what you definitely don't want (as when you said you don't want to live too near your children), what is very important to you, and anything else you think would help you clear your thoughts. As other posters have said, don't move anywhere where you don't have easy healthcare, transport, lovely places to be out and about and walk your dog, opportunities to make new friends and follow new interests. Isolation somewhere relatively small and out of the way, I feel for a single person, would be a big mistake. It interested me to read what Franbern and SunnySusie said - I was brought up in Weston-super-Mare but have not visited since my youth!. I also lived many years and more recently very close to Eastbourne. To hold on to links with London and family, it would be ideal, you have an excellent rail service and buses from Eastbourne, wonderful coastal and downland walks, theatres, cinemas, many restaurants, clubs and associations, a local hospital and others very close, as in Brighton and Hastings. And, it might be the place in the UK where currently the highest numbers of elderly people live, but it supports a very mixed community and provides almost every amenity you could wish for at any age and year round. Make that list and if you're still not sure, then perhaps sit tight until your ideas get clearer. But if it convinces you that you should move, then maybe go on some trips and get to know somewhere that takes your fancy. Lots to look forward to