I personally can not understand why ANYONE would choose to spend their precious retirement in the UK. It is expensive, mostly cold, and often a dangerous place to be.

We do have some outstanding places of history and scenery which you could enjoy on a 2 week holiday. Also, we also have a great National Health System, although grossly abused and under-funded. There are probably a million other things that make it great and I would be grateful if readers could contribute to this.

On the other hand. There are more cheaper, warmer and safer places to live. Depending on how much pension you get will depend on your choices of countries.

Having just returned from living in Cyprus, unfortunately no retired yet, we lived in total harmony. We could leave our doors and windows open even when we went out for the day. We could walk around at any time, night or day and never worried about being attacked. The weather is hot, although sometimes too hot. Our bills were next to nothing compared to the UK. Our Council Tax was about £65.00 PER YEAR. In fact, nearly everything is a lot cheaper, from insurances, petrol, utility usage……so your pension will go a lot further.

One problem though. There wasn’t really much of a National Health Service and like many other countries wherever you go, you should buy a good Health Insurance Policy. Having said that, many pensions may find it difficult to get Health Insurance, especially if they have had at lot of previous health problems.

Anyway, let us know what you think