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Wallacea – retirement living with a focus on well being
Amidst London’s ageing population, where the capital now has almost half a million (467,900) people aged 75+ as well as a further half million aged 65-74*, the call for prioritising personal health and wellbeing resonates louder than ever In embracing the belief that...
Inspired Villages to develop new site near Tunbridge Wells
Inspired Villages, has been granted planning permission to build a £100 million retirement community on the edge of Tunbridge Wells Phase one of the 9.5-acre development will include the village centre, a medical hub, and 55 of the146 planned homes. The development,...
First show homes launch at Siddington Park near Cirencester
Award-winning later living property specialist Rangeford Villages has launched its first show apartments at its latest living development Located on the outskirts of Gloucestershire's market town of Cirencester, pet-friendly Siddington Park is due to be completed...
Introducing The Joy Club – a new way to fill your retirement
Retirement is about fulfilling your dreams argues Hannah Thomson, founder CEO of The Joy Club On average, we now spend more than 20 per cent of our lives in retirement. For those of us expected to live into our 80s (and that’s most of us), we are on track to spend at...
Theatre star’s former home opens as a retirement community
Hendon Hall in North London is the former home of 18th century actor, playwright and theatre manager David Garrick. In 1911, it was converted to a hotel before being used as an RAF Convalescent Home during WW2. Once reopened as a hotel, it famously hosted the England...
History Tours and Christmas Lights
Cold mornings and dark nights is often a time when people prefer to remain inside and keep cosy by the fire. Not so at Grove Place. December brought with it the opportunity to throw open the doors of the award-winning Retirement Village near Romsey in Hampshire and...
How moving in later life can be stress free
Adlington Retirement Living takes the stress out of moving, and offers a warm welcome to its five developments in the north When Audrey, aged 86, chose her new apartment at The Folds in Romiley, near Stockport, she hardly had to lift a finger. Adlington Retirement...
How housing-with-care communities can save the care system
Integrated Retirement Communities are key to saving the social care system and tackling the care worker crisis, says a new report Findings reveal that Integrated Retirement Communities, otherwise known as housing-with-care, are essential to preventing the UK’s social...
Finding a new rhythm for life
A new home large enough for a cat, piano, harpsichord and spinet has unleashed a brand new life for retired head teacher Leonard Gray. Now happily living in a two-bedroom apartment at Randolph House, a McCarthy Stone Retirement Living development in Harrow, London,...
Lifestory launches Renaissance Cranleigh Coves near the Surrey Hills
On Thursday 14 October, Lifestory will launch its latest community, Renaissance Cranleigh Coves Comprising 12 one-and two-bedroom apartments, and two chalet bungalows, starting at £475,000, Cranleigh Coves is designed for independent retirees in the heart of one of...
Living life to the full in Colchester
When Patricia Flack and her partner, Michael Pearson, decided to downsize from their terraced house in the centre of Colchester, they took one look at McCarthy Stone’s Lancer House retirement development nearby and were instantly won over by the lifestyle on offer....
