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Some 73 per cent out of 1,000 adults surveyed said they would like to relocate in retirement, split between 49 per cent who would consider moving and 24 per cent who said they had definite plans to do so.
Age Co also asked the cohort of over-55s among those questioned how they wanted to spend their pension fund in old age.
It found 49 per cent had no plans yet, while 24 per cent would invest, 18 per cent intend to spend the lot, and 9 per cent would share their money with family.
Ambleside: The popular town sits on Lake Windermere in the Lake District
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When I was aged eight, my parents took me on holiday to Windermere. Minutes after arriving at our lakeside campsite, I scrambled on to my lilo and set sail.
Unfortunately, a gusty breeze immediately buffeted me towards a row of fishermen. I remember crashing backwards through their fishing lines, staring up at angry anglers wondering how they’d hooked a rainbow-coloured lilo instead of a trout.
Nonetheless, I fell in love with Windermere, and decades later it’s another boat – albeit a more seaworthy one – that has lured me back.
The new MV Swift takes passengers from Bowness-on-Windermere to Ambleside, halfway along England’s largest lake
Finest of fine dining and accommodation in the heart of the Lake District
You have to hand it to those merchants of old Liverpool who came to the Lake District – they could spot a great place for a country retreat, somewhere to escape the stresses of nineteenth-century living. They also had the brass to build themselves something just that bit special.
And Rothay Manor Hotel in the heart of the Lake District is a perfect example.
A short walk from the centre of Ambleside, an attractive little town at the head of Lake Windermere, boutique hotel Rothay Manor is set in its own secluded grounds. It dates back to 1823, when it was built by a prosperous Liverpudlian with architectural input (a fine cast-iron balcony running the length of the house) from his French wife, and was converted to a hotel in the 1930s.