Retiring to the Seaside

Valerie Karn

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Routledge
15 July 2025

Social issues & processes; Sociology; Regional government

Series: Routledge Library Editions: Social Administration & Social Policy

Originally published in 1977 and based on a survey of 1,000 retired people in two ‘retirement resorts’ – Bexhill and Clacton – the book also quotes extensively from interviews with local government officials, doctors, and social workers. The topics discussed include the scale of movement of retired people to the cost and the choices open to retired people once they have made the decision to move. The book discusses social life in the seaside resorts, contact with family and friends, leisure activities and the financial position and housing opportunities of the retired. It concludes with an examination of some policy implications of retirement migration, including hospital facilities, the availability of suitable housing and residential homes and the adequacy of health and social services – topics which are still pertinent today with Britain’s ageing population and housing shortage.

By: Valerie Karn
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
ISBN: 9781041075066
ISBN 10: 1041075065
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Social Administration & Social Policy
Pages: 398
Publication Date: 15 July 2025
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Part 1: The Retirement Move 1. From Inland Spas to seaside Resorts 2. The Scale of the Movement to the Coast 3. Who are the Movers? 4. The Movers’ Homes in the Cities and Suburbs 5. The Move Itself: Motives and Choices Part 2: Life in the Seaside Resorts 6. The Retired Population of Bexhill and Clacton 7. Family Life and Friends 8. In Case of Emergency 9. Leisure 10. The Financial Position of Retired People 11. The Present Retirement Home 12. Moving From One Retirement Home to Another 13. Satisfaction With the Retirement Move Part 3: Some Policy Implications of Retirement Migration 14. Hospital Facilities in the Retirement Areas 15. Housing and Residential Homes: Public Versus Private Provision 16. Community Health and Domiciliary Services 17. Paying for Services for the Elderly 18: Retirement to the Seaside: Success or Failure?

Reviews for Retiring to the Seaside

Original Review of Retiring to the Seaside: ‘This is one of the classics of early British housing research. Based on an interview survey of households in Clacton and Bexhill, two English seaside resorts, the book neatly encapsulates Valerie’s genius for empirical research on socially relevant housing issues.’ Jim Kemeny, Obituary of Valerie Karn, Housing, Theory and Society, 15:4 (1999).