London Is Ageing Twice As Quickly As The Rest Of England

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S ome londoners dream of retiring to cottages by the sea. But Nick Sanderson, the chief executive of Audley Group, believes that desires are shifting. His company has built flats for retirees in Clapham, in south London, and will soon start building 150 more in Brent Cross, in the north-west of the city. It hopes to create a retirement village in Canada Water, in the east London docklands. "Why would you choose to go and live out in the middle of nowhere?" he asks.

This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline "London's ageing"