![\"\"](\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Joan-Caterham-no-car1920x1080.jpg\")
<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
At Churchill we understand that for many people the car is a symbol of independence and it\u2019s hard to imagine life without it. That\u2019s why all our developments have free car parking for our Owners.<\/p>\n
However, after moving into a Churchill development, many people find that they can continue to lead an active and independent lifestyle without the hassle and expense of running a car.<\/p>\n
Joan Johnson is a perfect example of this. When she relocated from Liverpool to Surrey to move into a brand new apartment at Churchill\u2019s Caterham Lodge, she naturally brought her car with her. But she soon realised that being in the heart of town with a hassle free lifestyle, family close at hand and transport options aplenty, she really didn\u2019t need to drive any more.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had lived in Liverpool for many years,\u201d says Joan. \u201cBut both my son and daughter and their families are down here in Surrey, so I decided to move here too. Now I see them and my grandchildren all the time, it\u2019s the best move I could have made.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nOf course I brought the car with me when I moved, and there\u2019s a free car park for the Owners here. However, after a few months I realised there was no point keeping it. I found it stressful driving in new places, and my reactions are slowing down a bit, so I decided to sell the car and I feel I\u2019m better off without it. If I need to get anywhere I\u2019m right next to the railway station and there are any number of buses I can catch within 100 yards of my front door.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\u201cCaterham\u2019s local high street is ideal for shopping for my everyday needs, and there\u2019s a lovely Waitrose just along the road which I call my \u2018corner shop\u2019. For more of a day out, Croydon isn\u2019t far away for department stores, or Reigate is lovely for little boutique shops, and it\u2019s all very easy to get to on the bus without having to drive there and worry about parking.<\/p>\n
\nIn my spare time I love walking, and I try to get out for a proper walk two or three times a week in the Surrey countryside around Caterham, which is lovely at this time of year. I also join in with the social side of things here and I\u2019ve made lots of new friends, which I\u2019m grateful for as I didn\u2019t know anyone in the area before. I\u2019m even the chair of our Caterham Lodge social committee!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\u201cMy life is so much easier now, I have no worries about the house or the car going wrong, or having to look after the garden. I can just do whatever I want, whenever I want, and that suits me just fine.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One of our Owners realised that getting rid of the car was no chore when she moved to her brand new retirement apartment in Surrey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13805,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[228],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Joan doesn\u2019t need to drive any more now she\u2019s in the heart of town - Churchill Retirement Living<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Joan doesn\u2019t need to drive any more now she\u2019s in the heart of town - Churchill Retirement Living\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"One of our Owners realised that getting rid of the car was no chore when she moved to her brand new retirement apartment in Surrey.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/joan-doesnt-need-to-drive-any-more-now-shes-in-the-heart-of-town\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Churchill Retirement Living\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChurchillRetirementLiving\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-10-23T12:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-01T11:56:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Joan-Caterham-no-car1920x1080.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Hole\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ChurchillRL\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ChurchillRL\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael Hole\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/joan-doesnt-need-to-drive-any-more-now-shes-in-the-heart-of-town\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/joan-doesnt-need-to-drive-any-more-now-shes-in-the-heart-of-town\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Hole\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#\/schema\/person\/4f0dcb9e84c90336c6291ff255480bd2\"},\"headline\":\"Joan doesn\u2019t need to drive any more now she\u2019s in the heart of town\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-23T12:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-01T11:56:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/joan-doesnt-need-to-drive-any-more-now-shes-in-the-heart-of-town\/\"},\"wordCount\":493,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Retirement Lifestyle News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/joan-doesnt-need-to-drive-any-more-now-shes-in-the-heart-of-town\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/joan-doesnt-need-to-drive-any-more-now-shes-in-the-heart-of-town\/\",\"name\":\"Joan doesn\u2019t need to drive any more now she\u2019s in the heart of town - Churchill Retirement Living\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-23T12:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-01T11:56:47+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/joan-doesnt-need-to-drive-any-more-now-shes-in-the-heart-of-town\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/joan-doesnt-need-to-drive-any-more-now-shes-in-the-heart-of-town\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/joan-doesnt-need-to-drive-any-more-now-shes-in-the-heart-of-town\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Joan doesn\u2019t need to drive any more now she\u2019s in the heart of town\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/\",\"name\":\"Churchill Retirement Living\",\"description\":\"Retirement properties for sale\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Churchill Retirement Living\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CRL-2020-CMYK-Internal.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CRL-2020-CMYK-Internal.png\",\"width\":1471,\"height\":478,\"caption\":\"Churchill Retirement Living\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChurchillRetirementLiving\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChurchillRL\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/ChurchillRetirement1\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#\/schema\/person\/4f0dcb9e84c90336c6291ff255480bd2\",\"name\":\"Michael Hole\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Joan doesn\u2019t need to drive any more now she\u2019s in the heart of town - Churchill Retirement Living","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Joan doesn\u2019t need to drive any more now she\u2019s in the heart of town - Churchill Retirement Living","og_description":"One of our Owners realised that getting rid of the car was no chore when she moved to her brand new retirement apartment in Surrey.","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/joan-doesnt-need-to-drive-any-more-now-shes-in-the-heart-of-town\/","og_site_name":"Churchill Retirement Living","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChurchillRetirementLiving","article_published_time":"2018-10-23T12:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-02-01T11:56:47+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Joan-Caterham-no-car1920x1080.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Michael Hole","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ChurchillRL","twitter_site":"@ChurchillRL","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Michael Hole","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/joan-doesnt-need-to-drive-any-more-now-shes-in-the-heart-of-town\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/joan-doesnt-need-to-drive-any-more-now-shes-in-the-heart-of-town\/"},"author":{"name":"Michael Hole","@id":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#\/schema\/person\/4f0dcb9e84c90336c6291ff255480bd2"},"headline":"Joan doesn\u2019t need to drive any more now she\u2019s in the heart of town","datePublished":"2018-10-23T12:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-01T11:56:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/joan-doesnt-need-to-drive-any-more-now-shes-in-the-heart-of-town\/"},"wordCount":493,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Retirement Lifestyle News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/joan-doesnt-need-to-drive-any-more-now-shes-in-the-heart-of-town\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/joan-doesnt-need-to-drive-any-more-now-shes-in-the-heart-of-town\/","name":"Joan doesn\u2019t need to drive any more now she\u2019s in the heart of town - Churchill Retirement Living","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-10-23T12:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-01T11:56:47+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/joan-doesnt-need-to-drive-any-more-now-shes-in-the-heart-of-town\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/joan-doesnt-need-to-drive-any-more-now-shes-in-the-heart-of-town\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/news\/retirement-lifestyle-news\/joan-doesnt-need-to-drive-any-more-now-shes-in-the-heart-of-town\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Joan doesn\u2019t need to drive any more now she\u2019s in the heart of town"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/","name":"Churchill Retirement Living","description":"Retirement properties for sale","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#organization","name":"Churchill Retirement Living","url":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CRL-2020-CMYK-Internal.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/CRL-2020-CMYK-Internal.png","width":1471,"height":478,"caption":"Churchill Retirement Living"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChurchillRetirementLiving","https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChurchillRL","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/ChurchillRetirement1\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/#\/schema\/person\/4f0dcb9e84c90336c6291ff255480bd2","name":"Michael Hole"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13806"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13806"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33789,"href":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13806\/revisions\/33789"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.themediapeople.co.uk\/churchill2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}