Tuesday, March 18, 2025
There are benefits to getting older.
So, while I wait for my 60+ Oyster card to arrive, I thought I'd try to make a list.
At 60
• Senior Railcard
• 60+ Oyster card (London residents only)
• free prescriptions
• free eye tests
• Silver discount at Odeon and Picturehouse cinemas
• Senior screenings at the BFI, Rio Dalston and Barbican cinemas
• free vitamin D if you live in Newham
• free swims at three Hackney pools
At 65
• eligible for shingles vaccine
At state pension age
• state pension
• Freedom Pass
• £10 Christmas bonus
• exempt from paying National Insurance
At 85
• Dial-A-Ride membership
