The Citizens Advice Bureau has announced 44 locations where face-to-face pensions guidance will be provided, from Darlington to Sutton, Lincoln to Ceredigion.
Each delivery centre will have between three and seven paid members of trained staff providing pensions guidance.
The staffing levels will depend on the size of the area they are covering and its population.
Face-to-face Pension Wise appointments will be available at delivery centre bureaus which will also use a range of outreach locations.
The CAB has said staff will be assessed to ensure they meet FCA standards before they start offering guidance to the public.
East Midlands | Derbyshire Districts |
| Lincoln and District |
| Leicestershire |
East of England | Peterborough |
| Central and East Northamptonshire |
| Stevenage |
| Diss, Thetford and District |
London | Merton and Lambeth |
| East End |
| Sutton Borough |
North East | North Tyneside |
| Darlington |
North West | Cheshire West |
| Manchester |
| North Liverpool |
| Allerdale |
| Lancashire West |
South East | Rushmoor |
| West Oxon |
| Hastings and Rother 1066 |
| High Wycombe |
| Arun and Chichester |
| Bournemouth |
| Maidstone |
South West | Plymouth |
| Taunton |
| Cornwall |
| Wiltshire |
West Midlands | Staffordshire Southwest |
| Wolverhampton |
| Shropshire |
| Coventry |
| Worcester and WHABAC |
Yorkshire and Humber | Hull and East Riding |
| Sheffield |
| Leeds |
| Hambelton and Richmondshire |
Wales | Powys |
| Cardiff and Vale |
| Caerphilly |
| Denbighshire |
| Ynys Mon |
| Pembrokeshire |
| Ceredigion |
Gillian Guy, chief executive of Citizens Advice, said: “Pensions guidance will be crucial in helping people understand their options as they approach retirement age.
“These 44 Citizens Advice Bureaux selected as delivery centres will be key to bringing the Pension Wise service to life and making sure that as many people as possible can access the guidance.”
People will also be able to access guidance and information over the phone from The Pensions Advisory Service and online through the Pensions Wise website.
Tom McPhail, head of pensions research at Hargreaves Lansdown, said: “Setting up the face-to-face guidance in time for April was always going to be challenging.
“The geographical coverage looks painfully thin, with retiring investors in Bristol having to travel to Taunton or Cardiff and other areas simply designated as whole counties such as Cornwall or Shropshire.
“In reality, I think take up of the face-to-face service is likely to be very limited, with the vast majority choosing to go online or over the phone instead.
“Past experience of investors’ failure to take up their rights to shop around for a retirement income shows that even relatively small barriers can be enough to deter people from taking action, even when it is in their best interests.
“An hour’s drive to get access to the face-to-face service will probably be more than enough to put many people off.”
