What to do with my dosposable income to help with early retirement

pstones578

I'm almost at the point of paying off my mortgage and have no kids / wife etc.  I'm 45 and have approx £2,500 a month disposable income so I'm wondering what best to do with this over the next 10 years with a view to stop working at 55 if possible.  If I just keep saving the £2,500 in the bank, in 10 years I will have £250k+interest but there must be better ways of putting this money to work.
Would appreciate your views.
Thanks for your time.

Marcon

If you're looking at investing upwards of a quarter of a million over the next decade, well worth spending some cash now on getting proper advice from an IFA based on a full understanding of your situation, aspirations, risk appetite etc.

Albermarle

You could spend some time reading the forum as very similar questions get asked all the time .
Apart from that the first obvious question is what is your pension situation ? and your approx current salary level .
At your age and your wish to retire in 10 years topping up your pension is the most obvious option ( based on the limited info supplied ) 

Thrugelmir

What pension provision do you have in place?  That £250k may have to last you many years. 

Terron

What is your desired income in retirement? That is What is your NUMBER?