Well, I do, as you can probably discern.
Nope
But my aunt died at 86 years old, 2 years ago and had never been out of Hampshire
No Passport, No driving licence,
Seriously? That’s crazy. How is that even possible? Surely you’d have to make a concerted effort to stay within Hampshire. Wouldn’t there be the odd family event elsewhere in the country? A school trip to London as a child? Hell, just being dragged somewhere else by parents as a child… in fact, the more I think about it the more I can’t quite believe you! Ha!
Born in Upham,
Moved to Hythe as a kid
Moved back to Upham when she got married.
Moved to Exbury when husband changed jobs.
Moved back to Hythe when he retired.
Died in Hythe.
She never wanted to travel anywhere to get her to come to Langley for family parties was always difficult but she had always insisted to me that she had never been out of Hampshire.
I could gaurantee she had never been to London.
But then I have only been to the centre of London about a dozen times in my life.
once on a school trip and then some jobs in the sugar refineries at Silvertown.
My brother-in-law (50+) and his wife (40) have never been abroad as far as I can tell.
I’ve an uncle who only ever went abroad during WW2 - does that count? His wife has never left the country or God’s own county. I think she went on a day trip to Dorset once though.
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My brother, 54 yrs old, has never been out of UK, or even owned a passport, and my mum (80) has only been out the the country once, to visit us in Dubai, where as I have lived over half my life outside of The UK 
My claim to fame though, is that I have never been to Scotland!! Nearly stumbled into it once, after visiting Mrs EoA’s Grandparents near Carlisle and just aimlessly driving around looking looking for somewhere to have lunch, I spotted a sign that said Hadrian’s Wall 3 miles … prompt handbrake turn and scuttled off southbound again 
I have nothing against Scotland, it looked beautiful from what I could see in the distance, but would prefer it to be a special occassion when I eventually do get there.
I have quite a few friends/relatives who have never been abroad and never wanted to go.
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My Grandfather fought Jerry in North Africa and in Italy, but that was his only time abroad. My Grandmothers Brother was in a Japanese PoW camp for over 3 years and never wanted to leave these shores again after he returned.
Many years ago, when I was an impressionable young apprentice, I had a similar conversation at work, during which time I mentioned that I’d heard there were people on the Isle of Wight who had never been to the mainland. “Worse than that, nipper!”, one of my much older workmates replied, “I know an old boy of 92 who has lived in the same valley in Niton all his life, and has never once seen the sea.”
That evening, I recounted this tale to my parents. I can still vividly recall my father sighing, then glancing at my mother and rolling his eyes with an expression that seemed to say: "Oh dear, what a gullible idiot of a son we’ve raised." Anyone who knows the location of Niton, or who checks the location of Niton on Google Earth, will understand why. 
But, to actually answer your question, Tramps: my mother-in-law died a few years ago in her mid-eighties, and during all those years was perfectly content to have never set a foot outside of Old Blighty. I suspect this is more common amongst her generation than many people imagine.
The nearest my dear old Dad came to leaving the UK was in 1942. He was training with The Canadian Tank Corps in the run-up to The Dieppe Raid. Fortunately for him and me he was transferred out a couple of weeks before the disasterous raid in which many of his friends didn’t return. He was an educated man but felt no need to venture abroad…plenty of places over here I have yet to see was his justification. Mum and Dad never had a passport.
They certainly weren’t unusual in their generation…most who did went to kill others or to avoid being killed.
Cheers for the replies everyone. Quite something and certainly a testament to the speed at which the world has suddenly ‘shrunk’ with the availability of air travel to the majority of the world’s population. (I’ve been watching a lot of Wendover Productions on Youtube ya see).