Bea Arthur can barely wait to quit Golden Girls and look for off-screen adventure in England. She’s signed for a seventh season but says it will be her last.

“You’ve got four ladies over the age of menopause and, well, it’s time for a change,” says Bea. “We’re starting to get on each other’s nerves.

“We work our fannies off for eight months, and it takes its toll.”

With the NBC show on a break until the summer, Bea, who plays cynical, sensible Dorothy, is already making plans for the day she leaves the show. Top of her list is a trip to London to buy property.

“I’ve been told you can get fantastic buys in London real estate,” she says, “and I am seriously thinking of investing in something. It would be wonderful.”

An insider says: “Bea is tired of playing Dorothy. Betty White tries to persuade Bea to stick it out with them, but Bea gives Betty a stony look that says, ‘Stay out of my affairs.’

“The ‘girls’ keep poking into her business, just like their characters do on the show. It’s enough to drive anyone nutty.”

Bea, 66, whose 29-year-marriage to director Gene Saks ended in divorce in 1979, is now dating Australian TV executive Glen Kinging.

After six years in one of TV’s most popular shows, Bea seems more interested in play than work.

“Unlike a great many other people, I’m just as happy not working,” she says.

“I’ll be darned if I’ll do just an average TV movie or make a guest appearance.”