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Speed Dating makes meeting people easy. Enjoy Up to 20 fun dates over drinks. It's a lot of fun and our events are the best in town. OUR GUARANTEE: We're confident you'll meet someone you like first time. But, if you don't, your next event is FREE.

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Virtual Online Speed Dating, Virtual Location

Friday, 29 May 2020

Join us for the online, virtual speed dating event for Londoners.

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Friday, 29 May 2020

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Friday, 29 May 2020

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Saturday, 30 May 2020

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Saturday, 30 May 2020

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Saturday, 30 May 2020

Join us for the online, virtual speed dating event for St Albans and surrounding areas.

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Sunday, 31 May 2020

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Tuesday, 2 June 2020

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Wednesday, 3 June 2020

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Wednesday, 3 June 2020

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Wednesday, 3 June 2020

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Thursday, 4 June 2020

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Thursday, 4 June 2020

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Friday, 5 June 2020

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Friday, 5 June 2020

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Saturday, 6 June 2020

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Saturday, 6 June 2020

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Sunday, 7 June 2020

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The Wheatsheaf, Tooting

Tuesday, 16 June 2020

NEW - Tooting's busiest speed date at this South London institute.

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Carnero Lounge, Derby

Thursday, 18 June 2020

Derby's busiest speed dating event. Meet up to 20 singles at this trendy bar, in the heart of Derby!

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Slug and Lettuce, Chelmsford

Thursday, 18 June 2020

The busiest Speed Dating event in Chelmsford. Meet up to 20 singles in one night!

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The Oxford Retreat, Oxford

Thursday, 18 June 2020

Oxford's busiest speed dating event. 15-20 dates in one fun night at this stylish riverside bar.

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The Auction Room, Bedford

Thursday, 18 June 2020

NEW - Bedford's busiest speed dating event at the most stylish cocktail bar in town.

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Mu Mu, Maidstone

Thursday, 18 June 2020

NEW - Join us for Maidstone's busiest speed dating event at this unique venue.

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Revolution, Beaconsfield

Thursday, 18 June 2020

NEW - meeting new people has never been so easy at this trendy venue. Did we mention 2-4-1?

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In response to the COVID-19 lockdown, Original Dating has developed a new Virtual Speed Dating event format. This is designed to bring our brand of fully hosted speed dating events to your home via the wonders of video technology. Like many small businesses, Original Dating is doing what it can to stay in business through this crisis and video virtual speed dating is our initial solution. We hope you can try our virtual speed dating events online. Loads of people prefer it to the real thing!

HOW IT WORKS

The beauty of Speed Dating London lies in its no-nonsense approach. You take an equal number of single girls and guys, put them in a room and give them a few minutes to chat with every other member of the opposite sex.

Original speed dating events in London normally begin at 7.30pm. You will need to register with our hosts and to begin with they will issue you with a score sheet. This will help you to keep track of the singles that you would like to meet again and perhaps go on a date with. After a short period of mingling, your host for the evening who will run through detailed instructions and give you your starting position if you are a guy or table for the event if you are girl.

A London speed dating event is split into two halves, each lasting around an hour, there will be an interval at half time of about 15 minutes. You will have between 4 and 5 minutes with each person, after which you need to tick a box on your score sheet - "yes, I would like to meet this person again" or "no. Thanks but no thanks". Or "friend" if you'd like to get to know them platonically. Make sure that you do this after each date to keep track. Afterwards there is an opportunity for everyone to meet and mingle informally - this is often where the real action begins, so make sure you don't disappear too quickly!

After the event you simply tick who you liked on the Original Dating website and the site works about your matches automatically. If the dates you have ticked as a "yes" have reciprocated you have a match. You will be able to view the first names and message them via our site online without revealing your email address until you are ready to. You'll be having proper first dates in no time.

And that's it. Simple? Yes. Fun? Most definitely. Great way to meet your perfect match? Without a doubt so book an event now and find out why the dating craze that started a decade ago is still going strong.