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Speed Dating in Bedford

The Auction Room, Bedford, Bedfordshire

Thursday, 16 January 2020

Thu 16
JAN

Tickets

£20
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Our age guides are not set in stone. You are still welcome to book tickets if you are slightly outside the published age range.
Age
23-35
Home Bedford Speed Dating in Bedford

Speed Dating in Bedford

The Auction Room, Bedford, Bedfordshire

Thursday, 16 January 2020

Thu 16
JAN

Tickets

£20
?
Our age guides are not set in stone. You are still welcome to book tickets if you are slightly outside the published age range.
Age
23-35
This is a past event, please click here to see future events in Bedford.

About the event

Original Dating are proud to bring you Speed Dating in Bedford and we've found the best bar in town. The Auction Room is now the new home of our unique speed dating events.

We've exclusive access to the downstairs bar for a fun night meeting new people and the best cocktails in town.

If you're looking for a great way to meet new people then join us and around 30 other guests for lots of short 4 minute dates, a few laughs and some mouth watering cocktails.

You'll have access to our unique matching and messaging system so you can keep in touch with your mutual matches. Simply enter your selections of who you'd like to see again and we'll send you your matches.

Book now for the best speed dating event in Bedford and make a match or three!

Important information

This event takes place in the downstairs bar. On Arrival please make your way downstairs where the host will meet you on arrival.

- Doors open 7.00pm
- Event starts 7.30pm
- Speed dating finishes approximately 9.30pm
- Venue closes 11.30pm

It’s essential that you arrive before 7.25pm in order to take part. We might not be able allow entry if you are late.

Price: £20

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Where

This is Bedford's most stylish cocktail bar and Original Dating have exclusive access to the downstairs bar for our events. This is the perfect setting to meet people from Bedford and the surrounding areas and we just love the cocktails here.

Address  The Auction Room, 1 Duke St, Bedford, MK40 3HD

Nearest station  Bedford Railway Station

Tel  02071125174 – Please note this is not a booking line

Venue website  http://auctionroombar.co.uk/

PLEASE NOTE: Advance booking is essential and no tickets will be available to purchase on the door. Online booking is simple and very secure. Our payments are handled by Stripe, one of the world's largest payment processors using the highest grade security currently available.

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Coco Verified Attendee
  Genuinely nice people - fun night out. Due to the 5min format there’s no pressure for long conversations, nice and quick but enough time to get a feel for a person.  
Posted: 23/08/2026
Laura Verified Attendee
  Fun way to meet people, venue was a little loud which was the only down side but a good mix of folks to chat with  
Posted: 23/08/2026
Erandi Verified Attendee
Posted: 23/08/2026
Carlo Verified Attendee
  Good location and well run, only reason it wasn't 5 stars is there could've done with some background music at the start, as going into a silent room with everyone sat down waiting was quite awkward  
Posted: 23/08/2026
Louise Verified Attendee
Posted: 23/08/2026
Maheshan Verified Attendee
  Good numbers, met new people, good location + venue.  
Posted: 23/08/2026
Meghan Verified Attendee
Posted: 23/08/2026
Paul Verified Attendee
Posted: 23/08/2026
Clarke Verified Attendee
Posted: 23/08/2026
Mike Verified Attendee
Posted: 23/08/2026
David Verified Attendee
Posted: 22/08/2026
Chiho Verified Attendee
Posted: 22/08/2026
Amit Verified Attendee
Posted: 22/08/2026
Saad Verified Attendee
Posted: 22/08/2026
Dorota Verified Attendee
Posted: 22/08/2026
Christopher Verified Attendee
  It was a good new experience I liked how speed dating works I would say we need longer than 5 minutes more like 6-7 minutes would help to get to know someone and ask more questions about them and what they like enjoy and just have more time to talk as well.I liked the range of people I meet and how friendly and approachable most of them were to me and the host was helpful if I asked for advice about something I wanted help with.  
Posted: 22/08/2026
Andreas Verified Attendee
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Posted: 22/08/2026
Yee Wai Verified Attendee
  Well I think the number of people to participate in this event i a just nice .  
Posted: 22/08/2026
amanda Verified Attendee
  First time speed dating, didn’t know what to expect but overall a fun evening  
Posted: 22/08/2026
Steve Verified Attendee
  Great evening out and met some really cool people. Very nice, spacious venue for it and the 4 minute conversations go so quickly it was great to stay on a bit longer and talk to some of the people I met. Would go again!  
Posted: 22/08/2026
Jatin Verified Attendee
Posted: 21/08/2026
John Verified Attendee
Posted: 21/08/2026
Tai Verified Attendee
Posted: 21/08/2026
Sharon Verified Attendee
  Good venue & event Maybe 6 mins per chat would be better than 4 ,. It was also nice meeting other women to chat with in addition  
Posted: 20/08/2026
Mark Verified Attendee
Posted: 19/08/2026
Matthew Verified Attendee
Posted: 19/08/2026
Kath Verified Attendee
  Good to meet an array of people in a safe friendly setting. It feels a bit intense but also works in terms getting a chance to chat to of lots of people over a short time period. You get so much information just form being in front of each other, compared to online chat.  
Posted: 19/08/2026
suzanne Verified Attendee
Posted: 19/08/2026
Jasper Verified Attendee
Posted: 19/08/2026
Darren Verified Attendee
Posted: 19/08/2026
Amy Verified Attendee
  It was well run, some dates went over 5 minutes and there was a lot of people that didn't turn up. Host was great and very welcoming. I like the idea of this.  
Posted: 19/02/2020

Original Dating reply

Thanks Amy, please to see you enjoyed it.

- Verified Attendee
  Everyone was friendly, would have given 5 stars if there were more people there.  
Posted: 14/02/2020
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HOW IT WORKS

The beauty of Speed Dating Bedford 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.

When you get there

Original speed dating events in Bedford 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.

Meet & Mingle

A Bedford 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!

Complete your score sheet

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.