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We’ve Hit the Big 3-0! Original Dating is Now in 30 Cities Across the UK!

Wednesday January 14, 2026

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It is officially time to pop the champagne! 🍾

We are absolutely thrilled to announce a massive milestone for Original Dating. As of today, we are officially running events in 30 cities across the country! This expansion cements our status as the largest speed dating and singles event organiser in the UK.

From our humble beginnings, we’ve always had one simple mission: to bring people together for fun, flirtatious, and face-to-face encounters. We believe that chemistry happens in real life, not on a screen, and it seems the UK agrees with us!

Whether you’re in the wonderful Scottish cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, down on the South Coast, or anywhere in between, the chances are there is now an Original Dating event happening near you. We are bringing the buzz of our famous speed dating nights, lock and key parties, and singles socials to more singles than ever before.

Where Can You Find Us?

We are proud to be painting the map red (and a little bit romantic) in the following 30 locations:

  • London (Our home turf!)
  • Bath
  • Birmingham
  • Bournemouth
  • Brighton
  • Bristol
  • Cambridge
  • Canterbury
  • Cardiff
  • Chelmsford
  • Derby
  • Edinburgh
  • Exeter
  • Glasgow
  • Harrogate
  • Huddersfield
  • Leeds
  • Liverpool
  • Maidstone
  • Manchester
  • Newcastle
  • Norwich
  • Nottingham
  • Oxford
  • Preston
  • St Albans
  • Sheffield
  • Southampton
  • Swansea
  • York

Thank You!

We couldn’t have reached this incredible milestone without the thousands of you who have attended our events, marked your scorecards, and trusted us with your evenings. Being the largest singles event organiser in the UK is a huge honour, and we are just getting started.

If you haven’t tried speed dating yet, there has never been a better time (or more places) to get involved. Check out our website to find the next event in your city and see what the fuss is all about.

Here’s to 30 cities and thousands of new connections! 🥂

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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.

When you get there

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 a girl.

Meet & Mingle

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 for speed dating London. 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.