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THE AUTUMN - LOCK & KEY PARTY 2021

The Refinery, Central London

Saturday, 9 October 2021

Sat 9
OCT

Tickets

£24
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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
25-45
Over 300 tickets now sold
Biggest singles party in London
Equal male to female ratio
Home London THE AUTUMN - LOCK & KEY PARTY 2021

THE AUTUMN - LOCK & KEY PARTY 2021

The Refinery, Central London

Saturday, 9 October 2021

Sat 9
OCT

Tickets

£24
?
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
25-45
Over 300 tickets now sold
Biggest singles party in London
Equal male to female ratio
Over 300 tickets now sold
Biggest singles party in London
Equal male to female ratio
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About the event

Welcome to the biggest and best party for unattached Londoners.

Over 200 people will join us for this exciting night of offline autumn fun. This super sociable event features our fantastic lock & key icebreaker to ensure you meet a huge number of people.

The best bit? Everyone is single, a similar age and we ensure there's equal male/female ratio in the room.

There's prizes to be won as you seek out the person holding the key that matches your lock (or vice versa).

Each time you find a matching pair you'll be in with a chance to win one of our great prizes.

And of course, you'll meet loads of people along the way, all in the stunning, spacious surroundings of The Refinery, moments from Warren Street Station.

Head to our website the following day to view a list of everyone that attended. Select the people you like and our system will tell you who you mutually matched with. Get in touch again via our messenger and the rest is up to you.

This party is the perfect place to meet people this autumn. You just need your ticket! Book now, this will sell out.

LIMITED EARLY BIRD TICKETS JUST £20

Important information

- 20:00 - Doors open [Please arrive on time]
- 20:30 - Lock and key icebreaker begins
- 22:30 - Prize draw
- 00:30 - Last orders at the bar

Please ensure you arrive at the venue at the start time. We have a limited time for registrations and arriving late may mean you cannot get in.

Tickets for this event are non-refundable. Our normal cancellation terms and conditions apply. No tickets are for sale on the door.

Price: £24

Sorry, this event has sold out

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Where

Brand spanking new, super slick and really nice place to be. The Refinery is all ours for this super sociable party. Smack bang in the beating heart of London - there really could not be anywhere better for a party. We've hired this whole venue exclusively for this event.

Address  The Refinery, 5 Brock St, Regents Place, London, NW1 3FG

Nearest station  Warren Street

Tel  020 7112 5174 – Please note this is not a booking line

Venue website  https://www.drakeandmorgan.co.uk/the-refinery-regents-place/

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.

Reviews

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Lynnette Verified Attendee
Posted: 11/10/2021
Pablo Verified Attendee
Posted: 11/10/2021
Roxanne Verified Attendee
Posted: 11/10/2021
Zsuzsanna Verified Attendee
  Good to have been out and meet new people. Fun lock and key game, makes it easy to pick up a conversation with anyone in the crowd. Well organised event and nice venue.  
Posted: 10/10/2021
Stuart Verified Attendee
  Lovely venue and a good mix of people. Certainly the larger venue creates a good atmosphere with more chance to move around.  
Posted: 10/10/2021
steven Verified Attendee
Posted: 10/10/2021
Elizaveta (El) Verified Attendee
  Was a lovely event, very social and relaxed atmosphere would come again! Didn't get to speak to everyone because there were so many people and would have been slightly better if the age range could have been smaller. But otherwise, a lovely event!  
Posted: 10/10/2021
Tinashe Verified Attendee
  Very enjoyable  
Posted: 10/10/2021
Monique Verified Attendee
  More bartenders as long queue for drinks. and maybe more structure in getting people to meet others like maybe a timer. For every 15 minutes you have to find someone else .  
Posted: 10/10/2021
Chris Verified Attendee
Posted: 10/10/2021
Daniel Verified Attendee
Posted: 10/10/2021
Dimitris Verified Attendee
  Ok  
Posted: 10/10/2021
Jackie Verified Attendee
  Well organised  
Posted: 10/10/2021
Jackie Verified Attendee
  Well organised  
Posted: 10/10/2021
Marius Verified Attendee
Posted: 10/10/2021
Sarah Verified Attendee
Posted: 10/10/2021
Kevin Verified Attendee
Posted: 10/10/2021
Jonathan Verified Attendee
  Event was generally good and fun, however the queue to get to the bar was ridiculously long.  
Posted: 10/10/2021
Binda Verified Attendee
  Good fun and great to be back out meeting new people. Very loud in that venue though.  
Posted: 10/10/2021
Cat Verified Attendee
  Fun set up. Had a good time, thanks. Not enough bar staff though!  
Posted: 10/10/2021
Dan Verified Attendee
Posted: 10/10/2021
Sarah Verified Attendee
Posted: 10/10/2021
Daniel Verified Attendee
Posted: 10/10/2021
Lily Verified Attendee
  Lovely event well organised  
Posted: 10/10/2021
Chris Verified Attendee
Posted: 10/10/2021
Narinder Verified Attendee
Posted: 10/10/2021
Myrna Verified Attendee
  My first lock and key party. 10/10  
Posted: 10/10/2021
James Verified Attendee
Posted: 10/10/2021
daniele Verified Attendee
  Much better location than the previous one, bit small so made it hard to navigate....  
Posted: 10/10/2021
Kristina Verified Attendee
Posted: 10/10/2021
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HOW IT WORKS

Arrive from about 7pm and grab a drink — our host will check you in and hand you a scorecard. Once everyone's settled, the host explains the format and the dating begins: four to five minutes per date, girls seated, guys rotating, with a 15-minute breather at half time to top up your glass and compare notes.

After each date you make a quick private note: yes, no, or friend. Nobody sees your choices on the night — that's the point. When the formal dates finish, the room opens up and everyone mingles; ask any of our hosts and they'll tell you this is where half the real chemistry happens, so don't dash for the Tube.

The next morning, enter your ticks on our site and our matching system compares them against everyone else's. Mutual yeses become matches, and you can message each other through the site — no phone numbers or emails shared until you choose to.


When you get there

Doors open around 30 minutes before the start time on your ticket — arriving early gives you time to grab a drink, find your feet and say hello to your host, who'll check you in and get you set up. Everything you need is provided on the night; just bring your ticket confirmation and your best conversation.

First time? You won't be the only one — most people at any London event are speed dating first-timers, and plenty arrive solo. Our hosts have run hundreds of these nights and their whole job is making sure nobody feels lost. By your second date you'll have forgotten your nerves entirely.

Meet & Mingle

Why Londoners book with Original Dating

Original Dating was founded in London in 2003 by Andrew — back when speed dating was brand new and he was, in his words, just a boy. Twenty-three years later we're the capital's longest-established speed dating company and one of the largest in the UK, running around 500 events a year nationwide.

What that experience buys you: professional hosts (many of them trained actors) who actually run the room rather than reading a script; venues we've vetted personally; gender-balanced events with sensible age bands; a matching system we built ourselves; and a rematch guarantee we've

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.

 

London Speed Dating in Numbers

We've been collecting match data at London events longer than dating apps have existed. From the last 12 months of Original Dating London events:

  • The average speed dating night produces multiple mutual "yes" matches, plus a healthy crop of friend matches — over 7000 mutual matches across London events in the past year. 
  • Saturday is London's biggest night for speed dating; Friday nights in Soho run it close.
  • Our busiest single night of the year? Valentine's — nearly 400 singles at one party this February
  • Attendance at in-person dating events has grown year on year as app fatigue bites — our London singles parties now regularly sell 150–350 tickets.
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