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THE NEW YEAR PARTY + PLUS PRE-PARTY SPEED DATING

The Fable (Top Floor), The City, London

Saturday, 10 January 2026

Sat 10
JAN

Tickets

£36 £31
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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
30-45
25 DATES
New Year, New Love
Pre-party speed dating
Home London THE NEW YEAR PARTY + PLUS PRE-PARTY SPEED DATING

THE NEW YEAR PARTY + PLUS PRE-PARTY SPEED DATING

The Fable (Top Floor), The City, London

Saturday, 10 January 2026

Sat 10
JAN

Tickets

£36 £31
?
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
30-45
25 DATES
New Year, New Love
Pre-party speed dating
25 DATES
New Year, New Love
Pre-party speed dating
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About the event

*** THIS TICKET INCLUDES A PRE-PARTY SPEED DATING EVENT PLUS LOCK & KEY PARTY ENTRY ***

PARTY-ONLY TICKETS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE

ABOUT THE PRE-PARTY SPEED DATING

This amazing night of offline dating includes all the potential that a 200+ person lock and key party brings, but with an added hour-long speed dating event before the main party starts. Please note, party-only tickets are also available.

Party tickets with speed dating are strictly limited. You’ll arrive at the venue ahead of the main start time. We’ll whisk you around 15 or so seated 4-minute dates to break the ice, face to face.

As the speed dating ends, you’ll seamlessly join the lock and key party, but of course, you’ll have had a head start, and who knows, you may have already met someone you want to get to know much better.

ABOUT THE LOCK & KEY PARTY

Kick off 2025 at the biggest and best singles party for unattached Londoners to meet first in person, not online.

Over 250 people will join us for this exciting night designed to get your New Year dating off to the best possible start.

This event features our fantastic lock-and-key icebreaker to help you meet a large number of people. Everyone is single, a similar age, and we ensure there's an equal male/female ratio in the room.

There are 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 Fable.

Head to our website the following day to view a list of everyone who 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 January. You just need your ticket! Book now, this will sell out.

Important information

- 18:45 - Arrival [Please arrive on time]
- 19:00 - Speed dating begins
- 20:30 - Speed dating ends
- 20:30 - Lock and key icebreaker begins
- 22:30 - Prize draw
- 00:00 - 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: £31

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Where

Inspired by fairy tales & the fables of Aesop, The Fable is a beautiful bar in the heart of the City. Spread across three floors with floor-to-ceiling windows looking out across Holborn Viaduct, this beautiful location is anything but ordinary. Original Dating has hired the top floor exclusively for our event.

Address  The Fable, 52 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN

Nearest station  Farringdon (Elizabeth Line) or Chancery Lane (Central)

Tel   – Please note this is not a booking line

Venue website  https://www.drakeandmorgan.co.uk/the-fable/

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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Mina Verified Attendee
Posted: 22/03/2026
Martin Verified Attendee
Posted: 22/03/2026
Alex Verified Attendee
Posted: 21/03/2026
Oliver Verified Attendee
Posted: 08/03/2026
Krishna Verified Attendee
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Rui Verified Attendee
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Gia Verified Attendee
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Ioram Verified Attendee
Posted: 08/03/2026
Sangita Verified Attendee
  Well organized and met a lot of lovely people  
Posted: 08/03/2026
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Fabiana Verified Attendee
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Daniel Verified Attendee
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Dave Verified Attendee
Posted: 08/03/2026
Lenka Verified Attendee
  Nice atmosphere, outstanding staff! Met some lovely people but the place got too crowded and super noisy, it was impossible to have any conversation with people  
Posted: 08/03/2026
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Posted: 08/03/2026
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Gabriella Verified Attendee
Posted: 07/03/2026
Lorraine Verified Attendee
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Precious Verified Attendee
  Good mix of people  
Posted: 07/03/2026
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Maurizio Verified Attendee
  great!  
Posted: 22/02/2026
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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.