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Southend-on-sea is the largest town in Essex and it's no wonder, having the largest pier in the world! Southend's pleasure pier stretches over a mile from shore. That's a pretty big claim to fame but here's another claim we think Southend should have...with over 180,000 Southenders it's about time Southend had the best in quality Speed Dating and there's only one place that can deliver just that, Original Dating. We're going to be making our way down the Thames to make a new stop on the Speed Dating circuit.  

That's great but who are you? 

Let me introduce ourselves, we're Original Dating and we run the best speed dating events in London. Original Dating is the lead singles events organiser and we pride ourselves on delivering quality, well attended and fun events. With Original Dating you're in safe hands, we've been running these quality events since 2003 and not to mention the first ever wedding from two speed daters who met at one of our events back in 2004! 

So how does speed dating work? 

It's simple. Speed dating is a lot of quick introductions lasting around 4 minutes, which means you can meet up to 20 other singles in just one night. 4 minutes is the perfect amount of time to see if their someone would like to see again and not that long to just have a chat if not. Meeting people has never been such fun, and there's plenty of time before, during and after to share a drink and a laugh. This is super social evening makes it easy to meet that certain someone. 

So if I do meet that certain someone? 

Well that's where our bespoke matching system comes in. After you've met everyone, the following day you can simply select yes, no or friend and by the end of the day we'll send you your matches. Then you can message one another and be organising your next date in no time. 

Original Dating is super excited about speed dating in Southend, as no doubt you are too. If you wanna be the first to hear of when and where our quality events are coming to Southend then sign up now and we'll even give you 50% off your first booking. 

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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.

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.