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Bristol has a thriving social scene with plenty of bars, nightclubs and restaurants. If you are tired of the nightlife pickup scene or are new to town and want to meet more people other ways there are plenty of great options for speed dating in Bristol. Bristol has speed dating events aimed at those in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s.

Grapevine Social 

Various speed dating companies run events in Bristol. Grapevine Social runs speed dating events in Bristol. These are based round wine or beer tasting and take place in Po Na Na’s on the Clifton Triangle. They usually take place every month or so on a Friday early evening. Click here for more information.

SpeedDater

Speeddater is the most well known of the Bristol speed dating companies and they hold regulary sold events at Alibi bar in Clifton. The tend to be well run with events targeted at different age groups - 20-30 30-40 and 40-50. Click here for more information. I think the option of over 40s speed dating is a good unique option here.

Tobacco Factory Speed Dating

Southside Speed Dating run speed dating events at the Tobacco Factory. Events take place the first Monday of every month. Tickets cost £15.

Slowdating

Slowdating.co.uk runs events on a Tuesday at the Mall pub in Clifton. They are one of the only organisers to run speed dating in Clifton so the centrally located Mall pub is a great location with an interesting crowd of professionals. They only targe events to the 24-38 age group so if you are older or younger it is better to try one of the other agencies. Click here for more information

Online Dating in Bristol

As a large city with a big professional and student population online dating is popular in Bristol as well. Let’s take a look at some of the best sites.

If you want to pre-select a date to have things in common with you it can be a good idea to use one of the newspaper dating sites. They say that the newspaper someone reads says a lot about them personally. using a particular newspaper’s dating section you can match up someone with the same reading tastes.

The Times Online

The Times Online Dating is the dating section of the Times newspaper. It usually has a fair selection of people from Bristol. While this isn’t as many as the mainstream dating sites you can guarantee a certain self pre-selected type of member.

Love and Friends

Love and Friends is another site geared towards the more sophisticated side of the dating market. Its target membership is graduates and professionals. The design of the site seems a bit less slick than others in the market but its member list is impressive. More for the slightly older person. For more information follow this link.

MakeFriendsOnline

MakeFriendsOnline is an online dating site with a focus on friendship rather than pure dating. Not sure how that works as a concept but if you think it is a good idea click here for more details.

Urban Social

Urban Social has spent a lot of time marketing for various regional cities including Bristol. The site has a slick design and seems to be geared squarely towards the 2os and 30s market. Their branding is designed to attract young, urban professionals. A quick search reveals plenty of likely looking profiles. Click here for more information.

Gumtree

The Gumtree.com website has a local Bristol dating webpage which is busy and free. Great if you want to pay although like anything free the quality may vary.