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- Running since 2010
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Join, browse, send
Those three are free on We Love Dates. You can write to someone in the UK without paying first.
Read the badge
A verified badge means that person passed an optional identity check. It covers their profile, not the whole site.
Name the town
Open the city guide for the place you will actually stand in. The UK hub links them from London to Belfast.
You can create a profile, look through members and send a message in the UK without paying. A plan is how their answer opens. We have been running since 2010. Messages are screened automatically, and You can block and report once you are signed in.
Free does not shrink the country. Put the town on your profile, then open the city guide for the place you will actually stand in, from London to Belfast. A first meeting still wants a public place, a friend who knows the time, and your own way home.
Plans are listed in pounds on the membership page. Account Settings is where renewal gets turned off. An identity check is optional. The badge applies only to the person who takes it. You do not need a photo to start.
What to look for on any free site
Read the promise as a test. Can you send a message without handing over a card? If the site only shows you people and then locks the note behind a paid plan, the word free is doing less work than the advert suggests. On We Love Dates, sending the message is part of joining.
Then read the badge. A useful badge says what was checked and whose profile it covers. Here, a verified badge means that one person chose an identity check and passed it. A kind photo helps. The verified badge is the optional ID check. Automated tools screen messages and media. That screening is a filter, and you still use your own judgement.
Look for a named operator, a way to report someone, and a way to block them. Those tools sit in the member area. I do not publish a countdown of other brands. If I describe another company, the source is that company's own page, with the year I checked it. The note on judging a free site holds that standard.
Staying safe on a UK date
A free account does not replace the usual care. Choose a place with other people around, tell a friend the time and when you will message them afterwards, and sort your own journey home, including the last train. The safety notes and the checklist are the longer version of that habit.
Stop if the exchange turns into a request for money, a shopping voucher, a parcel, or a code from your bank. Report and block in the member area. In the UK a romance scam can also go to Report Fraud, and to your bank if money has already moved. The reporting note walks through that.
Use a city guide once you know the town. London names a heath, the South Bank, and the stop you will both use. Manchester covers the Northern Quarter, Castlefield and a tram you can both name. Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Belfast each have their own note. The UK hub links the full set, from Leeds to Brighton and Hove.
A first message someone can answer
Write about something that is actually on their profile, in a way that could only have come from you. A line about loving food, travel or laughs could be pasted to anyone. A walk you take, a team you watch, or the evenings you are free gives them a thread to pick up.
Put the town in the note. A profile that only says the UK is hard to meet, and a keen message can still mean a long train. One or two sentences is plenty. Say whether you want a relationship, something lighter, or a friend first, in ordinary words, and leave room for their version of that.
You are sending a message. What they do next is up to them. Give the inbox a few more hellos before you judge the town. If you already know the kind of person you hope to meet, the separate notes are more useful than a general one: gay dating, lesbian dating, casual dating, mature dating and single parents.
Questions
Can I join We Love Dates and send a message without paying?
Yes. You do not pay to join, look, or send. A pass and an identity check are optional, and they live in the member area.
What does a verified badge mean?
It means that person chose an optional identity check and passed it. The badge belongs to that profile. It does not mean every member has been checked.
Are photos and messages looked at?
Messages and media are screened automatically. You can also report or block someone from the member area.
Do I need a photo before I write to someone?
No. A photo can wait. You can join and send a message without one.
Which UK cities have their own guides?
London, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Bristol, Liverpool, Cardiff, Belfast, Sheffield, Newcastle, Nottingham, and Brighton and Hove. They are linked from the UK hub.
Related reading
- UK datingCity guides with real Leeds detail for you.
- LondonLondon dates around real Soho for a drink.
- ManchesterManchester dates around real Ancoats for a drink.
- Gay datingMeet men who want relationships with other men.
- SafetyKeep yourself safe with daylight before you meet.
- Judging a free siteSee what stays free locally before you pay.