Greater London
Mature Dating in London: Meet Mature Singles in London
Friday evenings at Tate Modern, deer in Richmond Park and three very different corners to choose from: London has plenty for singles in their 40s to 70s.
Good company: more than 2.5 million Londoners are 50 or over
Mature dating in London means a patchwork of neighbourhoods joined by Tube, tram and train, from inner-city Islington to Croydon’s tram-served centre and the south-east suburb of Elmers End. Sage Dating has members across Greater London.
At the 2021 census the Office for National Statistics counted 8,799,725 people in the Greater London region, its 33 local authorities together. Of them, 28.8% were aged 50 or over, against 37.8% across England, and 16.9% were aged 50 to 64. Younger than the country, then, but 2,533,410 people make a decent crowd.
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Find your corner of London
Greater London takes in places as different as these three, shown with the share of each borough aged 50 or over at the 2021 census.
- Islington, 24.9%
- Angel station on the Northern line is said to have the longest escalators on the Underground, a climb of 27 m.
- Croydon, 32.3%
- A large town 9.5 miles south of Charing Cross, with a tram system of its own. On the fastest trains, East Croydon is about 16 minutes from Victoria and 29 from St Pancras.
- Elmers End, in Bromley, 37.2%
- A south-east London suburb beside the Croydon boundary, with trains to Charing Cross and Cannon Street, and trams too. South Norwood Country Park, close by, is a 47-hectare Local Nature Reserve on former sewage farms, which is nicer than it sounds.
You won’t be the only one in your decade
Around half of our Greater London members are between 35 and 54, and one in five is 65 or over.
Ages of our members in Greater London, today.
Museums that make first dates easy
Plenty to talk about, and an easy exit. Tate Modern has no entry charge for its collection and stays open until 21.00 on Fridays and Saturdays. The galleries of the Natural History Museum, the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, the Wallace Collection (its permanent collection) and the Museum of Croydon (Wednesday to Saturday) have no entry charge either.
Fresh air, big views
The Royal Parks charity looks after ten parks and green spaces covering over 5,000 acres. Richmond Park has about 630 red and fallow deer. Hampstead Heath has Parliament Hill, 98.1 m up, with a protected view of the skyline, and Kenwood House, run by English Heritage on its edge, which has no entry charge.
Diary dates for a second date
| When | What |
|---|---|
| May | RHS Chelsea Flower Show |
| Mid-July to mid-September | The BBC Proms, mostly at the Royal Albert Hall |
| August bank holiday weekend | Notting Hill Carnival |
| September | Open House Festival |
| Second Saturday in November | The Lord Mayor’s Show, a procession that says it dates back to the early 13th century |
Doing something together makes the talking easy
The English Folk Dance and Song Society at Cecil Sharp House in Camden runs Morris dancing on Tuesday evenings and English country dancing on Thursdays. Croydon u3a lists groups in languages, chess, rambling and poetry, and Islington u3a in book groups, bridge and opera, and u3a membership is open to anyone not in full-time employment. parkrun began at Bushy Park in 2004, and its weekly 5 km runs are held on Saturday mornings, with no entry fee.
Whichever you pick, tell a friend where you’re going and arrange your own way home. Our safety advice covers meeting someone new, and the first date ideas guide has more places to begin.
Mature dating in London: your questions
Are there Sage Dating members in London?
Yes. Sage Dating has members across Greater London. Other members see the town or city nearest to you, never your address, and VIP members can filter their searches by city and distance.
Does London’s older person’s pass work outside the capital?
On local buses, yes. Across England it works between 09:30 and 23:00 on weekdays and at any time at weekends and public holidays.
Which London station do trains from my part of the country use?
King’s Cross serves Yorkshire and Scotland, and Euston the Midlands, the North West and Scotland, including Manchester. Paddington is for the West and South West, Victoria for Kent, Sussex and Brighton.
Is there anywhere indoors for a wet evening?
Sadler’s Wells in Islington is chiefly a dance venue, and BFI Southbank has four screens open seven days a week and runs a Seniors’ programme of matinees and talks; check the current listings.