Online Dating, UK Only

see also:

UK Speed Dating
UK Dating Events

Date the UK
www.datetheuk.com 

Countries: United Kingdom

Details:
We very much like the look of this site and what's more it is 100% free for women, with hundreds of thousands of UK online personals.

Features:
Find a date who lives ten, twenty five, fifty or a hundred miles from you in London, Glasgow, Leeds or Birmingham.
Matching service
Online flirting
Picture profiles
Secure e-mail.
Live chat service
"who is online" feature
SMS dating service
You have to register before you can carry out any searches.

Free Elements: Browse for free.

Costs: Membership fees start at £19.99 for a 30 day pass.

Details:
Looking to meet people near to you? You can search for singles within 20 miles of your own home - in fact you can even search by post code - or you can search the whole of the UK.

Features:
Find a date close to you
Matching service
Picture profiles
Secure e-mail.
Live chat service
"who is online" feature
Texting

Free Elements: Its free to join and you can even search on the website without joining. Your free membership will allow you to add a profile, browse other profiles, receive emails from other members and also receive updates of new members. To contact other members and use all the facilities on site you will have to subscribe.

Costs: Not specified until you join

Details:
Loopy Love was the first to offer free UK online dating and is now one the UK's most well established dating websites. Unfortunately, you now have to subscribe to access all the features of the site. The website is nice and clearly laid out with an easy to use registration process.

Features:
Online message centre
Search facilities and contact other members.
Chat

Free Elements: Register, upload a profile and search

Costs: Not specified until you join

Details:
Can't wait for a date? This website is specifically for people who live locally and want to meet up. Lovestruck (formerly Lovestruck London) now operates in various major cities in the UK and throughout the world. Lovestruck also hosts singles parties every now and then.

Features:
Basic - online message centre, search facilities and contact other members.

Free Elements:
Some cities are free!

Costs: You can get a 3 day pass or sign up for 1, 3 or 6 months.

Details:
A small but classy dating website for UK singles looking for love. And the website is growing all the time with hundreds of UK singles with profiles on the MetroSingles database.

Features:
Advance search means you can find singles in your own area.
Secure mailing system.
Favourites
Gallery Search

Free Elements:
Post a profile and search other profiles.

Costs: Premium membership cists specified after you join.

YouCanGetMe
www.youcangetme.com

Countries: UK but international members welcome.

Details:
High tec site where you can see, and hear your partner before disclosing personal details and meeting them.

Features:
Instant messaging, audio & video chat rooms, internal mail service, search for your perfect partner using their unique "see me, hear me, meet me" technology
YouCanGetMe recently launched an mms upload service which allows users to upload pictures to their profiles from their mobile phones

Free Elements: Join for free. However if you want to communicate with other members you will have to upgrade. Membership is free for women.

Costs: £19.95 per month. Women free.

Details:
Make Friends Online is a UK based, but International, dating and friendship site with a larget list of features. Claim to have had countless weddings and even MFO babies! Plenty of social events.

Features:
Private chat, Public chat rooms, Message Boards, Events, Agony Aunt to listen to all your problems.

Free Elements: Send and receive Quickmails, Add your profile and photo free, use their search facilities.

Costs: Membership fees start at £14.95 for a month and go up to £49.95 for a year.

http://uk.match.com
Countries: UK site, but you can access any of the 36 worldwide Match.com websites from here.

Details:
Huge - over 8 million members worldwide - well established, and professional dating website for singles looking seriously for romance. Over 75% of members are looking for a serious relationship, and Match.com claim resposibility for more marriages than any other dating site. Ages from 18 to 120!

Features:
Secure mailbox
Winks
All profiles are reviewed manually before being posted on the site
Members can access the website from their mobile phones and receive text alerts when they get emails rom other members.

Free Elements: Create a profile for free but to do anything else you will have to join.

Costs: 1 month £25.46, 3 months £50.9,7 6 months £72.86

Motorflirt
www.motorflirt.com

Countries: UK

Details:
Online dating with an car flavour! You can register your number plate (not compulsory) and be contacted via SMS. So, if you see someone you like when you're out driving, hope they belong to this site! Currently there are 30,000 members registered, so good luck. And at least you will know what sort of car a prospective mate has .....

Features:
Create a picture profile
Search other members
SMS messaging - choose to have your messages sent to an external email or mobile phone
SMS alerts when you have a new message, when chosen members log in
Send SMS invites to members to log into the chat room
Competitions
Free stickers available to put on your car if you want.

Free Elements: Enter your reg number and see if anyone is trying to contact you
Register for free

Costs: £5 for one months membership, £10 for 3 moths and £15 for 6 months. 50p to send text messages plus standard tariff. It will cost 50p to activate your account.

Details:
For people serious about finding a compatible match. Parship beigns with a psychometric test (this takes around 20 minute to complete) to evaluate your personality, behaviour, attitudes and values.

Features:
Detailed personality profile
Icebreakers
Secure messaging system
Contact guarantee for 6 monthly subscribers

Free Elements:
Free membership allows you to take the test, create a profile, view other profiles, send and receive "icebreakers" and receive contact requests. To make contact yourself and have a detailed personality analysis you have to subscribe to Premium membership

Costs: Premium membership is £84 for 6 months, £57 for 3 months or £35 for one month

Details:
Play Naughty is for adult fun and adult sex dating in the UK.

Features:
Chat
Mail

Free Elements: None

Costs: Gold Day Pass £5.99, 30 Day Gold Pass £14.99, 90 Day Gold Pass £29.99, 6 Month Gold Pass £49.99, Gold Year Pass £69.99

Details:
For UK singles to make relationships for companionship, friendship, romance or marriage with other UK singles. Part of the Minglesmatch group.

Features:
2-Way Ideal Matching
Instant Messenger
Private mailbox
Chat rooms
Message boards
Send Messages Anonymously
Personals Photo Albums

Free Elements: Post your own profile
Browse other profiles
View photo gallery
Read message boards
Send and receive smiles
Send and receive e-cards

Costs: Full Membership: £10.99/$19.99USD per month.
You may choose the monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, or annual option. There are no refunds for unused time.

Amoureux
www.uk.amoureux.com

Countries: International. This is the UK Version but links to France, Belgium, Canada, Switzerland, Germany, Spain at the bottom of the page. You can join any of the sites wherever you are from in the world.

Details:
For people interested in marriage, friendship, an activity partner or a penpal You can see videos of members and make your own.

Features:
Profiles can include photos & videos
Excellent search facilities.
Games, links quizzes E-cards etc.
Messaging system
ALARM-messages

Free Elements: All services free.

Costs: 100% free dating service.