Welcome to Free Online Dating Sites! This site is simple - we list the BEST free online dating sites in the U.K. Don't waste time on rubbish sites - below is a simple list of the very best free online dating sites in the U.K.
We also recommend trying paid dating sites just to see who's in your area - find the best the U.K. has to offer at our sister site The UK Online Dating Review
Midsummer's Eve
Quite simply the best free U.K. online dating site. Genuinely free site; you can still pay for an upgrade, but this isn't necessary to enjoy the benefits of this friendly, down-to-earth dating site. Run by real people, not computers in America somewhere, and been going for 9 years... Not over-commercial. Good community features. Better than a lot of the expensive sites!
Dating Direct
Editor's Rating: 4/5OK, so I guess I'm cheating a bit here because you only get 3 days free, but I've included the site because if you really use it for 3 days, it's possible to get all you need from a dating site! An excellent site with over 3 million members, so it's well worth a browse.
Lavalife
Third biggest UK site, so plenty of choice here. It works in an unusual way: to contact other members and reply to messages you need to 'earn' credits (or purchase them) by signing up to receive advertisers emails, or you can register for a monthly subscription in the usual way. So it's free if you take the ads option. We'd set up a free email address with Hotmail/Gmail and give it a go!
Love & Friends
Love and Friends is focussed on UK graduates and professionals and they have over 75,000 active members. As the name suggests they welcome people looking for friendship or, errr... love! Nice no-frills website - a bit different with good graphics and a grown-up feel. We reckon this site is a winner if you're looking for serious daters or friends, rather than just flirty fun.