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Axminster Hookups: Axminster Women Want to Meet

Market on Thursdays, no strings any night of the week: hookups in Axminster.

More people, more chances in Axminster

Between the 2011 and 2021 censuses, Axminster's parish grew from about 6,560 people to more than 8,100, a rise of nearly a quarter.

More people means more chances, and not everyone you pass on a Thursday, when the market is still held, will have known you since school. It's a market town on a hill above the River Axe, right on Devon's eastern border, in the East Devon district and 28 miles from Exeter. In a town that's still growing, the person you match with may well be newer here than you are.

It also gave its name to a kind of carpet. Axminster carpets are still made in the town, though the style is woven all over the world these days. Your hookup can be a good deal more local than that.

Matches on both sides of the county line

Within 40 miles of Axminster, the ages are spread wide. The 18 to 24s and the 35 to 44s tie at just under a quarter each, the 25 to 34s come to a fifth, and a third of our members there are 45 or over. Women make up just under a quarter.

18 to 2423%
25 to 3420%
35 to 4423%
45 to 5417%
55 and over17%

Ages of our members within 40 miles of Axminster, today.

Some of those members are Devon people, from Torquay and Teignmouth. Others come from over the border, from Dorchester, Hooke, Manston, Yeovil, Creech Saint Michael and Weston-super-Mare, which is what you'd expect from a town that sits right on the edge of the county. Set your distance wide enough to cross the border and your daily match suggestions will follow you over it.

Under five miles to Lyme Regis, six to Seaton

Lyme Regis, across the line in Dorset, is under five miles away, and Seaton about six. Honiton is about eight and a half, Bridport and Beaminster both around 11, Sidmouth about 12 and Taunton nearly 17.

The Thursday market makes a decent excuse for a daytime first meeting, out in the open with people about. Agree the plan in messages beforehand, have your own way home, and if anyone makes you uneasy, block them so they can't reach you again. You'll find the rest of East Devon, and every other town we cover, on our locations page.

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