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Cheltenham Hookups: Cheltenham Women Want to Meet

Casual sex and festival-week flings in Cheltenham, on the edge of the Cotswolds.

Cheltenham hookups, one festival at a time

Cheltenham fills its year with festivals. Literature, jazz, science, music, film, cricket, and food and drink each get their own, the cricket festival was first staged in 1872, and every March the racing festival brings the Gold Cup to town.

Gold Cup in March
Jazz
Literature
Science
Music
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Cricket
Food and Drink

The town became a spa after mineral springs were found in 1716, and it still claims to be the most complete Regency town in Britain: about 119,000 people just inside the edge of the Cotswolds, second only to Gloucester in the county. Between festivals, Cheltenham works. GCHQ's doughnut-shaped building is here, Superdry was founded here and is still based here, and tourism sits alongside food processing, aerospace and electronics. For sex in Cheltenham, the calendar is your friend: festival weeks bring visitors and a reason to be out, and the rest of the year you have a sizeable town with Gloucester barely seven miles away.

Cheltenham's matches don't stop at 35

Within 40 miles of Cheltenham no single age group runs away with it. People aged 25 to 34 lead with a little under three in ten, the 35 to 44s follow on a quarter, and once you add the older brackets, more than half of everyone is 35 or over. Under-25s make up about one in five, and around one in eight is 55 or older. A third are women. The circle is wide enough to reach Bristol, Bath and Chippenham, Swindon and Upper Stratton, Oxford and Solihull, and Chepstow over the Welsh border.

18 to 2419%

25 to 3428%

35 to 4425%

45 to 5416%

55 and over13%

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

Meet in Regency Cheltenham, walk it off on Cleeve Hill

The Regency centre is the obvious place to start.

Imperial Square, home to the Grade II-listed Town Hall of 1902, is easy for anyone to find, and The Wilson, the town's art gallery and museum, has exhibitions running all year for a daytime first meeting. In festival weeks the plan writes itself: a jazz set, a talk at the literature festival or a day at the races gives you something to do and a crowd to blend into.

For a walk with a view, Cleeve Hill looks down over the town and is the highest point in the Cotswolds at 330 metres. Need an icebreaker on the way up? From 1990 to 2003 Cheltenham held Britain's record for the hottest day, 37.1°C, which is a better opening line than the weather usually gives you. Before you go, our features page explains how daily matches, swipes and members-only chat rooms work, handy for lining someone up ahead of festival week. Whoever you meet, make the first time somewhere public, and make sure a friend knows where you'll be.

Tewkesbury and Gloucester, seven miles off

Tewkesbury and Gloucester are both just over seven miles from Cheltenham, so a short drive opens up two more places to meet. Stroud is about twelve miles away, Cirencester and Stonehouse around thirteen, Evesham fourteen, and Moreton-in-Marsh and Malvern seventeen to eighteen. Bristol is 38 miles to the south-west and Birmingham 41 to the north, which is roughly where our 40-mile figures run out.

Cheltenham hookups, festival week or not

Is race week a good time for a hookup in Cheltenham?

It can be. The racing festival every March, with the Gold Cup as its main event, brings racegoers to town, so there's plenty going on and a crowd to meet in. Agree a meeting point in advance so you don't lose each other.

Will I find people my age near Cheltenham?

Probably. Our members within 40 miles are spread across the ages, with the 25 to 34s and the 35 to 44s the largest groups and more than half aged 35 or over. Set your age range and let your daily matches work from that.

Can I meet someone from Gloucester or Tewkesbury?

Easily. Both are about seven miles away and have pages of their own, and Stroud and Cirencester are within fourteen. Pick a spot in between, or take turns doing the travelling.

Hookups near Cheltenham

Every town we cover is on the locations page, and the near me page explains how members find each other close to home.