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City of London Hookups: City of London Women Want to Meet
Lunch breaks, after-work drinks and no-strings nights in the Square Mile.
Sex in the Square Mile, after hours
Fewer than 9,000 people live in the City of London. More than half a million work there. That gap shapes everything about meeting someone in the Square Mile, the patch of 1.12 square miles the Romans founded as Londinium around AD 47, and now the smallest city in the UK by area. Its streets hold the Bank of England, the London Stock Exchange and offices for more than 500 banks, and the Inns of Court on the western edge make it a centre for lawyers too.
So think of City of London hookups in working hours: a lunch break, a drink once the day is done, an evening that starts near Moorgate and finishes somewhere else entirely. It isn't only offices any more, either. The Corporation now encourages people to live here, and the 2000s brought several hotels and the City's first department store.
A young crowd within 25 miles of the Square Mile
Our City figures cover members within 25 miles, a circle that takes in London itself and reaches out to Watford, Harlow, Hoddesdon, London Colney, Uxbridge, Hounslow and Bromley. It skews young: the 25 to 34s come to nearly four in ten, the 18 to 24s to about a third and the 35 to 44s to about one in five, with the over-45s a small minority. Women make up close to four in ten, a better balance than across the UK.
Ages of our members within 25 miles of City of London, today.
From a lunchtime bench to a late finish
Lunch in a garden
No big parks inside the boundary, but plenty of small gardens and open spaces, many kept by the Corporation. Half an hour on a bench is a first meeting with its own exit.
Drinks after work
With half a million people at work here, a quick drink after the office is the least remarkable plan in London. Two people in work clothes sharing a table won't turn a head.
Down to the river
The ground falls from its high point, where High Holborn meets Chancery Lane, to the Thames. Ludgate Hill and Cornhill, the City's two small hills, give you somewhere to walk and talk.
Somewhere to stay
The hotels that opened in the 2000s are handy later on, once you've met, you both want it and neither of you lives close by.
The features page explains how daily matches, members-only chat rooms and search filters work, so you can line someone up before you leave the office.
Southwark and Tower Hamlets, about a mile away
The City is so small that its neighbours are barely a walk away. Southwark and Tower Hamlets are each about a mile off, Islington and Soho both under two, Hackney about three, and Camden and Chelsea under four. If you'd rather look across the capital as a whole, the London hookups page takes the wider view. Whichever you use, add a line to your profile about when you can get away during the day, since a lunch break is a very different offer from a Saturday night.
Square Mile hookups that fit round work
Does anyone actually live in the City of London?
Some do, though not many: 8,583 at the 2021 census, against more than half a million who work there. Our City figures cover members within 25 miles, which takes in the rest of London and towns such as Watford and Harlow.
Can I find a casual sex partner in London on HookUps.co.uk?
Yes. Build a profile, add photos and say what you're after, and your daily matches will suggest people by distance, age and what they're looking for. On our City figures, which run 25 miles out, women are close to four in ten.
Is a weekday meet in the Square Mile a good idea?
It's the City's natural rhythm. A lunch in one of the small gardens or a drink after work keeps the first meeting short and public, and you can plan the rest once you know you like each other.
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Every town we cover is on the locations page, and the near me page explains how members find each other close to home.