Adults only

Harlow Hookups: Harlow Women Want to Meet

A planned town for unplanned nights: casual hookups for adults in Harlow.

A Harlow first date has more than 100 sculptures to look at

Harlow keeps more than 100 public sculptures, many of them owned by the Harlow Art Trust, which was set up in 1953 while the town was still going up. That is the clue to the place. Harlow was a small town until 1947, when it was designated a new town, and housing estates, industrial works and a fresh centre went up mostly to the west and south of the original settlement, now called Old Harlow.

Roughly 93,000 people live there, on the south bank of the River Stort, with the water doubling as the Hertfordshire county line and the M11 running past on the east side. Manufacturing began with something humbler than art, a co-op biscuit factory at the Pinnacles that employed people for over 50 years before it closed in 2002.

Under 35 and in Harlow? You're in the majority

Two in three of our members within 25 miles of Harlow are under 35. The 25 to 34s lead with a little over a third, and the 18 to 24s trail by only a few points. About a fifth are 35 to 44, and just one in eight is 45 or older, so if you are past that line, cast the net wider than the town itself. Women are a little over a third, ahead of the three in ten across the whole site. Harlow is one of the places members join from, along with London, Luton, Watford, London Colney, Hoddesdon, Hackney and Hampstead.

18 to 2432%
25 to 3436%
35 to 4419%
45 to 548%
55 and over5%

Ages of our members within 25 miles of Harlow, today.

Hertfordshire is only a river away

The same river that runs past Harlow separates Essex from Hertfordshire, which gives you a choice of counties for a first meeting. Epping is 5.4 miles away on the Essex side, Bishop's Stortford 6.8 in Hertfordshire, and Hertford, also in Hertfordshire, 8.2. Ongar, Waltham Abbey and Cheshunt are all about eight miles off too, so halfway points are not in short supply. Pick whichever sits between you and your match and the stranger feels a little less strange on neutral ground.

Choose a busy place with an easy exit, text a friend your plans and fix your way home before the first drink. Anyone who crosses a line can be blocked, and the safety page explains how reporting works.

Join free