Over 60s dating in Liverpool: easy first meetings by the Mersey

Liverpool is a friendly city, and yet meeting someone new after sixty can be surprisingly hard. You may chat to half the queue at the post office and still not know who in Allerton, Crosby or West Kirby is single and would welcome a second cup of tea. Plenty of people on Merseyside find themselves single again, whether through bereavement, divorce or a marriage that simply ran its course, and would love someone to share a gallery, a walk in the park or a ferry across the river with. Over 60s dating in Liverpool can be exactly that: an unhurried afternoon among the Pre-Raphaelites, a wander through a Victorian glasshouse or a stroll along the sands at Crosby with someone who is looking for good company too.

What is over 60s dating in Liverpool like?

Over 60s dating in Liverpool tends to happen by day. Invitations tend to be for a coffee, a gallery or a stroll rather than a late night in town, and the city has a remarkable number of fine places that cost nothing to visit. The other thing to plan around is the river. A first meeting between Birkenhead and Bootle is a journey for both of you, so choose somewhere central or on a line you both use, and save the longer trips for when you know each other better.

Online, the uncertainty disappears. Down at the bowls club or the parish coffee morning nobody wears a sign saying they are single, and fewer still would say they hope to be asked out. On Forever Match Senior people have signed up precisely because they would like to meet someone, they state on their profile whether that means friendship, company or romance, and the suggestions you get each day are drawn from the radius you set, so neighbours from your own part of Merseyside come first.

Where else can you meet people over 60 in Liverpool?

You can meet people over 60 in Liverpool through the clubs and groups that already bring older people together. The u3a has over 1,000 local branches across the UK, run by and for people in later life, with interest groups for anything from history to walking, and there are several across Merseyside. Central Library puts rare books and themed displays out in its reading rooms, which gives you an easy reason to start talking to a stranger.

Groups like these are lovely for friendship, but if you hope for romance they leave a lot to chance, because few people join them to find a partner. So plenty of Merseysiders keep their club for the social side and use Forever Match Senior when they would like a one to one connection.

Free travel to your Liverpool date after 60

Turning 60 makes travelling to a date on Merseyside almost free. If you live in Liverpool, Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens or the Wirral, the Merseytravel Over 60s pass gives free travel on local buses, on Merseyrail trains within Merseyside and as far as Chester, Ellesmere Port and Ormskirk, and on the Mersey Ferries for a direct river crossing. It costs a one-off £10 and works all day at weekends and on bank holidays, and on weekdays for any journey that does not start between 6.30am and 9.30am. From state pension age the national bus pass adds free local buses anywhere in England, handy if a new friend lives further away.