Taunton Dating: Meet Singles in Taunton

The meeting point for West Somerset

Taunton draws people in from a wide area: Wellington and the Blackdowns, the Quantocks, Bridgwater and the villages out towards Exmoor. For many members, "meet in Taunton" is the easy answer to where a first date should be.

Halfway for almost everyone

The reason is simple geography. Junction 25 of the M5 drops you on the edge of town, the main railway line between Bristol and Exeter stops here, and the A358 runs north past the Quantocks towards Williton and south to Ilminster and Chard. Two people living an hour apart, one in Watchet and one in Crewkerne say, can each drive a sensible distance and meet in the middle. That makes dating in Taunton less about who lives in the town and more about who can get to it, which is why we suggest setting your search around the roads into town rather than the town boundary.

Settled singles at your stage of life

Of all the Somerset towns, Taunton has the most members on Westcountry Singles. Almost all of them are between their mid-thirties and mid-fifties, with people in their late forties and early fifties just ahead of those in their late thirties and early forties. Fewer are in their late fifties or older, and hardly anyone is in their twenties. If you are around forty or fifty and looking for someone at the same stage of life, with work, perhaps children and a settled routine, Taunton suits you well. If you are older, widen your search to the whole county, or have a look at Mature Westcountry Singles, our sister site for people over 40.

Ideas for a first meeting

The town centre has cafés and pubs within a short walk of each other, and Vivary Park and the river are good for a daytime walk. For something further out, the Quantocks and the Blackdown Hills are close by.

A few more ideas that are easy to suggest without sounding like a planned outing. Follow the Tone upstream from the town to the green at French Weir, or head the other way along the towpath of the Bridgwater and Taunton Canal, which is flat and quiet and easy to turn back on whenever you like. On a clear day, the Wellington Monument on the Blackdown ridge gives you a view back across the Vale of Taunton Deane. Cothelstone Hill on the Quantocks is a short climb with a long view over to the Bristol Channel. Keep it in daylight, keep it somewhere with other people about, and make your own way there. Our guide to meeting safely covers the rest.

The area around Taunton

Wellington, Bridgwater, Chard and Ilminster share a search with Taunton, and many members include Minehead and the Exmoor fringe as well.

Each direction out of town brings a different kind of place. West, Wellington and Wiveliscombe give way to the Brendon Hills. North, Bishops Lydeard sits at the foot of the Quantocks. East, the land flattens into the Levels around North Curry and Langport. South, the Blackdowns run along the Devon border, and Tiverton and Cullompton are only a short hop down the motorway, so people in Mid Devon regularly turn up in Taunton searches and the other way round.

• Taunton
• Wellington
• Bridgwater
• Bishops Lydeard
• Wiveliscombe
• Minehead
• Watchet
• Chard
• Ilminster
• North Curry
• Langport
• Tiverton

When the people you know are all married

A familiar story in a town this size: friends have paired off, work colleagues are a small circle, and the same faces turn up in the same places every weekend. Dating, Taunton style, often means looking just past your usual circle without going far. A regional site helps because everyone on it is local by choice. If you farm or work out in the villages, our country dating page talks about meeting people when your days are long, and singles near me explains how to set a search radius that fits real life.