Dating in Yorkshire and The Humber: How to Meet People Beyond Your Small Town

Yorkshire and The Humber has about 5.7 million people and 619 towns, cities and villages, and most of them are small: 462 (75%) have fewer than 5,000 people, and 224 have fewer than 1,000. If you live in a small one, you already know what dating close to home looks like: you've met most of the single people you'd consider, or you know someone who has.

This page is for everyone in those towns. It covers why the big dating apps make a small town's dating pool even smaller, how Amarbis lets you meet people across all of Yorkshire and The Humber instead, and, further down, every town, city or village in Yorkshire and The Humber by county.

Yorkshire and The Humber by town size

Size of placePlacesPeople
Under 1,000224128,000
1,000 to 4,999238549,000
5,000 to 24,9991301.4 million
25,000 or more273.1 million

The typical town, city or village in Yorkshire and The Humber has about 1,700 people. Its 27 places of 25,000 or more, led by Leeds (536,000), Sheffield (501,000) and Bradford (334,000), are home to about 3.1 million of the region's 5.7 million people; everyone else lives in the smaller towns and the countryside.

Why your hometown still sets the limits in Yorkshire and The Humber

Most of Yorkshire and The Humber is within an hour of a bigger town, but that doesn't help as much as it should on a distance-ranked app. It builds your deck from the people closest to you first, so a smaller town's deck is mostly that town and its neighbours, and the people a little farther out come much later, if they come at all.

Why the nearest city is out of reach on the big apps

Dating in a small town is hard, and meeting someone in the nearest city can be harder. Many dating apps lean on distance to decide who you see, and Tinuiti's analysis of Tinder's algorithm says proximity is a key factor in who it shows you. When someone in Leeds or Sheffield opens a distance-ranked app, the people who live near them come first. You live farther away, so you land behind their neighbours in their deck, whatever your photos and profile say.

That's the small-town problem twice over: at home you keep seeing the same people, and in the city you're barely seen.

How Amarbis is different

You choose your region

On Amarbis you choose the region you meet people from instead of being limited to whoever lives closest. Choose Yorkshire and The Humber and your pool is the whole region, about 5.7 million people, whether you live in Leeds or a village of a few hundred. A member in a town of 1,000 has the same region-wide pool as a member in Leeds.

Ranking isn't based on distance

On Amarbis, ranking isn't based on distance. Choose Yorkshire and The Humber as your region and the person you'd like to meet in Leeds isn't shown their next-door neighbour ahead of you because of where you live. It's the opposite of the proximity problem above, and it matters most to the people the big apps leave behind.

No distance limits, and the whole world if you want it

Amarbis has no distance limits, so you aren't limited to Yorkshire and The Humber either. You can widen your region to the neighbouring regions or meet someone in another country: Amarbis is an international dating app, the app speaks more than 50 languages, and built-in chat translation helps when you don't share one. The miles only matter once you both want to meet.

Real people, reviewed by real people

Every member has a real face photo, photos are screened before anyone sees them, and every profile on Amarbis is reviewed by a real person. When your local pool is small, every fake or abandoned profile takes up a bigger share of what you see, so that review step is worth more in a small town than in a big city.

Free to join

Joining is free, with no credit card. The free plan gives you 25 likes a day and unlimited messaging with your matches, so you can find out whether Amarbis works for your town before you pay anything. See plans and pricing for what the paid plans add.

How to start from a small town in Yorkshire and The Humber

  1. Sign up free and build a profile that sounds like you: a clear photo of your face and one specific thing about life in your town. Our profile tips show what works.
  2. Set your region to Yorkshire and The Humber, or wider if you like.
  3. Message first. One good question about where someone lives works better than "hey", and a conversation can start long before anyone plans a trip.
  4. When you both want to meet, pick a public place about halfway, tell a friend where you're going, and follow our safe-meeting checklist.

Built by someone from a small town

Amarbis's founder, Nick, is from Boardman, Oregon, a small American town of about 4,500 people. The small-town dating problem on this page is one he knows first-hand: a deck full of people you already know, and a nearby city that ranks its own neighbours ahead of you. Amarbis is built so that where you live in Yorkshire and The Humber doesn't decide who you can meet.

Every town, city or village in Yorkshire and The Humber

All 619 towns, cities and villages in Yorkshire and The Humber by county. Wherever yours is on this list, everything on this page applies to you: choose Yorkshire and The Humber as your region on Amarbis and every place below is in your pool.

East Riding of Yorkshire

  • Airmyn: 730 people
  • Aldbrough: 1,280 people
  • Barmby Moor: 930 people
  • Barmby on the Marsh: 435 people
  • Beeford: 1,095 people
  • Bempton: 1,025 people
  • Beverley: 30,930 people
  • Bilton: 3,660 people
  • Bishop Burton and Cherry Burton: 2,010 people
  • Bishop Wilton: 550 people
  • Brandesburton: 1,335 people
  • Bridlington: 34,845 people
  • Brough: 13,320 people
  • Bubwith: 680 people
  • Burstwick: 1,860 people
  • Burton Agnes: 245 people
  • Burton Fleming: 460 people
  • Burton Pidsea: 975 people
  • Cottingham: 14,425 people
  • Driffield: 13,215 people
  • Dunswell: 565 people
  • Easington: 675 people
  • Eastrington: 1,150 people
  • Ellerker: 305 people
  • Flamborough: 1,870 people
  • Foston on the Wolds: 280 people
  • Fridaythorpe: 330 people
  • Full Sutton: 1,000 people
  • Garton-on-the-Wolds: 350 people
  • Gilberdyke: 3,030 people
  • Goodmanham: 235 people
  • Goole: 20,175 people
  • Gowdall: 340 people
  • Hayton: 205 people
  • Hedon: 8,120 people
  • Hessle: 15,485 people
  • Holme upon Spalding Moor: 2,545 people
  • Holmpton: 235 people
  • Hook: 1,475 people
  • Hornsea: 8,790 people
  • Hotham: 205 people
  • Howden: 4,575 people
  • Hutton Cranswick: 1,960 people
  • Kelleythorpe: 770 people
  • Keyingham: 2,030 people
  • Kilham: 940 people
  • Langtoft: 515 people
  • Leconfield: 2,210 people
  • Leven: 2,350 people
  • Little Weighton: 955 people
  • Lockington: 380 people
  • Long Riston: 995 people
  • Lund: 285 people
  • Market Weighton: 7,460 people
  • Melbourne: 515 people
  • Middleton-on-the-Wolds: 845 people
  • Nafferton: 2,535 people
  • Newport: 875 people
  • North Cave: 1,360 people
  • North Ferriby: 3,965 people
  • North Frodingham: 800 people
  • North Newbald: 1,140 people
  • Ottringham: 630 people
  • Patrington: 1,460 people
  • Patrington Haven: 310 people
  • Paull: 740 people
  • Pocklington: 10,120 people
  • Pollington: 495 people
  • Preston: 2,125 people
  • Rawcliffe: 1,580 people
  • Rawcliffe Bridge: 805 people
  • Reedness: 320 people
  • Roos: 820 people
  • Rudston: 425 people
  • Sancton: 265 people
  • Seaton Ross: 550 people
  • Shiptonthorpe: 485 people
  • Sigglesthorne: 380 people
  • Skidby: 1,045 people
  • Skipsea: 680 people
  • Skirlaugh: 1,670 people
  • Snaith: 3,555 people
  • South Cave: 4,820 people
  • Sproatley: 1,210 people
  • Stamford Bridge: 4,490 people
  • Sutton upon Derwent: 600 people
  • Swanland: 3,960 people
  • Swinefleet: 825 people
  • Thorngumbald: 2,815 people
  • Tickton: 1,385 people
  • Walkington: 1,830 people
  • Wawne: 1,025 people
  • Wetwang: 750 people
  • Wilberfoss: 2,015 people
  • Willerby and Anlaby: 19,260 people
  • Withernsea: 5,765 people
  • Withernwick: 440 people
  • Woodmansey: 1,385 people

Kingston upon Hull

  • Kingston upon Hull: 270,810 people

North East Lincolnshire

  • Barnoldby le Beck: 365 people
  • Brigsley: 370 people
  • Cleethorpes: 29,670 people
  • Grimsby: 85,925 people
  • Habrough: 590 people
  • Healing: 3,200 people
  • Humberston and New Waltham: 14,860 people
  • Immingham: 9,770 people
  • Laceby: 3,285 people
  • Stallingborough: 1,190 people
  • Waltham: 6,200 people

North Lincolnshire

  • Alkborough: 470 people
  • Althorpe: 410 people
  • Appleby: 310 people
  • Barnetby le Wold: 1,840 people
  • Barrow upon Humber: 2,845 people
  • Barton-upon-Humber: 11,920 people
  • Belton: 2,305 people
  • Bonby: 545 people
  • Brigg: 5,635 people
  • Broughton: 4,495 people
  • Burringham: 710 people
  • Burton upon Stather: 2,370 people
  • Crowle: 3,970 people
  • Ealand: 895 people
  • East Halton: 610 people
  • Eastoft: 395 people
  • Elsham: 395 people
  • Epworth: 4,360 people
  • Garthorpe: 445 people
  • Goxhill: 2,325 people
  • Gunness: 760 people
  • Haxey: 2,045 people
  • Hibaldstow: 2,025 people
  • Keadby: 1,445 people
  • Kirmington: 370 people
  • Kirton in Lindsey: 3,065 people
  • Messingham: 3,380 people
  • New Holland: 995 people
  • Owston Ferry: 1,155 people
  • Redbourne: 385 people
  • Saxby All Saints: 355 people
  • Scawby: 1,605 people
  • Scawby Brook: 915 people
  • Scunthorpe: 81,265 people
  • South Ferriby: 635 people
  • South Killingholme: 1,235 people
  • Ulceby: 1,665 people
  • West Butterwick: 785 people
  • Westwoodside: 2,030 people
  • Winteringham: 1,010 people
  • Winterton: 4,765 people
  • Wootton: 515 people
  • Worlaby: 500 people
  • Wrawby: 1,195 people
  • Wroot: 470 people

North Yorkshire

  • Aiskew: 1,760 people
  • Alne: 595 people
  • Amotherby: 365 people
  • Ampleforth: 1,240 people
  • Appleton Roebuck: 870 people
  • Austwick: 515 people
  • Bagby: 565 people
  • Barkston Ash: 360 people
  • Barlby: 3,495 people
  • Barlow: 455 people
  • Barton: 775 people
  • Beal: 485 people
  • Bedale: 3,290 people
  • Bilbrough: 350 people
  • Birstwith: 395 people
  • Bishop Monkton: 600 people
  • Boroughbridge: 3,070 people
  • Borrowby: 390 people
  • Brayton: 4,090 people
  • Brompton: 2,035 people
  • Brompton-by-Sawdon: 335 people
  • Brompton-on-Swale: 1,900 people
  • Brotherton: 740 people
  • Burn: 460 people
  • Burniston: 1,470 people
  • Burton Leonard: 695 people
  • Burton in Lonsdale: 575 people
  • Byram: 1,440 people
  • Camblesforth: 1,560 people
  • Carleton-in-Craven: 1,060 people
  • Carlton (Selby): 2,040 people
  • Carlton Miniott: 795 people
  • Carthorpe: 260 people
  • Castleton: 545 people
  • Catterick: 2,715 people
  • Catterick Garrison: 14,210 people
  • Cawood: 1,500 people
  • Church Fenton: 1,645 people
  • Cliffe: 660 people
  • Cloughton: 715 people
  • Cononley: 810 people
  • Cowling: 1,440 people
  • Cross Hills: 4,810 people
  • Dalton: 825 people
  • Darley: 840 people
  • Dishforth: 1,265 people
  • Drax: 515 people
  • Easingwold: 5,035 people
  • East Ayton and West Ayton: 2,810 people
  • East Cowton: 480 people
  • Ebberston: 470 people
  • Eggborough: 2,440 people
  • Embsay: 1,725 people
  • Escrick: 930 people
  • Fairburn: 805 people
  • Farnhill: 480 people
  • Filey: 6,665 people
  • Flaxton: 315 people
  • Follifoot: 645 people
  • Gargrave: 1,505 people
  • Giggleswick: 1,075 people
  • Goldsborough: 475 people
  • Grassington: 1,110 people
  • Great Ayton: 4,345 people
  • Great Broughton: 860 people
  • Great Ouseburn: 625 people
  • Green Hammerton: 995 people
  • Grewelthorpe: 225 people
  • Gristhorpe: 420 people
  • Hambleton: 1,720 people
  • Hampsthwaite: 1,170 people
  • Harmby: 375 people
  • Harrogate: 75,515 people
  • Hawes and Gayle: 805 people
  • Hellifield: 1,480 people
  • Helmsley: 1,345 people
  • Helperby and Brafferton: 795 people
  • Hemingbrough: 1,875 people
  • Hensall: 405 people
  • High Bentham: 1,700 people
  • Hinderwell: 620 people
  • Hovingham: 375 people
  • Huby (Hambleton): 1,055 people
  • Huby (Harrogate): 800 people
  • Hunmanby: 2,900 people
  • Husthwaite: 390 people
  • Hutton Buscel: 315 people
  • Hutton Rudby: 1,955 people
  • Ingleton: 1,755 people
  • Kellington: 890 people
  • Killinghall: 1,475 people
  • Kirby Hill: 625 people
  • Kirby Misperton: 310 people
  • Kirk Smeaton and Little Smeaton: 690 people
  • Kirkby Malzeard: 905 people
  • Kirkby Overblow: 485 people
  • Kirkbymoorside: 2,765 people
  • Knaresborough: 15,785 people
  • Knayton: 330 people
  • Langthorpe: 1,295 people
  • Leeming: 1,710 people
  • Leeming Bar: 1,065 people
  • Leyburn: 2,410 people
  • Linton-on-Ouse: 585 people
  • Long Marston: 320 people
  • Long Preston: 775 people
  • Low Bentham: 695 people
  • Low Bradley: 1,205 people
  • Low Worsall: 265 people
  • Malton: 6,320 people
  • Masham: 1,110 people
  • Melsonby: 705 people
  • Middleham: 775 people
  • Middleton: 400 people
  • Middleton Tyas: 270 people
  • Monk Fryston and Hillam: 1,715 people
  • Morton-on-Swale: 690 people
  • Muston: 335 people
  • Nawton and Beadlam: 945 people
  • Newton-on-Ouse: 600 people
  • North Duffield: 1,305 people
  • North Stainley: 390 people
  • Northallerton: 13,310 people
  • Norton-on-Derwent: 7,905 people
  • Osgodby: 825 people
  • Osmotherley: 660 people
  • Oswaldkirk: 235 people
  • Pannal: 2,530 people
  • Pateley Bridge: 1,345 people
  • Pickering: 7,255 people
  • Pickhill: 415 people
  • Primrose Valley: 415 people
  • Rainton: 395 people
  • Raskelf: 570 people
  • Riccall: 2,385 people
  • Richmond: 8,075 people
  • Rillington: 1,205 people
  • Ripon: 16,590 people
  • Robin Hood's Bay: 410 people
  • Romanby: 3,825 people
  • Saxton: 565 people
  • Scalby: 1,790 people
  • Scarborough: 59,505 people
  • Scorton: 1,010 people
  • Scotton: 695 people
  • Scruton: 420 people
  • Seamer (Hambleton): 325 people
  • Seamer (Scarborough): 2,120 people
  • Selby: 19,475 people
  • Settle: 2,710 people
  • Sharow: 575 people
  • Sherburn: 870 people
  • Sherburn in Elmet: 8,570 people
  • Sheriff Hutton: 850 people
  • Shipton: 445 people
  • Sinnington: 295 people
  • Skipton: 15,050 people
  • Sleights: 1,930 people
  • Slingsby: 640 people
  • Snainton: 760 people
  • Snape: 405 people
  • South Milford: 2,410 people
  • Sowerby: 4,725 people
  • Spofforth: 1,175 people
  • Staithes: 780 people
  • Staveley: 450 people
  • Staxton: 750 people
  • Stillington: 825 people
  • Stokesley: 4,905 people
  • Summerbridge: 515 people
  • Sutton-in-Craven: 2,720 people
  • Sutton-on-the-Forest: 610 people
  • Swainby: 565 people
  • Swinton (Ryedale): 575 people
  • Tadcaster: 6,340 people
  • Terrington: 360 people
  • Thirsk: 5,890 people
  • Thornton-in-Craven: 450 people
  • Thornton-le-Dale: 1,855 people
  • Thornton-le-Moor: 385 people
  • Thorpe Underwood: 930 people
  • Thorpe Willoughby: 3,485 people
  • Thorpefield: 540 people
  • Threshfield: 630 people
  • Tockwith: 1,790 people
  • Tollerton: 990 people
  • Topcliffe: 345 people
  • Ulleskelf: 755 people
  • Warthill: 220 people
  • Weaverthorpe: 355 people
  • West Tanfield: 275 people
  • West Witton: 355 people
  • Whitby: 12,595 people
  • Whitley: 815 people
  • Whixley: 370 people
  • Wistow: 965 people
  • Womersley: 360 people

South Yorkshire

  • Adwick le Street: 18,325 people
  • Arksey: 1,580 people
  • Armthorpe: 14,160 people
  • Askern: 5,435 people
  • Auckley: 1,335 people
  • Austerfield: 550 people
  • Barnburgh and Harlington: 1,850 people
  • Barnsley: 71,405 people
  • Barugh Green and Redbrook: 7,550 people
  • Bawtry: 3,405 people
  • Bentley: 12,045 people
  • Birdwell: 3,360 people
  • Blaxton: 850 people
  • Bolton upon Dearne: 7,445 people
  • Braithwell: 845 people
  • Brampton: 4,620 people
  • Branton: 1,820 people
  • Brierley: 2,715 people
  • Brinsworth: 8,760 people
  • Campsall: 1,875 people
  • Carlton (Barnsley): 2,125 people
  • Cawthorne: 905 people
  • Chapeltown and High Green: 22,180 people
  • Conisbrough: 11,465 people
  • Cudworth and Shafton: 12,470 people
  • Darfield: 7,210 people
  • Darton: 15,025 people
  • Deepcar: 5,645 people
  • Denaby Main: 4,310 people
  • Dinnington: 10,960 people
  • Dodworth: 5,975 people
  • Doncaster: 87,455 people
  • Dunscroft and Hatfield: 14,000 people
  • Ecclesfield and Grenoside: 8,190 people
  • Finningley: 5,920 people
  • Fishlake: 325 people
  • Goldthorpe: 7,490 people
  • Greasbrough: 3,860 people
  • Great Houghton: 2,485 people
  • Grimethorpe: 5,065 people
  • Harthill: 1,730 people
  • Hatfield Woodhouse: 2,210 people
  • Hellaby: 780 people
  • Hemingfield: 1,815 people
  • High Melton: 245 people
  • Highlane: 650 people
  • Hoyland: 15,535 people
  • Hoylandswaine: 1,040 people
  • Ingbirchworth: 730 people
  • Jump: 1,425 people
  • Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe: 13,085 people
  • Kiveton Park: 7,100 people
  • Laughton en le Morthen: 975 people
  • Maltby: 16,310 people
  • Mexborough: 15,555 people
  • Millhouse Green: 1,250 people
  • Moorends: 5,195 people
  • New Rossington and Rossington: 13,910 people
  • North Anston: 6,605 people
  • Norton: 2,305 people
  • Oughtibridge: 3,130 people
  • Oxspring: 1,195 people
  • Penistone: 8,540 people
  • Rawmarsh: 18,895 people
  • Rotherham: 71,535 people
  • Royston: 10,755 people
  • Scawthorpe and Cusworth: 13,015 people
  • Sheffield: 500,535 people
  • Silkstone: 1,680 people
  • Silkstone Common: 1,280 people
  • South Anston: 2,525 people
  • Sprotbrough: 7,550 people
  • Stainforth: 6,000 people
  • Stainton: 300 people
  • Stocksbridge: 7,265 people
  • Swallownest and Aston: 14,910 people
  • Swinton (Rotherham): 15,910 people
  • Thorne: 12,305 people
  • Thorpe Hesley: 4,155 people
  • Thorpe Salvin: 465 people
  • Thrybergh and Dalton: 5,860 people
  • Thurcroft: 6,100 people
  • Thurgoland: 1,240 people
  • Thurlstone: 1,005 people
  • Thurnscoe: 9,135 people
  • Tickhill: 4,915 people
  • Todwick: 1,350 people
  • Toll Bar: 1,215 people
  • Treeton: 3,270 people
  • Upper Tankersley: 915 people
  • Wadworth: 1,155 people
  • Warmsworth: 11,315 people
  • Wath upon Dearne: 16,960 people
  • Waverley and Catcliffe: 5,340 people
  • Wentworth: 320 people
  • Wharncliffe Side: 1,385 people
  • Whiston: 3,935 people
  • Wickersley and Bramley: 24,655 people
  • Wombwell: 16,765 people
  • Woodsetts: 1,690 people
  • Worrall: 1,320 people
  • Worsbrough: 8,835 people

West Yorkshire

  • Aberford: 1,550 people
  • Ackworth Moor Top: 6,280 people
  • Addingham: 3,250 people
  • Allerton Bywater: 6,960 people
  • Badsworth: 695 people
  • Baildon: 17,050 people
  • Bardsey: 1,820 people
  • Barkisland: 990 people
  • Barwick in Elmet: 2,175 people
  • Batley: 44,500 people
  • Bingley: 21,330 people
  • Boston Spa: 6,360 people
  • Bottom Boat: 1,190 people
  • Bradford: 333,950 people
  • Bramham: 1,760 people
  • Bramhope: 3,590 people
  • Brighouse: 33,160 people
  • Burley in Wharfedale: 6,805 people
  • Calverley: 3,985 people
  • Carlton (Leeds): 750 people
  • Castleford: 45,355 people
  • Clayton West and Scissett: 4,385 people
  • Cleckheaton: 11,605 people
  • Collingham: 2,360 people
  • Coxley: 540 people
  • Cragg Vale: 365 people
  • Crigglestone and Durkar: 6,675 people
  • Crofton: 6,125 people
  • Cullingworth: 3,095 people
  • Darrington: 1,195 people
  • Denby Dale: 2,735 people
  • Denholme: 2,960 people
  • Dewsbury: 63,720 people
  • Drighlington: 5,280 people
  • East Ardsley: 15,245 people
  • East Keswick: 1,145 people
  • East Morton: 1,225 people
  • Elland: 15,785 people
  • Emley: 1,435 people
  • Featherstone: 11,655 people
  • Fitzwilliam and Kinsley: 4,990 people
  • Flockton: 1,730 people
  • Garforth: 15,155 people
  • Gildersome: 6,275 people
  • Gomersal and Birkenshaw: 13,955 people
  • Grange Moor: 1,120 people
  • Guiseley: 12,460 people
  • Hade Edge: 530 people
  • Halifax: 88,115 people
  • Hall Green: 2,310 people
  • Harden: 1,600 people
  • Harewood: 265 people
  • Havercroft and Ryhill: 5,205 people
  • Haworth: 5,680 people
  • Hebden Bridge: 5,225 people
  • Heckmondwike: 13,370 people
  • Hemsworth: 9,180 people
  • Heptonstall: 710 people
  • High Ackworth: 740 people
  • Holmbridge: 1,215 people
  • Holmfield: 4,150 people
  • Holmfirth: 4,985 people
  • Holywell Green and Stainland: 2,800 people
  • Honley: 14,395 people
  • Horbury: 9,865 people
  • Huddersfield: 141,675 people
  • Ilkley: 14,845 people
  • Keighley: 48,750 people
  • Kippax: 10,300 people
  • Kirkburton: 4,035 people
  • Kirkhamgate: 950 people
  • Kirkheaton: 3,490 people
  • Knottingley: 9,510 people
  • Leeds: 536,280 people
  • Lepton: 4,950 people
  • Linthwaite and Slaithwaite: 9,245 people
  • Linton: 340 people
  • Liversedge: 17,525 people
  • Lofthouse and Robin Hood: 4,185 people
  • Low Ackworth: 920 people
  • Luddenden Foot: 2,145 people
  • Marsden: 3,690 people
  • Meltham: 8,325 people
  • Menston: 5,905 people
  • Methley: 1,200 people
  • Micklefield: 2,065 people
  • Mickletown: 3,355 people
  • Middlestown and Overton: 2,410 people
  • Mirfield: 19,610 people
  • Morley: 32,550 people
  • Mytholmroyd: 3,855 people
  • Netherton (Kirklees): 3,150 people
  • Netherton (Wakefield): 2,335 people
  • Normanton: 21,980 people
  • Norwood Green: 480 people
  • Notton: 460 people
  • Oakenshaw: 1,570 people
  • Oakworth: 3,685 people
  • Ossett: 21,855 people
  • Otley: 14,540 people
  • Outlane: 1,170 people
  • Oxenhope: 1,900 people
  • Pontefract: 32,975 people
  • Pool-in-Wharfedale: 1,990 people
  • Pudsey: 34,850 people
  • Queensbury: 9,705 people
  • Rawdon: 6,740 people
  • Ripponden: 4,775 people
  • Rothwell: 20,965 people
  • Scapegoat Hill: 740 people
  • Scarcroft: 1,635 people
  • Scholes (Leeds): 2,270 people
  • Scholes (near Cleckheaton): 2,895 people
  • Scholes (near Hade Edge): 1,890 people
  • Shadwell: 1,455 people
  • Sharlston: 2,165 people
  • Shelf and Northowram: 9,195 people
  • Shelley: 2,695 people
  • Shepley: 2,515 people
  • Shipley: 29,225 people
  • Silsden: 8,395 people
  • Skelmanthorpe: 4,460 people
  • South Elmsall: 11,185 people
  • South Hiendley: 1,750 people
  • South Kirkby: 8,885 people
  • Sowerby Bridge: 4,485 people
  • Steeton: 5,020 people
  • Streethouse: 1,690 people
  • Swillington: 3,075 people
  • Thorner: 1,400 people
  • Thornton: 5,410 people
  • Thorp Arch: 1,785 people
  • Thorpe Audlin: 690 people
  • Thorpe on the Hill: 1,230 people
  • Todmorden: 12,970 people
  • Upper Cumberworth: 665 people
  • Upper Denby: 665 people
  • Upperthong: 1,095 people
  • Upton: 6,330 people
  • Wakefield: 97,870 people
  • Walton: 3,265 people
  • West Bretton: 465 people
  • Wetherby: 11,710 people
  • Wilsden: 3,750 people
  • Woolley: 345 people
  • Yeadon: 14,270 people

York

  • Acaster Malbis: 325 people
  • Bishopthorpe: 3,335 people
  • Copmanthorpe: 3,670 people
  • Dunnington: 3,255 people
  • Earswick: 890 people
  • Elvington: 1,270 people
  • Haxby: 10,180 people
  • Heslington: 1,785 people
  • Huntington: 12,420 people
  • Nether Poppleton: 725 people
  • Osbaldwick: 2,310 people
  • Rufforth: 650 people
  • Skelton: 1,375 people
  • Stockton on the Forest: 1,020 people
  • Strensall: 6,055 people
  • Upper Poppleton: 3,520 people
  • Wheldrake: 1,955 people
  • Wigginton: 1,420 people
  • York: 141,685 people

Frequently asked questions

What is the best dating app for small towns in Yorkshire and The Humber?

We think it's Amarbis. You choose the region you meet people from, so a small town in Yorkshire and The Humber gets the same region-wide pool as Leeds; ranking isn't based on distance; there are no distance limits; every profile is reviewed by a real person; and joining is free.

Why do I keep seeing the same people on dating apps in my town?

Many dating apps lean on distance to decide who you see, and in a small town the closest people are a short list. Tinuiti's analysis of Tinder's algorithm says proximity is a key factor, which is why a small-town deck fills with the same neighbours. On Amarbis you choose your region, so your pool isn't limited to your postcode.

Can I meet people from all over Yorkshire and The Humber?

Yes. Choose Yorkshire and The Humber as your region and you meet people across the region, from wherever you live, without being ranked behind someone's neighbours.

Can I meet people outside Yorkshire and The Humber?

Yes. Amarbis has no distance limits, so you can widen your region or meet someone in another country, with built-in chat translation when you don't share a language. Start with the international dating guide.

Is Amarbis free?

Yes. Joining is free, with no credit card, and the free plan includes 25 likes a day and unlimited messaging with your matches. Create your profile.

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Population figures: Census 2021 usual residents for built-up areas (ONS, England and Wales; 2022 BUA definitions) and settlements (NISRA, Northern Ireland); National Records of Scotland mid-2020 estimates for localities (Scotland); region total: ONS mid-2025 population estimates (NRS for Scotland, NISRA for Northern Ireland). England and Wales figures are Census 2021 counts for built-up areas, which ONS rounds to the nearest 5; built-up areas follow continuous development, so a town's figure can differ from its parish or council area. London is not split into towns: its built-up areas are the 32 boroughs plus the City of London (figures summed from Census 2021 output areas). Scotland's figures are NRS mid-2020 estimates for localities of 500+ people, rounded to the nearest 10. Northern Ireland's are exact Census 2021 counts for NISRA settlements; the smallest hamlets are suppressed. Groups are counties: metropolitan and two-tier counties or unitary authorities in England (Inner/Outer London in London), principal areas in Wales, council areas in Scotland and districts in Northern Ireland. Distances are straight-line between town locations, so road distances are longer.

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