How to make friends in London as an adult
London is full of people. The hard part is not meeting them. It is seeing the same people often enough for friendship to form. This page explains what works, what does not, and why The Week Club is built around consistency.
Friendship typically needs repetition. School and university give you built-in repetition. Adult life removes it and replaces it with one-off moments.
That is why you can have a great chat with someone and still never see them again. The problem is not you. It is the structure.
- Consistency: same time, same people, repeated contact
- Low pressure: simple settings where conversation is easy
- Small group: enough intimacy for people to relax
- Shared intent: people who want friendship, not clout
Many socials optimise for novelty. New faces, new venues, new groups. That can be fun, but it makes it harder to build familiarity.
If your goal is friendship, you want the opposite. You want the same people again.
The Week Club matches you into a small curated group that meets weekly for six weeks. Same people, same weekly time, simple meetups. It is designed to give adult friendship a fair chance.