United Kingdom Penpals

United Kingdom Penpals — connect with writers across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Share everyday life, books and music, football and local traditions, and explore historic towns and modern cities. Choose postal mail or online messages and build long‑term friendships while practising English.

Find penpals in the United Kingdom

Write with penfriends across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. You can share everyday life in historic towns and modern cities: books and music scenes, football, study and work, coastal walks and local traditions such as Bonfire Night or Hogmanay.

Topics people often share

  • School, university and apprenticeships
  • Books, music and theatre
  • Sport, countryside walks and local travel
  • Festivals and regional traditions

Getting started

  • Start with a friendly introduction and a couple of simple questions
  • Share interests, not personal contact details
  • Decide together on online chat or letters by post
  • Be patient with time zones and reply times

Explore the profiles below and say hello to thoughtful UK penpals.

Penpals from United Kingdom

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  Fishguard, United Kingdom
Male, 66

I am newly retired, a parent with an empty nest. I have abilities and disabilities, strength and weakness, heart and soul. i love to laugh, and to learn. Life is for the living to the fullness of our abilities

Languages: English

Netsurfer68

  Leeds, United Kingdom
Male, 57

Down to earth person, good sense of humour, work hard, love holidays love the motto ‘be kind’

Languages: English, Punjabi, Urdu

CocoC

  United Kingdom
Female, 66

I'm interested in people and lifestyles. I enjoy people watching when on holiday. I like people with a good sense of humour.I enjoy watching sport such as rugby, cricket and tennis.I like travelling. At home I enjoy cooking reading and gardening. ...

Languages: English

Womble 65

  Colchester, United Kingdom
Male, 60

Travel enthusiast. Been round the world solo since the late 90's. Always hunting for my next adventure. Fun, cheeky, flirtacuous.

Languages: English

NatureMan61

  Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Male, 30

Love travelling as much as I can, Mostly Europe. I've travelled France, Belgium, & Switzerland so far in my campervan as well as Poland 3 times, Turkey and Tunisia. I run a small business manufacturing car cleaning products and also race cars in the ...

Languages: English

Cultural Keepsake: Racing

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  London, United Kingdom
Male, 29

I’d say I’m pretty laid back and a bit goofy. Nerdy of course as you can see by my interests. Which also means I game a lot on PC and I’m pretty obsessed with animes- got quite a few anime themed tattoos too. Besides that I workout a lot and ha...

Languages: German, English, Greek

Naomi999

  United Kingdom
Female, 48

I am a down to earth and friendly person, who loves travelling, music, reading both fiction/ non-fiction, and I like to make friends around the world. I love cooking, gardening, watching Netflix-movies and science/history documentaries, going out to ...

Languages: English, French

UkTone

  United Kingdom
Male, 71

I've always enjoyed writing to people and I am very loyal to my friends and family, my main hobby is genealogy discovering as many ancestors as possible and studying history and also trying to make my garden and yard pleasing to the eye, which is no ...

Languages: English

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  Manchester, United Kingdom
Female, 40

I like to read, make mini cross-stitch cards, learn foreign languages e.g. Spanish. I also speak German but my mother tongue is English. I like to travel. I have been to many countries in Europe, as well as Australia and America. I like walking and c...

Languages: English, German, Spanish, French

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  Southampton, United Kingdom
Female, 52

I'm disabled so home bound but always laughing I have many interests from reading , diamond painting and penpalling I love writing letters and receiving mail through the post . I love theatre going to see musicals , enjoy whole range of music especia...

Languages: English