London, May 9 (AFP): Love doesn’t come cheap in Britain where the typical date costs $375, according to a survey of some of the nation’s 8.6 million ?singletons?.

On average, the single British man or woman goes out on a date five times a year, with the Welsh the keenest date hunters, spending more on looking for that someone special in bars and clubs.

London is the lonely hearts capital with 33 per cent more single people than other parts of Britain, even though the cost of a date there is almost 50 per cent more expensive.

Yougov, an opinion polling institute, questioned 2,473 people on their dating habits for Maestro, a debit card operator.