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- October 21, 2026
Make Friends After 40 in Trowbridge Somewhere Between Late Nights and Early Ones
In 2021 roughly 13% of Trowbridge’s people were forty-somethings, beating the South West average, so finding friends at the same stage here is very possible.
4,800+
Trowbridge people in their forties, counted across seven town wards in 2021 (ONS)
13%
was Trowbridge’s 40 to 49 share in 2021, against about 12% for the region (ONS)
14%
of Trowbridge homes were married parents with dependent children, a little over the regional 13% (Census 2021)
Trowbridge, the in-between years and a hobby to share
In Trowbridge in your 40s, when big nights out appeal less but the sofa every evening is not quite the plan, a steady hobby is the easiest way to make friends. Wiltshire College runs a printmaking course on Thursday evenings from January, and the Saturday parkrun at Southwick Country Park keeps a friendly weekend rhythm. Gofrendly helps you meet Trowbridge women looking for the same middle ground.
Trowbridge answers for an unhurried social life
Can I take an evening printmaking course in Trowbridge?
Wiltshire College runs a printmaking workshop at its Trowbridge campus every Thursday evening, starting at 5.30pm and finishing at 8.30pm. The ten-week course runs from 14 January to 25 March 2027, and working alongside the same small group for a whole term makes it easy to get talking.
Which Saturday parkrun is closest to Trowbridge?
Southwick Country Park, on the southern side of Trowbridge, hosts a parkrun every Saturday at 9am. The timed 5k welcomes walkers and joggers, volunteers are always needed, and the tea room in the park is the obvious place for a coffee with new Trowbridge friends afterwards.
Are there free group walks in Trowbridge?
The Trowbridge Walking Forum organises free, led group walks in and around Trowbridge at 10.30am on Mondays and Wednesdays. Walks are gentle and sociable, and keeping pace beside someone for an hour easily gets a conversation going with complete strangers.
Which Trowbridge activities suit women in their 40s hoping for new friends?
Look for something that meets regularly and finishes at a reasonable hour, such as a weekly course, a parkrun or a led walk. Gofrendly, a women-only friendship app, also points you towards Trowbridge women after the same steady kind of social life.
Trowbridge friendships at a comfortable pace
You reach a point when the late nights of your twenties feel like another life and the quiet decades feel a long way off. You want company, just not a 2am finish. Friendship here often means a short list of reliable plans: a weekly class, a Saturday run, a walk with someone who texts back. The people you meet that way tend to stick, because you see them often and the plan does not depend on everyone being free on the same Friday. A ten-week course is long enough for that, and a regular parkrun gives you familiar faces at the finish.
Trowbridge’s forties age group is bigger than the regional average, and lots of homes still have children living in them. Weeknights may feel lonely once the kids are in bed; a class gives you an outing that ends by nine. Places to make friends after 40 at a comfortable pace:
1
Wiltshire College’s printmaking workshop in Trowbridge, every Thursday 5.30pm until 8.30pm for ten weeks from January 2027.
2
Southwick Country Park, home of a Saturday 9am parkrun and a tea room.
3
The Trowbridge Walking Forum, which leads free group walks on Monday and Wednesday mornings.
4
Biss Meadows Country Park, a Trowbridge green space for an easy walk and talk.
5
Trowbridge Library, a calm place to meet up on a weekday.
LOCAL TIP
Choose a plan that ends early and keep it every week.
How to
Gentle ways to make friends in Trowbridge
1
Book a place on the Thursday printmaking course before the January start.
2
Walk or jog the Saturday parkrun at Southwick, then share a coffee in the tea room.
3
Through Gofrendly, find Trowbridge women who prefer an early plan to a late one.
4
Join a morning walk with the Trowbridge Walking Forum on a day off.
For the middle of the week
Trowbridge easy-pace page: about the writers
Written for Trowbridge women who want a relaxed social life, this page comes from founders Claudia Gård and Ulrika Lilja and the Gofrendly editors, who chose courses, walks and runs that finish early.
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