Good sources of folk dance information are:

East Devon Folk  a site for folk music in the area, including dance clubs http://www.eastdevonfolk.org

What’s Afoot & Flaxey Green   a Devon listing magazine and website       www.flaxey-green.co.uk

SADFolk                     a Somerset and Dorset listings site                                     www.sadfolk.co.uk

Set & Turn Single          a nationwide listings site                                    www.setandturnsingle.org.uk

Local Dances and Clubs:
NOTE: listings may not be up to date so always check with the organisers .
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Aylesbeare Folk Dance Club                                (about 13 miles from Honiton)

Alternate Fridays Aylesbeare Village Hall
Ted Farmer Telephone 01392 466326
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Bridport Folk Dancing Club                                (about 21 miles from Honiton)
Meets every Monday evening, 7.30 – 9.30 pm, WI Hall, North Street, Bridport, Dorset DT6 3JQ
For info call Jane on 01308 898 002     or      Monty on 01308 423 442.
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Bridport Ceilidhs                                                    (about 21 miles from Honiton)
1st Saturdays (& 3rd Sat in April) excl. May, July, August
7.30-11pm Church House Hall, South Street, Brdiport
See website: www.bridportceilidhs.wordpress.com                      or call 01308 423 442
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Chard Folk Dance Club                                        (about 14 miles from Honiton)
Chard Folk Dance Club meets alternate Thursday evenings, 8pm, at the Village Hall., Underway, Combe St Nicholas TA20 3NY . The Village Hall is opposite Broadwell Close and near the junction of Underway with Frog Lane and Whiteway. Parking on the road.
Call 01460 65909 or 61996

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d’Accord French Dance        Ide                                             (about 23 miles from Honiton)
3rd Friday 8.00pm – French and Breton Dances – Ide Village Hall, Nr Exeter
Call: Pat Tomkins 01392 811593
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Exeter – Contra                                                                         (about 17 miles from Honiton)
A relatively new venture to get contra dance going in Exeter, by local caller Jeremy Child. St Katherine’s Priory, Pinhoe, Exeter EX4 7JY
Friday evenings – 2nd Friday of the month
website: http://barndancecaller.net/exetercontra.html 

email:       jemery@barndancecaller.net

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Exeter Folk Dance Club                                                          (about 18 miles from Honiton)
Last Friday 7.30pm – Palace Gate Centre at South Street Baptist Church, South Street, Exeter, EX1 1JA Exeter
email : exeterfolkdance@gmail.com    or     telephone 07531 142321
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Exeter Ceilidhs
Website:   www.exeterceilidhs.net
Sats. 8-11p.m.  Kenn Centre, Kennford, EX6 7UE    Phone: 07969 297633
email:  contact@exeterceilidhs.net
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Exmouth Folk Dance Club                                                        (about 20 miles from Honiton)
Thursday Weekly 8.00pm – 10.00pm – Withycombe Methodist Church Centre
Mr Chris Miles, 25 Old Bystock Drive, Exmouth, EX8 5RB Telephone 01395 275592
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Exmouth, Isca Scottish Dancers                                              (about 20 miles from Honiton)
– Classes Tues & Wed, Sept – May.
Please call to confirm the venues which are not actaully in Exmouth.
Mr & Mrs V.J. Tyler, 66, Ivydale, Exmouth – Telephone 01395 276913
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Great Western Ceilidhs (Exeter)                                               (about 23 miles from Honiton)
Website: www.great-western.org.uk/ceilidhs/
Dances are now on a reduced schedule, call Pete Langley 01392 491228 for info. Held at BowhillSchool, Buddle Lane, Exeter, EX4 1JT
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Halsway Manor Society Ltd       (Crowcombe, Somerset)        (about 30 miles from Honiton)
A manor set on the southern slopes of the Quantocks providing a unique national residential Folk Centre for music, dance and song, Many events and folk dances/courses take place there during the year.
Website: www.halswaymanor.org.uk
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Halsway Manor Folk Dance Group                                                      (about 30 miles from Honiton)
1st and 3rd Wednesday – Halsway Manor, Crocombe, Somerset – different venues.
Please telephone Brian Graham 01643 707 284 to check.

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Isca Allemanders Square Dance Club.       Kenford                       (about 23 miles from Honiton)
Weekly Tuesday – Kenn Centre, Kennford
Brian Bradford, 73 Burrator Drive, Exwick, Exeter, Devon, EX4 2EW. Telephone 01392 433469 or email:   isca.sdc@btinternet.com
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Over Stratton Folk Dance Club                                                            (about 21 miles from Honiton)
Alternate Wednesday evenings – The Village Hall, Over Stratton, Somerset (just off the A303 South Petherton Hayes End roundabout on the old Ilminster road. Nearest Postcode: TA13 5LN.)
Website:    www.overstrattonfolkdanceclub.co.uk             Call for info: 01935 424927
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Salcombe Regis Folk Dance Club                                                     (about 9 miles from Honiton)
Fridays weekly – St Peter’s Church Hall, Sidford
Mrs D. Cooper, 6, Darnell Close, Sidmouth Telephone 01395 513131
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Sidford Folk Dance Club                                                          (at about 8 miles from Honiton)
Barn dances, mainly with live music, at 8 – 10.30pm every Tuesday from September – May at Sidford Social Hall, Byes Lane, Sidford, Devon EX10 9QX
Call Helen  01395 514 161 for info.

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Willand Folk Dance Club         (near Cullompton)           (about 17 miles from Honiton)
Meets 2nd and 4th Thursdays September to June at 8 – 10.30pm, with dancing to live music. Also, monthly Saturday dances 8 – 11.30pm September – July, plus New Year’s Eve dance.
At Willand Village Hall, Gables Road, Willand, Devon, EX15 2PL
Website: www.willandfolkdanceclub.co.uk
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