Lindy Hop Classes in the UK

East of England

Norwich

Fine City Swing, Swingymabob, Rhythm and Grace

8 listings ▸Town & city

Cambridge

Cambridge Swing Dance, Sara White's Blues Nites

12 listings ▸Town & city

Bedford

Swingsters

19 listings ▸Town & city

Bury St Edmunds

Get in the Swing

3 listings ▸Town & city

Hertfordshire

Jiveswing (Welwyn)

9 listings ▸County

Suffolk

Get in the Swing

Scotland

Edinburgh

Edinbop, Edinburgh Swing Dance Society (ESDS), Vintage Tap and Swing

16 listings ▸Town & city

Glasgow

Glasgow Lindy Hoppers, Thursday Night Blues, Glasgow Jitterbugs

North East

Durham

Lindy Jazz, Durham University Swing Society (DUSS)

4 listings ▸Town & city

Newcastle upon Tyne

Swing Tyne, Hoodoo Blues & Fusion Dance

Yorkshire and the Humber

Leeds

Leeds University Union Swing Dance (LUU Swing Soc), Swing Dance Leeds, Lindy Fridays

15 listings ▸Town & city

York

York Lindy

West Midlands

Birmingham

The Swing Era, Time To Swing Dance

21 listings ▸

Wales

Cardiff

The Swing Project

20 listings ▸

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SwingdanceUK

London swing dance school (formerly London Swing Dance Society) running live-band socials, beginner workshops and Lindy Hop events.

19 listings ▸

Swing Patrol

Large London network of weekly drop-in Lindy Hop and blues classes, beginner socials, Dance in a Day workshops and monthly live-band nights.

34 listings ▸

Swingland

West and south-west London swing school run by Martin Ellis with weekly drop-in class and social nights, workshops and a winter ball.

7 listings ▸

South West Lindy Hoppers

Weekly Lindy Hop classes in Totnes and Exeter plus monthly live-band social dances around Exeter and Torbay.

Swingout Swingdance

Paignton Lindy Hop classes, Chudleigh solo swing class and occasional workshops and pop-up socials; site branding mentions Swindon.

The Swing Project

Cardiff

Cardiff Lindy Hop courses, solo jazz, monthly Bootlegger drop-in night, workshops and weekenders.

20 listings ▸

Bristol Swing Riot

Bristol weekly drop-in Lindy Hop and Balboa classes in Easton and Southville, with beginner weekend courses.

Swing Dance Bristol

Bristol monthly Ain't Misbehavin' swing social with beginner taster, plus a New Year swing festival.

Hoppin' Mad

Swing dance classes in Bristol and Bath; its website publishes no current class times, so contact the school before going.

0 listings ▸

Swing City Brighton

Brighton

Brighton Lindy Hop drop-in class and social on Tuesdays, monthly Balboa soiree, workshops and live band nights.

Sussex Swing

Brighton

Brighton and Hove swing dance lessons, monthly ballroom/Latin nights with swing styles, hen parties and private tuition.

The Lindy Club

Fareham

Swing dance festival in Fareham.

Southampton Swing Dancers (University of Southampton)

Southampton

Students' union Lindy Hop society with weekly Thursday beginner and intermediate lessons, monthly socials and occasional solo jazz workshops.

Leeds University Union Swing Dance (LUU Swing Soc)

Leeds

University of Leeds union society running Monday beginner and intermediate Lindy Hop classes with a social slot between them.

Bristol University Swing Society (BUSS)

Bristol students' union swing society with a Monday Lindy Hop class and social, a Wednesday alternative-dance session and monthly socials.

Aberdeen University Swing Dance Society

Aberdeen

Aberdeen University students' association society with Monday and Thursday Lindy Hop classes, open practices and Friday socials, open to non-students.

Exeter University Swing Dance Society (EUSDS)

Exeter Guild society with Tuesday and Friday swing classes, the Friday followed by social dancing; all experience levels.

Shag Pile

Weekly Friday Collegiate Shag class in Bethnal Green plus a regular DJ-led social swing night in Finsbury Park.

Edinbop

Edinburgh

Non-profit Edinburgh swing group with weekly Balboa, blues/shag and Lindy classes, Balboa and St Louis Shag workshops, and live-music socials.

Swing North

Manchester

Tuesday-night Manchester swing classes in Lindy Hop, Balboa and Collegiate Shag followed by social dancing.

Swing Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne

Volunteer-run Newcastle swing club with Monday classes and socials, alternate-Monday Balboa and Shag, and Bal Brunch socials.

52nd Street Jump

Lincolnshire

Rural Lincolnshire swing classes in Aisby, Market Rasen, Lincoln and Alford, plus occasional tea dances.

Oxford Lindy Hoppers

Oxford

Oxford Lindy Hop club running Thursday Fire Station Swing classes and socials, plus Tuesday and first-Friday sessions.

York Lindy

York

Thursday Lindy Hop beginner and improver classes in central York with roughly monthly socials.

Cheltenham Swing Dance

Cheltenham

Gloucestershire swing group with Wednesday Lindy Hop classes and themed social and tea dances.

Swing Dance Leeds

Leeds

Leeds Lindy Hop classes and Lindy Fridays, plus a weekly Balboa class in Sheffield.

Swing at the Folk House

Bristol Folk House live-band swing socials roughly every other month, plus the Bristol Stomp weekend.

Lindy Fridays

Leeds

Friday-night Lindy Hop improvers and beginners classes with social dancing at the Carriageworks in Leeds city centre.

Uptown Swing

Highbury Lindy Hop term classes (improvers and intermediates) plus beginner crash courses, ticketed through Ticket Tailor.

The Swing Era

Birmingham

Birmingham swing school running six-week Lindy Hop courses in Moseley plus workshops, socials and solo jazz.

19 listings ▸

Mersey Swing

Liverpool

Liverpool swing group with a weekly Wednesday Lindy Hop night, beginner courses and workshop socials.

Sugar Hill Hop

Central London Thursday Lindy Hop beginner and social-improver classes near Holborn, pay as you go or class card.

Sunshine Swing

Brixton-area swing dance club with Tuesday classes at UNIT3 Studios and fortnightly Sunday socials at Craft Metropolis.

Lindy Hop East London

Angela Andrew's Monday Lindy Hop and vernacular jazz classes at Chisenhale Dance Space, Bow.

SwingState London

Wednesday term-time Lindy Hop and solo jazz classes at Lantern Arts Centre, Raynes Park, with live-band socials.

Learn to Swing Dance (Sharon Davis)

New Cross swing dance school running a Wednesday beginner taster and social at Jazzbourne plus beginner courses.

Cheshire Swing Cats

Chester

Chester Sunday Lindy Hop and 1930s Charleston classes at Hoole Community Centre, with seasonal socials and a weekender.

Balboa Bunch

Cheltenham

Balboa classes at Norton Village Hall and periodic Balboa dances in Cheltenham, run from a Google Sites page.

7 listings ▸

Lindy Jazz

Durham

Durham swing dance school with six-week Wednesday beginner and experienced courses and a taster at Durham Jazz Festival.

Berkshire Swing Dance (RockinRhythm)

Reading

Reading Tuesday Lindy Hop classes and Friday Jitterbug Jam socials at Watlington House community hall.

Rug-Cutters Lindy Hop Club

Peterborough

Cambridgeshire Lindy Hop club with weekly drop-in classes near Peterborough (Mondays) and Huntingdon (Tuesdays).

Jiveswing (Welwyn)

Welwyn

Hertfordshire swing school; Welwyn Thursday Lindy Hop courses at Digswell Village Hall, pre-booking only.

11 listings ▸

Swing Belfast

Belfast

Belfast swing classes on Monday and Thursday nights plus a monthly second-Saturday swing social; page undated.

Chichester Lindy Hoppers

Chichester

Wednesday Lindy Hop beginner and intermediate classes with monthly social dances at the New Park Centre, Chichester.

Glasgow Lindy Hoppers

Glasgow

Tuesday Balboa beginner and improver classes with a short practice, run alongside Glasgow Lindy Hoppers.

Thursday Night Blues

Glasgow

Glasgow blues dance classes with a social afterwards; the site describes blues as its own dance, not swing.

Joint's a Hoppin'

Woking

Monthly vintage record hop in West End, Woking, with guest DJs and an easy warm-up Lindy Hop class.

Swing Thing

Redhill

Thursday evening Learn to Lindy Hop classes at the Double Seven Club in Earlswood, Redhill.

SurbitonSwing

Surbiton

Lindy Hop classes and socials at the cornerHOUSE Arts Centre, Surbiton, listed on the venue's site.

The Swing Dance Company

Farnham

SwingJive courses, the Lindy Series workshops, tea dances and class-and-dance evenings across Surrey, Hampshire and Dorset.

17 listings ▸

Canterbury, Ashford & Sandwich Jive (Andrew Hall)

Canterbury

Meetup group running weekly 1940s/50s-style jive classes in Canterbury, Ashford and Sandwich, with taster nights.

Sugarpush (Jammcodance)

Brixton swing dance evenings by Jammcodance; one workshop and Christmas social is currently listed.

City Lit (solo swing and jive)

Adult education college in Covent Garden listing a weekend solo swing and jive course in January 2027.

Cambridge Swing Dance

Cambridge

Cambridge volunteer-style swing scene with weekly Lindy Hop and blues classes, socials, courses and annual festivals.

11 listings ▸

Get in the Swing

Bury St Edmunds

Lindy Hop and 1920s Charleston classes at Steeple Morden and Risby, plus monthly Newmarket social and band nights.

Fine City Swing

Norwich

Volunteer collective promoting Norwich swing classes, runs monthly Sunday socials, a Christmas party and a July festival.

Swingymabob

Norwich

Norwich and Wreningham Lindy Hop classes; own website not found.

Rhythm and Grace

Norwich

Norwich Balboa and swing classes plus solo Charleston and vernacular jazz; own website not found.

Glasgow Jitterbugs

Glasgow

Thursday Lindy Hop, shag and soul lindy classes in Glasgow city centre, plus an annual Soul Lindy weekend.

Edinburgh Swing Dance Society (ESDS)

Edinburgh

Thursday-night Lindy Hop and shag classes, open practice and social dancing at the LifeCare Centre in Stockbridge.

Vintage Tap and Swing

Edinburgh

Edinburgh Lindy Hop classes and workshops at North Merchiston Club, run alongside tap teaching.

Highland Swing (Inverness classes)

Inverness

Weekly Tuesday Lindy Hop classes in Inverness, with a monthly blues class and social.

Hoodoo Blues & Fusion Dance

Newcastle upon Tyne

Blues and fusion dance classes and monthly socials in Newcastle, with occasional live blues nights in Hexham.

Durham University Swing Society (DUSS)

Durham

Student swing society running classes and socials in Durham City, with an October ball including a beginner Lindy class.

Swing Dance St Andrews (University of St Andrews)

St Andrews

University swing society offering weekly Wednesday classes at the Students' Union in St Andrews.

Tumble Lindy Hop Jive CIC

Carmarthenshire

Community Lindy Hop classes across Carmarthenshire villages, monthly Sunday tea dances and care-home sessions.

12 listings ▸

Aberswing

Aberystwyth

Weekly swing dance classes in Aberystwyth, held on Tuesday evenings in the Llanbadarn Fawr church hall.

Swansea Lindy Hoppers

Swansea

Dave and Angela Adamiec run weekly swing classes around Swansea, Port Talbot and the Swansea valley.

Nottingham Lindy Hop

Nottingham

Long-running Nottingham drop-in Lindy Hop and solo jazz classes in Sneinton, with a monthly practice social.

Time To Swing Dance

Birmingham

New swing school, mainly 1940s Lindy Hop, with Tuesday classes in the Black Country and Wednesday classes in Warwickshire.

Jive By The Wye

Ross-on-Wye

Wye Valley dance group (formerly Ross Jive and Swing) running an introductory Lindy Hop class near Ross-on-Wye alongside modern jive.

Worcester Swing Dance

Worcester

Worcester Lindy Hop classes on Sunday evenings at Nunnery Wood High School, with an occasional Worcester Stomp social.

Homefront Lindy Hop

Hastings

Weekly Lindy Hop classes in East Sussex villages and Kent, plus bimonthly 1940s-style dances and weekend workshops, running since 2010.

Brighthelm Swing

Brighton and Hove

Run by Keith and Annie: weekly drop-in Lindy Hop at Upper Beeding, Balboa and Shag at Patcham, plus Sunday tea dances.

12 listings ▸

Portsmouth & Petersfield Lindy Hop

Portsmouth

Robyn and Jason run weekly Lindy Hop drop-in classes in Southsea and Petersfield, with socials and guest teachers.

Swing Dance Summertown

Oxford

Not-for-profit Oxford club running Wednesday-night Lindy Hop, Charleston and solo jazz classes at Cherwell School, plus socials.

MyCharleston

Brighton and Hove

Adult 20s Charleston, solo jazz and partner Charleston courses across Brighton, Hove, Lewes, Eastbourne and Portsmouth, plus masterclasses and a Christmas Speakeasy.

Brighton Lindyhoppers

Brighton and Hove

Graeme and Amanda's Brighton and Hove Lindy Hop classes at beginner, improver and intermediate level, with a monthly free taster.

Swing Exe

Exeter swing dance group running Monday Lindy Hop and Charleston blocks, Wednesday Balboa, Thursday improver and vernacular jazz sessions, plus weekend events.

7 listings ▸

Just Jive Lindy Hop

Gloucester

Dursley-based company teaching Lindy Hop and swing jive in Gloucester, Tetbury, Swindon and Stroud, with regular swing dances and live-band socials.

Mad About Swing

Plymouth

Plymouth Lindy Hop club with weekly Tuesday classes at Abbey Hall and ticketed themed socials with live bands.

Swing Shift Lindy Hop

Bournemouth

Bournemouth Lindy Hop classes every Monday at BOH Studios, with monthly themes and DJ socials.

Swingbytes Dance

Gloucester

Cotswold Shag and Charleston fitness teacher with Monday classes near Gloucester and Nailsworth, and Swingtime at the Brewery dances in Stroud.

12 listings ▸

Dynamic Dance (Dee Lanning)

Bridport

Bridport daytime Solo Charleston and vintage jazz classes with Dee Lanning, term-time only.

The Lindy Circle

Dan Guest's London swing school; runs the weekly Bal Revival balboa club night in Chiswick.

Wimbledon Swing Dance World (Paul Sandwell)

Wednesday evening swing class in Wimbledon Park run by Wimbledon School of Freestyle and Ballroom.

Swingsters

Bedford

Bedford-based swing and balboa teachers since 2005, running weekly classes in Bedford, Wixams and Rushden plus live-band socials.

Sara White's Blues Nites

Cambridge

Modern blues dance teacher running weekly class nights near Cambridge and Buckden, and the annual Crystal Blues Challenge weekend.