• Tue7:45pm
• Fri8pm

Exeter (Haven Road and Riverside Leisure Centre) · Watersports · Try dive £30 adults, £20 juniors…

BSAC diving club based at the Haven Road water sports site, training new divers in the pool at Riverside and diving off the Devon coast all year. It suits complete beginners, lapsed divers and qualified divers from any agency.

New here? ‘If you can swim, then come and talk to us.’ Complete beginners and people who haven't dived for years are welcome at the Friday social; try dives run on Tuesday evenings (book in advance)

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Trains on Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, with volunteer patrols on summer Sundays

Exmouth · 11 miles from the centre · Watersports

A volunteer surf life saving club on Exmouth beach training lifeguards and running summer beach patrols. New adult members are welcome with no previous experience; juniors join via a waiting list.

• Mon3 sessions from 7pm

Exeter (city centre) · Social dance · £8 for one class, £10 for two on the…

Drop-in salsa classes on Monday evenings at Exeter Phoenix, with a beginners' class, a technique class and an improvers' class. No partner or experience needed.

New here? Drop-in, so you can start any week; no experience needed and your first beginners' class is free.

• Mon7:45pm
• Thu7:45pm

Exeter (Exwick) · Social dance · Free taster sessions

Scottish country dancing classes on Monday and Thursday evenings at Exwick Parish Hall, with regular social dances to live music. A new beginners' course started this autumn after free taster sessions.

New here? ‘Beginners are welcome’; new beginners' course in autumn 2026 with free tasters on 17 and 24 September; all ages welcome.

• Mon6:30pm, 8pm

• Fri7:15pm

Exeter (city centre) · Dance classes · £8 a class (cash or card)

Adult ballet class at Exeter Phoenix taught by Anne Jobson, for people who have always wanted to try ballet as well as those with some experience. Men and women equally welcome.

New here? For those who have always wanted to try ballet and those with some experience; men and women equally welcome.

• Mon7pm, 8pm
• Thu6:30pm, 7pm

Exeter (city centre) · Dance classes · £8.50 a class (acro £15)

City-centre dance studio running weekly adult classes in ballet, tap, contemporary and commercial street dance, many of them drop-in with no monthly membership. Suits beginners and returners as well as experienced dancers.

New here? Many adult sessions are drop-in, booked online; the timetable includes Absolute Beginners Ballet and Adults Beginners Tap. No monthly memberships.

• 3rd Mon6pm
• 1st Wed6pm

Exeter Quay · Talk, languages & learning · Free

Bring a book and read quietly with others for an hour, then stay for a chat and a drink. Free, no booking, at Topsham Brewery's taproom on Exeter Quay.

New here? Free to attend, no booking required: bring your own book. Book tokens available for those who need one.