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Wednesday - Classes Night

@ St Paul's Church, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 1JP

(See "getting there", below, for directions, parking, and entry information.)

 
​​On Wednesdays we have two rooms of dancing at St Paul's. You can
  • Learn or improve your Lindy Hop with our Beginners and Intermediates lessons in the main hall, 
  • Attend our Shall We Dance? courses in other swing dance styles in the smaller hall.  Each Shall We Dance? course is a month long and covers a different dance style or theme, see the individual course details below.​

Lindy Hop
Beginners and Intermediates

Timetable

Classes are in the main hall, straight ahead after you enter the building.

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7:15 pm – Doors open

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7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Beginners (see below)

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9:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Intermediates (see below)

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After each lesson there's some practice time so you can try out your moves. If you'd like to do some social dancing, don't forget our Tuesday social nights, too (where there may even be a live band).

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PRICE & BOOKING

​On the door: £10 per person for one class. £15 per person for both classes on the same night. Pay by card, contactless (including Android/Apple pay), or gift card. Sorry, we don't take cash!

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Booked in advance: £37 for a 4 week Beginners block (see below). From September 2026, we will only be offering advanced booking for our Beginners classes on Wednesdays, with no drop in option. We're phasing this in, so payment on the door remains available for now. We'll continue to take payment on the door for Intermediates classes. 

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Access to Dance passes and coupon codes are available for those who would otherwise not be able to afford to attend.

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If you go to a Shall We Dance? class or a pre-booked Lindy Hop Beginners and then the Lindy Hop Intermediates class at 9 pm in the large hall, you will be still be able to get the discount for doing two classes on one night. Just tell the door volunteer that you need to pay an extra £5 for the Intermediates class.
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Class details

​​​​From 6th May: Lindy Hop with Jo and Harshit

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These Lindy Hop classes will be taught in monthly themed blocks with progression throughout the month. Our blocks run for 4 weeks, and rotate between Lindy Hop for 2 months and Charleston for 1 month.

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  • Beginners: Suitable for absolute beginners and people who aren't ready for Intermediates yet, this month-long block will build up from scratch and support your swing dance journey. ​

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  • Intermediates: We expect that you will be comfortable dancing for a whole song at a social dance, mixing 6 and 8 count basics, comfortable with Charleston in side by side and hand to hand, adding musical breaks, know a tuck turn, bring back, swing out, and circle. You will want to challenge yourself to learn new techniques and moves, receive personalised feedback, be able to reflect on your dancing in different ways. You will have attended beginners classes for at least 6 months, covering multiple different blocks. If you have any questions about whether you’re ready please ask any of our teachers.​

Shall We Dance?

The topic of the Shall We Dance? courses changes monthly. They allow you to expand your horizons beyond Lindy Hop to other swing dance styles such as Collegiate Shag, Balboa, and Solo Jazz. These are mostly intended for existing swing dancers (though we're not stopping you going to a beginners Shag course as a complete dance newbie, you'll be in a class with people who've done swing dancing before, if not that particular swing dance). Check the individual course page below for details.

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Timetable

Classes are from 7.30 - 8.45 pm in the smaller hall (on the left after you enter the building). They'll start promptly, please arrive from 7.15 pm.

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PRICE & Booking

​These courses require booking (see below). As the small hall is small, class size will be limited to 24 attendees. A 4 week course costs £37. There'll be an Access to Dance coupon code on the booking page.

Bookable courses

Questions?

See our Frequently Asked Questions page or contact us. You can also read our safer spaces policy.

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Getting there

The entrance to the St Paul's is via the Centre at St Paul's entrance, on the right of the church as you look at it from Hills Road.

 

For security reasons, the venue requires us to keep the door locked. If you're late and there's no-one by the door, ring the door bell. We can also give out the code for the door lock to regulars, join the WhatsApp group or subscribe to our newsletter to get it (or ask the door person!)

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By bike

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There's cycle parking at the front of the church.

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By car

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Car parking is free on St Paul's Road and Gresham Road from 5 pm. Note that there are some residents only bays which apply until 8 pm further down St Paul's Road. The nearest off street parking is the Queen Anne Terrace car park, which is free after 6 pm.

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