Traditional dance from the North East of England. Northumberland and Durham style clog dancing and rapper dancing.

Traditional English Sword Dance Team performing both Longsword and Rapper.

 Benfieldside perform both Cotswold Morris and Sword

A mixed rapper team, new members welcome. We practice on Tuesday evenings 8.45pm at The Ruin Digbeth

Bishops Gundulf Morris from Rochester, Kent dance Northwest Clog, Longsword and Rapper Sword styles.

Black Swan Rapper is a male traditional sword dance side practicing in Leeds. The epitome of manliness and esteem, causers of trouble, thieves of hearts.

Rapper team from Littleborough- born of millstone grit and moowergrime

Bristol Rapper performs dances based on three of the above traditions (High Spen, Newbiggin-by-the-Sea and Winlaton), and uses the calling-on song from Earsdon.

A male team dancing Longsword, both traditional and own tradition.

We are Cinquefoil Rapper (pronounced Sank-foil. We are a mixed Rapper Sword Dance side based in the sunny city of Leicester.

Claro Sword and Morris Men dance Yorkshire Longsword- drink beer- and are generally a good bunch of chaps based in and around Knaresborough- North Yorkshire. We practice most Thursday evenings from 8 - 10 p.m. at Pannal Scout Hut- Spring Lane- Pannal

Fifteen jolly boys are ready to act- sing- dance  (!) and fight glorious battles of yore.

We are a mixed morris team- performing morris dances fom the Cotswolds and the Welsh Borders- and Rapper dances from the North East of England

We are a mixed gender rapper side- practising in Oxford on Monday evenings. We are very welcoming and looking for new dancers of any ability. 

The very finest North West Morris team and Rapper team in the whole of Wareham. Female team performing North West morris and Male team performing Rapper.

See the facebook page for details and contact.

The Durham University Folk Society exists to promote folk music and traditional dance throughout the University. Non students are welcome.

We are proud to perform the traditional Escrick Longsword Dance from a village just east of York- as well as various cotswold dances

We are a music and dance society at Exeter University embracing all aspects of folk.

Faithful City Morris Men are based around Worcester England.

Flamborough Longsword. A tradional sword dance performed annually in the village on boxing day. Sword- gansey- cap- white jeans- shoes & big thirst just needed! - Also now a youth team.

We are a dance group for young people that perform traditional dance in our unique way and style- ensuring that traditions continue for new and old audiences

We perform mainly English morris dances from the Cotswold and border regions. We also include rapper sword dancing in our repertoire.

Young, a mixed side of itinerant sword dancers from across the UK, famed for their green socks.

Furness Morris is a mixed Morris Dance side, based in Ulverston, Cumbria, dancing a wide variety of Cotswold Morris traditions, some Border Morris, Longsword, and our very own Ulverston North-West Morris dance.

Gaorsach Rapper and Step is a dance team based in Aberdeen. We perform rapper sword and percussive step dances around the country and in 2008 were winners of the open class of the annual rapper competition, DERT.

The Goathland Plough Stots is one of Yorkshires traditional long sword teams, if not the oldest still dancing their own dance as performed as far back as the early 19th century.
The Plough Stots were revived by Frank. W. Dowson in 1922 with the help of his good friend Cecil Sharp after a lapse of 40yrs. 

Introducing Green Man Sword – Surrey’s premier (only) traditional sword dancing team.  We have members  from a wide area of Surrey and South West London and practice at the Station pub in Stoneleigh, close to the London/Surrey border most Tuesday evenings from 8-10pm – find out more about joining us.  We welcome new dancers and musicians – no experience is necessary and we have an expert tutor on hand to guide you.

Our core repertoire is based on the dances of the villages of Fieldtown in Oxfordshire. We also regularly perform figures from the North Skelton longsword dance from Yorkshire.  For this we remove our baldrics and bells and wear green cummerbunds.

Grenoside Sword Dancers are one of the 5 remaining traditional longsword dance sides in the UK. Our annual event is on Boxing Day- outside the Old Harrow

The Handsworth Traditional Sword Dancers have been dancing their iconic Yorkshire longsword dance for around 130 years - making them one of the longest continuously-running folk dance teams in the country.

Hexham Morris Men perform a full and varied programme of Cotswold dances from Fieldtown, Ducklington and Lichfield, also border and North East rapper sword dances

The High Spen Blue Diamonds are the only remaining traditional rapper sword dancing team in the world.

Formed in 1986, which although relatively recent we have quite a good historic "pedigree". Our original aim was to learn and revive a local version of the Kirkby Malzeard Longsword dance. 

Jockey Men’s Morris Club have been active in Birmingham since their formation in 1949. They have performed all over the country and have been proud to represent morris dancing- and the City of Birmingham

Kelham Island Rapper is a male rapper team based in Sheffield. We practice Mondays- 8-10 at the Fat Cat.

Based in Sleaford- Lincolnshire- Kesteven Morris are two teams in one; A men's team- dancing mainly Cotswold Morris and Rapper Sword; and a Women's team dancing Cotswold Morris- North West Processional and East Anglian Molly Dances.

Leven Sword, a mixed side, were formed in Great Ayton in 2016 to bring back to life the local tradition of Yorkshire Longsword in the area following a gap of 100 years. They dance the nearest recorded dance Boosbeck and their own dance High Green.

Lord Conyers Morris Men are a traditional Morris Dancing side from Sheffield- South Yorkshire- founded in 1974.

They perform traditional and evolved rapper sword dances- which originate from the mining regions of Northumberland and Durham.

We are a community-based team of enthusiasts who specialise in traditional English Traditional Sword Dancing.

We are a Traditional Men Only Morris & Sword side- dancing in and around the Chichester area

Founded in April 2013- Medlock Rapper are Manchester's premier (and only) rapper sword team.

Mersey Morris is a welcoming team open to all adults. We encourage diversity, equality and inclusion amongst our members, and deliver an environment where all can feel safe, welcomed and respected. We perform Cotswold Morris, Border and Molly, together with rapper and longsword dances.

Morris/folk/sword dancing team based in the North East of England- and the world. Message our facebook page to enquire.

Mixed side who dance both Longsword and Rapper either in mixed or single sets

Founded in 1949 for the King's College rag week in Newcastle upon Tyne- the Newcastle Kingsmen evolved into widely acclaimed masters of the traditional Northumbrian Rapper sword dance- and are also expert practitioners of the Grenoside longsword dance and Royton northwest dance.

Bath's only traditional male sword dancing team! A plethora of fine sorts dedicated to bending metal- it's the perfect hobby for those seeking mild peril.

NYFTE performances are a mixture of traditional material complemented by modern items in keeping with the tradition.

Their dance styles include Rapper, Cotsold and Percussive.

The Papa Stour Sword Dance is a masque which represents the age-old theme of the struggle between good and evil. 

Non traditional Yorkshire Longsword dancers with attitude.

A mixed side based in Retford Nottinghamshire- dancing a new creative genre of morris dance- Plough Morris- rooted in our research into traditions from Nottinghamshire- Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire.

Redcar Sword Dancers are a long established longsword team well known for their revival of the Greatham dance and play

The team performs Rapper sword dances based on the North East of England traditions and Appalachian step dances.

An independent folk development project based in and around the Ryburn Valley- West Yorkshire. Share what you know- learn what you don't

We are a mixed morris side. We dance Border, Rapper and Clog. We are a family side keen to welcome new members.

Mainly North West Morris dancers, however do an annual tour performing the Lordsmere longsword dance.

Sallyport Sword Dancers - founded in 1969- perform the traditional rapper and longsword dances of the North-East of England.

The gin-destroying stainless Sheffield Steel!

"I am from Shropshire, my shins be sharp". Your local rapper sword-dance team, always welcoming new members.

Silver Flame are a young female rapper team based in the southwest of England

Purveyors of North East English short sword dances.

Men's Longsword team, founded in 1968 by John Smith and still dancing. We perform a mixture of traditional dances and some own dances inspired by features from our local area.

Very friendly rapper dancers from Newcastle.

Sword dancers from the East Midlands wearing distinctive black & white socks. Performing rapper- longsword and occasional folky sessions.

Sullivan's Sword is a mixed longsword dance team based in Nottingham- England

The side was founded in Llanmadoc in 1966 and was originally known as the “Mighty Men of Madoc”. We moved to Swansea in 1968.

Noted for our elegant dress sense and our 'sophisticated' time-management skills- North British perform sword dances from England- Scotland- and the Isle of Man

Rapper sword dancers: bringing culture and enlightenment to the congestion charge zone and beyond!

Tower Ravens are an all female rapper dance team based in central London. We take our name from the feathered guardians of the Tower of London- and are accompanied by a brazen Beefeater.

Whip the Cat are a Premier Rapper and Clog team based in Nottingham, UK. Winners of DERT 2018! Winners of DERT of DERTs 2021! Please contact whipthecat5@gmail.com

Young Miscellany (YM) is a Hertfordshire-based folk dance group for young people between the ages of 6 and 18.