BWY British Wheel of Yoga - Teacher & Class Directory Scraper
BWY British Wheel of Yoga — Teacher & Class Directory Scraper
Extract accredited UK yoga teacher and class data from the British Wheel of Yoga member portal. Returns unique teacher profiles with location, contact details, yoga styles, and class listings across the UK.
What this actor scrapes
The British Wheel of Yoga (BWY) is the UK's largest yoga governing body, recognised by Sport England. Their member portal at portal.bwy.org.uk lists yoga classes and workshops taught by BWY-accredited teachers across the UK.
This actor:
- Systematically searches the BWY portal across 31 UK postcode centroids
- Extracts teacher-centric data from class search results (no dedicated teacher profile pages exist on the portal)
- Deduplicates teachers across overlapping postcode search radii
- Returns one record per unique teacher with their primary class location and contact details
Output fields
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
teacher_id |
Unique teacher ID from the BWY portal |
first_class_name |
Name of the teacher's first listed class |
city |
City/town of the teacher's primary class location |
postcode |
UK postcode |
country |
Always GB |
latitude |
Latitude coordinate |
longitude |
Longitude coordinate |
email |
Email address (extracted from booking instructions) |
phone |
Phone number (extracted from booking instructions) |
how_to_book |
Raw booking/contact instructions |
venue_name |
Venue name |
styles |
Yoga styles (from class listing names) |
teaches_online |
Whether teacher offers online classes |
teaches_in_person |
Whether teacher offers in-person classes |
class_count |
Number of active class listings for this teacher |
profile_url |
URL of the teacher's primary class listing |
Use cases
- Lead generation: UK yoga insurance brokers (Balens, Insure4Sport) sourcing accredited teacher contacts
- Studio recruitment: UK yoga studio chains recruiting qualified instructors
- Directory services: Yoga event platforms building UK teacher indices
- Market research: Mapping UK yoga teacher density by region for fitness industry analysis
Input parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
maxItems |
integer | Maximum number of teacher records to scrape | 15 |
searchRadiusMiles |
integer | Search radius per postcode seed (miles) | 50 |
Coverage and limitations
The BWY portal has no dedicated teacher profile pages — teacher data is accessible only through class/workshop search results. Fields such as name, credential (Dip BWY / DCT), and accreditation_date are not exposed in the portal's public search API and are not collected by this actor.
With 31 postcode seeds at 50-mile radius, this actor provides near-complete UK coverage. Estimated yield: 1,500–3,500 unique teachers depending on the portal's active registrations at time of scraping.
Legal and ToS
The BWY portal's robots.txt allows all access (Allow: /). All scraped data is publicly accessible without authentication. Contact details scraped are voluntarily published by BWY member teachers on the public directory for the purpose of being contacted by prospective students.