About District 17
District 17 covers most of Devon and has 5 clubs – Barnstaple, Dartmouth, Exmouth, Okehampton and Torquay. Devon is a large and beautiful county with1000s of visitors each year. Devon is home to two beautiful coasts and the two National Parks, Dartmoor and Exmoor as well as towns, cities and built-up areas, interspersed with countryside and lots of villages and farmland. The ultimate holiday destination on our doorsteps! We try to meet together as centrally as possible!
As a District we have social lunches and our District Christmas Lunch and Tabletop Sale is well supported with all the clubs raising money for their own local charities. The District Spring meeting is also a very busy event with Skittles, a Darts competition and a Quiz before the Business meeting. The Inner Wheel club of Exmouth will be hosting this in 2026.
Our District Rally is on the 25th November, the first day of ‘ORANGE THE WORLD’ – we shall all be walking in the morning alongside Association President Pam!
District Chairman

District Chairman Deirdre Stewart
Welcome
Hello, I am Deirdre Stewart and welcome to our page on the Association Website. I hope this will give you a taste of who we are and what we are doing in our clubs. I have the honour of being District 17 Chairman for the second time. I trained as a primary school teacher and we love living in Devon and sailing from Brixham! I am hoping to create new opportunities to grow our clubs, including using the new publicity material available to share our message of friendship and service.
All our Clubs meet regularly once a month. They are all unique and very different! I am looking forward to visiting them this year. They all include lots of coffee mornings, suppers, lunches and afternoon teas! This is often where money for their chosen charities is raised as well as a time for coming up with suggestions for service and further ideas for the future, socialising, enjoying each other’s company and recycling as much as we can!
Inner Wheel Club of Torquay has its own FaceBook page and we Post our news at the bottom of this page. If you would like to contact any of our clubs and find out much more, please use the email below.
Social Links
Who we support
Chairman Deirdre is fundraising for Ronald McDonald House Charities this year, Association President Pam’s charity this year too.
Every Club has its own international charity alongside their national and local charities and every club makes up shoeboxes for Christmas and send blankets, sheets and many other donations to CR2EE – Christian Response to Eastern Europe, a local Charity based in South Devon. Collectively, we support many charities, and please see our District e-Newsletters on our Posts for more information.
District 17 Officers
DISTRICT CHAIRMAN – Deirdre Stewart
1st Vice Chairman – TBA
Immediate Past Chairman – Louise French
District Secretary – June Tamlyn
District Treasurer – Pat Bunch
Member of Council – Gay Ross
District Editor – June Tamlyn
International Service Chairman – Jeannette Dommett
Membership & Development Officer – Louise French & Sue Smith
Email Us
If you would like to get in touch please email iwbarnstaple@gmail.com
District 17 Events
Meeting | Date | Place |
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District 17 Social Get-Together Lunch for all | 10/09/25 | Waie Inn |
Autumn D17 Exec Meeting | 22/10/25 | Waie Inn |
Autumn District Meeting | 28/10/2025 | Waie Inn |
D17 and D20 Social Lunch | 12/11/25 | Bickleigh Mill |
D17 Pre-Rally Tea | 24/11/25 | Occombe Farm, Preston Paignton |
D17 Rally/ Christmas lunch and table top sale | 25/11/25 | Livermead House Hotel, Torquay |
Spring D17 Exec meeting | 10/02/26 | By Zoom at 10am |
Spring D17 Meeting, AGM & Skittles | 17/03/26 | Waie Inn - date to be finalised |
Association Conference | 23/03/26 - 25/03/26 | Llandudno |
Summer Exec meeting | 12/05/26 | Waie Inn |
D17 Summer meeting | 23/6/26 | Waie Inn |
Current Clubs
Barnstaple - The Barnstaple Hotel EX311LE - 1st Tuesday 12.00 noon
Dartmouth - Stoke Fleming Village Hall TQ6 0QT - 2nd Thursday 14.30
Exmouth - The Imperial Hotel EX8 2SW - 2nd Thursday 12.00 noon
Okehampton - The Okement Centre EX20 1LP - 3rd Tuesday 19.00
Torquay - Livermead House Hotel TQ2 6QJ - 2nd Monday 14.00
(1945) BARNSTAPLE
(1959) DARTMOUTH
(1930) EXMOUTH
(1965) OKEHAMPTON
(1934) TORQUAY
District 17 latest news
D17 Barnstaple’s August Tea 2025
Welcome to a wonderful start to Barnstaple’s Inner Wheel year - a lovely traditional tea, good company, and money raised for North Devon Hospice! Our club celebrated its 80th birthday in February, and President Sue Smith has kept the theme going alongside the end...
D17 E-Newsletter August 2025
District 17 E-Newsletter August 2025 JT Click on the link above for a round-up of our latest news
D17 Torquay’s Facebook Page for much more information!
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