Events Calendar
You can browse the upcoming events below or you can search and filter the events by District or by event type on the right. There is always lots going on, so come along and join in! Remember, anyone is welcome to attend events in any District, not just their own.
You can find out about nationwide ringing events by looking at www.cccbr.org.uk/things-to-ring-for
The Northern District Summer Outing will take place on Saturday 2nd August. Ringing will be rounds onwards - all welcome!
This year's outing will feature a set of towers in the Surrey area, as we venture across the border! Confirmed details:
10:00-10:45 - Rudgwick, St Nicolas: 8 bells, 14-0-5cwt in F (Church Street, Rudgwick, RH12 3EB)
An antique-clockwise peal of 8 rung from a gallery. A mixed bag of bells cast around London, except for the two trebles that were cast at the Eijsbouts
11:15-12:00 Ockley, St Peter & St Paul: 6 bells, 13-2-4cwt in F#; ground floor (Coles Lanes, Ockley, RH5 5LS)
A peal of 6 with a bit of a draft. Originally a complete 6 by Richard Phelps in 1701, the treble was recast by Whitechapel in 1981. In the same year, the back 5 by Phelps were re-tuned 4 bells were recorded in the church in 1552.
12:00-13:30 - lunch: own arrangements
13:30-14:15 - Capel, St John the Baptist: 6 bells, 6-3-7cwt in A (The Street, Capel, RH5 5JZ)
A charming peal of 6 by a mixed bag of founders. One of which is by Richard Eldridge of Woking. The bells were overhauled by Mears & Stainbank in 1951 that included the recasting of one of the two Eldridge bells.
14:30 - 15:15 - Newdigate, St Peter: 6 bells, 8-0-1cwt in Bb; ground floor (Church Lane, Newdigate, RH5 5DL)
All 6 by Thomas I Mears were recast by the Whitechapel Bellfoundry in 1969. Hung in a lovely wooden tower and cozy ringing room.