The Association
About Us
We are a group of about 400 bell ringers in North Staffordshire who meet to ring and socialise together.
We give support and training throughout the area, promote bell ringing and provide bell ringing advice.
If you would like to find out more, visit a tower or try a sampler session, please email our public relation officer
Up-coming Events
Sat 11th AprilAfternoon Meeting - Norton in Hales & Madeley
Tue 14th April
Surprise Major Practice
Sun 19th April
Young Ringers Monthly Gathering
Tue 21st April
Tuesday Daytime Band
Sat 2nd May
Afternoon Meeting - Wolstanton
Sun 17th May
Young Ringers Monthly Gathering
National Bodies
The Central Council of Church Bell Ringers is the representative body for bellringers worldwide. Founded in 1891, the Council today represents 65 affiliated societies including our Association.
View the Central Council website
The Association of Ringing Teachers (ART) provides training, support and motivation for ringing teachers. It also provides a progresive learning scheme for new ringers. They have an extensive website with many useful resources.
View the ART website
News
Next Meeting - 11th April
Our next meeting will take place at Norton in Hales and All Saints', Madeley, on Sat 11th April, starting at 2:00pm.
The meeting will begin at Norton in Hales, which gives an opportunity to ring, across the border, at a Shropshire tower. Then moving over to Madeley to ring, where tea/coffee and biscuits will be available.
Further meeting details are on our events page.
Association Peal Records
All the peals rung for the North Staffordshire Association have now been entered on to Bell Board.
There are now more than 2,000 peals recorded, dating back to the very first in 1884. They can be viewed in the NSA Peals section of our website, where they are arranged by decade and by year.
Because this is a live feed from Bell Board, any new peals will automatically appear in the lists as soon as they are added.
Visit the NSA peals section to explore them now.
Activity Groups
Several groups are active in the North Staffs area providing a variety of ringing opportunities.
Organised by group leaders, some are mainly social while others concentrate on a particular aspect of ringing.
Details of these groups and when they meet can be found on our Activity Groups page.
(Hard hats are not normally required!)
Young Ringers Group
Young Ringers Group
Welcome bellringers aged under 30. Welcome if you can call spliced, or just about handle a bell, and any standard between.
Come and have fun ringing with young people. You are welcome to bring your non-bellringing friends so we can signpost them to suitable lessons at convenient towers.
For our next get togethers see here...
Ringing 2030
For many years the average age of ringers has been increasing.
We are now at the point where ringing could die out as older ringers retire from bands. To address this the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers (CCCBR) has launched an inititive to recruit more ringers under the age of 40.
See the CCCBR website to read more.
Gay's Stays
Phil Gay has a supply of ash stays for sale, with profits going to the Keele belfry funds.
Phil can provide a wide range of sizes to suit most bells. If you need a stay, or want a couple for standby, please contact Phil on or by using this
