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 6th November
Afternoon Meeting - Rolleston

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Sat 4th December
Annual General Meeting - Venue to be Announced

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Sat 8th January
Afternoon Meeting - Church Eaton

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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

Monthly Meeting - November 6th

In November we are going to Rolleston on Dove for an afternoon meeting. Rolleston church is in a picture postcard location with the Spread Eagle pub and Alder brook next door. So why not come over for the afternoon and join us for a ring?

The Spread Eagle pub serves food all day so you could even eat afterwards. See the pub menu here...

See here for meeting details...

Check before you Visit

The way towers will be operating in the near future varies widely. Some will be wearing masks and limiting numbers, while others will be going back to pre-covid practices and welcoming visitors.

To avoid disappointment we recommend ringing or emailing the tower contact prior to attending a practice.

View the list of towers here...

Covid19 Guidance

Most Covid19 regulations ended on Monday 19th July. The Central Council of Church Bellringers have drawn up new guidelines for ringing to reflect the changes and these have been approved by the House of Bishops Recovery Group.

Don't forget that with the changes you may have to update your tower risk assessment.

Please read the advice and summary here...

100 Club

The Association runs a '100 Club' to raise funds for the Bell Restoration Fund. Members pay a subsciption of £12 and are entered in 5 draws in the year.

There are four prize draws, usually at business meetings, and one Superdraw at the Association's AGM. If fully subscribed the first prize will be £50 at the prize draws and £100 at the super draw.

If you would like a flutter in aid of a good cause, please visit our 100 Club page...

Clapper Refurbishment

Over the last few years a number of towers have had clappers repaired, re-bushed, etc. at the Baldwins Gate workshop of H E Butters and Co.

This workshop has now closed, but Graham Barnes who worked there now works at Huntaway Engineering Ltd, and he will be able to continue with clapper work.

For further information phone Rob Siddall at Huntaway Engineering on .

BRF - Raising funds while you shop

We now have an easy way to raise extra funds for our Bell Restoration Fund. The BRF has been registered on Easyfundraising and if you shop at any of the 4000+ retailers available via their website, the BRF gets cashback. It doesn't add anything to the cost to your shopping, just gives a bit of extra income to the BRF.

Retailers include well known brands like M&S, John Lewis, Argos, Dunelm, Currys and many many more.

You can shop either via the Easyfundraising website or by downloading their App from Google Play or the Apple App Store.

If you have any questions please email our Treasurer, Liz Fitzgibbon.