The Towers of the 2026 LEBRF Open Day
The timings below are provisional and may change nearer the day. Further information including postcodes (for satnav), parking, toilets etc will be added soon.
| 9:00 am | Bradford on Avon (Holy Trinity) 8 bells. 29‑2‑26 cwt (3,330lb, 1,512kg) in Db.Practice: Mon 2nd and 4th 19:30. Service: 08:45 Bradford on Avon (Christ Church) 8 bells. 12‑0‑7 cwt (1,351lb, 613kg) in Ab.Practice: Mon 1st, 3rd and 5th 19:30. Service: 2nd and 3rd 10:00. Occasional 5th - please check first. | Towers in Bradford tba | |
| 10:00 | 6 bells. 7‑2‑10 cwt (850lb, 386kg) in A#. Practice: Thurs 19:30 Service: | Info tba | |
| 10:30 | Melksham (St Michael and All Angels) 10 bells. 18‑0‑7 cwt (2,023lb, 918kg) in E.Practice: Fri 19:30 Service: 10:00 | info tba | |
| 11:00 | 6 bells. 14‑2‑5 cwt (1,629lb, 740kg) in F. Practice: Mon 19:30 - 21:00 Service: 1st, 3rd & 4th Sundays 11:00. 2nd Sunday 08:00 (no ringing). 4th Sunday also has evensong 16:00 during winter months, 18:00 spring to autumn (not currently ringing for this one). | info tba | |
| 11:30 | 8 bells. 19‑1‑6 cwt (2,162lb, 982kg) in D. Practice: Thurs 19:30 Service: 09:50 | further info tba | |
| 12:00 | Southbroom (St James the Great) 6 bells. 7‑2‑11 cwt (851lb, 386kg) in Ab.Practice: Mon 19:30 Service: 08:30. | further info tba | |
| 12:30 | Bishops Cannings | 8 15-1-21 | further info tba |
| 13:00 | Urchfont | 8 19-0-0 | further info tba |
| 13:30 | All Cannings | 6 14-0-23 | further info tba |
| 14:00 | West Lavington | 6 12-0-0 | further info tba |
| 14:30 | Great Cheverell | 6 11-2-0 | further info tba |
| 15:00 | Erlestoke | 6 9-0-0 | further info tba |
| 16:00 | Steeple Ashton | 6 20-3-18 | further info tba |
| 17:00 | Trowbridge | 12 24-2-18 | further info tba |
| 17:30 | Westbury | 8 35-0-14 | further info tba |
| 18:00 | Warminster | 8 24-3-8 | further info tba |
| 18:30 | Corsley | 6 12-2-0 | further info tba |
Saturday, 17th August 2024
[This is the text as published when the online tickets became available] Advance tickets are available online for our annual tower open day in aid of the Guild’s Llewellyn Edwards Bell Restoration Fund. This year the day is centred around the county town of Dorchester and includes 16 towers, some of which have not been available for open days for many years, with the day tour culminating with Sherborne Abbey – the heaviest full-circle eight in the world.
Our LEBRF Open Days can attract “tower-grabbers” from across the country whose goal is to ring at as many full-circle towers as possible, as well as being a fun day out for ringers closer to home.
If you’ve never been on a “tower-grab” day I’d strongly recommend it. It’s the best chance we have to experience a wide range of towers and bells – we ring whatever the ringers who’ve turned up at any one time are comfortable with, so don’t think it’s just for the ‘experts’!
It’s also a great excuse to spend a day travelling round the glorious Dorset countryside visiting some really lovely and interesting churches.
£2 a tower, Day Tickets will be £25 on the day but Earlybird Day Tickets costing £20 can be purchased in advance which you can order using the form below.
Many thanks for your support.
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Tickets are £20 per person when purchased here in advance. Please pay your remittance into our account below using the first part of your email address (before the @) as reference.
We will match your application with your payment and email your tickets to you.
Account name: Llewellyn Edwards Bell Restoration Fund
