Contacts & Links
More about Bells & Ringing and Contacts to get ringing:
whether you want to try ringing for the first time or return to ringing after a break
Plus Experience Bellringing sessions for groups
Social Media – News and events – For anyone interested in bells in our area – Please Like, Follow and Share!
Bellringing Derbyshire Instagram
Bellringing Derbyshire Facebook page
Bellringing Derbyshire on Nextdoor
Click here for the DDA contact form for more information or to:
– Try ringing
– Learn to ring
– Return to ringing
– Have a group Experience Bellringing session
Bellringing Experience Sessions for Groups and Organisations – Contact us for more information.
Discover Bellringing – More about ringing.
University Ringing – For anyone going to uni, whether you’ve never rung a bell before and want to give it a go, or you’re already a ringer.
Chesterfield’s Crooked Spire Tower Tours – See the 10 bells and spire close up close up, plus stunning views from the parapet.
Loughborough Bellfoundry – Visit the foundry and museum!
Bells On Sunday – BBC R4 features ringing from a different tower every week.
Play Belfry Beetle Drive
Print/download printable Belfry Beetle Drive sheets
and have fun at games nights, youth groups and community social events.
Print/download Belfry Beetle Drive instructions.
Contacts for existing Ringers
This website is written and produced by Susan G Hall
Contact: DDA Public Relations Officer
DDA website
with more publicity material
Derbyshire Bellringers Facebook group
The Gordon Halls Ringing Centre
ART (Association of Ringing Teachers)
Acknowledgements
This website is written and produced by Susan G Hall.
With grateful thanks to ART, Len Roberts, the DDA Peak District Committee and everyone whose work appears on this site.
Susan Hall won the Len Roberts Award for the Promotion of Ringing 2024 following a secret nomination by the DDA Peak District Committee.
The prize money was used to:
- Fund initial hosting of this portal website.
- Print business cards with the URL and QR code of this portal – for all ringers to carry for interested non-ringers, who can scan the QR code or take a card.
- Produce banners matching the business cards (lightweight weatherproof horizontal banners with eyelets for hanging) – for open days and towers that are actively recruiting.
More information on these and other resources is on the DDA Website Promoting Ringing page.