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Bells Ring Out For BBC Music Day
BBC Music Day on Friday 3rd June 2016 saw bells ringing out simultaneously at 7pm right across the UK, in towns, cities and villages and everywhere from Cathedrals to smaller parish churches.
Church bells are a wonderful symbol of community cohesion and since BBC Music Day is all about uniting people through music, bell ringing is going to provide this fantastic unifying moment.
There were a range of ringers involved on the day aged from 8 to 90 years old. Choral composer, Bob Chilcott, is the BBC Music Day Ambassador for this ambitious plan.
Bob Chilcott
Bob Chilcott
BBC Music Day ambassador Bob Chilcott
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Photo highlights
Photo highlights of bells ringing out for BBC Music Day
Church Towers
The towers that took part
Scotland
- St John's Episcopalian Church, Dumfries
- Cathedral Church of St Machar, Aberdeen
- St John's Episcopalian Church, Dumfries
- St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral, Glasgow
Northern Ireland
Holywood Parish church (St Philip and St James), Holywood, Northern Ireland
North East
- St John's Church, Shildon, Durham, Co Durham
- St Hilda's Church, Hartlepool, Co Durham
- St Mary The Virgin, Ovingham, Northumberland
- St Nicholas Church, Cramlington, Northumberland
- Holy Cross Church, Ryton, Tyne and Wear
- All Saints Parish Church, Lanchester, Co Durham
North West
- St George, Douglas, Isle of Man
- St German’s Cathedral, Peel, Isle of Man
- Manchester Cathedral
- Sacred Trinity, Salford, Greater Manchester
- St James, Didsbury, Greater Manchester
- Holy Innocents, Fallowfield, Greater Manchester
- Brookfield Unitarian, Gorton, Greater Manchester
- St Mary’s, Eccles, Greater Manchester
- Blackburn Cathedral
- St Michaels, Kirkham, Lancashire
- St Thomas parish church, Mellor, Lancashire
- Lancaster Priory, Lancashire
- St Peters, Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire
- St Joseph's church , Ansdell, Lytham St. Annes
- St John's Church, Hartford, Cheshire
- St Peter’s, Congleton, Cheshire
- St Michael's, Macclesfield, Cheshire
- All Saints Parish Church, Runcorn, Merseyside
- Saint Francis Xaviers, Liverpool
- St Bridget's West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside
- St John's, Cleator Moor, Cumbria
- St John's Church, Hartford
- All Saints Parish Church, Runcorn
- St John's Church, Hartford, Northwich
- St. Joseph's RC Church, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire
- St Mary’s, Eccles, Lancashire
- All Saints' Church, Marple, Greater Manchester
- St Michael's Church, Workington, Cumbria
- St Thomas parish church, Mellor, Greater Manchester
- StChad's church, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire
- Brookfield Unitarian Church, Gorton, Manchester
- St Mary & St Helen, Neston, Cheshire
- Cathedral Church of the Holy & Undivided Trinity, Carlisle
- St.Mary, Rostherne, Cheshire
- St Helen's Church , Tarporley, Cheshire
Yorkshire
- Minster church of All Saints, Rotherham,
- St John the Baptist, Burley,
- Holy Trinity Church, Rothwell, Leeds
- Dore Parish Church, South Yorkshire
- St John's Church, Ranmoor, Sheffield
- Sheffield Cathedral
- Dore Parish Church, Sheffield
- St Nicholas, Bradfield
- Ripon Cathedral
Midlands
- Birmingham Cathedral
- St Laurence's Church, Northfield
- St Peters and St Pauls, Coleshill, Warwickshire
- St Mary and St Margaret's, Castle Bromwich, West Midlands
- Ss Peter & Paul, Kingsbury, West Mindlands
- Ss Thomas and Edmund, Abbey Erdington, Birmingham
- Rushton Parish Church, Northamptonshire
- St. Mary's Church, Attenborough, Nottinghamshire
- All Saint's, Wilbarston, Northamptonshire
- St John-in-Bedwardine Church, Worcester
- St Mary's Church, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire
- All Saints, Sandon, Staffordshire
- St.Andrew's church, Great Easton, Leicestershire
- St. Thomas' Church, South Wigston, Leicester
- St Philip and St James, Ratby, Leicestershire
- St James, Alveston, Stratford upon Avon
- Rushton, Northamptonshire
- All Saints, Old Glossop
- Worcester Cathedral
- Polesworth Abbey, Warwickshire
- St John's Church, Keele, Staffordshire
- St Chad, Seighford, Staffordshire
- St Mary, Swynnerton, Staffordshire
- All Saints, Coddington, Herefordshire
- Mugginton Church, Derbyshire
- St George’s Church, Clun, Shropshire
- St Mary’s, Woughton on the Green, Milton Keynes
- St Thomas Becket Parish Church, Chapel En Le Frith, Derbyshire
- St. Giles Church, Matlock, Derbyshire
- All Saints CE, Old Glossop, Derbyshire
- All Saints, Muggington, Derbyshire
- St John the Baptist, Bromsgrove, Derbyshire
- Smethwick Old Church, West Bromwich
- The Old Church Smethwick, West Bromwich
- Church Gresley, Derbyshire
- All Saints Church, Ashover, Derbyshire
- St Leonards church, Loddington, Leicestershire
- Holy Cross, Pattishall, Northamptonshire
- St Mary's Church Wollaston Northamptonshire
Wales
- St John The Baptist, Cardiff City Centre
- Cowbridge Parish Church, Glamorgan
- St Teilo's church, Llantilio Crossenny, Monmouthshire
- St Mary's Tenby, Tenby, Pembrokeshire
- Trellech Parish Church, Monmouthshire
- St Illtyd’s Church, Llantwit Major, Glamorgan
- St. Mary’s, Coity, Bridgend
- St Woolos Cathedral, Newport
- St Paul's church, Sketty, Swansea
- The Parish of Newton-Nottage, Porthcawl
- Cowbridge Parish, Vale of Glamorgan
- St John the Baptist Church, Cardiff
- St. Peter's Church, Blaenavon
- St Mary's Church , Brecon
- St Augustine, Rumney, Cardiff
East Anglia
- St. Nicholas Church, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk
- St Andrew's Isleham, Cambridgeshire
- St Mary's Buxhall, Suffolk
- St Michael, Rendham, Suffolk
- St Mary's Earl Stonham, Suffolk
- St Michael's - Beccles Parish, Suffolk
- All Saints, Hollesley, Suffolk
- St Mary's Church Wivenhoe, Essex
- St Mary the Virgin, Over, Cambridgeshire
- St Mary's, Halesworth, Suffolk
- St Peter and St Paul, Bardwell, Suffolk
- St Mary's, Pakenham, Suffolk
- St Mary's, Lakenheath, Suffolk
- Eye Parish Church, Suffolk
- St Mary's, Buxhall, Suffolk
- St Michael, Rendham, Suffolk
- St Mary's Earl Stonham, Suffolk
- St Michael's - Beccles Parish, Suffolk
- All Saints, Hollesley, Suffolk
- St Peter, Mancroft, Norfolk
- All Saints’ Church, Landbeach, Cambridgeshire
- St Remigius church, Hethersett, Norfolk
- St Peter and St Paul, Bardwell, Suffolk
- St Mary's, Pakenham, Suffolk
- St Mary's, Lakenheath, Suffolk
- Eye Parish Church, Suffolk
- St Mary's, Buxhall, Suffolk
- St Michael, Rendham, Suffolk
- St Mary's Earl Stonham, Suffolk
- St Michael's - Beccles Parish, Suffolk
- All Saints, Hollesley, Suffolk
- St Thomas a Becket church, Ramsey, Cambridgeshire
- The Old Church Smethwick, West Bromwich
- Clopton St Mary, Suffolk
South East
- Revelation at St Marys, Ashford, Kent
- St Laurence in Thanet Change Ringers, Ramgate, Kent
- St Mary's Church, Elham, Kent
- Sevenoaks St Nicholas Church, Kent
- Shipton-under-Wychwood Church, Oxfordshire
- SS Peter and Paul, Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
- All Saints, Faringdon, Oxfordshire
- All Saints Church, Middleton Stoney, Oxfordshire
- St Nicholas Church, Piddington, Oxfordshire
- St Giles' Church, Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire
- St Mary's Church, North Leigh, Oxfordshire
- St Thomas' Church, Salisbury, Wiltshire
- St Lawrence, Stratford-sub-Castle, Wiltshire
- Holy Trinity, Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex
- St Mary's, Shenfield, Essex
- St Marys, Westham, East Sussex
- St. Michael's church, Stewkley, Buckinghamshire
- Chalfont St Peter Church, Buckinghamshire
- St Giles' Church, Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire
- St Mary’s, Turville, Buckinghamshire
- St. Mary's, Ludershall, Wiltshire
- All Saints, Campton, Bedfordshire
- St Olave Hart Street, London
- St Martin in the Fields, Central London
- St. Michael's, Basingstoke, Hampshire
- St. Christopher's Church, Willingale, Essex
- St Nicholas' Church, Ingrave, Essex
- St James', Weybridge, Surrey
- Christ Church, Esher, Surrey
- Hurstpierpoint, Sussex
- St Nicholas Church, Ingrave, Essex
- St Olave's Hart Street, London
- St Mary’s, Barnes, London
- St. Michael, Tilehurst , Berkshire
- All Saints, Farringdon, Oxfordshire
- St Mary the Virgin, Mursley, Buckinghamshire
- St Nicholas Church, Sevenoaks, Kent
- Christ Church, Esher, Surrey
- St Mary the Virgin. Wivenhoe Essex
- St. Germain's, Bobbingworth, Essex
- St Mary the Virgin, Little Baddow, Essex
- St Mary’s, Hailsham, East Sussex
- St. Peter's, Old Woking, Surrey
- St. Matthew's Church, Blackmoor, Hampshire
- St Martin's Church, Ellisfield, Hampshire
- St Mary's Church, Preston Candover, Hampshire
- St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, London
- Holy Trinity Church, Cookham, Berkshire
- St. Mary the Virgin Church Silchester
- St Swithun's, Headbourne Worthy, Winchester
- All Saints' Church, Didcot, Oxfordshire
- St Bartholomew's Yarnton, Oxfordshire
- St Paul's Tower Malmesbury, Wiltshire
- St Michael's Church, Aldbourne, Wiltshire
South West & Channel Islands
- St Anne's, Alderney, Channel Islands
- St Lawrence's, Barnwood, Gloucester, Gloucestershire
- St Mary’s church, Tetbury, Gloucestershire
- Bristol Cathedral
- St Mary Magdalene's, Stoke Bishop, Bristol
- Holy Trinity Church, Nailsea, Somerset
- St Lawrence, Rode, Somerset
- St Peter's Church, Portishead, Somerset
- Thurloxton Parish Church, Somerset
- St. Lawrence's Church, Westbury-sub-Mendip, Somerset
- St. Mary's, Brunton, Somerset
- St Peter, Englishcombe, Bath
- Carhampton Church, Somerset
- Church of St Andrew, Stogursey, Somerset
- St John’s church, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset
- Edington Priory Church & St James, Bratton, Somerset
- St Mary & St Julian Church, Maker, Cornwall
- St Mary The Virgin, Bratton Clovely, Devon
- St Mary’s, Silverton, Devon
- St Lawrence's, Barnwood, Gloucester
- St Mary’s, Turville,
- St. Michael's church, Stewkley
- Chalfont St Peter Church
- St Giles' Church, Stoke Poge
- All Saints, Trull, Somerset
- Bath Abbey
- St Sampson, Guernsey
- Church of St Andrew, Stogursey, Somerset
- St. Lalluwy's, Menheniot, Cornwall
- St Peter & St Paul, Bishops Hull, Somerset
- St Mark's, Jersey
- St Mary’s, Rodbourne Cheney, Swindon, Wiltshire
- St Bartholomew and All Saints, Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire
- St Mary the Virgin Oxford
- St Gregory's Dawlish, Devon
- St. Michael and All Angels Church Milverton Somerset
- St John the Baptist, Keynsham, Somerset
- St Mary's Limington, Somerset
- Clevedon St Andrews, Somerset
- St Mary Limington, Somerset
- Clevedon St Andrews, Somerset
- Rowberrow Church, Shipham, Somerset
- Shipham Church, Shipham, Somerset
- St Swithun, Shobrooke, Devon
From top left: Bristol Catherdral, All Saints in Runcorn, St. Peter's in Bath & St. Mary The Virgin in Ashford
