Learning to ring

Once gained, bell ringing is a skill for life you'll never forget and can open up a lifetime of experiences and enjoyment.

New ringers follow the ringing curriculum to learn to ring, and are taught by accredited instructors through the national ITTS programme.

Initially, ringers are trained in how to correctly and safely control the bell, often with it silenced so it does not sound. Then once this has been mastered, ringers are integrated as part of the band and learn to control the bell as part of the sequence of striking. From there skills are increased to be able to marginally speed up or slow down the bell's swing to be able to progress to method ringing where the bells sound in a different order each strike.