New 8 for Derbyshire?

Derbyshire's newest 8 are in - for this month only!

As mentioned in April, The Willoughby Campanile has been setup in Whaley Hall for people to try. Further information about the project, please contact Father Jamie via the Community of the King of Love website.

If you would like a ring - you had better hurry - they are only there until the end of August!

Fancy a month of Bell Ringing?

The Community of the King of Love in Whaley Bridge are having a month of bell ringing! I think they are putting The Willoughby Campanile into the conference room. They plan to build a tower in the next 18 months to have a real ring of bells, with a tenor about 20cwt. At the moment their largest bell weighs around 10 hundred weight in B Flat and last April it was rehung in new fittings, it will soon have a new clapper with a wooden flight. They also have 12 bells hung dead; the oldest of these was cast in 1400 and are looking at having these retuned. "Why not come and bring your friends, and ring on the bells, or use the hall for a base to go and ring at other towers. Stay as long as you like, either in the Week or Weekends." More details here.