Bath Abbey Bells

The Bells of Bath Abbey!
Usually, we ring for services on Sunday morning and practise on Mondays at 7:30pm.

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A video taken by James Joynson, a regular visitor to the Abbey, showing the bells in action! https://t.co/BZ9nklhr83

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Following the sad news of Queen Elizabeth II death yesterday. We will be ringing at noon today, starting with 96 tolls of the tenor. May she rest peace.

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Today on Friday 3 June, to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen, we will attempt to ring the Abbey bells to a full peal of 5,000 changes of Cambridge Surprise Royal.

We will begin at 12pm and, if successful, will last approximately 3 and a half hours.

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We will be ringing today to celebrate St. George’s day 9:00-9:30am this morning.

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We are ringing lots today on Easter Sunday! 7.30am-8.00am to usher in the day with the ringing of bells. Then 10.40am-11.30am and a quarter peal before evensong, around 2.20pm-3.30pm.

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We featured in an episode of Escape to the Country today!

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Just watched the #bellringing episode of Escape to the country: Somerset, featuring @BathAbbeyBells @bathabbey 🔔 https://t.co/xlatMHcRaW What a lovely couple! (Bell ringers naturally are 😉)

[Tom Wareing 💊 @PharmacistTom89]

Really chuffed to have successfully rung two specially-arranged extended pieces @bathabbey and at St Mary's, Bathwick today, each consisting of 1952 changes, to mark the 70th anniversary of HM The Queen's accession.
@BathAbbeyBells @bathwickhill

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Congratulations to our @BathAbbeyBells who completed a #fullpeal of Plain Bob Royal with over 5000 changes in 3.5 hours yesterday - part of our celebrations yesterday marking the completion of our #Footprintproject after 3 years of hard, complex & challenging work. @BathWells

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We are ringing today for the celebration of the completion of the Abbey’s footprint project before the service at 3pm. Afterwards, there will be a full peal attempt lasting about 3.5 hours. Hope you all enjoy listening to the ringing.

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2021 marks the 200th anniversary of the Ellacombe chime. Today, Chiming will start at 12pm in New Zealand and will go around the world, with bells chiming at noon local time in each time zone. Bath Abbey will join at midday, please listen in if you are in the area.

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Here at Bath Abbey, we have a team of over 300 volunteers! We are so grateful to them as they support us in simply everything from helping welcome our visitors to worship support, carrying out research to ringing the @BathAbbeyBells #VolunteersWeek #Thankyouvolunteers @BathWells

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Our tenor bell will start tolling half-muffled at 2pm today for an hour before the funeral of HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Immediately after the funeral service (from about 3.50pm) the @BathAbbeyBells will then be rung half-muffled in honour of HRH. @BathBID @InBath

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Our @BathAbbeyBells will be ringing out tomorrow in tribute to HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. In the hour preceding the funeral service, our tenor bell will be tolled half-muffled for an hour. After the service (from about 3.50pm) the bells will then be rung half-muffled.

[Tom Wareing 💊 @PharmacistTom89]

Tomorrow, between 14:00 and 14:45, the half-muffled tenor bell @BathwickStMary will, like many others across the country, be tolled in honour of #HRHPrincePhilip, in the minutes preceding his funeral at #WindsorCastle. @BathwickSt @bathwickhill @bathwickian @BathAbbeyBells

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In our #ThoughtfortheDay Guy Bridgewater, our Rector joins the half-muffled bells of the Abbey, in paying tribute to HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh https://t.co/X0nAvZ0yNE #Mondaythought #churchonline #Prayer @BathAbbeyBells @BathWells

[Tom Wareing 💊 @PharmacistTom89]

99 half-muffled whole pulls on the tenor @BathwickStMary. Rung at midday in memory of #HRHPrincePhilip. @bathwickian @bathwickhill @BathWells @BathwickSt

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Following the sad news of the death of HRH the Prince Philip, at 12noon tomorrow (Saturday), the tenor (our heaviest bell) will be tolled, half-muffled, 99 times.

[Tom Wareing 💊 @PharmacistTom89]

Ringing @bathabbey at noon today, as part of the national initiative for ringing at the start of the funeral of #captainsirtommoore. A fitting tribute to a remarkable man. @BathAbbeyBells

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Today we mark #AshWednesday with an #AnthemfortheDay sung by our Choir of Lay-clerks: 'King of Kings, Majesty'. Recorded in the Abbey in October 2020. https://t.co/grDH0kMUXw #BathAbbeyChoir #choralmusic #churchonline @BathChoralSoc @BathAbbeyBells @BAMusSoc

[Mike Brooman-Ambrose @Mister_Ambrose]

The @BathAbbeyBells were superb! 3/4

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Our @BathAbbeyBells have been chiming at 6pm every day as we join @churchofengland's national call to prayer. Today we are praying for children and young people, schools and colleges as they begin this new week. #prayerforthenation #churchbells #BathAbbeybells @BathWells