BERKELEY UPDATE - 22/8/2017
A party of ringers, parishoners and friends visited Taylors Bellfoundry on 21/8/17.
Work to reinstall the bells commences next month (September 2017).
Update:- The headstocks, gudgeons and bearings have been restored. The rebuilding of the bell frame nears completion. Bells have been retuned. Installation in the tower begins 12th September.
Girdar with Berkeleys retuned tenor - all the bells have now been retuned and sound much better.
Rachel & Jamie Semken start blacking up Berkeley's bells after sand blasting and tuning.
Berkeley Update - 8/4/2017
Work to remove the bells fom the tower has been completed and the bells are now at Taylors Bellfoundry.
Building work on the tower is due to commence in the next week or so.
WOTTON BRANCH QUARTER PEALS 2017
There is now a Bellboard event to which Wotton Branch quarter peals rung during 2017 can be added or viewed Here
There is now a Bellboard event to which Wotton Branch quarter peals rung during 2017 can be added or viewed Here
Welcome to the Wotton Branch Website.
The Wotton Branch covers the towns of Dursley, Berkeley, Wotton under Edge, Chipping Sodbury and Yate and surrounding villages. Our towers would very much welcome more people to ring our bells. Contact details for each tower can be found below.
As well as ringing for Sunday services, weddings and special occasions, we practice during the week and also have Branch practices at weekends. See the lists below of when we practice. Please join us.
Also on our website you'll find lots of information about our bells and special events that we have rung for.
We are part of the Gloucester and Bristol Diocesan Association of Church Bell Ringers or the G and B, for short.
Wotton Branch tower practice nights
| Day | Time | Tower | Further Details | Tower Contact |
| Monday | 7:30 - 9:15pm | Chipping Sodbury | Anthony Gay O797O 797742 | |
| 7:30 - 9pm | Cromhall | Sue Wray O1454 294387 | ||
| 7:30 - 9pm | Stone | Jeremy Sargent O1454 26O376 | ||
| 7:30 - 9pm | Yate | 1st & 3rd Mondays only | Barrie Fletcher O1454 316339 | |
| Tuesday | 7:30 - 9pm | Upper Cam | Alex Reeves O1453 549595 | |
| 7:30 - 9pm | Wickwar | Peter Juniper O1454 294524 | ||
| 7:30 - 9pm | Wotton-under-Edge | Adrian Davis O1453 844393 | ||
| Wednesday | 7:00 - 8:15pm | Coaley | Terry Chivers O1453 89O497 | |
| 7:30 - 9pm | Horton | Rex Isaac O1454 218O79 | ||
| Thursday | 7:30 - 9pm | Dursley | Elizabeth Byrne O1453 543536 | |
| 7:30 - 9pm | Stinchcombe | Richard Bartlam O1453 547741 | ||
| 8 - 9pm | Tortworth | Phone first | Michael Goom O1454 414826 | |
| Friday | 7:30 - 9pm | North Nibley | Wynne Holcombe O1453 542091 |
We also have the following towers which do not currently practice:
Berkeley (Restoration work in progress and expected to be competed in late 2017 - (March 2017) Bells removed and now at Taylors Bellfoundry)
Slimbridge
As always, it is advisable to check a practice is being held beforehand. It could save you a wasted journey.
Branch Programme 2017
| WOTTON BRANCH COMMITTEE | |
| CHAIRMAN | Ian Unsworth |
| SECRETARY | Anita Matthews |
| RINGING MASTER | Terry Chivers |
| ASSISTANT RINGING MASTER | David Clark |
| TREASURER | Gill Carey |
| PUBLICITY OFFICER | Adrian Davis |
| MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE | Vacant |
| CLANGOUR EDITOR | Barbara Metcalfe |
