Tower-bell instruments in the British Isles:
index by country and city

Tower bell instruments, including traditional carillons, non-traditional carillons, chimes, etc., may be found in the British Isles in the indicated countries and counties:

Countries: England (UK), Ireland (Eire), Northern Ireland (UK), Scotland (UK), Shetland Isles (UK), Wales (UK)

Click on any underlined country name above to go directly to that section of this index. Within a country, sites are listed alphabetically by city and site-name.
These sites are collectively shown on a regional locator map (dynamic).

If you are looking for a specific site by its institutional name (e.g., a church or school) or by the instrument's proper name, then use the "find in page" feature of your Web browser to locate a distinctive word (or partial word) in that name.

NOTES:

  1. For an explanation of the instrument-type tag at the end of each site link line, see the Instrument Type Abbreviations.

  2. If you do not find here a city (or instrument) which you think should be listed, then check the page of sites that are no more for this region.  If it's not there, then please send a message to csz_stl@swbell.net telling everything you know about it.
  3. Many known chimes remain to be posted here.

  4. Rings (tower bells hung for change-ringing) are generally not listed in this region (though they are in other regions of the world) because there are too many of them (over 2100 with 8 or more bells).  To find information about them (and about the relatively few which are elsewhere), see the online Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers
    A few exceptions have been made for rings of 8 or more bells which can also be regarded as chimes:
    • When accompanied by at least one bell hung "dead" for chiming, they are indexed as a "chime/ring" (counting all bells), and they are color-coded as a chime on the regional locator map.
    • When equipped with an exceptionally interesting secondary mechanism for chiming, they are indexed as a "ring/chime", and they are color-coded as a ring on the regional locator map.
    • When there is another listable instrument at the same institution, they are indexed as a ring.


England

ALFRETON                      : ENGLAND -DB  chime
   Watchorn Memorial Methodist Church 
ALSTON                        : ENGLAND -CU  chime
   St.Augustine Parish Church 
ALVERTHORPE                   : ENGLAND -YW  chime
   Victory Carillon
   St.Paul Church
Ampleforth                    : England      great
   Ampleforth College and Abbey
ASHFORD                       : ENGLAND -KE  chime/ring
   Church of St.Mary the Virgin
ASHORNE HILL                  : ENGLAND -WA  chime
   The Nickelodeon Collection 
   (Musical museum) 
BANBURY                       : ENGLAND -OX  chime/ring
   St.Mary's Church
BECONTREE                     : ENGLAND -ES  chime
   St.Alban Parish Church 
Beverley                      : England      great
   Minster Church of St.John the Evangelist
Birmingham                    : England      great
   The Chamberlain Clock Tower
   Birmingham University
BIRTLES HALL                  : ENGLAND -CH  chime
   St.Catherine Parish Church 
BLACKBURN                     : ENGLAND -LA  chime
   St.Jude Parish Church
BLAGDON                       : ENGLAND -SM  chime/ring
   St.Andrew Parish Church
Bolton                        : England      great
   Town Hall
BOSTON - 2                    : ENGLAND -LI  chime
   Boston Parish Church (Boston Stump) 
BOURNVILLE                    : ENGLAND -WO  trad
   The George Cadbury Memorial Carillon
     (The Bournville Carillon)
   School Tower 
BRADFORD                      : ENGLAND -YW  chime/great
   Town Hall 
Bristol                       : England      great
   Bristol University
Buckfastleigh                 : England      great
   Buckfast Abbey
CAMBRIDGE                     : ENGLAND -CA  chime/ring
   The Church of Our Lady
     and the English Martyrs
CANFORD CLIFFS                : ENGLAND -DO
  *See: POOLE                 : ENGLAND -DO
CARLTON                       : ENGLAND -NT  chime
   St.John the Baptist Church 
CHERTSEY                      : ENGLAND -SR  chime/ring
   St.Peter's Church
CLIFTON                       : ENGLAND -BD  chime/ring
   All Saints Parish Church
CLITHEROE                     : ENGLAND -LA  chime
   St.James Parish Church
COVENTRY                      : ENGLAND -WA  chime/ring
   Cathedral Church of St.Michael
DALSTON - SMK                 : ENGLAND -E   chime/ring
   Saint Mark's Parish Church 
DALSTON - SMY                 : ENGLAND -E   chime
   Our Lady & St.Joseph Catholic Church
   (was Saint Mary's Catholic Church)
DEPTFORD                      : ENGLAND -SE  chime
   St.Luke's Parish Church
DERBY                         : ENGLAND -DB  chime/ring
   All Saints Anglican Cathedral
EATON HALL                    : ENGLAND -CH  non-trad
   (Seat of the Duke of Westminster)
   Chapel Tower
Exeter                        : England      great
   Cathedral Church of St.Peter (Anglican)
FENHAM                        : ENGLAND -NM
  *See: NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE - BJ : ENGLAND -NM
FOULRIDGE                     : ENGLAND -LA  chime
   St.Michael & All Angels Parish Church 
FRIMLEY                       : ENGLAND -SR  chime
   St.Peter Parish Church 
GLANDFORD                     : ENGLAND -NF  chime
   St.Martin Parish Church
GLOUCESTER                    : ENGLAND -GL  chime
   Eastgate Shopping Centre 
GODALMING                     : ENGLAND -SR  trad
   War Memorial Carillon  (WW I)
   Old Music School
   (was Founders' Chapel)
   Charterhouse School
GOLDERS GREEN                 : ENGLAND -NW  chime
   St.Alban Martyr and St.Michael Church 
GREAT WARLEY                  : ENGLAND -ES  chime
   Essex Regimental Chapel
   Barracks 
HARTLEPOOL                    : ENGLAND -DU  chime/ring
   St.Oswald Parish Church
HIGH BEACH                    : ENGLAND -ES  chimola
   Church of the Holy Innocents
HOOTON PAGNELL                : ENGLAND -YW  chime
   All Saints Parish Church 
HOUNSLOW                      : ENGLAND -MD  chime
   Holy Trinity Parish Church 
HULL                          : ENGLAND -YE
  *See:  KINGSTON-UPON-HULL   : ENGLAND -YE
KENDAL                        : ENGLAND -CU  chime
   Town Hall
KENILWORTH                    : ENGLAND -WA  chime
   St.John the Evangelist Parish Church
KENNERLEIGH                   : ENGLAND -DE  chime
   St.John the Baptist Anglican Church 
KINGSTON-UPON-HULL - G        : ENGLAND -YE  non-trad
   Guildhall
KINGSTON-UPON-HULL - HT/1     : ENGLAND -YE  ring
KINGSTON-UPON-HULL - HT/2     : ENGLAND -YE  non-trad
   Holy Trinity Church
   (Most Holy & Undivided Trinity)
LEE                           : ENGLAND -SE  chime
   St.Margaret Parish Church
Leeds                         : England      great
   Town Hall
LEIGH-ON-SEA                  : ENGLAND -ES  peal
   Our Lady of Lourdes & St.Joseph (RC) 
LEXDEN                        : ENGLAND -ES  chime
   St.Leonard's Parish Church 
LIMEHOUSE                     : ENGLAND -E   chime
   Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Church 
Lincoln                       : England      great
   Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary
LITTLE WALSINGHAM             : ENGLAND -NF  chime
   Shrine Church of Our Lady of Walsingham
   (The Pilgrim's Hospice) 
Liverpool                     : England      great #1
Liverpool                     : England      great #2
   Cathedral Church of Christ
Liverpool                     : England      great
   Liverpool Cathedral (RC)
LONDON - A                    : ENGLAND -W   trad
   The Atkinson Carillon
   above Salvatore Ferragamo
   (was J.Fox & Co.;
     originally Atkinson's Stores)
LONDON - AH                   : ENGLAND -EC  chime
   McConnell Chime
   All Hallows Church
LONDON - E                    : ENGLAND -W   chime
   Southwest entrance 
   Arcadia Shopping Centre 
LONDON - FM                   : ENGLAND -W   chime
   Fortnum & Mason 
LONDON - HW                   : ENGLAND -EC  chime
   133, Houndsditch 
   (was Hounsditch Warehouse Company) 
LONDON - MC                   : ENGLAND -E   chime
   World War I memorial
   East tower
   Memorial Community Church
   (was Memorial Baptist Church)
LONDON - MG                   : ENGLAND -W   zvon
   Orthodox Cathedral of the Nativity of
     the Most Holy Mother of God
       and the Holy Royal Martyrs (ROCOR)
LONDON - RE                   : ENGLAND -EC  chime
   The Royal Exchange 
LONDON - SNTO                 : ENGLAND -W   non-trad
   Swiss Centre
LONDON - WBF                  : ENGLAND -E   chime
   Whitechapel Bell Foundry
London                        : England      great
   "Great Tom", hour bell
   St.Paul's Cathedral (Anglican)
London                        : England      great
   "Great Paul"
   St.Paul's Cathedral (Anglican)
London                        : England      great
   Olympic Stadium
London                        : England      great
   (Italian) Church of St.Peter (RC)
LONDON                        : ENGLAND
  *See also:  DALSTON         : ENGLAND
  *See also:  DEPTFORD        : ENGLAND
  *See also:  GOLDERS GREEN   : ENGLAND
  *See also:  LEE             : ENGLAND
LOUGHBOROUGH - TF             : ENGLAND -LE  trad
   Carillon tower
   Taylor Bell Foundry
LOUGHBOROUGH - WM             : ENGLAND -LE  trad/great
   War Memorial
LUDLOW                        : ENGLAND -SH  chime/ring
   Parish Church of St.Laurence Ludlow
MANCHESTER - HN               : ENGLAND -LA  chime
   Church of the Holy Name (RC)
MANCHESTER - TH               : ENGLAND -LA  non-trad
   Town Hall
Manchester                    : England      great
   Town Hall 
MELLOR                        : ENGLAND -LA  chime
   St.Mary Parish Church 
MELTHAM                       : ENGLAND -YW  chime/ring
   St.Bartholomew Parish Church
MONKTON COMBE                 : ENGLAND -SE  chime
   St.Michael & All Angels
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE - BJ      : ENGLAND -NM  chime
   SS.James & Basil Parish Church 
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE - CC      : ENGLAND -NM  trad
   Edith Adamson Memorial Carillon
   Civic Centre 
Newcastle upon Tyne           : England      great
   Cathedral Church of St.Nicholas
NEWPORT PAGNELL               : ENGLAND -BU  chime/ring
   St.Peter & St.Paul Parish Church
Nottingham                    : England      great
   Nottingham Exchange
NOTTINGHAM                    : ENGLAND
  *See:  CARLTON              : ENGLAND
OULTON                        : ENGLAND -ST  chime
   St.Mary's Abbey (RC) 
Oxford                        : England      great
   Christ Church (College)
   Oxford University
PARKGATE                      : ENGLAND -CH
   Mostyn House School 
  *See:  GODALMING            : ENGLAND -SR
PLAISTOW                      : ENGLAND
  *See:  LONDON - MC          : ENGLAND
POOLE                         : ENGLAND -DO  chime
   The Transfiguration Parish Church 
POULTON                       : ENGLAND -CH  non-trad
   The Brewhouse Clock Turret
   Poulton Hall
ROEHAMPTON                    : ENGLAND -SW  chime
   St.Joseph RC Church
SAINT HELENS                  : ENGLAND -LA  trad/great
   St.Mary's, Lowe House, RC Church 
SALTLEY                       : ENGLAND -WA  trad
   Our Lady's Carillon
   Our Lady of the Rosary and 
     St.Thérèse of Lisieux RC Church
SELBY                         : ENGLAND -YW  chime
   St.James the Apostle Parish Church 
SPALDING                      : ENGLAND -LI  non-trad
   South Holland Centre (Civic Centre) 
ST.SAVIOUR                    : ENGLAND -CI  chime
   St.Luke's Church
STEPNEY                       : ENGLAND
  *See:  LIMEHOUSE (London)   : ENGLAND
Stratton-on-the-Fosse         : England      great
   Basilica of St.Gregory the Great (RC)
   Downside Abbey
TAUNTON                       : ENGLAND -SM  chime/ring
   St.Mary Magdalene Parish Church
TOWCESTER - 1                 : ENGLAND -NH  chime
   St.Lawrence Parish Church
TOWCESTER - 2                 : ENGLAND -NH  ring
   St.Lawrence Parish Church
WESTMINSTER                   : ENGLAND -WC  chime/ring
   St.Clement Danes Parish Church
Westminster                   : England      great
   "Big Ben" (replacement)
   Clock Tower
   Houses of Parliament
WHITWICK                      : ENGLAND -LE  chime
   Holy Cross Catholic Church 
Wigton                        : England     [great]
   Highmoor Bell Tower
WORCESTER - 1                 : ENGLAND -WO  ring
   Cathedral Church of Christ
     and the Virgin Mary
WORCESTER - 2                 : ENGLAND -WO  chime
   Cathedral Teaching Centre
   Cathedral Church of Christ
     and the Virgin Mary
Worcester                     : England      great
   Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary
WYKE                          : ENGLAND -YW  chime
   St.Mary the Virgin Parish Church 
WYTHAM                        : ENGLAND -BR  chime
   All Saints Parish Church 
YORK                          : ENGLAND -YO  trad
   Minster
   (Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of S.Peter)
York                          : England      great
   York Minster

Ireland (Republic of)


Country locator map (dynamic)
CARRICKMACROSS                : IRELAND -MN  chime
   St.Joseph Catholic Church
COBH                          : IRELAND -CK  trad
   St.Colman's Cathedral (RC) 
DUNDALK                       : IRELAND -LO  chime
   St.Joseph's Shrine Church
LIMERICK - SA                 : IRELAND -LM  chime/ring
   Mount St.Alphonsus
LIMERICK - STJ                : IRELAND -LM  chime
   St.John's RC Cathedral
MONAGHAN                      : IRELAND -MN  chime
   St.Macartan's Cathedral (RC)
SHANDON                       : IRELAND -CK  chime
   Cathedral of St.Mary & St.Anne
WEXFORD                       : IRELAND -WX  chime/ring
   Immaculate Conception Church

Northern Ireland

ARMAGH                        : N IRELAND-R  trad
   St.Patrick's Cathedral (R.C.) 
LONDONDERRY                   : N IRELAND-D  chime/ring
   Cathedral Church of St.Columb (CI)
NEWRY                         : N IRELAND-D  chime
   Cathedral of S.Patrick & St.Colman (CI)
PORTADOWN                     : N IRELAND-R  chime
   St.Mark's Church (C.I.) 

Scotland

ABERDEEN - STM                : SCOTLAND-AB  chime/ring
   Cathedral Church of St.Mary 
     of the Assumption (RC) 
ABERDEEN - STN                : SCOTLAND-AB  trad/great
   Municipal Carillon
   St.Nicholas' Church 
CLYDEBANK                     : SCOTLAND-SC  chime
   Town Hall 
DUMBARTON                     : SCOTLAND-DB  trad
   St.Patrick's Church (RC) 
DUNDEE                        : SCOTLAND-AN  chime
   St.Andrews Church 
DUNFERMLINE                   : SCOTLAND-FI  non-trad
   Dunfermline Abbey 
FALKIRK                       : SCOTLAND-ST  chime
   "Auld Kirk" Presbyterian Church 
GLASGOW                       : SCOTLAND-LA  chime
   Tolbooth (or) Cross Steeple
INVERNESS                     : SCOTLAND-HI  chime/ring
   Cathedral Church of St.Andrew
KILMARNOCK                    : SCOTLAND-AY  trad
   St.Andrew's & St.Marnock's Parish Church 
     (Church of Scotland) 
KIRKCALDY                     : SCOTLAND-FI  chime
   St.Brycedale Kirk
   St.Bryce Parish
LARBERT                       : SCOTLAND-ST  chime
   Old Church 
PAISLEY                       : SCOTLAND-RE  chime
   Town Hall
PEEBLES                       : SCOTLAND-PB  chime
   Old Parish Church
PERTH                         : SCOTLAND-PR  trad
   St.John's Kirk
   (St.John the Baptist Church) 
SAINT ANDREWS                 : SCOTLAND-FI  trad
   Holy Trinity Parish Church 
STIRLING                      : SCOTLAND-ST  chime
   Tolbooth (or) Broad Street Steeple

Shetland Isles

LERWICK                       : SHETLAND IS  chime
   Town Hall 

Wales

ABERDOVEY                     : WALES - GW   chime
   St.Peter's Church (Church in Wales)
NEWPORT                       : WALES - GT   chime
   St.Mary, Stow Hill, RC Church 
PRESTEIGNE                    : WALES - RD   chime/ring
   St.Andrew Parish Church 


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