Scottish Bellringing

“Inspires” is the online newsletter of the Scottish Episcopal Church… the January 2026 edition includes an article by Ruth Marshall about the Glasgow bellringers’ opportunity to ring in the New Year at Westminster Abbey scotland.anglican.org/who-we-are/pub…

The work includes rebushing the clappers, re-aligning the eleventh, and checking (and possibly replacing) the bearings.

The fundraising campaign to facilitate upcoming maintenance and restoration work on the 41cwt 12 St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh has been launched. Details and donations link at: stewardship.org.uk/pages/st_marys…

This pentapus has a new job as spider, but do you know which tower?

The SACR autumn meeting is being hosted this weekend by Inverness Cathedral, Inverness Cathedral Bellringers and Balnaferry Campanile … members are travelling from all over Scotland and there may also be some non-members who will be welcomed as members of SACR at the meeting

2/2 … and the 8 at New Town Church of Scotland. Thanks to a few Edinburgh ringers for helping out and ringing with us.”

Aberdeen in Edinburgh: “Super day trip to Edinburgh on Saturday with the Aberdeen bellringers,” writes @margaret.gamble.9, “and the chance to ring on the big ring of 12 bells @stmaryscathedin (42cwt), also the 10 bells at St Cuthbert’s and the … 1/2

St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh is the cover story of this week’s Ringing World, featuring Ed Bruce and aaltspace’s banners Ringing the Changes and Jo Clifford’s performance Ringing Out the Changes bb.ringingworld.co.uk/issueno/5965

Look out too for Fri 22nd’s edition of @theringingworld …

News from St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh bellringers: We are having a busy time here at St Mary's during the Festival! We are getting five stars for our “Ringing out the Changes” show. On Sunday, the Provost preached about the bells … facebook.com/share/175FqvhD…

Another 5-star review for Jo Clifford’s piece Ringing out the Changes, featuring some of the St Mary’s Cathedral ringers in the performance. There’s a chance to see the performance on 21 and 28 August countercultureuk.com/2025/08/14/rin…

Bellringing on Edinburgh fringe with @StMarysCathEdin bellringers as part of @joteatro’s piece, against the backdrop of St Mary's Cathedral, & inspired by the installation by Edward Bruce. This performance can be seen at 2.30pm on Thursdays this August :: alledinburghtheatre.com/ringing-out-th…

Ringing endorsement for Inveraray Bell Tower, reported by the Argyllshire Advertiser and West Coast Today  westcoasttoday.co.uk/leisure/ringin… And here are snaps of some of the ringers (@inveraraybelltower , @argyllshiread )

An exciting performance piece @StMarysCathEdin, at 2.30pm on each of the Thursdays in August… cathedral.net/event-details-… Featuring familiar the faces of some of the ringers at St Mary’s Cathedral

Grandsire Cinques being raised inside @stmaryscathedin below the spire that houses the 41cwt ring of 12 @edward.r.bruce and @aaltspace’s Ringing the Changes art installation is open at St Mary’s Cathedral 1-31 August  instagram.com/reel/DMkd9Y0CC…

Ringers also welcome ;-)… hope to see you this weekend for some magnificent 10-bell ringing :: facebook.com/share/p/1CVnDJ…

4/4 We warmly welcome new and existing ringers at St Andrews and hope to build on the positives of the academic year just ended. Peter Williamson The Ringing World, 18 July 25 bb.ringingworld.co.uk/event.php?id=2…

3/4 … we have an encouraging group who have learned this year. This year our numbers for graduation week were boosted by visiting ringers from Edinburgh and Dundee, which helped a great deal, and 15 different ringers took part in total.

Graduation ringing at St Andrew’s The graduation ceremonies at St Andrews University have been accompanied by ringing from St Salvators chapel since the six bells were installed nearly 15 years ago. 1/4