Oswestry Bell Ringing

Oswestry Bell Ringing The fascinating pastime of bell ringing, a highly sociable activity that exercises body and brain

Thank you to Matthew Higby for providing the new training bells. Brian and Peter collected them and even enjoyed a quick...
18/05/2026

Thank you to Matthew Higby for providing the new training bells. Brian and Peter collected them and even enjoyed a quick ring on the mini‑ring while they were there. Once back in Oswestry, the rest of the team — John, Andrew and Chris — joined in to help move the bells up to the clock room.
They’ll be installed shortly, giving our new ringers the chance to develop excellent bell‑handling skills as we begin an exciting new chapter in training.

🎉 Celebrating 100 Years of the SACBR! 🎉What an incredible evening marking a century of the Shropshire Association of Chu...
16/05/2026

🎉 Celebrating 100 Years of the SACBR! 🎉
What an incredible evening marking a century of the Shropshire Association of Church Bell Ringers. It was wonderful to see 102 members come together, along with special guests from neighbouring associations, to honour our shared heritage of ringing.
A special mention to our ringing master Tony, whose dedication continues to inspire us all.
This celebration was lovingly organised by a sub‑committee led by Ann E Williams, who sadly passed before seeing the event come to life. Her spirit and commitment were felt throughout the evening, and we are grateful for all she gave to the association.
Thank you to everyone who attended and made it such an enjoyable and memorable night. We are also deeply grateful to Hawkstone Hotel for the beautiful room, delicious food, and wonderfully friendly staff — you helped make the night truly special.

Well done to all the brilliant organisations that have benefited from the Veolia grants — including our wonderful band o...
17/04/2026

Well done to all the brilliant organisations that have benefited from the Veolia grants — including our wonderful band of bell ringers in Oswestry. A fantastic boost for so many community groups


Community groups across Shropshire have received grants totalling £13,000 as part of Veolia and Shropshire Council’s popular annual Envirogrant scheme.

🌳 The scheme offers money to projects which benefit the local community or the environment.

Congratulations to the following 17 groups, which have each been awarded grants of up to £1,000.

✅ Tribe Community Project
✅ Norton in Hales Community Sports Club
✅ Wem Millennium Green Trust
✅ Bridgnorth Community Garden Project
✅ Oswestry Bell Ringing Society
✅ Lower Bush Farm
✅ The Friends of St John the Baptist Church Primary School
✅ 4 All Foundation
✅ Baby Bank Market Drayton
✅ Flourish & Nourish
✅ Welshampton and Lyneal Parish Council
✅ Glyn’s Garden CIC
✅ Bishops Castle Railway Society
✅ Plastic Free Much Wenlock
✅ Woodfield & St George's Parent, Teacher & Friends Association
✅ Shropshire Good Food Partnership
✅ Oswestry Scout Group Council

The grants were awarded at a special event at Bayston Hill Memorial Hall attended by our deputy Leader Alex Wagner, and Siobhan Baynes, Veolia's treatment UK strategy manager.

Training morning at St Chad’s, Shrewsbury today — many thanks to the St Chad’s band and SACBR for arranging this, for th...
17/04/2026

Training morning at St Chad’s, Shrewsbury today — many thanks to the St Chad’s band and SACBR for arranging this, for the warm welcome, the excellent hospitality, and the opportunity to ring on this beautiful 12‑bell ring. A real pleasure from start to finish

100 quarter peals for Jan and a first for Matt on cover well done to you both
17/04/2026

100 quarter peals for Jan and a first for Matt on cover well done to you both

First inside for Matt on this quarter peal, well done Matt
17/04/2026

First inside for Matt on this quarter peal, well done Matt

2nd Quarter for Matt first on a minor for the performance of Victoria's Requiem by the Scholars and Gentlemen
22/03/2026

2nd Quarter for Matt first on a minor for the performance of Victoria's Requiem by the Scholars and Gentlemen

21/03/2026

Thank you to the towers of Chirk, Ruabon, Wrexham, and Bangor-on-Dee for your wonderful hospitality. We had a fantastic day of ringing, made even better by the company of the ringers from St Martins who joined us. The day was rounded off perfectly with a beautiful meal at The Buck in Bangor-on-Dee.

Congratulations to Matt on successfully completing his first quarter peal, which Richard praised as perfectly struck. A ...
25/02/2026

Congratulations to Matt on successfully completing his first quarter peal, which Richard praised as perfectly struck. A warm welcome as well to William, who joined us for Thursday’s practice and was already ringing a quarter peal with us on Sunday.

Tonight we were delighted to welcome Rosie Radford, Mayor of Oswestry, to experience the art of change ringing and to se...
19/02/2026

Tonight we were delighted to welcome Rosie Radford, Mayor of Oswestry, to experience the art of change ringing and to see how our teaching is progressing with the addition of two new training bells, due to arrive very shortly. We also extend a warm welcome to William, who has recently moved to the area and joined us. Our welcome goes out as well to visiting ringers and all those with an interest in what we do.

Address

St Oswald’s Parish Church
Oswestry
SY112SY

Opening Hours

Thursday 7:30pm - 9pm
Sunday 9:45am - 10:30am
5:45pm - 6:30pm

Telephone

+447831490038

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