Welcome

We hope you find what you need on this site - do come and join us as we always hope to offer a warm welcome to visitors whether you can ring a bell or just want to come and have a look at what we do. This site also has details of some other bells in our larger benefice.

Normal ringing times


Monthly Normal Fourth Sunday     St Giles Nether Whitacre 10.30 for 11am
Joint parish service Fifth Sunday    St Giles Nether Whitacre 10 for 10.30am

St Giles Practice night - Thursday 7.45 to 9.00pm

Other Sunday ringing towers
First Sunday St Johns Lea Marston 9.15 for 9.30am
Second Sunday St Cuthberts Shustoke 9.00 for 9.30am
Third Sunday St Leonards Over Whitacre 10.45 for 11am
Fourth Sunday St Giles Nether Whitacre 10.30 for 11am
Fifth Sunday St Giles Nether Whitacre 10 for 10.30am joint service

Please check especially for the towers other than St Giles to confirm

News

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Platinum Jubilee Quarter firsts

We have successfully rung a quarter peal for the Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth's Jubilee with a local band which included two people who were ringing their very first quarter peal. Both did not really expect to ring as the quarter was somewhat impromptu but the striking was pleasant and no real errors were recorded. See more in our news item for more details.

Practice Improvements

Post covid we have been developing our band bringing on our new learners whilst missing our stalwart Dick. Fortunately with help from other towers we have reached a milestone with plain hunt and bob doubles now being rung quite competently and our ringing up and down sounding really pleasant. It is nice to have a lovely bunch of people working together.

Whitacre's Mini Ring

Have you heard about the other ring of bells in Whitacre? Click this link to view the website to find out more about the second set of Whitacre bells especially if you are mini ring fanatic. 

Bell inscriptions

Have found some wax rubbings of the inscriptions taken of the bells before they were installed in 1977. A much easier task then when access was a lot easier. These rubbings were used as part of the advertising display used to raise money to complete the installation. They show the decorative part of the bells including some names and a image of a King George 1 two guinea gold piece which shows up especially clearly on the second bell. Find out more on the bell detail page.