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 (Republic), Northern Ireland (UK), Scotland (UK), Shetland Isles (UK/Scotland), Wales (UK)
Click on any underlined country name above or county name below to go directly to that section of this index. Within a country, sites are listed alphabetically by county and city; within a county, sites are listed alphabetically by city name. (Counties not listed below currently have no entries in this index.)
English counties (using "ancient" boundaries in part):
Greater London (major London postcodes),
Berkshire,
Cheshire,
Cumberland,
Derbyshire, Devon,
Dorset,
Essex,
Gloucestershire,
Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire,
Middlesex,
Norfolk, Northamptonshire,
Northumberland,
Nottinghamshire,
Oxfordshire,
Somerset,
Staffordshire,
Surrey,
Warwickshire,
Worcestershire,
Yorkshire
Irish counties:
Cork
Monaghan
Counties of Northern Ireland:
Armagh,
Down
Scottish counties:
Aberdeen, Angus, Ayr,
Dunbartonshire,
Fife,
Peebles, Perth,
Renfrewshire,
Shetland,
Stirlingshire,
Strathclyde (Lanark)
Counties of Wales:
Glamorgan,
Gwent,
Radnorshire
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:
Greater London
Grouped here are London postcodes E, EC, NW, SE, SW, W.
DALSTON - SMK : ENGLAND -E chime/ring
Saint Mark's Parish Church
DALSTON - SMY : ENGLAND -E chime
Saint Mary's Catholic Church
DEPTFORD : ENGLAND -SE chime
St.Luke's Parish Church
GOLDERS GREEN : ENGLAND -NW chime
St.Alban Martyr and St.Michael Church
LEE : ENGLAND -SE chime
St.Margaret Parish Church
LIMEHOUSE : ENGLAND -E chime
Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Church
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 - RE : ENGLAND -EC chime
The Royal Exchange
LONDON - SNTO : ENGLAND -W non-trad
Swiss Centre
LONDON - WBF : ENGLAND -E chime
Whitechapel Bell Foundry
ROEHAMPTON : ENGLAND -SW chime
St.Joseph RC Church
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)
Westminster : England great
"Big Ben" (replacement)
Clock Tower
Houses of Parliament
Berkshire
WYTHAM : ENGLAND -BR chime All Saints Parish ChurchCheshire
BIRTLES HALL : ENGLAND -CH chime St.Catherine Parish Church EATON HALL : ENGLAND -CH non-trad (Seat of the Duke of Westminster) Chapel Tower PARKGATE : ENGLAND -CH Mostyn House School *See: GODALMING : ENGLAND -SR POULTON : ENGLAND -CH non-trad The Brewhouse Clock Turret Poulton HallCumberland
ALSTON : ENGLAND -CU chime St.Augustine Parish Church KENDAL : ENGLAND -CU chime Town Hall Wigton : England great Highmoor Bell TowerDerbyshire
ALFRETON : ENGLAND -DB chime Watchorn Memorial Methodist ChurchDevon
Buckfastleigh : England great Buckfast Abbey Exeter : England great Cathedral Church of St.Peter (Anglican) KENNERLEIGH : ENGLAND -DE chime St.John the Baptist Anglican ChurchDorset
POOLE : ENGLAND -DO chime The Transfiguration Parish ChurchEssex
BECONTREE : ENGLAND -ES chime St.Alban Parish Church GREAT WARLEY : ENGLAND -ES chime Essex Regimental Chapel Barracks HIGH BEACH : ENGLAND -ES chime Church of the Holy Innocents LEIGH-ON-SEA : ENGLAND -ES chime Our Lady of Lourdes & St.Joseph (RC) LEXDEN : ENGLAND -ES chime St.Leonard's Parish ChurchGloucestershire
Bristol : England great Bristol University GLOUCESTER : ENGLAND -GL chime Eastgate Shopping CentreLancashire (Merseyside)
BLACKBURN : ENGLAND -LA chime St.Jude Parish Church FOULRIDGE : ENGLAND -LA chime St.Michael & All Angels Parish Church Liverpool : England great #1 Liverpool : England great #2 Cathedral Church of Christ Liverpool : England great Liverpool Cathedral (RC) 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 SAINT HELENS : ENGLAND -LA trad St.Mary's, Lowe House, RC ChurchLeicestershire
LOUGHBOROUGH - TF/2 : ENGLAND -LE trad Carillon tower Taylor Bell Foundry LOUGHBOROUGH - WM : ENGLAND -LE trad War Memorial WHITWICK : ENGLAND -LE chime Holy Cross Catholic ChurchLincolnshire
BOSTON - 2 : ENGLAND -LI chime Boston Parish Church (Boston Stump) Lincoln : England great Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary SPALDING : ENGLAND -LI non-trad South Holland Centre (Civic Centre)Middlesex
HOUNSLOW : ENGLAND -MD chime Holy Trinity Parish ChurchNorfolk
GLANDFORD : ENGLAND -NF chime St.Martin Parish Church LITTLE WALSINGHAM : ENGLAND -NF chime Shrine Church of Our Lady of Walsingham (The Pilgrim's Hospice)Northamptonshire
TOWCESTER - 1 : ENGLAND -NH chime St.Lawrence Parish Church TOWCESTER - 2 : ENGLAND -NH ring St.Lawrence Parish ChurchNorthumberland
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.NicholasNottinghamshire
CARLTON : ENGLAND -NT chime St.John the Baptist Church Nottingham : England great Nottingham ExchangeOxfordshire
Oxford : England great Christ Church (College) Oxford UniversitySomerset
Stratton-on-the-Fosse : England great Basilica of St.Gregory the Great (RC) Downside AbbeyStaffordshire
OULTON : ENGLAND -ST chime St.Mary's Abbey (RC)Surrey
CHERTSEY : ENGLAND -SR chime/ring St.Peter's Church FRIMLEY : ENGLAND -SR chime St.Peter Parish Church GODALMING : ENGLAND -SR trad War Memorial Carillon (WW I) Founders' Chapel Charterhouse SchoolWarwickshire
ASHORNE HILL : ENGLAND -WA chime
The Nickelodeon Collection
(Musical museum)
Birmingham : England great
The Chamberlain Clock Tower
Birmingham University
COVENTRY : ENGLAND -WA chime/ring
Cathedral Church of St.Michael
KENILWORTH : ENGLAND -WA chime
St.John the Evangelist Parish Church
SALTLEY : ENGLAND -WA trad
Our Lady's Carillon
Our Lady of the Rosary and
St.Thérèse of Lisieux RC Church
Worcestershire
BOURNVILLE : ENGLAND -WO trad
The George Cadbury Memorial Carillon
(The Bournville Carillon)
School Tower
Yorkshire (city and all ridings)
ALVERTHORPE : ENGLAND -YW chime Victory Carillon St.Paul Church Ampleforth : England great Ampleforth College and Abbey Beverley : England great Minster Church of St.John the Evangelist BRADFORD : ENGLAND -YW chime/great Town Hall HOOTON PAGNELL : ENGLAND -YW chime All Saints Parish Church HULL : ENGLAND -YE *See: KINGSTON-UPON-HULL : ENGLAND -YE 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) Leeds : England great Town Hall SELBY : ENGLAND -YW chime St.James the Apostle Parish Church WYKE : ENGLAND -YW chime St.Mary the Virgin Parish Church YORK : ENGLAND -YO trad Minster (Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of S.Peter) York : England great York Minster
COBH : IRELAND -CK trad St.Colman's Cathedral (RC)Limerick
LIMERICK : IRELAND chime St.John's RC CathedralMonaghan
CARRICKMACROSS : IRELAND -MN chime St.Joseph Catholic Church
ARMAGH : N IRELAND-R trad St.Patrick's Cathedral (R.C.) PORTADOWN : N IRELAND-R chime St.Mark's Church (C.I.)Down
NEWRY : N IRELAND-D chime Cathedral of S.Patrick & St.Colman (CI)
ABERDEEN - STM : SCOTLAND-AB chime/ring
Cathedral Church of St.Mary
of the Assumption (RC)
ABERDEEN - STN : SCOTLAND-AB trad
Municipal Carillon
St.Nicholas' Church
Angus
DUNDEE : SCOTLAND-AN chime St.Andrews ChurchAyr
KILMARNOCK : SCOTLAND-AY trad
St.Andrew's & St.Marnock's Parish Church
(Church of Scotland)
Dunbartonshire (admin: Dumbarton)
DUMBARTON : SCOTLAND-DB trad St.Patrick's Church (RC)Fife
DUNFERMLINE : SCOTLAND-FI non-trad Dunfermline Abbey KIRKCALDY : SCOTLAND-FI chime St.Brycedale Kirk St.Bryce Parish SAINT ANDREWS : SCOTLAND-FI trad Holy Trinity Parish ChurchPeebles
PEEBLES : SCOTLAND-PB chime Old Parish ChurchPerth
PERTH : SCOTLAND-PR trad St.John's Kirk (St.John the Baptist Church)Renfrewshire
BRIDGE OF WEIR : SCOTLAND-RE chime Mount Zion Church Quarriers Homes (was Orphan Homes of Scotland) GREENOCK : SCOTLAND-RE chime St.George North Church (of Scotland) PAISLEY : SCOTLAND-RE chime Town HallShetland Isles; Shetland
LERWICK : SHETLAND IS chime Town HallStirlingshire (admin: Central)
FALKIRK : SCOTLAND-ST chime "Auld Kirk" Presbyterian Church LARBERT : SCOTLAND-ST chime Old Church STIRLING : SCOTLAND-ST chime Tolbooth (or) Broad Street SteepleStrathclyde (Ayr, Lanark, Renfrew)
CLYDEBANK : SCOTLAND-SC chime Town Hall GLASGOW : SCOTLAND-LA chime Tolbooth (or) Cross Steeple
LLANDAFF : WALES - GL chime
Cathedral Church of SS. Peter and Paul
with Teilo, Dyfrig and Euddogwy
Gwent
NEWPORT : WALES - GT chime St.Mary, Stow Hill, RC ChurchRadnorshire (admin: Powys)
PRESTEIGNE : WALES - RD chime/ring St.Andrew Parish Church
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