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.)
Counties of England (using "ancient" boundaries in part):
Greater London (major London postcodes),
Bedfordshire,
Berkshire,
Buckinghamshire,
Cambridgeshire,
Channel Islands,
Cheshire,
Cumberland,
Derbyshire, Devon,
Dorset,
Durham,
Essex,
Gloucestershire,
Kent,
Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire,
Middlesex,
Norfolk, Northamptonshire,
Northumberland,
Nottinghamshire,
Oxfordshire,
Shropshire,
Somerset,
Staffordshire,
Surrey,
Warwickshire,
Worcestershire,
Yorkshire
(There are 10 others.)
Counties of the Republic of Ireland:
Cork,
Limerick,
Louth,
Monaghan,
Wexford
(There are 21 others.)
Counties of Northern Ireland:
Armagh,
Down
(There are 4 others.)
Counties of Scotland:
Aberdeen, Angus, Ayr,
Dunbartonshire,
Fife,
Highland,
Peebles, Perth,
Renfrewshire,
Shetland,
Stirlingshire,
Strathclyde (Lanark)
(There are 14 others.)
Counties of Wales:
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 Our Lady & St.Joseph Catholic Church (was 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 - 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 PLAISTOW : ENGLAND *See: LONDON - MC : ENGLAND -E 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) PLAISTOW : ENGLAND *See: LONDON - MC : ENGLAND STEPNEY : ENGLAND *See: LIMEHOUSE : ENGLAND WESTMINSTER : ENGLAND -WC chime/ring St.Clement Danes Parish Church Westminster : England great "Big Ben" (replacement) Clock Tower Houses of ParliamentBedfordshire
CLIFTON : ENGLAND -BD chime/ring All Saints Parish ChurchBerkshire
WYTHAM : ENGLAND -BR chime All Saints Parish ChurchBuckinghamshire
NEWPORT PAGNELL : ENGLAND -BU chime/ring St.Peter & St.Paul Parish ChurchCambridgeshire
CAMBRIDGE : ENGLAND -CA chime/ring The Church of Our Lady and the English MartyrsChannel Islands
ST.SAVIOUR : ENGLAND -CI chime St.Luke's 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 Church DERBY : ENGLAND -DB chime/ring All Saints Anglican CathedralDevon
Buckfastleigh : England great Buckfast Abbey Exeter : England great Cathedral Church of St.Peter (Anglican) KENNERLEIGH : ENGLAND -DE chime St.John the Baptist Anglican ChurchDorset
CANFORD CLIFFS : ENGLAND -DO *See: POOLE : ENGLAND -DO POOLE : ENGLAND -DO chime The Transfiguration Parish ChurchDurham
HARTLEPOOL : ENGLAND -DU chime/ring St.Oswald Parish ChurchEssex
BECONTREE : ENGLAND -ES chime St.Alban Parish Church GREAT WARLEY : ENGLAND -ES chime Essex Regimental Chapel Barracks HIGH BEACH : ENGLAND -ES chimola Church of the Holy Innocents LEIGH-ON-SEA : ENGLAND -ES peal 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 CentreKent
ASHFORD : ENGLAND -KE chime/ring Church of St.Mary the VirginLancashire (Merseyside)
BLACKBURN : ENGLAND -LA chime St.Jude Parish Church CLITHEROE : ENGLAND -LA chime St.James 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 : 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
FENHAM : ENGLAND -NM *See: NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE - BJ 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 Exchange NOTTINGHAM : ENGLAND *See: CARLTON : ENGLANDOxfordshire
BANBURY : ENGLAND -OX chime/ring St.Mary's Church Oxford : England great Christ Church (College) Oxford UniversityShropshire
LUDLOW : ENGLAND -SH chime/ring Parish Church of St.Laurence LudlowSomerset
BLAGDON : ENGLAND -SM chime/ring St.Andrew Parish Church MONKTON COMBE : ENGLAND -SE chime St.Michael & All Angels Stratton-on-the-Fosse : England great Basilica of St.Gregory the Great (RC) Downside Abbey TAUNTON : ENGLAND -SM chime/ring St.Mary Magdalene Parish ChurchStaffordshire
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) Old Music School (was 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 ChurchWorcestershire
BOURNVILLE : ENGLAND -WO trad The George Cadbury Memorial Carillon (The Bournville Carillon) School 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 MaryYorkshire (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 MELTHAM : ENGLAND -YW chime/ring St.Bartholomew Parish Church 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) SHANDON : IRELAND -CK chime Cathedral of St.Mary & St.AnneLimerick
LIMERICK - SA : IRELAND -LM chime/ring Mount St.Alphonsus LIMERICK - STJ : IRELAND -LM chime St.John's RC CathedralLouth
DUNDALK : IRELAND -LO chime St.Joseph's Shrine ChurchMonaghan
CARRICKMACROSS : IRELAND -MN chime St.Joseph Catholic Church MONAGHAN : IRELAND -MN chime St.Macartan's Cathedral (RC)Wexford
WEXFORD : IRELAND -WX chime/ring Immaculate Conception Church
ARMAGH : N IRELAND-R trad St.Patrick's Cathedral (R.C.) PORTADOWN : N IRELAND-R chime St.Mark's Church (C.I.)Down
LONDONDERRY : N IRELAND-D chime/ring Cathedral Church of St.Columb (CI) 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' ChurchAngus
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 ChurchHighland
INVERNESS : SCOTLAND-HI chime/ring Cathedral Church of St.AndrewPeebles
PEEBLES : SCOTLAND-PB chime Old Parish ChurchPerth
PERTH : SCOTLAND-PR trad St.John's Kirk (St.John the Baptist Church)Renfrewshire
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
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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