Our Towers
It is essential to contact a tower in advance if you wish to visit as ringing is sometimes cancelled at short notice.
Individual visiting ringers are welcome to come along to a scheduled practice. It is advisable to contact a tower in advance to check that their practice is proceeding as planned, particularly during holiday periods. Practices generally do not take place on Bank Holidays. Groups of visiting ringers should contact the tower to make arrangements for access.
See the map for the locations of all the towers.
Tower
Details
Ringing
Church Photo
Aldermaston
St Mary the Virgin’s Church
8 bells
Tenor: 10cwt-2qr-14lb (540kg)
Nearest Postcode: RG7 4HR
Grid Reference: SU 59655 64977
What3words: ///scariest.dozen.sticks
Practice: Tuesdays 7:30pm
Service: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Sundays 10:15am
Aldworth
St Mary’s Church
3 bells
Tenor: 9cwt-1qr-22lb (480kg)
Nearest Postcode: RG8 9SB
Grid Reference: SU 55402 79380
What3words: ///urge.jetliner.woodstove
All ringing by arrangement
Beedon
St Nicholas’ Church
6 bells
Tenor: 6¼cwt (320kg)
Nearest Postcode: RG20 8SW
Grid Reference: SU 48236 78127
What3words: ///attention.recent.paths
All ringing by arrangement
Beenham
St Mary’s Church
6 bells
Tenor: 9cwt-2qr-23lb (493kg)
Nearest Postcode: RG7 5NN
Grid Reference: SU 59082 68479
What3words: ///dares.mergers.calculating
Practice: Wednesdays 7:30pm (contact tower in advance)
Service: Sundays 8:45am
St Andrew’s Church
5 bells
Tenor: 8½cwt (430kg)
Nearest Postcode: RG20 8DP
Grid Reference: SU 42871 71629
What3words: ///forks.basics.smuggled
Unringable – chiming hammers fitted
Brightwalton
All Saints’ Church
6 bells
Tenor: 8cwt-1qr-21lb (429kg)
Nearest Postcode: RG20 7BN
Grid Reference: SU 42700 79300
What3words: ///boater.according.irritated
Practice: Tuesdays 7:30pm
Service: 4th Sundays 9:30am
Brimpton
St Peter’s Church
4 bells
Tenor: 7cwt-2qr-3lb (382kg)
Nearest Postcode: RG7 4TJ
Grid Reference: SU 55733 64702
What3words: ///binder.another.group
Unringable
Bucklebury
St Mary the Virgin’s Church
8 bells
Tenor: 12cwt-3qr-22lb (658kg)
Nearest Postcode: RG7 6PR
Grid Reference: SU 55304 70864
What3words: ///etchings.skim.embodied
Practice: Thursdays 7:45pm
Service: Sundays 9:00am
Chaddleworth
St Andrew’s Church
4 bells
Tenor: 6cwt (300kg)
Nearest Postcode: RG20 7EB
What3words: ///spirits.toffee.zoos
Service: 3rd Sundays 9:30am
Chieveley
St Mary the Virgin’s Church
8 bells
Tenor: 11cwt-0qr-3lb (560kg)
Nearest Postcode: RG20 8UT
Grid Reference: SU 47446 74097
What3words: ///swoop.bench.lawyer
Practice: Wednesdays 8:00pm, learners 7:30pm onwards
Service: Sundays.
Combe
St Swithun’s Church
3 bells
Tenor: 8cwt-0qr-0lb (406kg)
Nearest Postcode: RG17 9EJ
Grid Reference: SU 36799 60734
What3words: ///gearing.inefficient.clubs
No ringing – bells set for chiming only
Compton Parva
St Mary’s & St Nicholas’ Church
6 bells
Tenor: 9cwt-0qr-27lb (469kg)
Nearest Postcode: RG20 6RD
Grid Reference: SU 52621 79664
What3words: ///irritable.deferring.hillside
Practice: Thursdays 7:30pm
Service: 1st Sundays 10:30am, other Sundays 9:00am
East Garston
All Saints’ Church
6 bells
Tenor: 13cwt-0qr-12Ib (666kg)
Nearest Postcode: RG17 7HH
Grid Reference: SU 36125 77068
What3words: ///turns.compliant.fell
Practice: Wednesdays 7:30pm (except 3rd, alternating with Lambourn and Great Shefford)
Service: 2nd & 4th Sundays 8:30am
East Ilsley
St Mary’s Church
8 bells
Tenor: 8cwt-1qr-13lb (425kg)
Nearest Postcode: RG20 7LP
Grid Reference: SU 49330 80919
What3words: ///wash.regrowth.tiger
Practice: Mondays 7:30pm
Service: 1st Sundays 9:00am
Farnborough
All Saints’ Church
5 bells
Tenor: 8cwt (410kg)
Nearest Postcode: OX12 8PH
Grid Reference: SU 43519 81935
What3words: ///canines.trek.senders
All ringing by arrangement
Great Shefford
St Mary’s Church
6 bells
Tenor: 7cwt-0qr-7lb (359kg)
Nearest Postcode: RG17 7DZ
Grid Reference: SU 38020 75374
What3words: ///special.centuries.project
Practice: Wednesdays 7:30pm (except 3rd, alternating with Lambourn and East Garston)
Service: 1st Sundays 9:30am, 2nd Sundays 9:00am, 3rd Sundays 9:30am
Hampstead Norreys
St Mary the Virgin’s Church
6 bells
Tenor: 10cwt (510kg)
Nearest Postcode: RG18 0TD
Grid Reference: SU 52942 76259
What3words: ///bunny.nicknames.curve
Practice: Tuesdays 7:30pm alternating with Yattendon (contact tower in advance)
Service: Sundays by arrangement
Hungerford
St Lawrence’s Church
8 bells
Tenor: 12cwt-1qr-8lb (626kg)
Nearest Postcode: RG17 0JB
Grid Reference: SU 33421 68707
What3words:///congratulations.celebrate.recorders
Practice: Wednesdays 7:30pm
Service: Sundays 9:30am
Kintbury
St Mary the Virgin’s Church
8 bells
Tenor: 12cwt-1qr-14lb (629kg)
Nearest Postcode: RG17 9TR
Grid Reference: SU 38324 67002
What3words: ///clean.ideals.pizza
Practice: Thursdays 7:45pm
Service: Sundays 9:15am
Lambourn
St Michael’s and All Angels’ Church
8 bells
Tenor: 20cwt-2qr-0lb (1041kg)
Nearest Postcode: RG17 8XX
Grid Reference: SU 32616 78961
What3words: ///loosens.utensil.modules
Practice: Thursdays 7:30pm
Service: Sundays 1st, 2nd, 4th 10am, 3rd 10:30am
Midgham
St Matthew’s Church
6 bells
Tenor: 5cwt-0qr-9lb (258kg)
Nearest Postcode: RG7 5UW
Grid Reference: SU 55602 67175
What3words: ///dares.mergers.calculating
Practice: by arrangement
Service: Sundays 8:45am
Newbury
St Nicolas’ Church
10 bells
Tenor: 21cwt-2qr-1lb (1093kg)
Nearest Postcode: RG14 5HG
Grid Reference: SU 47053 67100
What3words: ///heats.ranch.only
Practice: Mondays 7:30pm
Service: Sundays 9:30am
Peasemore
St Barnabas’ Church
6 bells
Tenor: 8cwt-0qr-11lb (411kg)
Nearest Postcode: RG20 7JG
Grid Reference: SU 45805 77078
What3words: ///ripples.finalists.windmills
Practice: by arrangement
Service: Sundays 5:30pm (1st), 9:15am (2nd & 3rd), 10:30am (4th)
Shaw
St Mary’s Church
6 bells
Tenor: 7cwt-0qr-12lb (361kg)
Nearest Postcode: RG14 2DP
Grid Reference: SU 47490 68304
What3words: ///grain.free.wished
All ringing by arrangement
Speen
St Mary’s Church
6 bells
Tenor: 12cwt-2qr-12lb (640kg)
Nearest Postcode: RG14 1SA
Grid Reference: SU 45527 67820
What3words: ///raves.point.chest
Practice: Thursdays 7:30pm
Service: Sundays 10:00am
Stanford Dingley
St Denys’ Church
4 bells
Tenor: 6cwt-0qr-15lb (312kg)
Nearest Postcode: RG7 6LS
Grid Reference: SU 57551 71702
What3words: ///fixed.exporters.lotteries
All ringing by arrangement
Thatcham
St Mary’s Church
10 bells
Tenor: 13cwt-0qr-23lb (671kg)
Nearest Postcode: RG19 3PN
Grid Reference: SU 51638 67228
What3words: ///quarrel.inspector.juices
Practice: Tuesdays 7:30pm
Service: Sundays 9:15am
Welford
St Gregory’s Church
5 bells
Tenor: 8cwt (410kg)
Nearest Postcode: RG20 8HU
Grid Reference: SU 40875 73165
What3words: ///chairing.screeches.regulate
Unringable
Yattendon
St Peter’s & St Paul’s Church
6 bells
Tenor: 6cwt-3qr-4lb (345kg)
Nearest Postcode: RG18 0UE
Grid Reference: SU 55417 74544
What3words: ///consults.marathons.owner
Practice: Tuesdays 7:30pm alternating with Hampstead Norreys (contact tower in advance)
Service: Sundays by arrangement
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To find towers in the Newbury area that are not members of our branch, use the Dove’s Guide postcode search (the postcode district of Newbury tower is RG14), or go to the Oxford Diocesan Guild’s branch guide.