On Saturday 19th October, join us to enjoy a day in north Herefordshire visiting our famous black & white villages, ringing at 23 towers, from 3 bells at the recently rehung Brinsop, to 10 bells in the market town of Leominster.
As the Guild has not held a Tower Open Day for over 30 years, you might not be sure what a Tower Open Day entails or what to expect. A Tower Open Day is similar to our AGM days, or a ringing outing in reverse, we open our towers for an advertised time and ringers will come along to ring. Open Days are a popular way for ringers to experience ringing at new towers in different parts of the country. They are very social and friendly events and are an excellent way of raising money. Any profits we make from the day will be donated to the Hereford Diocesan Guild Bell Restoration Fund (charity number 508531) so we hope as many local ringers as possible will support the event.
Towers will be open for one hour from the time shown (see list of towers below). Local ringers and stewards will be at each tower to help the day run smoothly. Some towers will also be providing refreshments for a small donation.
Tickets
Earlybird tickets £20, tickets on the day £25, or £2 per tower. Cash only – no card facilities on the day.
Earlybird tickets are available to book from 15th September to 13th October, email Nicky at peo@hdgb.org
Day tickets, allowing access to all towers open on the day will be available from the first five towers.
Download a poster of the tower list with lots of information about the towers here: Tower Open Day 2024 Poster
All towers will be open for 1 hour from the time shown, stewards and local ringers will be at each to to help the day run smoothly.
All funds raised will go to the Hereford Diocesan Guild of Bellringers Bell Restoration Fund, Charity No. 508531.
Stewards- can you help?
We are looking for people to help out on the day as tower stewards. If you would like to volunteer either by yourself or as a small group, please let us know, email eventsteam@hdgb.org. We will need 3 or 4 people for each tower, don’t worry if you’re not sure what’s involved, everything is explained here!
More information
We will be keeping tower captains and steward volunteers informed in the run up to the event, but if you would like any more information about how the day will work at any time please get in touch – email eventsteam@hdgb.org.
We hope that you will be able to support the event and look forward to seeing you somewhere on the day.
HDGB Events Team
Nicky Aubrey, Richard Bracher, Tim Hollinghurst, Fran Watkins
Towers
| Time | Place | Bells |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Yarkhill (tbc) | 8 |
| 09:25 | Withington | 6 |
| 09:50 | Sutton St Nicholas | 6 |
| 10:15 | Marden | 6 |
| 10:40 | Bodenham | 6 |
| 11:05 | Wellington | 6 |
| 11:30 | Canon Pyon | 6 |
| 11:50 | Kings Pyon | 5 |
| 12:15 | Weobley | 6 |
| 12:40 | Brinsop | 3 |
| 13:00 | Burghill | 8 |
| 13:25 | Pipe cum Lyde | 6 |
| 13:45 | Holmer | 6 |
| 14:15 | Norton Canon | 6 |
| 14:40 | Almeley | 6 |
| 15:05 | Eardisley | 6 |
| 15:30 | Dilwyn | 6 |
| 15:55 | Pembridge (tbc) | 5 |
| 16:20 | Staunton on Arrow | 6 |
| 16:45 | Eardisland | 8 |
| 17:10 | Kingsland | 8 |
| 17:35 | Eye | 6 |
| 18:00 | Leominster | 10 |
