Said to be geographically our most central city, Derby has a wonderful cathedral whose 10 bells will ring their heart out in celebration of St. George.

It may well be tucked away on the edge of England but Shropshire is a beautiful county and it joins in the campaign especially in Clun which is blessed with a church dedicated to St. George.  It has a wonderful ring of 10 bells and they will make sure the whole county can here them on April 23rd.

England is so fortunate with its wealth of beauty in our cathedral buildings and here is Canterbury, listed as a World Heritage Site joining in the campaign.  Its 14 magnificent bells will be ringing out telling the country to celebrate St. George’s Day.

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Marsworth in Buckinghamshire has a tower that encourages the young to come and have a go.  They will be ringing out on April 23rd with a quarter peal.  And the method they have chosen is most apt : ‘April Day Doubles’.  Good luck to them all.

Here are some of the St. George’s towers that have committed to ringing. In Poynton in Cheshire their 6 bells will ring, In Ticknall, Derbyshire their magnificent 10 will ring, in Monkleigh Devon they will ring, Bickley in Kent with their 8 are going to try. In Greater Manchester Westhoughton has only one very important bell but it too will ring, In London there is Bloomsbury and Borough. Nottinghamshire with Barton-in-Fabis with their 6 bells. Somerset with Sampford Brett with 6 and Wilton in Taunton with their incredible 10 bells. And Ogbourne St George are going to give it a go. A great collection.

Lincoln was formed from a fort built by the Romans in AD 48. Later in the 10th C a suburb grew called Wigford (‘creek’) and is here in the oldest church in the city, St. Mary Le Wigford, that The City of Lincoln Company of Civic Ringers will ring a quarter peal for St. George, April 23rd.

The whole of Windsor rejoices on April 23rd when the 13thC Curfew Tower holding the bells since 1478 for St. George’s Chapel will ring out for the Nation, our Queen, and for the Knights of the Garter.

The city of Lichfield lying just north of our nation’s second city has a cathedral to be proud of. It is the only medieval church with three spires. Whilst it is dedicated to St. Chad its 10 bells will be ringing out loudly to celebrate St. George.

In north Somerset the city of Taunton has a parish called Wilton named after a well and in the middle sits a lovely church dedicated to St. George. It is here, on April 23rd their band of ringers will celebrate England’s Day on April 23rd.

Of growing importance to the whole country is England’s northern city of Manchester. Its ancient cathedral founded on a Collegiate church whose charter was granted by King Henry V in 1422 is the only cathedral to be dedicated to St. George. Its 10 bells will be ringing their heart out on England’s Day April 23rd.