The following is a list of bell ringing organizations

List of change ringing organizations

Below is a list of all currently known ringing societies around the world. This includes societies affiliated to the

Central Council of Church Bell Ringers The Central Council of Church Bell Ringers (CCCBR) is an organisation founded in 1891 which represents ringers of church bells in the English style. It acts as a co-ordinating body for education, publicity and codifying change ringing rules, al ...

– identified by the number of representative members.:Central Council of Church Bell Ringers Retrieved April 2017 * Aberystwyth University Society * Aldenham College Youths * Ancient Society of College Youths (4 CC Reps) * Antient Free and Accepted Masons of England - Clavis Lodge No. 8585 * Army Guild of Bellringers *

The Australian and New Zealand Association of Bellringers The Australian and New Zealand Association of Bellringers, known as ANZAB, is the organisation responsible for the promotion of English-style "full circle ringing" – namely change ringing and method ringing in bell towers with a peal of bells ...

(4 CC Reps) * Bangor Student Society * Barnsley and District Society * Barrow and District Society (1 CC Rep) * Bath and Wells Diocesan Association (5 CC Reps) * Bath University Society * Bedfordshire Association (3 CC Reps) * Beverley and District Society (2 CC Reps) * Birmingham University Society * Cambridge University Guild (2 CC Reps) * Camping, Caravanning and Hostelling Ringing Society * Canterbury Colleges Society * Cardiff Students' Society * Carlisle Diocesan Guild (2 CC Reps) * Central European Association * Chester Diocesan Guild (4 CC Reps) * Clerical Ringers Guild * Company of Ringers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln * Coventry Diocesan Guild (4 CC Reps) * Derby Diocesan Association (4 CC Reps) * Devon Association (2 CC Reps) * Devonshire Guild (4 CC Reps) * Doncaster and District Society * Dordrecht Ringers Guild * Dorset County Association (2 CC Reps) * Durham and Newcastle Diocesan Association (4 CC Reps) * Durham University Society (1 CC Rep) * East Anglia University * East Derbyshire & West Nottinghamshire Association (1 CC Reps) * East Grinstead and District Guild (1 CC Reps) * Edinburgh University Guild * Ely Diocesan Association (4 CC Reps) * Essex Association (5 CC Reps) * Exeter University Change Ringing * Faraday Guild * Fire Service Guild * Four Shires Guild (2 CC Reps) * Framland Ringers Society * Friends of Dorothy Society * Geldrop, Guild of St Brigida Bellringers * Gloucester and Bristol Diocesan Association (5 CC Reps) * Guildford Diocesan Guild (4 CC Reps)
Guild of Medical Ringers
* Guild of St Magnus * Halifax Archdeaconry Guild * Handbell Ringers of Great Britain * Hereford Diocesan Guild (4 CC Reps) * Hertford County Association (4 CC Reps) * Huddersfield University Society * Hull University Society * Irish Association (2 CC Reps) * Keele University Society * Kent County Association (5 CC Reps) * Ladies' Guild (3 CC Reps) * Lancashire Association (5 CC Reps) * Lancaster University Society * Leeds University Society (1 CC Reps) * Leicester Diocesan Guild (4 CC Reps) * Leicester University Society * Lichfield & Walsall Archdeaconry Society (3 CC Reps) * Lincoln Diocesan Guild (4 CC Reps) * Lincoln University Ringing * Liverpool Universities Society (1 CC Reps) * Llandaff and Monmouth Diocesan Association (3 CC Reps) * Lundy Island Society of Change Ringers * Manchester Universities Guild of Change Ringers * Medway Universities * Middlesex County Association & London Diocesan Guild (4 CC Reps) * MIT Guild * Musicians' Guild of Change Ringers * National Police Guild (1 CC Rep) * Newcastle Universities Society *

North American Guild of Change Ringers The North American Guild of Change Ringers (NAGCR) was founded in 1972 after the hanging of a ring of bells in the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., United States, in 1964. The NAGCR has now grown and expanded to 52 bell towers acro ...

(4 CC Reps) * North Staffordshire Association (3 CC Reps) * North Wales Association (2 CC Reps) * Norwich Diocesan Association (4 CC Reps) *

Nottingham University Society of Change Ringers The Nottingham University Society of Change Ringers (NUSCR) is one of the oldest societies affiliated to the University of Nottingham Students' Union (where it is known as Bellringing Society), being founded in 1958. Its principal aim is to allo ...

* Open University Society *

Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers The Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers is a society representing the rings and bell-ringers of the Diocese of Oxford who practice the art of change ringing. They cover the counties of Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire and was e ...

(6 CC Reps) *

Oxford Society of Change Ringers Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...

(1 CC Reps) *

Oxford University Society of Change Ringers The Oxford University Society of Change Ringers, founded in 1872, is the official society dedicated to change ringing in Oxford University. Its objects are to promote the art of change ringing in the university and to ring for Sunday services in ...

(1 CC Rep) * Peterborough Diocesan Guild (4 CC Reps) * Portsmouth University * Post and Telecom Ringers Guild * Rambling Ringers Society * Reading University * Royal Air Force Guild * Royal Naval Guild of Bellringers
Saffron Walden Society
* Salisbury Diocesan Guild (5 CC Reps) * Scottish Association (2 CC Reps) * Sheffield Universities' Guild * Shropshire Association (2 CC Reps) *

Society of Cambridge Youths The Society of Cambridge Youths is a bellringing society founded and based in Cambridge. It is dedicated to ringing the bells of the university church, Church of St Mary the Great, Cambridge, Great St Mary's, Cambridge for religious services at th ...

Society of Royal Cumberland Youths {{Use dmy dates, date=September 2021 The Society of Royal Cumberland Youths (SRCY) is a society of church bellringers, founded in 1747 and based in London. They are one of the two major historical ringing Societies based in London, the other bein ...

(3 CC Reps) * Society of Sherwood Youths (1 CC Reps) * South African Guild (1 CC Reps) * South Northamptonshire Society * Southampton City Ringers *

Southampton University Guild of Change Ringers The University of Southampton Students' Union, branded and commonly known as SUSU a contraction of Southampton University Students' Union, is the students' union at the University of Southampton in southern England, United Kingdom. SUSU operates ...

* Southwell and Nottingham Diocesan Guild (4 CC Reps) * St Agatha's Guild (1 CC Reps) * St Andrews University * St Brannock's Society of North Devon * St David's Diocesan Guild (1 CC Reps) * St James's Society * St Martin's Guild for the Diocese of Birmingham (2 CC Reps) * St Mary Abbotts Guild, Kensington *

Suffolk Guild of Ringers The Suffolk Guild of Ringers for the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich is a society and charity supporting the bell ringers and rings of bells in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich who practice the art of change ringing. The Guild wa ...

(4 CC Reps) * Surrey Association (4 CC Reps) * Surrey University Society * Sussex County Association (5 CC Reps) * Swansea and Brecon Diocesan Guild (2 CC Reps) * Teachers, National Guild of * Three and Four Bell National Society * Towcester, St Lawrence Society * Truro Diocesan Guild (5 CC Reps) *

University of Bristol Society of Change Ringers The University of Bristol Society of Change Ringers (UBSCR) is a change ringing society. UBSCR is associated with the University of Bristol and is affiliated to Bristol SU. UBSCR was established in 1943 and has rung bells at St Michael on the ...

(2 CC Reps) *

University of London Society of Change Ringers A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...

(1 CC Reps) * Veronese, Associazione Suonatori di Campane a Sistema (2 CC Reps)
Wells Amateur Bellringing Society
* Welsh Colleges Guild * West Anglia Society * Whiting Society * Winchester and Portsmouth Diocesan Guild (5 CC Reps) * Worcestershire and Districts Association (4 CC Reps) * York Colleges Guild * Yorkshire Association (5 CC Reps)

List of carillon organizations

The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA) is a professional association of carillonneurs in North America, dedicated to the advancement of the art, literature, and science of the carillon. It was founded in Ottawa, Canada, in 1936 by A ...

Royal Carillon School "Jef Denyn" The Royal Carillon School "Jef Denyn" ( nl, Koninklijke Beiaardschool "Jef Denyn"; informally also the Mechelen carillon school) is a music school in Mechelen, Belgium, that specializes in the carillon. It is the first and largest carillon ...

List of handbell organizations

Bells at Temple Square The Bells at Temple Square (formerly known as the Bells on Temple Square) is a handbell choir that is an official music organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It was formed in 2005 under the direction of the ...

Dorothy Shaw Bell Choir The Dorothy Shaw Bell Choir is the internationally acclaimed community handbell choir from Fort Worth, TX. Founded in 1964 to be a part of the annual Christmas play-pageant The Littlest Wiseman, the choir has evolved into a musical organizatio ...

Pikes Peak Ringers The Pikes Peak Ringers is a community handbell choir based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The group was established in {{start date and age, 1991, p=y by its director, Kevin McChesney. The group has performed a variety of styles of music, includi ...

The Raleigh Ringers The Raleigh Ringers is a concert handbell choir based in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Raleigh Ringers perform interpretations of sacred, secular and popular music, including rock 'n' roll tunes, arranged for handbells. The Raleigh Ringers has perf ...

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Bell ringing organizations A bell is a directly struck idiophone percussion instrument. Most bells have the shape of a hollow cup that when struck vibrates in a single strong strike tone, with its sides forming an efficient resonator. The strike may be made by an intern ...