The Suffolk Guild of Ringers for the Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Learning to Ring
© Stephen Pettman
Welcome to the Suffolk Guild of Ringers website.
We hope you will find something useful on our website whether you are interested in learning to ring, have just started to learn or are already a member with years of ringing experience. There’s also a section all about what goes on behind the scenes to keep the Guild running!
Our four districts run a monthly programme of events aimed at all levels of ability, details of which can be found on What’s On, and we always welcome visitors whether you are on a business trip or on holiday in our beautiful county!.
The Guild was established in 1923 following the formation of the new Diocese of St. Edmundsbury and Ipswich in 1914 and currently has nearly 780 members from over 250 towers including the UK’s heaviest ring of five at East Bergholt and the oldest complete ring of 8 at Horham.
If you would like to know more about the Suffolk Guild or bell ringing in general, please do not hesitate to contact one of the officers.
What's On
in the next four months
For full details please see What's On
2026
January
Saturday 3rd
SE District Ringing.Hollesley All Saints (8), IP12 3RD
Friday 9th
SE District Surprise Major Practice.Ipswich Minster
Saturday 10th
NW District Practice.St Peter & St Mary, Stowmarket (10), IP14 1ES
Friday 23rd
Ringing with Others.Framlingham St Michael & All Angels, IP13 9BJ
Saturday 24th
NW District Additional Practice.
SW District Practice.Little Cornard (6) (tbc)
Friday 30th
200th Anniversary of the opening of Menai Straits Bridge.
February
Friday 6th
Belfry Advisory Committee meeting.The Crown PH, Church Road, Stowupland, IP14 4BQ ( 01449 490490 )
Saturday 7th
SE District Ringing.Burgh St Botolph (6), IP13 6QA
Sunday 8th
NW District Additional Practice.
Saturday 14th
NW District Practice.St Peter & St Paul, Eye (8), IP23 7BD
Sunday 15th
Guild Management Committee.Stowupland Church Hall
Saturday 21st
George W Pipe 12 Bell Competition.Great Yarmouth
Thursday 26th
300th Anniversary of the First peal of Plain Bob Maximus.
March
Saturday 7th
SE District Ringing.Wickham Market All Saints (6), IP13 0SA
Tuesday 10th
150th Anniversary of the First telephone call.
Saturday 14th
NW District Practice.St Mary the Virgin, Lakenheath (6) IP27 9DS
SE District Surprise Major Practice.Debenham
Tuesday 17th
250th Anniversary of the birth of John Harrison.
Saturday 28th
National 12-bell Striking Contest Qualifiers.
Sunday 29th
NW District Additional Practice.
April
Saturday 4th
SE District Ringing.Ipswich Minster Training Bells (6), IP1 3BW
Saturday 11th
Guild AGM.SW District
Saturday 18th
NW District Striking Competition.St Mary the Virgin, Bacton (6), IP14 4LJ
Saturday 25th
NW District Additional Practice.