Central Council of Church Bell Ringers

Central Council of Church Bell Ringers
AbbreviationCCCBR
Formation28 March 1891
FounderSir Arthur P. Heywood
Founded atInns of Court Hotel, London UK
Legal statusCharity
PurposePromotion of Full circle ringing
Region
Worldwide
President
Tina Stoecklin (2023–)
Websitewww.cccbr.org.uk

The Central Council of Church Bell Ringers (CCCBR) is an organisation founded in 1891 which represents ringers of church bells in the English style.[1]

It acts as a co-ordinating body for education, publicity and codifying change ringing rules, also for advice on maintaining and restoring full-circle bells. Within England, where the vast majority of English-style rings are located, most towers are affiliated through local ringing associations.

The Central Council also publishes the bell ringers' weekly journal The Ringing World.

  1. ^ "Ding-dong for bell ringers as row breaks out over bid to be classed as a sport". Telegraph.co.uk. 17 February 2016.