Branch Towers

Contents

• Tower Map
• Tower Details
• Alternative Tower Information Formats
• Wider Tower Information

Tower Map

Choose and navigate between Google and OS mapping data. Use the tabs below to select the required map. You can always return to Cheltenham by clicking the right most tab. The links in the tower listing will select the most appropriate map for displaying.

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See Cheltenham Branch Towers plotted on Google Maps by Dove.

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Tower Details

Provides both location information and additional links to church and tower web sites. For a complete listing of all churches with bells try Dove on-line.

Photograph	Dedication, Tower	Location	Details of Bells	Practice Night	Sunday Service Ringing	Other Information
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	St Margaret of Antioch, Alderton	SP002332	6, 9-2-0	Thursdays (alternating with Dumbleton & Stanton) 7:45 - 9 pm	9:45 am (Alternating with Dumbleton)	Peal Records Dove Google Map Aerial Image Get Directions GeoGraph Google Earth
	Holy Trinity, Badgeworth	SO902193	6, 13-0-0	Friday 7:30 - 9 pm	10:30 am	Peal Records Dove Google Map Aerial Image Get Directions GeoGraph Google Earth
	St. Michael and All Angels, Bishop's Cleeve	SO961277	8, 19-2-21	Wednesday 7:30 - 9 pm	9:45 am	Tower Website Church Website Peal Records Dove Google Map Aerial Image Get Directions GeoGraph Google Earth
	St. Michael, Buckland	SP082360	6, 14-0-0	No Practice (Used to be Monday 7:30 - 9 pm)		Peal Records Dove Google Map Aerial Image Get Directions GeoGraph Google Earth
	St. Mary, Charlton Kings	SO964204	8, 17-0-13	Tuesday 7:30 - 9 pm	9:15 - 10:00 am and 5:45 - 6:30 pm (pm - quarter peals frequently)	Tower Website Church Website Peal Records Dove Google Map Aerial Image Get Directions GeoGraph Google Earth
	St. Christopher, Cheltenham, Warden Hill	SO931204	6, 0-2-11	Wednesday 7:00 - 8:30 pm	10:00 am	Tower Website Church Website Peal Records Dove Google Map Aerial Image Get Directions GeoGraph Google Earth
	St. Mark, Cheltenham	SO928220	8, 16-1-2	Mondays 1915-2045 (excluding 4th) 7:15 - 8:45 pm	2nd & 4th Sunday 9:40 - 10:20 am and 3rd 5:45 - 6:30 pm (phone first in case of QP).	Tower Website Church Website Peal Records Dove Google Map Aerial Image Get Directions GeoGraph Google Earth
	St. Mary, Cheltenham Parish	SO948225	12, 22-2-16	Thursday 7:30 - 9 pm	8:15 - 9 am, 2nd Sundays 2:45 pm Quarter Peal or by arrangement.	Tower Website Church Website Peal Records Dove Google Map Aerial Image Get Directions GeoGraph Google Earth
	St. Mary the Virgin, Childswickham	SP075384	6, 11-3-26	No practice (was Friday 7:30 - 9 pm)		Peal Records Dove Google Map Aerial Image Get Directions GeoGraph Google Earth
	St. Mary the Blessed Virgin, Cowley	SO965147	6, 7-3-0	Currently unringable		Peal Records Dove Google Map Aerial Image Get Directions GeoGraph Google Earth
	St. George, Didbrook	SP055314	5, 6-0-21	No Practice (was Tuesday 7:30 - 9 pm)		Peal Records Dove Google Map Aerial Image Get Directions GeoGraph Google Earth
	St. Peter, Dumbleton	SP017358	6, 11-0-0	Thursdays (alternating with Alderton & Stanton) 7:45 - 9 pm	9:45 am (alternating with Alderton, phone first)	Church Website Peal Records Dove Google Map Aerial Image Get Directions GeoGraph Google Earth
	St. John the Evangelist, Elkstone	SO967123	6, 11-2-0	Beginners practice on Tuesdays 7:30 - 9 pm	1st Sunday in the month 8:55 am, 2nd Sunday 9:25 am	Church Website Peal Records Dove Google Map Aerial Image Get Directions GeoGraph Google Earth
	St. Mary Magdalen, Elmstone Hardwicke	SO920260	4, 15 cwt (anti-clockwise)	Unringable		Peal Records Dove Google Map Aerial Image Get Directions GeoGraph Google Earth
	St. Peter, Leckhampton	SO943194	8, 9-1-14	Monday 7:30 - 9 pm	9 am and 4:45 pm (the latter will be a quarter peal)	Tower Website Church Website Peal Records Dove Google Map Aerial Image Get Directions GeoGraph Google Earth
	St. Mary, Prestbury	SO970240	8, 12-1-22	Tuesday 7:30 - 9 pm	Sunday 10:15 am and 5:45 pm quarter peal by arrangement	Tower Website Church Website Peal Records Dove Google Map Aerial Image Get Directions GeoGraph Google Earth
	St. Andrew, Sevenhampton	SP032217	3, 7 cwt	Thursday 7:30 - 9 pm, but phone first	3rd and 4th Sundays 10:30 - 11 am	Church Website Peal Records Dove Google Map Aerial Image Get Directions GeoGraph Google Earth
	St. Michael and All Angels, Stanton	SP069343	6, 11-0-0	Thursdays (alternating with Dumbleton & Alderton) 7:30 - 9 pm		Peal Records Dove Google Map Aerial Image Get Directions GeoGraph Google Earth
	St. Peter, Stanway	SP061323	4, 12-0-0	'Ringing strictly limited. Not available for outings.'		Peal Records Dove Google Map Aerial Image Get Directions GeoGraph Google Earth
	St. Lawrence, Swindon Village	SO935249	6, 10-1-4	Monday 7:30 - 9 pm	6 pm	Peal Records Dove Google Map Aerial Image Get Directions GeoGraph Google Earth
	St. Andrew, Toddington	SP035331	6, 6-2-0	No practice (was Thurday 7:30 - 9 pm)		Peal Records Dove Google Map Aerial Image Get Directions GeoGraph Google Earth
	St. Peter, Winchcombe	SP023283	8, 11-2-11	Wednesday 7:30 - 9 pm	9:15 am	Tower Website Church Website Peal Records Dove Google Map Aerial Image Get Directions GeoGraph Google Earth
	St. Martin of Tours, Woolstone	SO961303	6, 4-3-8	Sunday practice 1600-1715		Church Website Peal Records Dove Google Map Aerial Image Get Directions GeoGraph Google Earth

Many of the branch tower photographs have been taken from Geograph, sponsored by Ordinance Survey. The copyright remains invested in the attributed originator, but the images are distributed under the Creative Commons Licence, and hence may be freely reproduced here.

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Alternative Tower Information Formats

The resources in this section are dynamically generated from the latest information above.

If you have already installed Google Earth, you can plot all the branch towers in it with "Cheltenham Branch Towers.kml".

If you use TomTom satellite navigation, you can add all the branch towers as "Points of Interest" (OV2 format POI file).

You may also like to save this icon image file to your SatNav device too.

The branch towers have now been published on both Layar, and buildAR. Once you have downloaded the appropriate software to your Smart Phone you will see the landmarks indicated on screen near to where you are standing. Have the landmarks labelled for you at the top of Leckhampton hill. The official Dove's Guide have now followed suit, after I tipped them off.

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Wider Tower Information

• Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers (includes towers plotted on Google Maps)
• Gloucester and Bristol Diocesan Association
• Towers in Gloucestershire
• Bells on Sunday, BBC Radio 4. Check BBC iPlayer for the latest transmission.

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