Home Bells Ringers Quarters/Peals Oxted Review Dec 80
St Mary's Church, Oxted.
Photograph taken from the south East Ian Griffiths
The St. Mary's Church Bell ringers are an inexperienced but keen band who are just re establishing themselves. We try to ring at Sunday service every first Sunday in the month and other special occasions although it is our intention to ring every Sunday when the band becomes strong enough.
Sunday ringing is between 09-30 and 10-00.
We have several new ringers who are now past the handling stage and progressing to call changes and plain hunting. We are frequently supplemented by visitors for which the regular ringers are very grateful.
Visitors are most welcome as we are keen to get our new learners progressing to method ringing. Access to the tower is by the door at the rear of the church at the bottom of the tower.
Photograph taken from the north west showing the tower doorway. Ian Griffiths
We practice on Monday evenings from 8 -00 until 9-15, ringing mainly rounds and call changes and when the opportunity arises, plain hunting and simple methods. We have to lock the church during practice nights so have introduced a bell push which hangs just outside the tower door during ringing. Visitors should ring this to be let in. There is plenty of room for car parking either around the church or in the car park at the church hall in front of the church.
We are just 3 minutes walk from Oxted railway station. Trains leave London Victoria (35 minutes travelling time) and East Croydon (20 minutes). Leave the main entrance (London bound side or go through the subway if you arrive from the London direction) turn right and walk parallel to the railway to the end of the road, turn left and the Church Hall and Church is straight ahead of you.
We look forward to seeing you.
Ian Griffiths.
The church has its own web site on www.stmarys-church-oxted.org.uk