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Having for several years been in poor condition and difficult to ring, in 2016 the bells at St Stephen’s Rochester Row were rehung in a new frame and new sound control installed. It is therefore not possible to allow visitors’ peals here, but if you would like to take part in one of the occasional peals attempted by the local band, please contact the Tower Secretary (see above). Peals at St Luke’s Chelsea are currently very limited, owing to both the condition of the bells and the proximity of a major hospital.

If you would like to apply to arrange a visitors' peal, please contact the Tower Secretary (see above). We like to allocate one of these attempts to ringers from outside the local band. The number of peals is limited out of consideration for neighbouring homes and businesses.

The Anniversary of the Foundation of the Parish of St Mary Abbots in OctoberĪdditional peals may occasionally be rung for special occasions, such as important national or royal events.

The anniversary of the Kings Accession to the Throne in May.

While some churches may allow peals to be rung on a monthly or even weekly basis, at St Mary Abbots we usually have only six attempt each year, all to celebrate important church or national occasions. Again, you may hear some rounds beforehand, as the ringers try out the length of the bell ropes and decide whether adjustments are necessary. A peal is not considered to be "true" unless the ringers have rung more than 5000 unique changes correctly, and without breaks or outside assistance. Peals at St Mary Abbots consist of around three and half hours of continuous ringing (the time is generally shorter at other towers with a smaller ring of lighter bells).

St Stephen, Rochester Row - for Evensong on the fourth third Sunday of each month.

St Mary Abbots, Kensington - for Evensong on the first and third, Sundays of each month.

As a general rule, the Band attempts the following quarters on a regular basis: The Band has a programme of quarter peals at the three churches we serve. If we are ringing for a service, then we may ring a short touch immediately before the service starts, if the quarter peal has finished a few minutes early. This pause is to enable the band to adjust the length of the bell ropes before ringing for a longish period without stopping. You may hear the band ring "rounds" (when you hear the bells sound in a descending scales) for a few minutes beforehand, followed by a pause before the quarter peal starts. Quarter Peals consist of around fifty‐five minutes to an hour of continuous ringing.

Nevertheless, we still try to maintain a reasonable standard, and to stop the ringing promptly if it is not going well. As a result, the ringing is sometimes a little bumpy.

They are an opportunity for the ringers to try new things as well as perfecting their skills. Practice nights also consist of short touches. The brief halts between touches allow the ringers to change places with each other, so that different people can ring in each touch. Ringing for Church services is the most important part of our mission, and we try to make it as smooth and musical as possible. These can go on for as little as three or four minutes, or as long as 20 minutes. Ringing on Sunday mornings consists of short pieces of continuous ringing known as "touches". One peal board commemorates the first and last peals rung on the old eight, and the first peal of bells rung on the new ten. The remaining three bells were recast by John Warner and Sons, and two new bells were added to make the current ring of ten bells. When the Church was rebuilt in 1879, five of these eight bells were re‐hung in the new tower. There are peal boards in the tower which record some of the major ringing achievements on these bells. In 1772, the tower of the old church was rebuilt, and the bells were recast by Janaway of Chelsea and augmented to eight. Although the records are not entirely clear, it seems the church had a ring of six heavy bells at this time. There have been bells at St Mary Abbots since at least the beginning of the 18th century. The current ring of bells was hung when the present Church was built in 1879, but in fact some of the individual bells pre‐date this building by many years. Towers with rings of ten bells are still relatively rare: of the 6000 or so towers worldwide with four or more bells, only around 280 have ten. Under the tallest spire in London, Gilbert Scott provided an exceptionally spacious stone‐built tower which holds a fine, heavy Victorian ring of ten bells without any apparent strain.