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Great Malvern, St Mary & St Michael
The Great Malvern Priory of St Mary & St Michael is situated on the South side of Church Street (B4211) in the main commercial area. There are a number of nearby car parks.
It is a long climb to the ringing room. You start inside the church with 59 steps of a wooden spiral staircase which is followed by another 44 stone steps. There is a huge clock mechanism in a glassed of area and two small high windows. The room is spacious with plenty of seating for those not ringing.
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I visited for the first time on Thursday 30th June 2011 as the first tower
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of the Harry Windsor Ringing Centre annual outing.
I started by ringing up bell #5 of the front 6, #7 and the tenor were rung up on their own. I also rang the tenor for rounds and call changes. I had heard that they are tricky to ring but I found nothing too difficult about them.
The Bells
The tower has a ring of 8 bells with a tenor weighing 21-2-20 in E♯. Dove's Guide includes details of the bells at St Mary & St Michael and additional information is provided by the Worcestershire & Districts Change Ringing Association. No information on the bells history or inscriptions was to be found in the tower.
