To HATE the church bells?

Ah we have Tuesday bells here, love them! Having said that, feeling unsettled due to noise is so hard, so invasive and really wears you down so I don't think you deserve the hard time you're getting. Sending a hug x

All these "I love the soothing ding-dong of Christian clocks worship" don't live really close, do they?!

Could be worse. I once rented a room in Como: a sweet old garret, really high up. It was just about level with the bell towers of the SEVEN churches within a minute's walk. I swear it was a 6 on the Richter scale.

Maybe the ringers should just mime?

Actually, you’ve just reminded me of a friend of mine who moved to a tiny village with a fractious baby, lost it one evening when the bellringers apparently overran their usual time, thrust the baby at her husband, ran through the churchyard and into the bell tower shouting, then burst into hysterical tears, was soothed by the apologetic bellringers (who were prepping for some big change ringing festival), and ended up joining them.

I will end the anecdote there, before the domestic coplications that arose…

This is like moving to the beach and being pissed off at the sand.
Or the countryside and being annoyed at the smell.
Or near a school and annoyed at drop off/pick up.
Or a pub and being annoyed by the sound of people leaving.
Or in a city centre and not liking the air quality.

(Trying to think of more examples but you get the point...)

Yabu. You chose to move next to a church. Churches have bells and people practise ringing them. 🤷🏻‍♀️

How long is recently? Only asking because from experience you just get used to it and it doesn't really register anymore. Granted it takes a while though!

I love this. There is 7,000 churches with ringable bells in them in the country. But probably Essex

It's a church. There's bells every hour / half hour / quarter hour, on Sundays, high days and holidays, at weddings, and yes in evenings for bell ringing.

YABU I'd guess the church was there way before your house.

Maybe the rest of the town quite likes the bells 🤷‍♀️

Also this is an excellent solution to being annoyed by the bells. If you can’t beat them join them. They’re usually fond of a pint after too so good socialising!

It depends. Our local church bells are fine, but the one near our old house had long bell ringing sessions and the tone (if that’s the right word) was exceptionally grating.

@Precipice yes I would expect that on practice nights!

You sound like our Scout Hut neighbours who complained about us doing Scout type activities on our own land like camping and fires and other outdoor activities.

I love them.

I live in the old vicarage so close to the church… The bell ringers practise from 7.30-9pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and ring the bells for church from 10.30 to 11am on Sundays.

Why move there? Personally I love the sound and I'm disappointed that the sound of traffic drowns out our bells.

It’s quite unusual to have ringing practice twice a week, on consecutive nights. Are they practicing for something specific, or are you near a really big/important church or in a bigger city? Most towers only ring once a week and you’d definitely be unreasonable to complain about that.

Personally I love to hear church bells and it never bothered me when we lived directly opposite a church growing up. The sound wasn’t intrusive inside the house - maybe your double glazing needs attention?

7.30 - 9pm seems like a perfectly reasonable time for them to practice. Get some ear plugs?

Has the church been built recently? If so a noise assessment should have been done as part of the planning process to endure it does not impact residential properties.

Noise cancelling headphones?

I share your pain. The church across from me uses an automated chime ... which keeps going wrong, playing every quarter hour through the night, playing non-stop some days and nights, and playing random tunes instead of the normal clock chimes.

I think it's broken at the moment, as I'm only hearing the peals for important services and weddings (human bell ringers). It's great, I've got the bedroom window open!!!

Now I've mentioned it on here, the haunted carillon's going to return with a vengeance, isn't it 🔔😬🔕

But not that they'd be ringing for 90 mins at a time? I used to live near a church and there wasn't anything like this. #NotAllChurches

Weirdly just before I read your post I could hear the church bells ringing in the distance and I find them quite soothing personally. They remind me of a summers day and a wedding. I quite like them .

At present I am sitting with my patio doors open , listening to our local church bells 🔔… I love 🥰 it!

OP has a church with tower and bells suddenly appeared nearby since you exchanged contracts?

Or did you not do due diligence on where you were buying?

The sorts of churches that have bells tend not to be either particularly new or particularly discreet buildings!

Personally, I love the sound.