To HATE the church bells?

[ShyPearlMoose]

I have just moved to a new area and I am so annoyed by the church bells ringing. They ring from 7:30-9pm on Tuesday and Wednesday nights and they are SO LOUD. I'm trying to wind down by this time but cannot get any silence so they're really bothering me. I know it's people practicing but does their hobby really have to disturb the entire town's evening for 90 minutes twice a week?
I can only think how annoyed some parents might be when trying to get their children to sleep on school nights.
Anyone else annoyed by them?

Hang on a mo! Could this be the signal of an imminent invasion?

I hope not, one wouldn't want this to happen again...

https://www.bells.org/blog/when-nazis-took-all-bells

I suspect the bells have been rung for hundreds of years prior to you moving in OP. Hopefully they will continue to ring for hundreds of years after you leave.

I love church bells. Especially in light summer evenings.

You are being ridiculous.

We don't live within sight of the church in our village but we still hear the bells ringing because it's a quiet village and the sound carries quite far. We also hear noises from the train station over a mile away and cows mooing in fields at a similar distance. I've never thought to complain about any of these but it is surprising how noisy a "quiet" village can be if you have never lived in one before.

I live in a small market town surrounded by farms. You'd be amazed at the people who move her and complain about tractors being on the roads

I love the sound of church bells, it reminds me of the village I lived in as a child.

You need to join them and then it won’t annoy you.
(bellringer here)

I think it's ok before 9pm though that does sound like a long practice. I live next to a church and just wish they didn't do chimes on the hour throughout the night, it does wake me up.

@ShyPearlMoose this annoys the shit out of me!! the church has probably been there for a couple of hundred years and you come along, somehow dont see the church when you view, then moan about the bells??? like some people rent a flat next to a nightclub then moan to the police about the noise so eventually the nightclub is closed down!! why not view the area and not just the home>

We get one of these complaints every few years. One person bought a house right next to the church and said ‘nobody told me there’d be bells ringing’.

in all seriousness, it is considered bad form, outside of London (areas where few people live) to ring on more than one evening per week.

Try living near a mosque. Getting the call to prayer pumped out via loudspeaker. Used to be near one that was more traditional, just some guy singing. But you can’t complain to anyone about it lol (obviously this was not in Britain).

The church bells near I often hear during the night. On the hour at say 2am is this unusual? I notice most people saying they finish at 9pm

Well now you know to find out if a church has bells before you move near it.

Sounds a bit like one of those people who complain about people speaking Spanish in Spain or Switzerland being too hilly.

I know they aren’t normal tunes. But the same tune can be rung out when services and events are on where it would follow a pattern of “oranges and lemons” (as an example). During bell ringing practice, the sounds that come out are increasingly wild as then night goes on, hence the suspicion they all get pissed because they subject us to wild clanging of bells and not anything with any harmony.

Perhaps you should have done some research before you took on the property?

Lesson learned I hope, maybe you'll pay more attention in future!

You're probably one of "those" who'd choose a property in the countryside and then complain about the noise of cows mooing and the smell of manure being spread over the fields!

That sounds automated, like a clock chime. A band of bell ringers practising change ringing will hold their practice at set times and usually finish by 9pm.

They won't normally be ringing for 90 minutes non-stop. Practices are always very stop-and-start as they are interspersed with explanations, discussions, and general chat. You only get non-stop ringing for quarter peals, which take around 45 minutes, or for peals, which are definitely rare and take around 3 hours.

Thanks yes I assume automated. I guess it doesn’t go in very long I was just surprised as didn’t think they would still be on in the night. Doesn’t bother me though

That was just a clock, wasn't it?

These are the same type of People who move to a rural location and complain about the Farm smells 🤣

Ringing - the pulling up and down of ropes to make a ‘tune’ should never be happening beyond 9pm.

However, most church clocks use the same bells to do the chiming/ding dongs (much quieter) on the hour (or 15 every minutes) 24/7. It’s caused by a tiny hammer tapping at 1-3 of the bells (typically). It might be that you only notice it in the night because there no other sound happening?
There definitely won’t be bell ringers ringing bells at 2 am.

But it's the same principle, isn't it? Take a flat next to a church, expect things like church bells. Also people parking up the area on Sundays.

Plus the fact that you're renting actually makes it easier to move away than if you had purchased.

'Distance' being the key word

Really? The noise of planes and cars is fine, but bells for a relatively short time are "very anti-social"? What a joyless world it would be if we stopped this type of tradition to appease people for whom it comes as an amazing surprise that you might hear bells if you're near a church.

Maybe the rest of the town quite likes the bells

This.

We have clock in our village that chimes quite loudly. It's historic and most people think it's lovely.

Someone moved into a rental property and complained about the noise! Prompted a council investigation into the noise level. People were furious.