Restoration of the Church Bells
The church bells were taken down on Tuesday 6th May. After an overnight stay in the church, which allowed villagers an opportunity to to see the bells at close hand, the bells left the village the following morning.

The bells were taken to Whites of Appleton the bellhangers, from where two of the bells will be taken to Southwold, Suffolk for repair.  On return to Appleton, the two newly repaired bells along with the other three bells that make up the five bell peal will be taken to The Whitechapel Foundry, London. There they will be united with the "Beecroft Bell" for the first time.  The six bells will then be tuned, before returning once more to Appleton.

The six bell peal will then be assembled in a new cast iron frame and tested. After testing the assembly will be dismantled and transported back to Hanwell for hanging in September.

This picture (far left) taken on March 14th 2008 at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, London, is of Hanwell's new bell in its cast, in which it stayed over the following weekend to cool off. The second picture shows the bell when its cast was removed early the next week.

The Bells of St Peter, Hanwell
In September 2008, for the first time in over ten years the bells of St Peter will be heard again on a regular basis. Thanks to generous contributions, funds have been raised for the repair and re-hanging of the existing five bells and for the addition of a sixth bell.

If all goes well the new six bell peal will ring out over the village in September. If you are interested in ringing the new peal, or would like to learn to ring, please contact Philip Ledger (Tel: 01295 738 174)
St Peter's Church Services in March, April and May