All Lancashire Association territory, along with the rest of the UK, is following the government roadmap out of lockdown.

As of Monday 17th May 2021 restricted tower bell ringing is permitted with the following conditions:

Max 6 ringers who should be invited to ring for the duration of the ringing session.

Max 45 minutes ringing

Masks must be worn

Hands must be sanitised before and after ringing and if changing rope

Recommend all ringers have a Lateral flow test before the ringing session

Ensure good ventilation in the ringing chamber. Less ventilation = less ringing time!

Check your local government guidance about COVID prevalence and if in doubt, don't ring.

On Monday 19th July 2021 the government plans to remove all restrictions which means normal ringing may be possible, but this is subject to government review in the light of new variants of COVID taking hold in the UK

CCCBR COVID ringing rules summary here



The Central Council have issued a roadmap to ringing resumption (see "Latest News" article).

CCCBR advice here

ART Newsletters on recovery of bellringing after COVID are here

ART Survival and Recovery Toolbox here

ART article on Recovery Champions here