A recent visitor commented “Having good old dingdong at All Saints Ryde…..not been to their practice night in long time…….”

Our Bells*

We have eight bells, and the largest weighs 26 hundredweight. They were all cast by Taylors in 1886 at a time when the foundry was making great progress in tuning and installation, and are hung between oak beams in a metal “A” frame at the base of the spire. The bells were rehung and fitted with ball bearings in 1933. They are the heaviest eight on the Island (indeed, in the whole of the W&P Guild), although some (notably the 5th) have a reputation as being odd struck. The bells sound a bit shrill inside, but very nice outside. for more technical information please visit our Dove tower Page

*The information  used by kind permission of Steve Noyes

Visiting Us

Church car park at the west end of church, on the main Ryde-Newport road (A3054), you will now require a parking permit to park in the car park so please ask tower captain John Stock or Joan Parry (secretary) before visiting. Train stations (Ryde Esplanade or Ryde St Johns) but bring your climbing boots, as it is all up hill. At this point approximately 300ft above sea level in less than 1 mile! Cafes etc. in the high street, North East from church. We can recommend a pub if you need one! Latest News for Visitors

Learning to ring at Ryde

We can always accommodate people who want to learn to ring – the young people we teach keep going off to the mainland for University so we always need replacements! Our training programme has also been a great success with some mature learners recently. Contact John Stock if you want to discuss learning to ring. We welcome ringers of all faiths or none.

If you would like more information, please contact John Stock, or pay a visit to our Facebook Group