St. Paul's Church — Attraction in Birmingham

Consistently good striking is the outstanding feature of ringing at St Paul's. The band often rings methods which are well within their comfort zone in order to create a really high quality piece of music.

If you are ready to push the envelope of your ringing towards London Major or Cambridge Royal then it is usually possible, or you may be asked to bake your brain with Variable Treble Grandsire Triples/Caters or some whacky call change (rounds to back rounds is a staple exercise).

Bands are always placed, attendance at the pub afterwards is strongly encouraged, and the approach is serious, team-oriented and rewarding ringing. Novices will...

A beautiful church, nestled close to the city centre in a beautiful part of town. We attended a Merchant Navy gathering celebrating 30 years. This was a nice get together of veterans, even attended by the lord mayor. The Sea Cadets attended with a small band and gave it all a brilliant atmosphere. The on The only downside was one local who was not impressed with the band at 10.30 on a Sunday morning, he was quite vocal about this, requesting from his window that some respect was shown, well how about he might show a little respect for the merchant naval men who have passed, and without whom majority of the trade routes across the world...

Nice church, but couldn’t find it opened. It was designed by Roger Eykyns of Wolverhampton in 1777, on land given by Charles Colmore from his Newhall estate, and sits in Birmingham’s only remaining Georgian Square. It was the church of Birmingham's early manufacturers and merchants, in the Jewelry Quarter. The upper part of the tower and spire was added in 1822. Bombs damage from the Second World War were repaired between 1949 and 1951 when much of the roof was replaced. The east window has an important enamelled stained-glass window with the conversion...