Latest news

 Newsletter – Winter edition  now available to download . [10/1/12]

Map updates – Map references in tower list  now include detail view as well as 1:50,000 map. [3/1/12]

Member survey – Still time to let us have your views please . [28/11/11]

Rope splicing course – 5 ringers took part. [13/12/11]

 ODG 10-bell competition – Sonning deanery entered a team, the first time for many years. Seedetails. [27/11/11] 

8-Bell competition – 3 teams entered. A joint Wokingham-Sonning band won. See details . [15/10/11]

ODG 6-bell competition – Sonning represented the Branch in the Guild striking competition held at Streatley, and was placed 5th out of 9 teams. See details on Guild website . [1/10/11]

Wedding volunteers – New e-mail list  to put towers in touch with members willing to help with wedding ringing. [11/6/11]

Notices

For a full list of events, see the Branch diary. For events in the rest of the Guild, see the Guild diary 

About the Branch

Sonning Deanery Branch serves the bellringers of 17 churches with bells hung for full-circle English-style ringing in southeast Berkshire, roughly covering the Church of England Deaneries of Sonning and Bracknell (see map ).

The Branch offers its members a comprehensive range of services .

It is one of 15 branches in the Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers  (ODG), which is the largest territorial ringing society in the world, with around 2500 members.

ODG represents bell ringers in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, which together comprise the Diocese of Oxford. It is affiliated to the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers .

Rules of the ODG  apply to Sonning Deanery Branch, supplemented by Sonning Deanery rules. For more information on Guild services, see the main ODG website. The Guild annual subscription rate is currently £6.00 for resident members, due in January.