[RWCentenary] Grand Ringing World Centenary Tea

[RW Centenary News]

Over the coming weeks we will be bringing you 
further details of our exciting plans for the 
Ringing World’s Centenary Celebrations, which 
centre around a special service of Evensong at 
3pm in Westminster Abbey on Saturday, 26th March 
2011 . This week we are able to say a little more 
about the Grand Ringers’ Tea and Gathering in 
Methodist Central Hall that will be held between 
4pm and 6pm immediately after the Abbey service.
Central Hall, Westminster is located in Storey’s 
Gate just across the road – quite literally – 
from the main entrance to the Abbey. The 
Centenary Reception is going to be held in the 
Library and Lecture Hall – two large and imposing 
rooms (with lift access for the disabled) off the 
grand entrance foyer on the first floor. The 
giant shutters dividing these rooms will be 
opened, giving us a single space of 623 square 
metres – able to accommodate up to 1,000 people for tea.
As well as a cup of tea with cake (included in 
the ticket price) and the opportunity to mingle 
and chat with ringing friends from all over the 
country, at 5pm there will be a welcome from the 
Ringing World Chairman and we will be treated to 
a specially composed touch on 24 handbells by an 
expert band led by Philip Earis of Cambridge. We 
hope to have a separate article about this 
spectacular piece of ringing shortly.
During the reception prizes will also be 
presented to the winners of the Ringing World 
National Youth Contest, a young persons’ striking 
contest that will take place from 10am on the 
light ring of eight down the road at St Saviour’s 
Church, Pimlico, SW1. You will be able to read 
all about the contest and how to enter it next week.

British Rail
The Abbey and Central Hall, Westminster are 
within walking distance of Victoria, Charing 
Cross and Waterloo mainline stations.
Nearest Underground stations:
Westminster on the Jubilee, Circle and District lines.
St James’s Park on the Circle and District lines.
Victoria on the Victoria, Circle and District lines.
Buses
Buses 11, 24, 148 and 211 pass the door
Buses 3, 12, 53, 53X, 87, 88, 109, 159 and 453 stop nearby.
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