Our final visit on the Prittlewell bell ringers’ outing on 26th August 2019 was to Benhilton (Sutton) in south London.
Up on a hill, and very large, this 8-bell tower was surrounded by greenery. It was nicely decorated inside, with a red-ceilinged north aisle and a blue-ceilinged south aisle. All the stained glass was relatively modern.
The spiral staircase up to the ringing room was anticlockwise, and when we got there we found a lovely welcoming message from the resident ringers.
Even as we left at 6.30pm the temperature was still over 30 degrees, it had been a long and hot day, but lovely ringing so we had had a good time 🙂
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Churches, cathedrals, places of worship, holy ruins, burial grounds . . . not in Essex 