July Country Meeting, Saturday 11th July 2026
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The July country meeting will be held in Birmingham
As is usual the event will cover three days of peal attempts, a tour preceding the meeting and a meal on the Saturday evening followed by a Ceilidh. Please sign up now for what promises to be a great weekend. Towers will be either walkable or via public transport.
Peals and Event Programme
There are many peal towers available for peals, which are available on Thursday 9 July, Friday 10 July and in the morning of Saturday 11 July.
Thursday and Friday
The suggested Thursday pub is The Bull Public House, 1 Price St, Birmingham B4 6JU, just outside the centre. They do excellent beer and reasonably price food. On Friday the pub is likely to be the Wellington, 37 Bennett's Hill, Birmingham B2 5SN, upstairs room, where people can bring their own food (there is no food service).
General Ringing
There will be a tour of towers in the area on Saturday, details tbc. Immediately before the meeting there will be open ringing at The Bullring and then at Edgbaston (which has plenty of free parking). It’s then a 20min walk or 5mins on X21/22/20 to the venue from Edgbaston.
Meeting
The meeting and evening event will be at the University of Birmingham’s Guild of Student’s Debating Hall, which is on the first floor of the Guild of Students, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT
Below gives an idea of access:
- X21/22/20 buses run outside the venue to and from the city centre (New Street station) every 10 minutes.
- Trains from University station (5min walk from venue) run to New Street station at a similar frequency.
- Edgbaston Park Hotel is the nearest hotel (5min walk) to the venue itself, potentially on the expensive corporate conference end of hotels.
- There will be free on site parking for those with disabled badges.
Post meeting function
Following the meeting in the Debating Hall, dinner will be set up and the bar will be opened! Real ale and other beverages will be in plentiful supply to quench your thirst. Tickets are £38 to cover the evening. Any dietary requests please let us know by 4 July.
Please don't hesitate to sign up now for what will be a really great weekend!
Map
Sign up and pay
Logged in members can sign up for peal attempt and meal. (If you can't see the link to sign up here, and you have a log-in to this site, you can log in here, then you can sign up; alternatively by ticking the paper list on Wednesday or please email Vacant the Assistant Secretary.)- Peal attempt: signup has now expired
- Meal: signup has now expired
Payment
You can pay Vacant the Assistant Secretary directly, by cash or cheque (£38.00 per person). Alternatively, you can pay by telephone banking or online banking (also £38.00 per person) or use the PayPal form below (which incurs a small handling fee).
Please notify Vacant the Assistant Secretary, if you have paid by telephone banking, online banking or paypal.
We hope you can come along and take part in what's typically a fun day out.