Harnscombe Ringing Centre

Wed 14 Oct 2026 · 10:00 BST

Duration

How long a touch or a peal takes, and the gap between one bell and the next.

Whole number, 1 to 10 080

1.00 to 5.00; about 2.1 on six, 2.6 on eight

Lengths

Result

3 h 38 min

Clock
3:38
Gap between blows
0.33 s
Against a peal
100 % of 5 040 changes
A peal at this speed
3 h 38 min

The bar shows this length against 5 040 changes; the mark is one peal.

Common lengths

Time for common lengths at usual speeds
LengthChanges5 bells · 1.9 s6 bells · 2.1 s8 bells · 2.6 s10 bells · 3.1 s
Plain course, Plain Bob Minor602 min2 min3 min3 min
Touch1204 min4 min5 min6 min
Extent of Minor72023 min25 min31 min37 min
Quarter peal1 26040 min44 min55 min1 h 5 min
Half peal2 5201 h 20 min1 h 28 min1 h 49 min2 h 10 min
Peal5 0402 h 40 min2 h 56 min3 h 38 min4 h 20 min

Each time opens the calculator with those values.