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Handmade Bell Ropes
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Heritage Ropemaking, Made in Britain
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Trusted by Ringers & Churches Nationwide
Heritage craft, handmade in Britain
Bespoke sizing for every tower
Trusted by ringers and churches nationwide
Tracked delivery - UK & worldwide
Heritage craft, step by step
How your rope is made
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Choose your colours
Three sally colours from our full range of Merino wools, and a rope colour from our yarns. Pick a classic or design your own.
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Crafted on the ropewalk
Wool is fed into each of the three strands as the rope is crafted, locking the colours in for good.
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Combed & trimmed by hand
Trevor combs and trims every sally with traditional hand tools, exactly as for a tower rope.
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Finished & sent to you
Spliced, checked and carefully packed at our Kent workshop, then sent to your door.
The Bell Tower, Brought Home
Centuries of bell-ringing heritage, in your hand. The same Merino wool sally and hand-laid rope that goes into a church bell rope, reworked into a pet lead your local ringer will recognise instantly, a light pull, or a ship's bell that actually looks the part behind the bar.
Meet Trevor, Our Ropemaker
Rope has been crafted on ropewalks in much the same way for centuries, and every Maypole rope carries that heritage forward. Each one is made by Trevor on the Maypole Ropewalk at our workshop in the Kent countryside. He's a ringer himself, so he knows how a sally should feel in the hand.
Alongside full tower ropes, mini-ring ropes and our Home Dumbbell simulators, the same heritage skills go into a range of gifts: pet leads, light pulls, ship's bells and key fobs, each made to order in colours you choose.
Ringing for a particular church? Tell us the patron saint and we'll research suitable colours for you, free of charge. St Nicholas, for example, gets scarlet, petrol blue and gold.
Keep Ringing at Home
The Maypole Home Dumbbell is a silent bell for practising at home: floor standing, with no heavy bells and no building work. Simple pulleys above you turn your pull into the swing of a real bell wheel, and a John Norris sensor connects it to Abel, Beltower or Virtual Belfry.
Built to order for your space, with a Maypole sally in your colours.
Everything is handmade to order on our ropewalk in Kent, so please allow time for making before dispatch. If you need something by a particular date, call Trevor on 07860 770535 before ordering.
Yes. Sallies come in any 3 colours from our full range of Merino wools, and ropes in a choice of yarn colours. Pick a sample combination or enter your own on the product page. We can even research your church's patron saint colours for you.
We post across the UK, and available international destinations and costs are shown at checkout. If your country isn't listed, get in touch and we'll see what we can do.
We accept major credit and debit cards, plus the other secure payment methods shown at checkout.
As items are personalised and made to order, we can't accept returns for a change of mind. If something arrives damaged or faulty, contact us within 14 days and we'll repair or replace it. Your statutory rights are not affected.
