Bell Ringing at St Thomas, Stourbridge

Access to the ringing chamber is via the ground level external doorway in the north side of the tower and then up the 56-step spiral stone stairway. Lavatories are available in the adjacent Church Hall (if open) or in the adjoining Crystal Leisure Centre in Bell Street. No car parking in the churchyard, please. Parking is available in High Street, Market Street and Drury Lane nearby, or in the Victoria Street and Bell Street multi-storey car parks each within two minutes' walk of the church.

The church was built at the expense of the people of Stourbridge between 1728 and 1736 and is the only Grade I Listed Building in the Dudley Metropolitan District. The tower has contained a ring of bells since 1759.

The tower contains a ring of 12 with a flat 6th semitone bell. The 13 bells, are all by Taylors of Loughborough, cast variously in 1928, 1935, 1969, 1982 and 1999.