Time and Tide Bell

UK art project

Appledore

Bosta Beach

Trinity Buoy Wharf

Aberdyfi

Cemaes

Morecambe

Mablethorpe

Brixham

Happisburgh

Harwich

Isle of
Wight

Par

Redcar

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Locations of the bells (those not yet installed marked with a hollow marker)

Time and Tide Bell is an art project made up of bells, designed by UK sculptor Marcus Vergette and Australian bell designer Neil McLachlan,[1] installed at coastal locations in the UK. The first one was placed at Appledore, Devon, in 2009 and the seventh at Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire in June 2019. As of 2021[update] at least six further bells are planned,[2] and funding obtained from the National Lottery Heritage Fund in 2018 will allow for up to sixteen bells in all to be installed.[3]

Each bell rings around high tide; the bells provide a reminder that rising sea levels caused by climate change will make the pattern of their ringing change. There is every chance that some of the bells will have to be relocated in the twenty-first century.

## Location of the bells

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Location | Date installed | Note | Coordinates  | Image | Refs

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Appledore, Devon, England | July 2009 |  | 51°03′19″N 4°11′28″W﻿ / ﻿51.055155°N 4.191194°W﻿ / 51.055155; -4.191194 |  | [4][5][6]
Bosta Beach, Great Bernera, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland | June 2010 |  | 58°15′26″N 6°52′53″W﻿ / ﻿58.257104°N 6.881468°W﻿ / 58.257104; -6.881468 |  | [7][8]
Trinity Buoy Wharf, London | September 2010 |  | 51°30′27″N 0°00′30″E﻿ / ﻿51.507455°N 0.008271°E﻿ / 51.507455; 0.008271 |  | [9][10]
Aberdyfi, Gwynedd, Wales | July 2011 | Beneath the pier | 52°33′23″N 4°01′45″W﻿ / ﻿52.556282°N 4.029105°W﻿ / 52.556282; -4.029105 |  | [11][12]
Cemaes, Anglesey, Wales | April 2014 | Also known as St Patrick's Bell | 53°24′48″N 4°26′52″W﻿ / ﻿53.413454°N 4.44772°W﻿ / 53.413454; -4.44772 |  | [13][14]
Morecambe, Lancashire, England | March 2019 | On the north side of the landward end of the Stone Jetty | 54°04′25″N 2°52′37″W﻿ / ﻿54.073558°N 2.876932°W﻿ / 54.073558; -2.876932 |  | [15][16]
Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire, England | June 2019 |  | 53°21′57″N 0°15′06″E﻿ / ﻿53.365872°N 0.251669°E﻿ / 53.365872; 0.251669 |  | [17][18]
Harwich, Essex, England | September 2022 | Next to Low Lighthouse | 51°56′48″N 1°17′24″E﻿ / ﻿51.946663°N 1.289935°E﻿ / 51.946663; 1.289935 |  | [19][20]
Par, Cornwall, England | April 2023 | Par Beach | 50°20′44″N 4°42′06″W﻿ / ﻿50.345567°N 4.701534°W﻿ / 50.345567; -4.701534 |  | [21][22][23]
Brixham, Devon, England | June 2023 | Breakwater Beach | 50°24′00″N 3°30′15″W﻿ / ﻿50.399963°N 3.504129°W﻿ / 50.399963; -3.504129 |  | [24][25][26][22][27]
Happisburgh, Norfolk, England | July 2023 |  | 52°49′28″N 1°31′53″E﻿ / ﻿52.824314°N 1.531451°E﻿ / 52.824314; 1.531451 |  | [28][29]
Isle of Wight, off Hampshire, England |  | Under development | 50°40′N 1°16′W﻿ / ﻿50.667°N 1.267°W﻿ / 50.667; -1.267 |  | [30]
Redcar, North Yorkshire, England |  | Under development | 54°37′4″N 1°4′8″W﻿ / ﻿54.61778°N 1.06889°W﻿ / 54.61778; -1.06889 |  | [31]

## Associated artworks

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Sounds from the bells are featured on Vergette's album Tintinnabulation, released in March 2023 by the label Nonclassical.[32]

The Time and Tide Bell Organisation have commissioned COTIDAL, a film by the Devon-based artist Tania Kovats. The intention is for the completed film to track high tide around the UK, and be 24 hours 50 minutes long. The first hour long chapter premiered in Appledore in September 2022.[33][34]

## References

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1. ^ "Bell Design". Time and Tide Bell. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
2. ^ "Map of the Bells". Time and Tide Bell. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
3. ^ "The Project". Time and Tide Bell. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
4. ^ "Appledore, Devon". Time and Tide Bell. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
5. ^ "Appledore 'tide bell' approved". North Devon Gazette. 7 October 2008. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
6. ^ "Appledore Time and Tide Bell, Devon". Public Art Online. 4 June 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
7. ^ "Time and Tide Bell - Bosta - Isle of Lewis - Western Isles". Virtual Hebrides. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
8. ^ "Bosta Beach, Lewis". Time and Tide Bell. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
9. ^ Joint, Laura (3 September 2010). "Tidal bells strike the right note for Marcus Vergette". BBC News. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
10. ^ "Trinity Buoy Wharf". Time and Tide Bell. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
11. ^ "Bell to ring out in Aberdyfi". North Wales Live. 1 June 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
12. ^ "Aberdyfi, Gwynedd". Time and Tide Bell. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
13. ^ "Cemaes Bay (Traeth Mawr)". Wales Beach Guide. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
14. ^ "Cemaes Bay, Anglesey". Time and Tide Bell. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
15. ^ "Time and Tide Bell". Morecambe Artists Colony. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
16. ^ "Morecambe Bay, Lancashire". Time and Tide Bell. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
17. ^ Lincolnshire Time and Tide Bell CIC (21 June 2019). "Mablethorpe hosts the latest Time and Tide Bell for Lincolnshire". Retrieved 26 June 2019.
18. ^ "Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire". Time and Tide Bell. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
19. ^ "Harwich, Essex". Time and Tide Bell. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
20. ^ "The Harwich bell is installed". Time and Tide Bell. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
21. ^ "Par, Cornwall". Time and Tide Bell. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
22. ^ a b Oldfield, Ed (12 February 2020). "Brixham to get a tide bell". Radio Exe. Retrieved 5 February 2021. "Another bell is proposed at Par in Cornwall."
23. ^ "Installation Day". Time and Tide Bell. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
24. ^ Henderson, Guy (20 December 2017). "Tidal bell to toll for Brixham as Devon gets new art installation". DevonLive. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
25. ^ "Time and Tide Bell". Brixham Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
26. ^ "Brixham, Devon". Time and Tide Bell. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
27. ^ "Time and Tide Bell rings out at Brixham". BBC News Online. 21 June 2023. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
28. ^ "Happisburgh Time and Tide Bell". Retrieved 11 April 2019.
29. ^ "The Spirit of Haisbro'". Time and Tide Bell. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
30. ^ "Isle of Wight". Time and Tide Bell. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
31. ^ "Redcar, Yorkshire". Time and Tide Bell. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
32. ^ "Tintinnabulation – Marcus Vergette". nonclassical. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
33. ^ "COTIDAL". Time and Tide Bell. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
34. ^ "COTIDAL: New film talks to Appledore residents about living by the sea". North Devon Gazette. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Time and Tide Bells.

* Official website

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