Taylor’s Bellfoundry Museum (2025)

The evolution of bell founding and its technique of casting. Rich in industrial archaeology the historic premises are also the world’s largest active bellfoundry.

Contacts

Operator: Loughborough Bellfoundry Trust

Address: John Taylor & Co. Freehold Street Loughborough Leicestershire LE11 1AR

Telephone: 01509 638 500
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Open Days & Times

Nov-1 Mar Wed-Fri, also 1st Sat in month (4 Jan; 1 Feb; 1 Mar.) 1000-1600. Tours are available. Visit website or facebook for more details and advance booking.

Travel

By Rail: Loughborough / 0.5 miles

Facilities

Parking
Souvenir Shop
Part disabled access

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Since 1859, the Grade II* Listed Loughborough Bellfoundry, home to historic bellmakers John Taylor & Co., has cast more than 25,000 bells that are hung in over 100 countries around the world.

Peals of bells from the foundry ring out from towers all over the English-speaking world, and beyond, and are widely regarded as the finest instruments of their kind.

Closer to home, Taylor bells hang in nearly every cathedral in England and in thousands of parish churches. From Inverary in the north to Truro in the South West, from London’s St Paul’s Cathedral to York Minster, Taylor bells have defined the soundscape of Britain for more than two centuries.