Virtual Belfry is a computer program for bellringers, featuring English-style church bells viewed from above and animated using hundreds of photographs. The eight bells featured in the program ring methods and more under your command, producing perfect striking and visual realism for your enjoyment and for demonstrating the art of change ringing to others.

You can select any arbitrary combination of bells (including just one); practise calling touches or call-changes; add your own methods and compositions to the program's list; change the speed of the ringing; watch a graphical display of place notation; fire the bells and more. You can even have a go at ringing one of the bells yourself. All these features are described on this website.

This image shows the program with all the bells raised ready for ringing (and with the window made considerably smaller than it would normally be).

Click the image to see a larger version with the bells captured in mid-swing.

The program will run on most modern PCs (but check the system requirements to be sure).
It is available for purchase via this site.