Loughborough Carillon

Had to visit my brother today who lives just outside our home town of Loughborough. Had a chilly walk around Queens Park, which is always a pleasure to see & brings back lots of memories of my childhood. The standout feature of the park is this carillon. It was built as a war memorial to the fallen men of the town, from WW1. It houses 35 bells ( all cast at the local & still operating, Taylor’s Bell Foundry) & recitals take place fairly often . You can climb the tower to the green balcony & it affords quite a good view of the surrounding areas.

[Susan Wakely]

Fascinating building.

[Diana]

Fabulous capture of this amazing building.

[Shutterbug]

Beautiful shot of this interesting building.

[Kartia]

How fabulous! Not sure I’d survive the climb up, must be quite a few stairs 😂 but worth the view I imagine.

[Phil Howcroft]

I often wondered what that was Carole

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot

[Kathy A]

I bet those bells sound wonderful

[Jo Worboys]

I had an Aunt who lived in Loughborough and spent my childhood walking round that building and the park

[LManning (Laura)]

An impressive structure.

[Carole Sandford]

@365projectorgjoworboys small world isn’t it? We have maybe passed each other in the street, or even the park!

[Islandgirl]

Interesting park!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I would love to hear those bells ring. It's a beautiful tower and nice shot.

[Casablanca]

Eee I love a carillon! Hardly ever see (or hear) them these days. I remember a super one in Berlin not far from the Reichstag.

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful setting for the wonderful piece of architecture.

[Boxplayer]

Excellent structure.

[Peter Dulis]

Nice

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Lovely shot and it is very impressive looking.

[bkb in the city]

Beautiful war memorial

[Nina Ganci]

beautiful tower and gracefully framed by the trees

[John Falconer]

Nice capture.

[Renee Salamon]

Lovely shot - I’ve not heard the word Carillon before

[Phil Sandford]

Done a few Remembrance Parades under that tower.