The Hour Chime at Nottingham City Council House, including the hour strike on Little John.

The bells in the Great Dome of the Council House in Market Square, Nottingham, United Kingdom, strike 10am. They strike the Westminster quarters, with the 4th Quarter Jack weighing just over 3 tons, before finally tolling the hour on the great bell, Little John, which weighs 10 tons, 7 cwt, and 27 lbs. Little John is named after the character in the tales of Robin Hood which is associated with the county of Nottinghamshire.
The bells were cast in 1928 by John Taylor & Co, Loughborough, on completion of the new Council House building. They have been tolling ever since. These were the deepest toned clock chime in Great Britain until the connecting of Great Peter to the clock at York Minster in 2000. Great Peter is about 9 cwt heavier and hence there is literally a matter of a couple of hertz in it!
These bells are really superb, and sound absolutely fantastic both close up and outside. Apologies for the poor sound recording, they are quite deafening up close. It is a pity that these never formed the base bells for a Carillon (there is certainly space up there), or were ever hung for swing chiming. Better still, hung for English Full Circle Ringing!

[@keithwenger8532]

These bells are wonderful!!! They are in a great place...Mom was from Nottingham ...when I play The Bells thru my TV and external speakers ...close my eyes and I'm there !!! Wish it was that easy !!!

[@briancorral5540]

😊

[@up0the0ions]

I can hear this bell from my home in mapperley, 3 miles away clear as day.

[@thehoneyeffect]

I can hear it in Bestwood at night... 3.4 miles away

[@NickGeronsin19]

The big bell 0:50

[@carwashslayer4235]

0:25 love this sound

[@DENPTrains]

My dad works near there, can see the view perfectly of the clock, fantastic at night!

[@Lejjend832]

Is it just me, or do I fell like falling asleep when the quarter bells chime.

[@johnd6487]

Often hear that just as I’m walking past the Robin Hood statue outside the castle.. which is unfortunate, because it means I’m late for work

[@onyx8231]

Being THAT CLOSE to a bell that loud I'm sure tickles the skin of every person in that room.

[@NoobyChris]

(ears bleeding) WHAT?!

[@Lilmisscostumedrama]

I forgot about these bells!!!!! Notts council house was actually quite pretty and those two lions made it look awesome!

[@dennyleung111]

They sound perfectly toned.

[@lordbelvoir2543]

Notts Council House(County Hall) is across the river... This is Nottm Council house... If ya born n bred Nottm you'd know mi duck😉

[@notjake9549]

When big ben is down for repairs, little john backs him up.

[@daffyducklovestowooohoo4255]

Coolboyjake27 lol he’s louder is that next to him

[@etienne_roblox7723]

Yeah. :)

[@carwashslayer4235]

I love that comment and honestly if he knows whats good he will keep going while London is getting repaired. This is amazing

[@theboywhodroveaway7954]

I really love the Cambridge Quaters!

[@ashleyfortey6288]

That fourth qtr jack would make a lovely tenor bell of a ringing peal!

[@davidnissim589]

Big Ben, Little John, and Great Paul.

[@davidnissim589]

@Darren Tai The bourdon bell at St. Paul's Cathedral in London

[@allanegleston4931]

All through this hour Lord, be my guide that by thy power no foot shall slide. dong . dong. dong.

[@matkolasa5599]

super! I want to tour little John, Nottingham city council cmon guys let me have a look round please 👍

[@orionharmon6017]

These bells are vibrating 🔔🔔🔔

[@ag6371]

The clock mechanism is on top of the belfry/rotunda unlike Big Ben where it’s under the bells

[@haslinabdulhamid5787]

This place is so awesome 😎 that I feel like going there,the amount of the quarter 🔔 and the large 🔔 equals like a1000000000000000000000 tons with a good chime

[@Idl3MeRcY]

Nottinghams not that cool, ive lived there all my life, the city centre is the best thing about it the rest is not

[@etienne_roblox7723]

Big ben and little john are same but different chime:)

[@SJSproductions]

0:25 All through this hour Lord be my guide that by thy power no foot shall slide BOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNGGGGG

[@SJSproductions]

@Isaac Tan 🤣🤣

[@webmastersachi893]

You do boonnnnggggg is hurt my ear

[@darrent6814]

XD 😂😆😉

[@SJSproductions]

@@darrent6814 XD

[@BlackwidowNightmare-Wolf9644]

Holy crap thats loud, im surprised that the vibration didn't shatter any windows.

[@fonfon3965]

Concil house bell chume like bigben

[@jenlfpotter3870]

Sounds like the deepest quarter chiming bell needs some oil. It squeaks when the hammer moves down to strike the bell.

[@nickystar600video3]

I love this clock tower.

[@johnduffy5188]

That's chime does sound like big Ben in London

[@erikbunty2016]

The hour strike for sure. The actual chime here is in E flat major, where BB's is in F-major.

[@RingerJamie]

Beautiful Chimes start at 00:25 - 00:26

[@halpmeamcringe1538]

And the *b i g b o y* chimes start at 00:50 - 01:40

[@atlantis0v-104]

It's big ben because it's the largest clock bell in the world

[@drifton6147]

It's the bell in Nottingham

[@kyletheringer]

@@atlantis0v-104 no this is little john Nottingham big ben is elizabeth tower in London

[@josiahdungay8306]

Big Ben chime

[@RingerJamie]

WOW THAT 4th IS AMAZING! 00:28

[@darrent6814]

Also I like that chime at 00:27

[@muitoalemdorj3277]

That is amazing 😊😊

[@Cloudyy001]

That bell was big

[@PeterRapley-gv5vt]

Ooh, we love that sound!

[@Josh-rl8lu]

Beautiful bells. Sound very nice

[@ag6371]

The hour bell never even cracked at all

[@Hubertizcool14]

​@@ag6371 Maybe the metal layer of Little john is much thicker than big ben

[@_souldier]

making this my ringtone.

[@miguelperalta2596]

0:50 RIP HEADPHONE USERS 🎧

[@JM-yx1lm]

Pussy. Don't tell me you didn't know there was about to be loud bell ringing.

[@impulse1021]

Not really

[@gh0sts888]

Like ya cut g

[@someboi7308]

im a headphone user and i know to turn down my volume god dammit

[@LoreEASalarms]

i was using headphones and i didn't go death

[@genamasljakov6732]

the huge Bell reminds me of great tom

[@ag6371]

Tom tower or St Paul’s?

[@danbytp]

Drunk Monday morning after a weekend bender hearing this to wife:Boy was I hammered!

[@SJSproductions]

Ok so this is interesting this video was published in 2010 and the clock striked ten

[@robinhoodproductionsltd.1633]

0:51 Wow, Little John hits so loud... Hope the bear (as Phil Harris) doesn't recognize this...

[@miguelperalta1594]

That’s in the UK

[@vikingsareawsome2460]

Uk? I did not know that.

[@whenurstomachhurtsbutursti2911]

Reminds me of big ben. But the school across me has the same westminster chime too.

[@TheTayaNewsInc]

It's true. Those bells are pretty loud but pretty musical.

[@SJSproductions]

Yes...

[@rosemackay8424]

beautifull sound

[@legostarwarsheadquarters3708]

Big Ben is the 13 and a half ton bell brought into london by 16 horses in the 18 hundreds. The bell was cast in 1834. The bell in this video is called Little John. It may look like big ben but the bell is a bit smaller and the hammer make a different sound to it when struck. 🔔

[@Globalaircraftspotter]

Big Ben is much bigger and can’t be miss judged for this bell

[@olgagarciavargas8025]

@@Globalaircraftspotter que

[@Globalaircraftspotter]

@@olgagarciavargas8025 what

[@Dragon-Slay3r]

We're all swimming to the HQ to stay afloat

[@insidedadshead9691]

It’s 10 o’clock if anyone is wondering.

[@davidnissim589]

Little John is the deepest toned striking bell in the UK.

[@khandiieamerson1039]

.... Which ones little John?

[@davidnissim589]

@@khandiieamerson1039 Little John is the hour bell (the big one in the middle). It's named for the character in Robin Hood

[@Highhoekremitdahforghear]

Not that low as Big Ben but that's just my Point of View

[@thisisadeadchannelbczitsdead]

0:25 The departure of a big UK plane 0:49 My fire alarm

[@JesusTilapia]

0:50 P 50

[@thisisadeadchannelbczitsdead]

@@JesusTilapia Hey toilet!

[@JesusTilapia]

@@thisisadeadchannelbczitsdead toilet?

[@Geaccw-ps6xm]

@@JesusTilapia im better than a p 50 not to be rude a 2001 like him is slightly better than me but I don't mind.

[@ivybesmonte2577]

@@Geaccw-ps6xm ur mom

[@Idl3MeRcY]

Bro i live in nottingham ive heard that bell ring a billion times and yet ive never thaught to look up whats inside

[@jarbard]

Same didn't realise it was so big as well

[@barbarascardifield4115]

Same I lived here for 38 years

[@barbarascardifield4115]

I've been in there like 100 billion times it's bigger than it looks

[@SCR1PTDECRYPT]

great sound!!!

[@mannbradmusic]

Hey, despite a bit of distortion on the striking of the hour, it sounds great!

[@christianong3703]

Lovely

[@neilbain8736]

Me too. I live ere and we ain't never bin ter see them cos I took the bird on an excellent tours of the Chambers but we wasn't allowed up ter see the bells or the gubbins. C'mon Notts Council, open The Cansil Ahse up. Please!

[@epictrainsandmanymorebacku7529]

Neil Bain A

[@Kaneedianmations3]

Big bens old chime back in 1859 after construction! Now bog bens old chime is revealed!

[@pikamoon3896]

This part 0:50 vibrated my ears actually

[@tmblack321]

Big ben clock and the other bells are nice to this clock

[@bexie1992]

This isn't big ben.l, it's little John.

[@antsarizona29]

In the left corner, we have Great Peter, and In the right corner, we have off brand Big Ben

[@PandaHiveGaming]

Lol love how this gets reccomend to me when it was realesed 10 years ago and the clock struck at 10 am lol

[@Qwerty2_6649]

0:35 Who do the bells toll for...? 0:50 - they Toll for *T h e e*

[@toasterhavingabath6980]

*T H E E*

[@webmastersachi893]

I dont know

[@user-rm6nc8fv5g]

0:25 Bells: chimes LOUD!!! 0:49 BIG BELL: *RINS 10*

[@tmblack321]

The hammers down at the bell

[@adam15214]

I can imagine how harsh it is for the ears in person

[@coma3286]

*big ben and his cousin little john*

[@Geaccw-ps6xm]

big ben and little jhon can't see each other but they know each other's chime

[@teresitaescobar3725]

LSPD STOP WHAT YOUR DOING!! yes big ben is in london

[@Blurain727]

Big ben is undergoing renovations right now. But little John is taking over for now!

[@daffyducklovestowooohoo4255]

They might be brothers or sister and when they here each other chin sit means they are talking to each other they are like hi bro what ya doin lol

[@leandrasilvana5271]

Tá bom

[@mikeyj.rosenfield9070]

A Beautiful Westminster Chime Clock Tower At 12:00pm

[@SJSproductions]

10 am

[@GreatBritishBells]

If you don't mind me asking, how did you get up into the belfry? I would love to know as it would be a pleasure to film inside, thank you! :)

[@georgemoorcroft5687]

The four bells don’t go till quarter to but the hammer is not like the one Big Ben is

[@pekediaz8762]

I love this kind😄

[@gachagamerexpensive3565]

BIG BEN'S BROTHER.

[@daffyducklovestowooohoo4255]

Gacha Gamer [Expensive] true

[@AdrianWilsonBridders1234]

One of the finest clock strikes in the country, Lincoln Cathedral comes in as joint first.

[@cristinaperez2138]

This is like the sound of Westminster Elizabeth tower,Big Ben

[@daffyducklovestowooohoo4255]

cristina perez I know

[@tickleboy5000]

Alot of clocks do that

[@tickleboy5000]

Well i mean clock tower

[@jipingzhang4690]

I agree to you

[@jipingzhang4690]

Except the big one in the middle has a different hammer

[@campanerosdelaltoojaezcara6761]

great !! good channel ! im going to suscribe !

[@luisbaldo2206]

Wow, sounds great

[@8spliced]

I will get around to editing and uploading my video of these bells! Eventually... lol

[@webmastersachi893]

Yes

[@vincentgunawardena1277]

Little john the big bell rang 10 times which means its 10 o clock.

[@baileydavis1616]

The Chimes sound like the big Ben

[@southgeorgiarepublic]

Omfg I live in Nottingham and I have heard that sound 13 times now I just block my ears when I hear it

[@scooby1992]

Try standing in the arcade where some shops and a cafe are underneath the dome and it sounds quite loud .

[@georgemoorcroft5687]

The big bell is called little John but big john

[@marvelpascal6994]

Big Ben and Little John could once be brothers

[@Blurain727]

Well he's not little.

[@rohy4748]

@@marvelpascal6994 nn

[@scooby1992]

@@Blurain727 Ive seen the hour bell at Lincoln Cathedral , it is called Big Tom and is smaller than Little John . I would love to go up into the dome of the Council House , but I dont think they do tours anymore .

[@melodybueno6101]

@@Blurain727 the

[@L3N-fs8yp]

I really like that clock but I still prefer big Ben’s chimes

[@dknight5548]

i see people with no hearing protection now that is hardcore.

[@matthewjeffery6481]

They probably covered their ears when the chimes rang

[@nickystar600video3]

0:25 Bells: Ringing!

[@dizman0893]

0:51 the hour strike starts

[@richardtyson4945]

I hear the bell s ringing behind my grandmas house

[@orangememes1826]

You can hear it for miles

[@vlogarchives702]

Holy cow!!!

[@thefullmoonwerewolf9282]

I love it

[@rosskeppler2882]

I like its chimes

[@heavenlysent77]

i will go there one day

[@lencox1973]

Big bell be like: wupBAAAMMMMMMMM

[@leandrobraynner6690]

Vídeo feito a 10 anos atrás no ano de 2010. hoje 28-09-2020 eu assistir quem vai ser o próximo a assistir daqui a 10 anos

[@pedrochristiano7598]

Well... now we know it is 10am

[@ItsKenichiChannel_2042.]

That big bell is sounded valletta malta bell

[@sakraangelmainecooncattery1118]

Quarter bells are quet to the big bell

[@user-vy3bl5vb9i]

Tower clock start ring at 12:02

[@beans6242]

It is sort of like big Big Ben but still very nice :)

[@dimitar6518]

I got the same idea haha

[@kingofgaming791]

It’s because in the UK we use the same chimes for most of our clocks, they are called the westminster chimes

[@rubinhasa3390]

0:50 TURN DOWN VOLUMES, HEADPHONE USERS

[@Ataurion]

*N E V E R*

[@piatan1632]

Too late

[@marsieness]

That’s the shift end chime of five nights at puppets

[@arnelgallinero6879]

12 o'clock to chime

[@tmblack321]

One of the hammer bounced off

[@marcoibarra7230]

It was 10 am when this happened

[@tmblack321]

The hour like big Ben bell

[@aniljaihindjaijawanjaikisa9744]

Super 👍

[@cbf1cuckooclocks542]

Bring in the nottingham council house memes!

[@jsnxbskscnskcnskcjbzjzjbvd]

Yes, We Must.

[@kate.3499]

ayyyy Nottingham is my home city I live there now

[@emvvehicles_8]

ks_147 consider yourself lucky to live in a city with such history! :)

[@kate.3499]

John Schuster (:

[@noeltudio8118]

😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵😵

[@jasminehernandez3771]

dat sound Big Ben

[@anonymoustipoff1]

or sutin?

[@bexie1992]

It's Little John, in Nottingham.

[@yuanspetsanimatedandirl9383]

Its like big ben! But with a dome.

[@hdy8792]

YEAH.

[@darrent6814]

0:35 Who does the bells toll for? 0:39 THEY TOLL FOR THEE