THE sound of church bells will fill the air for three hours non-stop at a country park near Worcester.

The mammoth three hour peal will be undertaken by the bell ringing team at St Mary Magdalene Church, part of the National Trust's Croome estate, to celebrate the 300th anniversary of famous landscape architect Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown.

There have only been seven full peals rung on the bells in their 360 year history - taking place in 1889, 1970, 1983 and then most recently, four peals after their restoration in 2011.

Each of the six bells in tower will have their own bell ringer who will ring continuously from start to finish with no breaks.

To successfully complete the peal, the bells must each be rung to a mathematical pattern of 5,040 changes. Any mistakes or mechanical mishaps means the ringers will fail.

The three hour peal will be taking place between 10.30am and 1.30pm on Tuesday, August 30.

Paul Smith, tower master of the church, said: "Croome is a very special place.

"Ever since the bells were restored, in a do-it-yourself project in 2011, they’ve played a big part in the parkland's on-going transformation.

"It’s an honour for us to mark Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown’s birth in this way.”

Croome is one of Brown's most significant landscapes, with his extensive work there involving digging up formal gardens, draining marshland to create new lakes and streams and even moving an entire village, including demolishing the church and re-building a new one which now stands proudly at the top of Church Hill.