Bournville
Bournville is a 19th century model village on the southwest side of Birmingham, England, founded by the Quaker Cadbury family for employees at its Cadbury's factory, and designed to be a "garden" village where the sale of alcohol was forbidden.
Bournville is a 19th century model village on the southwest side of Birmingham, England, founded by the Quaker Cadbury family for employees at its Cadbury's factory, and designed to be a "garden" village where the sale of alcohol was forbidden. Historically in northern Worcestershire, it is also a ward within the council constituency of Selly Oak and home to the Bournville Centre for Visual Arts and the Cadbury's chocolate factory. Bournville is regarded as one of the most desirable areas to live in the United Kingdom; research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation in 2003 found that it was "one of the nicest places to live in Britain".
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Worth seeing in and around Bournville
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Birmingham
The University of Birmingham is a public research university in Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Queen's College, Birmingham, and Mason Science College, making it the first English redbrick university to receive its own royal charter, and the first English unitary university.
2.3 km · university in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 02Edgbaston Cricket Ground
Edgbaston Cricket Ground in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, England, is home to Warwickshire County Cricket Club. Edgbaston has also been the venue for Test matches, One-Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals.
3.6 km · cricket ground in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, England · Wikipedia - 03Barber Institute of Fine Arts
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts is an art gallery and concert hall in Birmingham, England. It is situated in purpose-built premises on the campus of the University of Birmingham.
2.3 km · Art gallery and concert hall in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04Newman University
Birmingham Newman University is a public university based in the suburb of Bartley Green in Birmingham, England. The university was founded in 1968 as Newman College of Higher Education.
4 km · university in Birmingham, UK · Wikipedia - 05Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower
The Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower, or colloquially Old Joe, is a clock tower and campanile located in Chancellor's court at the University of Birmingham, in the suburb of Edgbaston. It is the tallest clock tower in the UK, although its actual height is the subject of some confusion.
2.2 km · clock tower in Birmingham, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 06Weoley Castle
Weoley Castle, known historically as the Manor of Welegh, is the remains of a fortified manor house located in the Birmingham district of Weoley Castle, a primarily residential area, in the English West Midlands. Owned by Birmingham City Council and administered as a community museum by Birmingham Museums Trust, it is a Grade II listed building and a Scheduled monument.
2.7 km · remains of a fortified manor house, in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre
Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre is a Quaker community and educational organization, offering online courses and worship, Master's degrees through the University of Birmingham, and in-person retreats and events in various venues. It was formerly based at a conference facility in Selly Oak, Birmingham, England, which closed in 2023.
900 m · Quaker college in Selly Oak, Birmingham, England · Wikipedia - 08St Lazar's Church, Bournville
Saint Prince Lazar Serbian Orthodox Church, also known as Lazarica is an Eastern Orthodox church located in Bournville, Birmingham, England. It is under jurisdiction of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Britain and Ireland of the Serbian Orthodox Church and is dedicated to Lazar of Serbia.
1.1 km · church in United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 09Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park
Birmingham Wildlife Conservation Park, formerly Birmingham Nature Centre, and before that Birmingham Zoo, is a small zoo on the edge of Cannon Hill Park in Birmingham, England. It is owned and managed by Birmingham City Council.
2.9 km · zoo · Wikipedia - 10Winterbourne House and Garden
Winterbourne Botanic Garden is a heritage site and botanic garden in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England. It is owned by the University of Birmingham.
2.7 km · botanic garden in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
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Getting to Bournville
- Airports
- Birmingham (BHX), 13 km · East Midlands (EMA), 61 km · Manchester (MAN), 105 km
- Stations
- Selly Oak railway station, 1.2 km · Bournville railway station, 700 m · Northfield railway station, 3.1 km · Kings Norton railway station, 1.9 km · Harborne railway station, 3.5 km
- Nottingham, Leicestershire → Bournville79 km · quickest by road, 1h 50m · £8–11
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Bournville119 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · £13–17
- London → Bournville161 km · quickest by road, 3h 7m · £17–22
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Bournville
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bournville. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inHolyhead's ferry port ensures that the north of Wales is well connected with the whole West Midlands.
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Next door to Bournville
Bournville is 6 km from Birmingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Edgbastonarea in the city of Birmingham, England3.3 km
- Kings Nortonarea of Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK2.6 km
- Harbornesuburb of Birmingham, England3.2 km
- Bartley Greensuburb of Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom3 km
- Moseleysuburb of Birmingham, England, UK3.7 km
- Kings Heathsuburb of Birmingham, United Kingdom2.8 km