Bournville Heritage Open Day 2024
Event essentials
| From | 14 September 2024 at 10:00 AM |
| To | 14 September 2024 at 4:00 PM |
| Cost | FREE |
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Bournville Heritage Open Day is back for 2024, on Saturday 14th September from 10am-4pm.
Visit George Cadbury’s famous garden village as historic venues open for FREE as part of Heritage Open Days and Birmingham Heritage Week.
Enjoy tours, exhibitions, activities and family fun and experience the stunning architecture and design of this very special community.
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The 17 fantastic sites open this year are...
Selly Manor Museum
A Tudor manor and medieval hall rebuilt by the Cadbury family
The Rest House
Built in 1914 and now home to the Carillon Visitor Centre
The Carillon*
Enjoy tours up the tower and discover this remarkable instrument
Pre booking essential: tickets will be available to book here from Monday 2nd September at 5.30pm
Quaker Meeting House
Built in 1905, a Y-shaped building designed by W.A. Harvey
Almshouses*
Guided heritage tours of a unique building built by Richard Cadbury
Pre booking essential: tickets will be available to book here from Monday 2nd September at 5.30pm
St Francis Church
A beautiful early Christian basilica style church, consecrated in 1925
St Lazar's Church
An incredible Serbian Orthodox Church with a spectacular interior
Bournville Model Boat Club
See and have a go at sailing these splendid boats
Bournville Village Primary School
See the stunning central hall and beautiful frescoes
Manor Farm Park
A self-guided 2km heritage trail linking 10 sites at the park
The War Memorial Room
Situated in the Pavilion to remember Cadbury employees
Rowheath Pavilion
Explore the grounds of this sporting centre and park for Cadbury employees
The Cadbury Concert Hall
A stunning music venue in the heart of the factory
Ruskin Hall
A rare opportunity to explore parts of the oldest community building in Bournville
Bournville Crown Green Bowls Club
Have a go at crown green bowls at this iconic club
NEW FOR 2024...!
The Cadbury Archives*
Enjoy tours of this newly refurbished treasure trove
Pre booking essential: tickets will be available to book here from Monday 2nd September at 5.30pm
Dame Elizabeth Hall
Opened in 1930, discover the story of the Bournville Village Festival
*The Carillon, Almshouses + Cadbury Archive are by pre-booked tour only. Free tickets will be available at the Bournville Village Trust website on Monday 2nd September 2024 at 5.30pm.
TAKE ON OUR SCAVENGER CHALLENGE
Enjoy challenges as you visit the sites across Bournville. The challenges can be completed in any order. How many will you complete? Share photos of you completing your challenges with us using #BournvilleHeritage and #BHOD24
You can pick up a Scavenger Challenge sheet at most sites or download a digital copy here.
Find out the Scavenger Challenge answers here.
A Programme of Events packed full of details about exhibitions, activities, family fun, performances and much more will be published a week before the event.
Keep up to date with the event on Facebook and X / Twitter
Map
Our useful Bournville Heritage Open Day Map includes detail about each site and provides a guide to locations of toilets, car parks, refreshments and much more.
Travel
There is limited car parking in Bournville. We strongly recommend that visitors use public transport. For travel information please visit Transport for West Midlands website
Once in Bournville, many sites are accessible by bike or on foot. You can enjoy the garden village by following the green trail from Bournville village green, through Bournville Park, along the Valley Parkway and all the way to Manor Farm Park. Please see the map for a suggested route.
As a guide, we have provided some suggested walking times:
Bournville Village Green to the Model Boat Club = 15 minutes
Bournville Train Station to Rowheath Pavilion = 20 minutes
Manor Farm Park to St Lazars Church = 15 minutes
Car Parking
Car Parks are available at:
Bournville Village Trust, 350 Bournville Lane, B30 1QY
Manor Farm Park, 389 Bristol Rd South, B31 2AB
Shoppers Car Park, Bournville, B30 2AA
Street parking is available in streets around Bournville but please be considerate of residents.
*Please note that there is no car parking available at St Lazars Church. The nearest car park is at Bournville Village Trust or Manor Farm Park (see above), both are a 10 to 15-minute walk to the church.
Get in touch
The event is co-ordinated by the Heritage Team at Selly Manor Museum. If you have any questions please complete the contact form at the base of this page, or call the team on 0121 472 0199
This event is part of and the national Heritage Open Day and Birmingham Heritage Week events.
Facebook- Sept 2019
'Had a lovely day, met some lovely people, both volunteers and visitors. I'm local, but discovered new places too.'