Tag: heritage
Striking 120-year-old lantern slides used by Cadbury’s to promote their vision for better working and living conditions have been unearthed. Bournville…
Created September 17, 2026
Striking 120-year-old lantern slides used by Cadbury’s to promote their vision for better working and living conditions have been unearthed. Bournville…
Posted in: News, News & Events
Created September 11, 2026
Filming for The Cadburys, the story of the Cadbury family, is currently underway in Birmingham. The six-part series will follow the…
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Created June 11, 2026
Bournville Heritage Open Day is back on Saturday 12th September 2026, 10am-4pm. Visit George Cadbury’s famous garden village as 19 historic venues…
Posted in: Your neighbourhood
Created May 20, 2026
An ambitious project looking at how Bournville’s heritage buildings and spaces could be re-imagined is taking a step forward after securing…
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Created March 17, 2026
Residents of Shenley are being invited to a free event this April to celebrate the neighbourhood’s history and heritage. Shenley Heritage…
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Created February 16, 2026
An exhibition celebrating the inspirational women who helped shape Birmingham’s garden village is to go on display for Women’s History Month.…
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Created February 4, 2026
Plans for an historic building in the heart of Bournville to become a heritage centre are moving forward thanks to a…
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Created January 6, 2026
Volunteers are helping clean an historic manor house saved by chocolate-maker George Cadbury, after it welcomed over 23,000 visitors last year.…
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Created September 16, 2025
You may know that Bournville in Birmingham was created by chocolate-maker and social reformer George Cadbury. But did you know he…
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Created August 20, 2025
For almost a century, two historic Midlands Tudor houses believed they were linked by fragments of the same tapestry. Now the…
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Created July 14, 2025
The design of a Bournville-inspired bull sculpture has been unveiled as it gets set to join over 100 other sculptures on…
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Created July 10, 2025
One of south Birmingham’s most iconic heritage buildings will re-open next weekend and local people are being invited to help shape…
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Created April 15, 2025
Last month, we shared an update about the Rest House visitor centre, which sits in the centre of Bournville Green. Until…
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Created March 31, 2025
The results of a consultation looking at how some of Bournville’s heritage buildings and green spaces could be repurposed for the…
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Created March 19, 2025
A Bournville-inspired bull is to join other sculptures that will be on show around Birmingham city centre as part of a…
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Created February 21, 2025
An internationally recognised women’s rights campaigner from one of Birmingham’s most famous families is to be celebrated for Women’s History Month.…
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Created January 13, 2025
A Birmingham-based museum that welcomes thousands of school children every year, has scooped an award for its education programme. Selly Manor…
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Created November 4, 2024
He was the young Birmingham architect who designed some of Bournville’s most recognisable buildings when he was just 21 years old.…
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Created September 2, 2024
Visitors to an annual heritage open day will have the chance to tour Cadbury’s treasure trove of archives as they open…
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Created August 29, 2024
An outdoor exhibition of contemporary photography aimed at sparking conversation about what Bournville has been, is now, and might be in…
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