Village life
Cadbury World celebrates 20th Anniversary
Bournville’s major visitor attraction, Cadbury World, is celebrating twenty years since its opening in August 1990. To celebrate, families who visit Cadbury World on 4th September will be treated to face painters, children’s entertainers and another chance to taste Cadbury World’s infamous chocolate chilli drink.
Happy Birthday Bournville Village!
One year ago today we founded this website with a view to reflecting community life in this beautiful model village of ours. With so much vibrancy, history and local charm, the lack of coverage of what’s going on in the area felt like a real shame – we hoped the Bournville Village website would become [...]
Bournville Leafy 10k
Bournville Harriers will be staging their annual 10k road race this autumn in and around the streets and paths of Bournville. The timing of the race, Sunday October 3rd, makes it an ideal warm-up race for the Birmingham Half-Marathon three weeks later.
Stirchley Community Market – Tuesday 27th July
Our neighbours in Stirchley have an exciting new initiative that we thought worth sharing with you:
Triathlon Training at Linden Road Pool
A summer training camp for children interested in triathlon starts on Monday at Linden Road Instruction Pool in Bournville. The course is aimed at 8-16 year olds and includes a mini-triathlon race at the end of the course.
Bournville’s European Champion
Bournville has a new European Athletics champion in the guise of Bournville Harrier runner Rob Andrew (pictured). Rob is now the fastest man in his age group at 1500m after competing at the European Masters’ Championships in Hungary this week.
Special Carillon Performance on Saturday
A special one-off performance by the American composer and performer Charlemagne Palestine will take place at Bournville Carillon this Saturday from midday. The performance has been organised by the Ikon Gallery and will feature a new composition that was commissioned in conjunction with Newcastle’s AV Festival.
Royal Visit for Bournville
Bournville will have a royal visitor next week when The Duke of Gloucester visits Bournville Infant School, which is celebrating its centenary this year, and Bournville Village Trust’s redevelopment of Lower Shenley.
Bournville Village Festival updates
The ever-useful blog for Bournville Village Council brings us several updates about this year’s Village Festival on Saturday 26th June.
Bournville Infant head writes school history
Pam Dexter, head of Bournville Infant School has given an exclusive interview to bournvillevillage.com to tell us about her upcoming book on the history of the school. Mrs Dexter, who retires this year, describes the school as a “special building and a special place” which has always had the children’s interests at heart.
