Intro to Cadbury World

John Cadbury opened a grocers shop in Birmingham selling cocoa, drinking chocolate, coffee and tea in 1824. He prepared his chocolate with a pestle and mortar. In 1831, the Cadbury manufacturing business began and was produced commercially. An interesting fact is that Hersheys own the rights to manufacture cadbury chocolate in the US. It banned British imports of Cadbury in 2015. Although the recipe according to Hersheys is the same, it’s said that the British version has a higher fat and cocoa content. Let’s see go see for ourselves.

Visiting

You need to book online and adults are £18.05 and children £13.30
9.30am-4.00pm Monday – Friday
9.30am- 4.30pm Saturday and Sunday
The car parking is free and there is an overflow car park which is great for seeing the Cadbury and Bournville signs.

Before you go in

There is a monster kind of truck outside for getting a quick selfie with
The overflow car park for the signs on the factories and a train if you go down the stairs at the over flow car park.
The Cadbury Trail – this is a must do as it gets you ready for the whole experience, as you walk from the entrance to Bournville Station, you wander along a path with the factories on the left. There are also sign with interesting facts and the main reason we suggested to walk round first is the smells wafting out of the factories – warm chocolate and we think biscuits.

Inside the Chocolate World

On entry to the attraction, you get given 3 chocolate bars per person and I would suggest having something to carry them in if you’re not eating them straight away or alternatively they can sell you a little cadbury branded bag for £1.
You then walk through the history of cocoa and cadbury and other areas.
Highlights of the self guided tour were seeing the chocolate being tempered, mixed, getting a little pot of melted chocolate with 2 topping of your choice, Writing your name in chocolate. There is also the largest collection of Cadbury memorabilia that was donated by a super fan on her death.
Nearly forget the biggest Cadbury shop is here too

Other Things to Know

Address – Cadbury World Linden Rd, Birmingham B30 1JR
Nearest station – Bournville Station
Cost – as above at the time of article (July 21)
Places of interest nearby – Bournville Carillon, Selly Manor.
Traveltaggers top Tip – we have read lots of mixed reviews of this attraction, for us it was educational and enjoyable, for the younger people they are rides to go on and chocolate to eat.