Cadbury World |
Children, chocoholics and those curious to see where chocolate is made will have a fabulous day at Cadbury World near Birmingham.
Altogether the factory attraction has 14 different zones, a separate Museum, the World's Biggest Cadbury Shop and the Cadbury Café to cater for all your chocolate cravings!
What to expect on your visit
When you arrive at Cadbury World you are allocated a specific tour time if you have not already pre-booked. With 500,000 visitors each year, it can be busy at times.
The self-guided tour means you can see everything at your own pace, but it will take 2-3 hours to complete.
Start your educational fun tour in the Aztec Jungle where cocoa (known as cacao) was first discovered by the Mayans. The sharp-tasting beans grew wild in the tropical rainforest and were used in Mayan culture.Follow its journey to Europe and the development of chocolate as we know it.
The next exhibit is Bull Street, a replica of John Cadbury’s first shop opened in 1824. Eventually he and his sons developed a factory which was quite unlike any other, on a pleasant greenfield site.
Sons Richard and George Cadbury later founded a village for all their workers, called Bournville. In the Bournville Experience area you can learn how the village was created, and meet the ghost of George Cadbury.
After the history lessons comes the important part - how milk chocolate is actually made! Interactive videos show how the many different Cadburys products are produced including Crunchie, Chocolate Buttons and Roses chocolates.
For health and safety reasons, visitors cannot tramp through the actual factory processing plant but you can see where the day’s products are being wrapped and packed.
The Cadabra ride has individual cars that carry visitors through a magical world of Cadbury characters as part of your self-guided tour.
Finally, on to the demonstration area where staff will show you how they “temper” the chocolate before working with it. You can even try writing your name in chocolate with a few tips from the pros.
Advertising Avenue offers a lesson in history and memory for older visitors. How many of these old ads and signs do you recognize from your youth? You may not want to own up to all of them or you will show your age!
Things to do at Cadbury World
Extra activities can really make the day fun. You can design your own chocolate concoction at the Essence Area and if you want to design your own wrapper, you can do that in the Bournville Experience.
The interactive Purple Planet is a virtual world of chocolate like nowhere else. There are so many ways to have fun with chocolate in this science-based zone. Try chasing a Cadbury Crème Egg, and see it raining chocolate!
If all this delicious-smelling chocolate has made you hungry, treat yourself to a sweet snack or souvenir from the fabulous Cadbury Shop. There are some very unusual gifts that you won’t find anywhere else.
Little adventurers who may be full of beans (or buttons) after all the samples can run off their energy in the African Adventure Play Area before getting back in the car.
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Birmingham has a number of motorways giving easy access to Cadbury World from the M5 (brown signposts from Junctions 2 & 4) and M42 (due North from Junction 2) following the brown signs, straight ahead for 6 miles to Bournville. Visitors are NOT recommended to come through Birmingham city centre on the A38(M) from M6 Junction 6. |
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Cadbury World Postcode for SatNav: B30 1JR
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