St Francis C of E Church (part of Bournville Heritage Open Day 2024)

Bournville Parish Church, which is dedicated to St Francis of Assisi, is a place of calm and beauty beloved by local worshippers.

George Cadbury always intended there to be an Anglican church as part of his ‘garden village’. The land was set aside for a Church and Church Hall by Bournville Village Trust in 1905. The Hall was built in 1912 and the completed church was consecrated in 1925. The architect, William Alexander Harvey, designed the church in the early Christian basilica style. He created a robust and open space, filled with light, which is simple but not plain.

This year on HOD there will be a large 'live steam' model railway, featuring the types of trains that worked on the Midland Railway that served the Cadbury factory, as well as a collection of railway memorabilia, including models of the locomotives that worked inside the factory grounds.

In addition, we will have a display, Chocolate and Steam, of over 250 pictures from The Bournville Society revealing details of the Cadbury’s railway, the locomotives which plied the factory tracks and demonstrating the importance of this local railway, its station and adjacent Worcester-Birmingham canal in the Cadbury story at a time when road transport was of little significance.

Musicians will be performing throughout the day and The Black Adder Morris Dancers will also be performing outside Church (weather permitting!).

Timings & Tours

Saturday 14 September:

1000 - 1600

Location & directions

St Francis Church, Linden Road, Bournville, Birmingham, West Midlands, B30 1JY

Directions:

Bournville Parish Church (St Francis of Assisi) can be found at the corner of Linden Road and Sycamore Road, just off Bournville Green.

Contact on day:

Revd Richard Wharton

Telephone number:

+447910343380

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking not required

Accessibility details

Small car park with 8 spaces, including 1 disabled space. Additional shoppers car park beside/ behind the community centre and parking on surrounding roads. There is ramped access on the south side of the church.

Additional information

This event is part of Bournville Heritage Open Day on Saturday 14th September with a chance to visit a wide array of fantastic historic sites in Bournville, the garden village created by George Cadbury - for full up to date details www.bvt.org.uk

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