Bournville is a model village on the southwest side of Birmingham, England, founded by the Quaker Cadbury family for employees at its Cadbury's factory, and designed to be a "garden" village where the sale of alcohol was forbidden.
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Bournville is known as one of the most desirable areas to live in the UK; research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation in 2003 found that it was "one of the nicest places to live in Britain".
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Originally the area that was to become Bournville consisted of a few scattered farmsteads and cottages, linked by winding country lanes, with the only visual highlight being Bournbrook Hall, which was built during the Georgian era.
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Dark chocolate Bournville Plain is manufactured in France and sold in the UK.
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Bournville has adopted a Ward Support Officer with the current holder of the title being Karen Stevens.
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Bournville School is a secondary school in the Birmingham Local Education Authority area.
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Bournville is served by Bournville College of Further Education, which features a sixth form college and higher education programmes.
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Bournville is served by Bournville railway station on the Cross-City Line to Birmingham New Street, Lichfield and Redditch.
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Christian churches in Bournville include St Francis of Assisi Church which is the Church of England parish church.
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