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The Royal Mint Experience
Heol-Y-Sarn, Llantrisant CF72 8YT, Wales
Open today: 9:15 am - 4:15 pm
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“Informative Visit”
Paul B
, Thirsk, United Kingdom
“Magical”
Such a magical experience. Staff all very friendly and kept using the childrens names when... read more
lynda j
, Merthyr Tydfil, United Kingdom
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Well worth a visit.
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Date of experience: October 2024
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All reviews royal mint gift shop our tour guide well worth a visit coin making take home all ages interesting facts coin collector couple of hours other countries factory floor car park whole experience great visit exhibition area half term
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WELSH-DRAGON-116
Barry, United Kingdom
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We had a lovely time at the Royal Mint today. Myself and my boys found it very interesting and they loved being able to visit the factory floor and see the machines. Our tour guide was lovely, so friendly, informative and able to answer our questions. I hope management recognise this lady as she was great (2pm tour) My boys enjoyed pressing their coins and we enjoyed looking at the exhibition at our leisure. Then we purchased a few things from the gift shop.
My son’s highlight was seeing the permanent display of a Mini Car covered in Pennies.
I believe In 1967 this mini was commissioned by the Beatles to promote the record, using over 8,500 pre-decimal Penny coins to cover the bodywork. the oldest coin on the car so far found is 1898 apparently.
All in all a lovely way to spend our Saturday. Would recommend visiting .. huge thumbs up from us 3
Date of experience: October 2024
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The Royal Mint Experience, General Manager at The Royal Mint Experience, responded to this reviewResponded 21 October 2024
Thank you so much for coming to The Royal Mint Experience and for your kind words about your visit! We're so glad you enjoyed your factory tour and struck your own coins!
We'll take a look at Saturday's rota to make sure your lovely feedback is passed on to your guide and to make sure we celebrate them properly!
We appreciate your time in writing this review and hope to welcome you back soon! In the meantime please keep an eye on our website and social media for any news on upcoming events.
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Martin R
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Visited the Mint whilst in Cardiff, a place I had on my "to do" list. Wasn't disappointed. Knowledgeable helpful staff. Found the whole "experience" interesting and the magnitude of the work surprising. Would recommend
Date of experience: September 2024
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The Royal Mint Experience, General Manager at The Royal Mint Experience, responded to this reviewResponded 14 October 2024
Thank you for visiting The Royal Mint Experience and for your fantastic review. We're over the moon you enjoyed your time with us and will be sure to pass on your warm comments to the team.
We appreciate your time in writing this review and hope to welcome you back soon! In the meantime please keep an eye on our website and social media for any news on upcoming events.
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TheTravellingSage
Gloucester, United Kingdom
52
Guided tour of the "shop floor" fine and very informative about the whole process from metal(s) to finished coin. Obviously security and safety important, pity the machines were not operational when we visited on a Monday afternoon at 1pm. Highlight to have option to 'strike' your own 50p coin (£7-50 extra) well worth it. The exhibition showing history etc is very well presented, opportunity to touch a 1K gold bar! Our ticket covered lunch, could spend £25 in cafe/restaurant. Great value for money with huge portions. Only difficulty was spotting signage for car park as "Royal Mint" in very small letters, though sign very large! Just to add a huge thank you to the shop staff for taking a photo of us in front the boxes full of coins. Car park itself is very large.
Date of experience: September 2024
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The Royal Mint Experience, General Manager at The Royal Mint Experience, responded to this reviewResponded 14 October 2024
Thank you so much for visiting The Royal Mint Experience, we're so glad you found your tour informative and enjoyed exploring the exhibition. We'll pass on your kind words to the café team, we're fortunate to offer such hearty meals!
Due to reduced demand for UK currency, there are ongoing changes to our tours, which are being updated to celebrate our history and focus more on our new ventures. While The Royal Mint remain committed to producing UK coins, which is our core purpose, the time it takes for our colleagues to make UK currency will be reduced. This means you may not see UK currency being made during your tour.
We hope to welcome you back soon, in the meantime, you can keep up to date with all of our news, competitions and events on our social media pages. If you'd like to chat to the team about your visit, please send us an email at experience@royalmint.com
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Explorer27107237827
Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Cerys was a great tour guide yet again and friends who came along commented in how informative the tour was and the little personal touches re coin collection made it even more interesting. Thoroughly enjoyed the tour and strike your own -as usual. Thankyou Tony
Date of experience: October 2024
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Royal Mint, General Manager at The Royal Mint Experience, responded to this reviewResponded 8 October 2024
Hi Tony, thank you for coming back to visit The Royal Mint Experience and for your lovely review. We're delighted you enjoyed your tour with Carys and striking your coin.
We appreciate your time in writing this review and look forward to welcoming you back soon! In the meantime please keep an eye on our website and social media for any news on upcoming events.
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Stu151
Wickford, United Kingdom
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Really interesting, well presented tour.
Our tour group had a number of foreign visitors, who didn't all speak English as a first language - this can be very difficult, but the tour guide handled it well, allowing them some time to translate, but not to slow the overall tour down excessively.
Good introduction, followed by an excellent tour of the actual shop floor. After the tour you can spend as long as you like in the extensive exhibition - it's a pity many people ignored this, as we felt it was outstanding.
If you visit on a weekday, you need to check you will actually be allowed on the shop floor; as if production is going on, this may not ne the case.
(Cafe food was pretty average, in spite of friendly, helpful cafe staff).
Date of experience: October 2024
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Royal Mint, General Manager at The Royal Mint Experience, responded to this reviewResponded 8 October 2024
Thank you for visiting The Royal Mint Experience with your group and for your fantastic review. We're very proud of our team and their ability to adapt for every guest. We are so glad you felt the language barriers were well managed.
We'll pass on your kind words to the whole team, it will be much appreciated!
If you'd like to let us know more about your experience with the café food, please contact the team at experience@royalmint.com - we're always open to suggestions and will be grateful to know what could have made your visit extra special.
We appreciate your time in writing this review and hope to welcome you back soon! In the meantime please keep an eye on our website and social media for any news on upcoming events.
Diolch yn fawr,
The Royal Mint Experience Team
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