Led by our guide, Tom, we had a very informative visit to The Royal Mint and were given a lot of... read more
Led by our guide, Tom, we had a very informative visit to The Royal Mint and were given a lot of... read more
Such a magical experience. Staff all very friendly and kept using the childrens names when... read more
We did the Royal Mint Experience, strike a coin along with a meal.
We got there fairly early so walked about the public area of the Mint.
We then had our meals, the young man was extremely helpful and the meals were excellent and very filling. We were enjoying our meal so much that I enquired if we could join a later tour? They were very helpful and allowed us to join the later tour.
Our tour guide was funny, pleasant but informative. He allowed us onto the factory floor because on a Friday afternoon the workers have a half day. This was fabulous and we were able to get a feel of the factory and how it runs.
My family struck our coins which was fun and nice to have a memento of our day there.
The shop was good and we did buy a few coins that interested us.
Overall very pleasant staff, a lovely day out, worth the trip.
Thank you for visiting The Royal Mint Experience and for your fantastic review. We're over the moon you enjoyed your tour and were treated to something delicious in the café! We will be sure to pass on your warm comments to the whole team.
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we had a great time. very interesting. learnt alot. Tour was by Tom he had plenty of knowledge. whole experience was certainly worth doing
Thank you for visiting The Royal Mint Experience. We're so glad you enjoyed your tour with Tom; we imagine you'll look at coins in a whole new way now you know what you know!
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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
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!
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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
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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.
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.
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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
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.
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