English and Welsh Distilleries

English and Welsh distilleries in this guide range from a London warehouse setting to a converted farm beside Bassenthwaite Lake and a distillery within a Suffolk brewery. Use the nine profiles below to explore their locations and untangle the distillery, company and brand names associated with them.

Start here if you are new

Begin with these three profiles for contrasting settings:

1. The English Distillery: Start here to understand the relationship between The English Distillery, its former name St George's Distillery and the brand name The English Whisky Co.
2. Adnams and the Copper House Distillery: Read this for a distillery situated within an existing brewery, in a building made available by a brewery refit.
3. Penderyn: Begin your reading on Wales with the original distillery in the village of Penderyn, in the foothills of the Brecon Beacons.

The profiles are grouped together below, with location and naming details to help you choose your next page. The list was checked against the supplied verified record in November 2026.

Main distilleries

Place is a useful starting point for this group. Norfolk, Suffolk, London, Warwickshire, Derbyshire, Cumbria and Yorkshire provide different settings for the English entries; the Welsh entries take the reader to Penderyn and Abergwyngregyn.

Names need a little more care. Several article titles pair a distillery or producer with another name, while company records can introduce a third. The introductions below keep those distinctions visible rather than treating every name as interchangeable.

The English Distillery

The English Distillery: Read this profile if you have encountered St George's Distillery or The English Whisky Co. and want to place those names. The supplied record identifies The English Distillery as the former St George's Distillery and records The English Whisky Co. as a brand name also used. [1]

The distillery is at Roudham, near East Harling in Norfolk. Its producer gives the address as Harling Road, Roudham, Norfolk NR16 2QW, a useful distinction when following a name that has changed over time. [1]

For navigation, begin with the current article title rather than assuming that the older distillery name and the brand name identify separate destinations.

Cotswolds Distillery

Cotswolds Distillery: Choose this profile for the distillery at Stourton, whose postal address places it in Warwickshire. It is a useful next read if you want to connect the Cotswolds name with a precise location rather than rely on the name alone. [2]

The producer gives its address as Phillip's Field, Whichford Road, Stourton, Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire CV36 5EX. Its account dates the opening to July 2014. [2]

Bimber

Bimber: Read this for an urban distillery setting in northwest London. Bimber describes itself as an “independent, London-based craft distillery”, while trade accounts locate it in Park Royal and also describe a warehouse in North Acton. [3]

Those descriptions give the reader a more specific picture than “London” alone. Park Royal and North Acton are both names to recognise when reading accounts of the distillery, rather than reasons to assume that two different producers are being discussed. [3]

The supplied corporate record names BIMBER DISTILLERY LTD, company number 07515908, incorporated on 3 February 2011. That is a company incorporation date, not a substitute for a first-distillation date. [3]

The Lakes Distillery

The Lakes Distillery: Follow this profile for the distillery on the banks of Bassenthwaite Lake in Cumbria's Lake District. Its setting brings together a lakeside location and a renovated Victorian farm. [4]

The farm conversion is the most useful physical detail to carry into the full article. It distinguishes the site from the warehouse, brewery and industrial-estate settings elsewhere in this hub without requiring a claim about the whisky's flavour. [4]

The operating company is The Lakes Distillery Company Limited, company number 07769363, incorporated on 12 September 2011. Read the place name and company name as related but different pieces of information: one identifies the distillery, the other its operating company. [4]

Spirit of Yorkshire and Filey Bay

Spirit of Yorkshire and Filey Bay: Choose this profile to place the paired names in their Yorkshire coastal setting. The distillery is in Hunmanby, between Filey and Scarborough on the Yorkshire coast. [5]

The stillhouse and visitor centre are on a small industrial estate in Hunmanby, described in the supplied accounts as a ten-minute drive from Filey Bay. The address is Hunmanby Industrial Estate, Hunmanby, Filey YO14 0PH. [5]

That distinction is particularly useful when reading the article title: Filey Bay provides a geographical reference, while Hunmanby identifies the distillery's location. Start with the Hunmanby address when your question concerns the physical site.

Adnams and the Copper House Distillery

Adnams and the Copper House Distillery: Read this for the relationship between a distillery and its brewery setting. The distillery sits within the Adnams brewery grounds in Southwold, on the Suffolk coast. [6]

More specifically, it occupies the refurbished old Copper House at the Sole Bay Brewery. The building became available following the brewery's 2008 refit, which explains why the Copper House name matters to the site's identity. [6]

This is the entry to choose when your interest is in how a distillery fits into an existing production site. Keep the brewery, the Copper House building and the distillery distinct as you read: each name contributes a different part of the location.

White Peak and Wire Works

White Peak and Wire Works: Follow this profile for the Ambergate distillery beside the River Derwent, on the edge of the Peak District National Park. It is also the place to begin when you encounter White Peak and Wire Works together. [7]

The supplied company record names White Peak Distillery Limited and gives its registered office as The Wire Works, Derwent Works, Matlock Road, Ambergate, Derbyshire. That address helps connect the names without turning the registered-office wording into a separate distillery identity. [7]

For a geographical reading route, place this alongside the other English entries by its Derbyshire location. The river and national-park-edge setting are the supported points of orientation here. [7]

Penderyn

Penderyn: Read this profile for the original distillery in the village of Penderyn, in the foothills of the Brecon Beacons. The supplied record gives its address as Pontpren, Penderyn. [8]

The producer describes the original distillery as its “first and largest” and places it within the Brecon Beacons National Park. Those details make the original site the clearest starting point when reading about the Penderyn name. [8]

The company record names The Welsh Whisky Company Limited, incorporated on 24 August 1998, with its registered office at Penderyn Distillery, Penderyn. Keep that corporate date separate from accounts of the distillery's development. [8]

Aber Falls

Aber Falls: Choose this profile for the distillery in Abergwyngregyn, North Wales, near Conwy. The producer places it at the foot of the Aber Falls waterfall, at the gateway to Eryri National Park. [9]

Its address is Station Road, Abergwyngregyn, North Wales, LL33 0LB. The village name is worth retaining alongside Aber Falls, since it identifies the settlement in which the producer locates the distillery. [9]

Read this after Penderyn for a second Welsh location, keeping their settings distinct: Penderyn is the village named in the preceding profile, while Abergwyngregyn is the village associated with Aber Falls. [8][9]

Sources

The supplied record uses separate source numbering for each article. The entries below preserve those original references within a new, page-wide numbering sequence. Full document titles, publication details and URLs were not included in the supplied material.

1. The English Distillery: supplied verified record A345, producer source [1] for the address; trade sources [4], [6] and [8] for the former name, locality and brand name. Organisations, document titles, editions, years and URLs not supplied.
2. Cotswolds Distillery: supplied verified record A346, producer source [1] for the address and July 2014 opening. Document title, edition, year and URL not supplied.
3. Bimber: supplied verified record A347, producer source [1] for its self-description; trade sources [11] and [12] for location; Companies House source [3], BIMBER DISTILLERY LTD, company 07515908, for incorporation. Document editions, source dates and URLs not supplied.
4. The Lakes Distillery: supplied verified record A348, sources [2] and [3] for location and the renovated Victorian farm; Companies House source [1], The Lakes Distillery Company Limited, company 07769363, for incorporation. Full titles, editions, source dates and URLs not supplied.
5. Spirit of Yorkshire and Filey Bay: supplied verified record A349, source [8] for location and address; sources [5] and [6] for the industrial-estate setting and distance from Filey Bay. Organisations, document titles, editions, years and URLs not supplied.
6. Adnams and the Copper House Distillery: supplied verified record A350, source [6] for the brewery setting; source [3] for the Copper House building and brewery refit. Organisations, document titles, editions, years and URLs not supplied.
7. White Peak and Wire Works: supplied verified record A351, source [6] for location; Companies House source [1], White Peak Distillery Limited, company 10098181, for the registered office. Full titles, editions, source dates and URLs not supplied.
8. Penderyn: supplied verified record A352, producer sources [2] and [8] for location and the description of the original distillery; Companies House source [1], The Welsh Whisky Company Limited, company 03620949, for incorporation and registered office. Full titles, editions, source dates and URLs not supplied.
9. Aber Falls: supplied verified record A353, producer source [1] for location and address. Document title, edition, year and URL not supplied.

This page was researched from the supplied verified records only, without additional sources or first-hand visits.

Last checked: November 2026