English Whisky Map
Welcome to the ultimate map of English whisky distilleries — your gateway to discovery
From windswept coastal stills to converted barns in the countryside, England’s distilleries are as diverse as the drams they produce.Use the interactive map below to find out who’s distilling, who’s maturing, and who’s just about to bottle something extraordinary. Planning a tasting or festival? Start with our English whisky events.
Abingdon Distillery
- Location: Abingdon
- Established: 2019
- Status: Laying down casks
- Whisky Release Date: 2026
- Spirit Capacity: 650 litres
Ad Gefrin Distillery
- Location: Wooler
- Established: 2022
- Status: Laying down casks
- Whisky Release Date: 2027
- Spirit Capacity: 3,500 litres
Adnams Copper House Distiller
- Location: Southwold
- Established: 2010
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2013
- Spirit Capacity: 950 litres
Aedda's Farm Distillery
- Location: Buckingham
- Established: 2023
- Status: Under construction
- Whisky Release Date: TBC
- Spirit Capacity: 1,750 litres
Bankhall Distillery
- Location: Blackpool
- Established: 2020
- Status: Closed
- Whisky Release Date: 2023
- Spirit Capacity: 3,750 litres
Black Bottle Distillery
- Location: Wallingford
- Established: 2016
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2020
- Spirit Capacity: 350 litres
Canterbury Brewers and Distillers
- Location: Canterbury
- Established: 2018
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2022
- Spirit Capacity: 500 litres
Circumstance Distillery
- Location: Bristol
- Established: 2018
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2022
- Spirit Capacity: 1,800 litres
Colwith Farm Distillery
- Location: Lostwithiel
- Established: 2016
- Status: Laying down casks
- Whisky Release Date: 2026
- Spirit Capacity: 300 litres
Cooper King Distillery
- Location: York
- Established: 2016
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2023
- Spirit Capacity: 900 litres
Copperfish Distillery
- Location: Looe
- Established: 2016
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2024
- Spirit Capacity: 500 litres
Copper Rivet Distillery
- Location: Chatham
- Established: 2016
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2020
- Spirit Capacity: 2,600 litres
Cotswolds Distillery
- Location: Shipston-on-Stour
- Established: 2014
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2017
- Spirit Capacity: 5,500 litres
Dartmoor Whisky Company
- Location: Bovey Tracey
- Established: 2015
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2020
- Spirit Capacity: 1,400 litres
Doghouse Distillery
- Location: London
- Established: 2015
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2025
- Spirit Capacity: 1,500 litres
Durham Distillery
- Location: Durham
- Established: 2013
- Status: Closed
- Whisky Release Date: TBC
- Spirit Capacity: 1,000 litres
East London Liquor Co
- Location: London
- Established: 2015
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2018
- Spirit Capacity: 650 litres
Ellers Farm Distillery
- Location: York
- Established: 2022
- Status: Laying down casks
- Whisky Release Date: 2026
- Spirit Capacity: 2,500 litres
Elsham Wold Distillery
- Location: Brigg
- Established: 2019
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2024
- Spirit Capacity: 450 litres
English Whisky Company
- Location: Norwich
- Established: 2006
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2009
- Spirit Capacity: 1,800 litres
Fen Spirits
- Location: Wisbech
- Established: 2016
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2023
- Spirit Capacity: 200 litres
Forest Distillery
- Location: Macclesfield
- Established: 2014
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2022
- Spirit Capacity: 500 litres
Forgan Distillery
- Location: Southport
- Established: 2017
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2025
- Spirit Capacity: 300 litres
Fowey Valley
- Location: Lostwithiel
- Established: 2012
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2025
- Spirit Capacity: 500 litres
Grasmere Distillery
- Location: Grasmere
- Established: 2022
- Status: Laying down casks
- Whisky Release Date: 2027
- Spirit Capacity: 500 litres
Hawkridge Distillers
- Location: Thatcham
- Established: 2018
- Status: Laying down casks
- Whisky Release Date: 2028
- Spirit Capacity: 300 litres
Greensand Ridge Distillery
- Location: Shipbourne
- Established: 2015
- Status: Laying down casks
- Whisky Release Date: TBC
- Spirit Capacity: 300 litres
Healeys Distillery
- Location: Truro
- Established: 2000
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2011
- Spirit Capacity: 1,200 litres
Henstone Distillery
- Location: Welshpool
- Established: 2017
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2021
- Spirit Capacity: 1,000 litres
Isle of Wight Distillery
- Location: Ryde
- Established: 2015
- Status: Laying down casks
- Whisky Release Date: TBC
- Spirit Capacity: 1,000 litres
Kingston Distillers
- Location: London
- Established: 2013
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2024
- Spirit Capacity: 100 litres
The Lakes Distillery
- Location: Bassenthwaite
- Established: 2011
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2018
- Spirit Capacity: 3,600 litres
Lancaster Distillery
- Location: Lancaster
- Established: 2022
- Status: Laying down casks
- Whisky Release Date: 2025
- Spirit Capacity: 500 litres
London Distillery Company
- Location: N/A
- Established: 2025
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2025
- Spirit Capacity: N/A
Ludlow Distillery
- Location: Ludlow
- Established: 2014
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2018
- Spirit Capacity: 200 litres
Maidstone Distillery
- Location: Maidstone
- Established: 2018
- Status: Laying down casks
- Whisky Release Date: 2027
- Spirit Capacity: 450 litres
Maison Miles
- Location: London
- Established: 2021
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2024
- Spirit Capacity: 100 litres
Spirit of Yorkshire Distillery
- Location: Filey
- Established: 2016
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2019
- Spirit Capacity: 3,500 litres
Mercia Whisky
- Location: Stafford
- Established: 2020
- Status: Laying down casks
- Whisky Release Date: 2027
- Spirit Capacity: 5,000 litres
Old Bakery Distillery
- Location: London
- Established: 2017
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: TBC
- Spirit Capacity: 400 litres
The Oxford Spirits Group
- Location: Oxford
- Established: 2017
- Status: Under construction
- Whisky Release Date: TBC
- Spirit Capacity: 2,400 litres
Pendle Witch Distillery
- Location: Clitheroe
- Established: 2020
- Status: Laying down casks
- Whisky Release Date: 2027
- Spirit Capacity: 1,200 litres
Penrock Distillery
- Location: Looe
- Established: 2008
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2024
- Spirit Capacity: 600 litres
Pleasant Land Distillery
- Location: Ashford
- Established: 2022
- Status: Laying down casks
- Whisky Release Date: 2028
- Spirit Capacity: 1,200 litres
Pocketful of Stones Distillery
- Location: Penzance
- Established: 2016
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2022
- Spirit Capacity: 700 litres
Retribution Distilling Co
- Location: Frome
- Established: 2019
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2025
- Spirit Capacity: 1,100 litres
Rosemaund Farm Distillery
- Location: Hereford
- Established: 2012
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2025
- Spirit Capacity: 1000 litres
Rosemullion Distillery
- Location: Mawnan Smith
- Established: 2018
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2023
- Spirit Capacity: 450 litres
Scilly Spirit Distillery
- Location: St Marys
- Established: 2019
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2024
- Spirit Capacity: 1,000 litres
Spirit of Birmingham Distillery
- Location: Birmingham
- Established: 2020
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2025
- Spirit Capacity: 500 litres
Ten Hides Distillery
- Location: Melksham
- Established: 2020
- Status: Laying down casks
- Whisky Release Date: TBC
- Spirit Capacity: 300 litres
Tinner Brother's Whisky
- Location: Wadebridge
- Established: 2025
- Status: Laying down casks
- Whisky Release Date: TBC
- Spirit Capacity: TBC
Treguddick Distillery
- Location: Launceston
- Established: 2022
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2025
- Spirit Capacity: Unknown
Trevethan Distillery
- Location: Saltash
- Established: 2015
- Status: Laying down casks
- Whisky Release Date: 2026
- Spirit Capacity: 600 litres
Weetwood Distillery
- Location: Tarporley
- Established: 2018
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2022
- Spirit Capacity: 400 litres
The West Midlands Distillery
- Location: Rowley Regis
- Established: 2017
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2025
- Spirit Capacity: 1,000 litres
Wharf Distillery
- Location: Towcester
- Established: 2014
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2019
- Spirit Capacity: 300 litres
White Peak Distillery
- Location: Belper
- Established: 2016
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2021
- Spirit Capacity: 2,100 litres
Whittaker's Distillery
- Location: Harrogate
- Established: 2015
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2024
- Spirit Capacity: 1,000 litres
Winchester Distillery
- Location: Winchester
- Established: 2014
- Status: Laying down casks
- Whisky Release Date: 2025
- Spirit Capacity: 500 litres
Wight Whisky
- Location: Sandown
- Established: 2023
- Status: Laying down casks
- Whisky Release Date: 2027
- Spirit Capacity: 500 litres
Wood Brothers Distillery
- Location: Bampton
- Established: 2017
- Status: Laying down casks
- Whisky Release Date: TBC
- Spirit Capacity: Unknown
Witchmark Distillery
- Location: Salisbury
- Established: 2022
- Status: Laying down casks
- Whisky Release Date: 2027
- Spirit Capacity: 2,500 litres
Wylye Distillery
- Location: Warminster
- Established: 2022
- Status: Laying down casks
- Whisky Release Date: TBC
- Spirit Capacity: 1,250 litres
Yarm Distillery
- Location: Eaglescliffe
- Established: 2018
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2023
- Spirit Capacity: 500 litres
Yorkshire Dales Distillery
- Location: Catterick Garrison
- Established: 2016
- Status: Closed
- Whisky Release Date: 2028
- Spirit Capacity: 1,500 litres
Wrecking Coast Distillery
- Location: Tintagel
- Established: 2016
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2023
- Spirit Capacity: 2,000 litres
Bimber Distillery
- Location: London
- Established: 2015
- Status: Whisky available
- Whisky Release Date: 2019
- Spirit Capacity: 600 litres
Fanny's Distillery
- Location: Keighley
- Established: 2013
- Status: Whisky Available
- Whisky Release Date: TBC
- Spirit Capacity: TBC
Explore Every Corner of England’s Whisky Landscape
How to use the map
Zoom, click, and wander your way through England’s whisky scene. Each map pin reveals key details, location, founding date, production status, and whether you can visit for a tour or tasting.
- Zoom in to discover local gems near you.
- Click pins for distillery info and links.
- Plan your route for a weekend whisky trail from the Northumberland hills to the Dorset coast.
What You’ll Find
- Active English whisky distilleries producing single malt, grain and blends.
- Emerging names laying down their first casks; the future of English whisky.
- Tours & tastings where you can sip straight from the source.
- Cask programmes and limited releases for the truly adventurous.
Why Explore English Whisky?
English whisky is rewriting the rulebook and this map proves it. Whether you’re a long-time whisky lover or just discovering the scene, you’ll find innovation, craftsmanship and a few rebellious spirits along the way (the people and the whisky). It’s a story still being written — and you’re invited to be part of it.
FAQ’s
Frequently Asked Questions
We’ve gathered the most common questions about our English Whisky Map from how it works to what counts as an “active” distillery. Think of this as your companion guide for exploring the growing world of English whisky.
The map is updated regularly as new distilleries open, mature their first casks, or welcome visitors through their doors, so it’s worth checking back now and again. You’ll find everything from established names to hidden gems waiting to be discovered — each adding their own twist to England’s whisky story.
If you can’t find the answer you’re looking for; or spot a distillery we’ve missed – don’t keep it to yourself. Drop us a line via the contact page and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible (probably before the next dram’s poured).
In the meantime, explore our FAQs and keep Exploring English Whisky.
How many English whisky distilleries are there?
As of 2025, there are more than 45 English whisky distilleries in operation or development across England. The landscape is growing quickly so do check back often.
Can I visit English whisky distilleries?
Yes. Many distilleries offer tours and tastings, and some run special cask or bottling experiences. Use the map to see who’s open to visitors and plan your route.
What’s the difference between active and emerging distilleries?
Active distilleries are producing and often releasing whisky now. Emerging sites are laying down casks or preparing to release their first bottles, potential ones to watch.
Where can I find English whisky events?
Browse tastings, festivals and masterclasses on our English whisky events page.