This little rural brewery has been in operation since the mid 1800s and is still going strong today. The buildings here are built with local Cotswold stone and there's a waterwheel too, which is Grade II-listed. The brewery might be over 150 years old but there's been a mill here since the 13th century, first milling corn and then for making cloth.

Grace Mulligan

July 27, 2023

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This fantastic brewery is set in the idyllic countryside of the Cotswolds near Donnington. The brewery was once a 13th century watermill but is now a thriving beer factory selling fine ales by the bottle.

Sasha Taylor

August 20, 2020

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Over 150 years of brewing

There has been a brewery at Donnington since 1865, when Richard Iles Arkell started brewing beer alongside the farming enterprise. The building itself dates back …

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Location: Swell, Cotswold, Gloucestershire, South West England, England, United Kingdom

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