Breweries · South West England
Wadworth Brewery
In or near Rowde.
Devizes' Victorian family brewery (1875), home of 6X bitter.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–1.5 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round (indoors)
- Wheelchair accessible
Getting there & planning your visit
Wadworth Brewery is located in Wiltshire, South West England, with the postcode SN10 1DW. The brewery is wheelchair accessible.
About
Wadworth at Devizes in Wiltshire (1875) is the family Victorian brewery best known for 6X (the world's-most-prized strong bitter, brewed from the original recipe). Until recently the brewery still ran shire-horse drays around Devizes; the Northgate Brewery building is Grade II-listed and the visitor centre runs tours of the original kettle and oasts.
Photo gallery
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cotswolds
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: North Wessex Downs
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Wadworth is a brewery company founded in 1875 in Devizes, Wiltshire, England, best known for their 6X beer brand.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Wadworth & Co. was founded in 1875 when Henry Wadworth purchased the Northgate Brewery in Devizes. It was not long before they exceeded the capacity of that brewery, and in 1885 they moved premises to a new tower brewery close to their original site. The Northgate Brewery closed in 2023 and was replaced by a new brewery at Folly Road, on the northeastern outskirts of Devizes. Plans were submitted in 2025 to redevelop the Northgate site for housing.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.3528, -1.9933
- District
- Wiltshire
- Parish
- Devizes
- Postcode
- SN10 1DW
- Parliamentary constituency
- Melksham and Devizes
Sources
- manual: wadworth-brewery-devizes (manual)
- wikipedia: Wadworth Brewery (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Wadworth Brewery?
- Wadworth Brewery is in South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode SN10 1DW), in the parish of Devizes.
- What is Wadworth Brewery?
- Devizes' Victorian family brewery (1875), home of 6X bitter.
- How do I get to Wadworth Brewery?
- Drivers can use postcode SN10 1DW.
- When was Wadworth Brewery built?
- Dates from the Victorian period.
- Is Wadworth Brewery a listed building?
- Wadworth Brewery is officially recognised as Grade II listed.
- Is Wadworth Brewery a protected site?
- Yes — Wadworth Brewery is part of the Cotswolds National Landscape (AONB) and the North Wessex Downs National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Wadworth Brewery?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode SN10 1DW. It sits within the Melksham and Devizes parliamentary constituency.