Things to do · Uley
Uley Brewery
A tower brewery of 1833 built over a spring in the village of Uley, brewing Pigs Ear and Old Spot, with the Forge taproom open on Friday evenings.
A village brewery rather than a visitor attraction: go for a Friday evening pint in the Forge taproom, or book a Brewer's Table afternoon to taste the range with the people who brew it.
- Good: The Forge taproom, every Friday 4pm to 8pm
- Good: Brewer's Table afternoons: all six core beers and the special, £25 (2026)
- Good: Built over the village spring in 1833, brewing again since 1985
- Worth knowing: No regular tours; Brewer's Table dates are few and small
- Worth knowing: Closed to drop-in visitors outside taproom hours
About
Uley Brewery is a traditional tower brewery built into the flank of Uley Bury, on the edge of the Cotswold escarpment in the village of Uley. Samuel Price built it in 1833 over the village's lower spring, when Uley was a village of woollen mills; by the 1840s it had thirteen beer houses. Brewing stopped when the cloth trade collapsed at the end of the nineteenth century, and the buildings served farm uses and even kennels until Chas Wright reopened the brewery in 1985. Martin Brooks took over at the end of 2018.
The beers are cask ales, Pigs Ear and Old Spot among them, with a run of seasonal specials. To try them at source, go to the Forge, the brewery's taproom, which opens every Friday from 4pm to 8pm and draws a regular local crowd.
For more, book the Brewer's Table, a small, unhurried afternoon in the brewery with the people who brew: you taste all six core beers and the current special, with the beer included until 4pm, for £25 (2026). The next one is on Friday 20 November 2026, from 2pm to 4pm, and the Forge opens straight after. Dates are few, so book on the brewery's events page.
There are no regular tours, and the brewery is not open to drop-in visitors at other times. You can buy beer in 1-litre bottles, 5-litre mini-pins and 10 and 20-litre boxes online, or from the brewery's stalls at the Stroud and Cirencester farmers' markets.
Opening hours and season
| Monday | Closed |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | Closed |
| Thursday | Closed |
| Friday | 16:00 to 20:00 |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
The Forge taproom opens every Friday, 4pm to 8pm. Collections Monday to Friday 9am to 4pm; ring to arrange a Saturday collection.
Facilities
- Beer to take home1-litre bottles, 5-litre mini-pins and 10 and 20-litre boxes; ring to arrange collection
The details
- Time to allow
- An evening, or two hours for the Brewer's Table
- Features
- Real ale · Bar
- History
- Built 1833; brewing again since 1985
Photos
Casks at the brewery 
The weathervane 
The cask cellar 
Steam in the brewery yard
Location
Places to stay nearby
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Owlpen Manor Cottages
Self-catering · Uley
Nine dog-friendly holiday cottages for two to eight, and a glamping camp, on the Owlpen Manor estate in a wooded valley a mile east of Uley.
Dog-friendly · Walker-friendly · Family-friendly
Verified Oct 2026
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Downhouse Farm Holidays
Self-catering · Dursley
A Grade II listed farmhouse for ten and a converted granary barn for four on a working family farm at Springhill, about a mile from Dursley; dogs welcome.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly · Walker-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
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Hunters Hall Inn
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A coaching inn at Kingscote, about 5 miles by road south-west of Nailsworth, with 13 rooms in a converted stable block, a beer garden and a play area.
Dog-friendly · Family-friendly · Walker-friendly
Verified Nov 2026
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- Uley Bury 0.7 km away
- Owlpen Manor Cottages 1.3 km away
- Hetty Pegler's Tump (Uley Long Barrow) 1.8 km away
- Downhouse Farm Holidays 2.5 km away
Sights nearby
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Woodchester Park
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A steep wooded valley west of Nailsworth, National Trust since 1994: a deer park walled by the Huntleys after a grant of 1564, with five lakes of the early nineteenth century, a boathouse of about 1820 and the unfinished Woodchester Mansion at its head.
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Woodchester Park boathouse
Sight · Historic building · Nailsworth
The boathouse on Old Pond in Woodchester Park is a small rustic building of about 1820, probably by John Adey Repton for the first Earl Ducie, with a boat dock below and a timber oriel over the boat opening. Grade II; seen from the path over the dam.
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St Bartholomew's Church, Newington Bagpath
Sight · Church · The South Cotswolds
St Bartholomew's is the small Norman church of Newington Bagpath, a hamlet near Kingscote, with a chancel rebuilt by S S Teulon in 1858. Closed in 1978 and sold in 1990, it is a private building, seen from outside, beside a Norman castle mound. Grade II.
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St Nicholas, Ozleworth
Sight · Church · The South Cotswolds
St Nicholas of Myra at Ozleworth, east of Wotton-under-Edge, is a small Norman church in a round churchyard, built about an unusual six-sided central tower. Cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust, it is open daily, 10am to 4pm. Grade II*.