The Federation Brewery

HER Number

4498

District

Gateshead

Site Name

The Federation Brewery

Place

Dunston

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Food and Drink Industry Site

Site Type: Specific

Brewery

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Extant Building

Description

The Federation began brewing in Hanover Square, Newcastle in 1921 but moved to Dunston because there was no room for expansion at Newcastle. A new £20 million brewery opened in 1980. In 2005 when the Scottish and Newcastle Brewery closed, Newcastle Brown Ale started being produced at the Federation. However, in 2009 the brewing of Brown Ale moved to Tadcaster, North Yorkshire.

Easting

421890

Northing

562170

Grid Reference

NZ421890562170

Sources

Brian Bennison, 2004, The Brewers and Breweries of North-Eastern England - A Historical Guide, published by the Brewery History Society; T. Elkins, 1970, So They Brewed their Own Beer; B. Bennison, 1997, A Happy Band of Brewers? The Federation and the Clubs Brewery Movement in North-East History, Vol. 31, pp 75-91; Boundey, S. 2010, Wallsend Pubs and Clubs, p44