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Vantage Point Business Village, MITCHELDEAN, GL17 0SZ

The cafe on the left is part of The Mews, a converted former brewery. The name above the adjacent premises on the right is Toolite. A TO LET notice is on the Farmplan building in the background.

Offices viewed from Eastern Avenue.

I was very surprised to find this unexpectedly while passing through. Initially owned by the Wintle family this brewery became the largest in the Forest of Dean in the 19th century. It was acquired by Cheltenham and Hereford Breweries in 1930. After 1930 it housed the wartime base of British Acoustic Films, later Rank Precision Industries. By 1960 manufacture of Rank Xerox photocopiers led to rapid expansion but decline followed in the 1980s-1990s. The site is now a large business village with two buildings from the original brewery on the edge of a complex with multiple large buildings.

I was very surprised to find this unexpectedly while passing through. Initially owned by the Wintle family this brewery became the largest in the Forest of Dean in the 19th century. It was acquired by Cheltenham and Hereford Breweries in 1930. After 1930 it housed the wartime base of British Acoustic Films, later Rank Precision Industries. By 1960 manufacture of Rank Xerox photocopiers led to rapid expansion but decline followed in the 1980s-1990s. The site is now a large business village with two buildings from the original brewery on the edge of a complex with multiple large buildings.

I was very surprised to find this unexpectedly while passing through. Initially owned by the Wintle family this brewery became the largest in the Forest of Dean in the 19th century. It was acquired by Cheltenham and Hereford Breweries in 1930. After 1930 it housed the wartime base of British Acoustic Films, later Rank Precision Industries. By 1960 manufacture of Rank Xerox photocopiers led to rapid expansion but decline followed in the 1980s-1990s. The site is now a large business village with these two buildings from the original brewery on the edge of a complex with multiple large buildings.

Part of the old Wintle's Brewery complex. Their slogan was, 'Mitcheldean Ales - Best in the West.'

Mitcheldean used to be a centre for the brewing industry. This was the original brewery, now known as The Mews, occupied by several businesses.

Part of the old Wintle's Brewery site, later used by British Acoustic Films which became part of the Rank Organisation which became Xerox in 1956 and was a major employer in the area.

Old industrial buildings now used for retail in the centre of this Forest of Dean village.