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The Rise and Fall of Whittle Springs Brewery
 A brief history of the rise and fall of the Spa and Brewery at Whittle Springs.
by J. Jackson.

WHITTLE   SPRINGS

The story of Whittle Springs, for it was at Whittle that the spring was discovered, has its own fascination and begins in the year 1836

The Discovery
of the Spring

The Cure The Growth
of the Spa		 The Rise of
The Brewery		 The Decline
of the Spa 		Continued success of
Whittle Springs Brewery		 The Decline of
the Brewery

Whittle Springs
today

 The Future

The Decline of the Brewery
The Whittle Springs Brewery continued to prosper until 1929 when it merged with Nuttals, The latter then amalgamated with Matthew Browns of Blackburn. Noting that the equipment at the Whittle Springs brewery was becoming out dated, Matthew Browns decided to close it down. The employees were transferred to Blackburn and much of the sixty acres of land owned by Whittle Springs Brewery was sold. The brewery building themselves, for which there were few takers, were sold on condition they were not used for the manufacture of any "excisable liquor". As they were of little use for anything other than the production of excisable liquor, they were eventually demolished.

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