Whisky galore for English market town as new distillery planned

Plans have been announced to open a whisky distillery in Northumberland.

Located near the Border in the market town of Wooler, the Ad Gefrin distillery could become a tourist attraction and employ 50 people.

The plant, with a visitor centre, could open on the site of a former haulage yard in 2020 with the full release of a single malt eight years later.

Local businessman Alan Ferguson, wife Eileen and their five children are behind the plan, which aims to tap into the increasing global market for whisky as well as attracting tourists to their remote corner of north Northumberland.

There are around 14 English whisky distilleries.