Robinsons brewery is to complete its £12m move from its historic home of nearly 200 years earlier than planned.

The Stockport family business has announced its plans to relocate its brewing and head office operations from Lower Hillgate to its packaging centre in Bredbury in January 2022. At the time, the company said it expected to complete the project by 2025.

Now, the brewery's chairman, Philip Moody, has confirmed the move is due to be completed and operational in the first half of 2024.

When complete, everything the Stockport firm does from brewing, cask racking and kegging, to bottling lines and logistics will be housed at one site for the first time since 1949, fulfilling a long-held ambition of the Robinson family. The packaging operation has been in Bredbury for more than 40 years.

Around 50 people, who currently work in head office, brewery and cellar service roles in Lower Hillgate, will make the move to Bredbury. Robinsons shire horses will also be moving to a new home.

Pictured: artist’s impression of the new site.