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The UK's largest urban winery, occupying two floors at Canada Water with a working 100-tonne cellar, self-serve wine wall and guided tours.
Best Urban Wineries in the UK
Urban wineries don't have a vineyard on site. Instead, they buy in grapes from growers elsewhere and press, ferment and age the wine inside a city warehouse or railway arch rather than out among the vines. It's a genuine trade-off - you won't see a single vine on a visit - but you do get to watch the actual winemaking happen, often with the winemaker pouring your glass themselves. Six are currently open to the public in the UK: four in London, one in Cambridge and one in Birmingham.
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Vagabond Urban Winery, Canada Water
Prices were checked in November 2026. Confirm the latest with the winery before you book.
Vagabond Urban Winery, Canada Water, is the biggest by far - 6,000 square feet across two floors, with a 100-tonne working cellar behind glass. It is the only one of the six open all week without booking: a self-serve wall pours more than 100 wines by the glass, alongside a bar and restaurant. For the winery's own wines specifically, book the £29 Winery Tour and Tasting, which tastes straight from tank or barrel. Two of its own bottles - an English Bacchus and a rosé - are sold to take home.
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Blackbook Winery, Battersea
Blackbook Winery sits at the opposite end of the scale: a single unheated railway arch in Battersea, founded in 2017 by Sergio and Lynsey Verrillo. Most Saturday afternoons, Sergio runs a 75-minute tour and tasting for £25, working through wines made from grapes bought from named growers - mostly Clayhill Vineyard in Essex and Yew Tree Vineyard in Oxfordshire. From roughly May to September, the arch also opens as a walk-in wine bar on Friday and Saturday evenings.
Renegade Urban Winery, London
Renegade Urban Winery splits across two East London sites: production, a bar and the LEO kitchen residency in Walthamstow, and a smaller wine bar in Bethnal Green. Grapes come from growers across the UK and Europe. Both sites take walk-ins for a drink or meal, and weekly guided tours run at the Walthamstow winery.
London Cru, Fulham
London Cru was the first of the six, opening in a Victorian warehouse in Fulham in 2013. It started out fermenting grapes imported from Europe and has since moved to working English fruit instead. There is no walk-in access - visits happen through scheduled Winery Tour events at £28 per person, or a longer £170 Winemaker For A Day session.
Gutter&Stars, Cambridge
Gutter&Stars is the only one outside London, set in the basement of Chesterton Mill, a 170-year-old Grade II-listed windmill in Cambridge. Journalist-turned-winemaker Chris Wilson founded it in 2020 and still runs it largely alone, with twice-monthly Thursday evening tastings in the cellar. Guided tours with Chris are reserved for wine club members.
Midland Press, Birmingham
Midland Press is Birmingham's first urban winery, founded in 2024 by Richard Stenton in a Digbeth railway arch close to the Custard Factory. Grapes come from growers across the Midlands. A standing Winery Tour and Tasting runs for about an hour at £25 per person, booked through a calendar on the website - there is no walk-in access.
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FAQ
What is an urban winery?
An urban winery makes wine in a city warehouse or railway arch rather than on a vineyard. The grapes are bought in from growers elsewhere, so you will not see vines, but you can watch the winemaking happen and often meet the winemaker. Six are open to the public in the UK: four in London, one in Cambridge and one in Birmingham.
What is the difference between a winery and a vineyard?
A vineyard is where the grapevines grow. A winery is where the grapes are turned into wine. Many English vineyards have a winery on site, but an urban winery has no vineyard at all. To see the vines too, browse our UK vineyards.
Can you go to a winery if you don't drink?
Yes, at the larger sites. Vagabond Urban Winery has a bar and restaurant, and Renegade Urban Winery takes walk-ins for a drink or meal at both its Walthamstow and Bethnal Green sites. The tours at Blackbook, London Cru and Midland Press are built around tasting wine, so ask before you book.
What are the best wineries in the UK?
It depends what you want from a visit. For vines, views and tours, start with our UK vineyard finder. To watch wine being made in the city, the six urban wineries above are the places to go.