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[[File:NottinghamLangham_Feb87.jpg|thumb|The Langham, Radford Road, Nottingham, February 1987]]
[[File:NottinghamLangham_Feb87.jpg|thumb|The Langham, Radford Road, Nottingham, February 1987]]
[[File:NewBrinsleyDurhamOx65_SP_Apr2013.jpg|thumb|Boundary plate "HKB LTD" at the Durham Ox, New Brinsley]]
[[File:NewBrinsleyDurhamOx65_SP_Apr2013.jpg|thumb|Boundary plate "HKB LTD" at the Durham Ox, New Brinsley]]
[[File:Hardy Hansons Skegness 26.9.1970.jpg|thumb|In Skegness, 1970; photo Roy Denison]]


<big>'''Hardy's Kimberley Brewery Ltd''', ''Brewery Street, Kimberley, Nottinghamshire.''</big>
<big>'''Hardy's Kimberley Brewery Ltd''', ''Brewery Street, Kimberley, Nottinghamshire.''</big>
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'''The brewery in 1980:'''
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Image:Kimberley 4.jpg|The brewery in 1980.
Image:Kimberley 3.jpg|The brewery out buildings in 1980.
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File:Hardy Hansons Skegness 26.9.1970.jpg | The brewery in 1970. Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Hardy Hanson's Kimberley Notts.JPG|The brewery in 1974. Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Hardy Hanson Kimberley 4 May 1974.jpg| The brewery in 1974. Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Hardy Hanson entrance to brewery 4.5.1974.jpg | The brewery in 1974. Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Hardy & Hanson Kimberley Notts 4.5.1994.jpg| The brewery in 1994. Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Hardy Hanson Kimberley 4.5.1994.jpg | The brewery in 1994. Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Hardy Hanson 4 May 1994.jpg| The brewery in 1994. Courtesy Roy Denison
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Hardy Hanson's Kimberley Notts.JPG|Photo Roy Denison, 1974
Hardy Hanson Kimberley 4 May 1974.jpg|Photo Roy Denison, 1974
Hardy Hanson entrance to brewery 4.5.1974.jpg|Photo Roy Denison, 1974
Kimberley 4.jpg|1980
Kimberley 3.jpg|The brewery outbuildings in 1980
File:Hardy Kimberley RD zx (1).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Hardy Kimberley RD zx (2).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Hardy Kimberley RD zx (3).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Hardy Kimberley RD zx (4).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Hardy Kimberley RD zx (5).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Hardy Kimberley RD zx (6).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Hardy Hanson Kimberley RD zmx (1).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Hardy Hanson Kimberley RD zx (2).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Hardy Hanson Kimberley RD zx (3).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Hardy Hanson Kimberley RD zx (4).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Hardy Hanson Kimberley RD zx (5).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
File:Hardy Hanson Kimberley RD zx (6).jpg |Courtesy Roy Denison
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'''The brewery in 1994:'''
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Hardy & Hanson Kimberley Notts 4.5.1994.jpg|Photo Roy Denison, 1994
Hardy Hanson Kimberley 4.5.1994.jpg|Photo Roy Denison, 1994
Hardy Hanson 4 May 1994.jpg|Photo Roy Denison, 1994
Kimberley Hardy Hanson's breweery 4 May 1994.JPG|Photo Roy Denison, 1994
Kimberley Hardy Hanson's brewery 4 May 1994.JPG|Photo Roy Denison, 1994
KimberleyBrewery1994a_MCroxford 12-03-1994.jpg|Michael Croxford, 1994
KimberleyBrewery1994b_MCroxford 12-03-1994.jpg|Michael Croxford, 1994
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Revision as of 14:40, 7 August 2020

The Kimberley breweries side-by-side. An Ordnance Survey extract from 1913. "Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland" http://maps.nls.uk/index.html
Kimberley 1.jpg
Kimberley 2.jpg
Hardys Kimberley Bwy.jpg
The Langham, Radford Road, Nottingham, February 1987
Boundary plate "HKB LTD" at the Durham Ox, New Brinsley
In Skegness, 1970; photo Roy Denison

Hardy's Kimberley Brewery Ltd, Brewery Street, Kimberley, Nottinghamshire.

Founded in 1832 by Samuel Robinson and was acquired by William & Thomas Hardy in 1857. Registered May 1897 with 97 public houses. Merged with Hansons Ltd. in October 1930 and all brewing was concentrated here from 1932.

Name changed to Hardys & Hansons Ltd 1972.

Acquired by Greene King & Sons Ltd. in 2006 and brewing ceased on 11 December 2006. The maltings were listed grade 2 in 2008. The site was sold off in 2011, and there are proposals to develop the site for housing, including conversion of some of the historic brewery buildings.



The brewery features in The Noted Breweries of Great Britain and Ireland by Alfred Barnard published 1890:


A selection of images of the brewery:


The brewery in 1994:


The following images were taken on a BHS Visit in 1994:


The following images were taken on a visit during the BHS AGM on 21 April 2006:


The brewery in September 2006. Courtesy Steve Peck:


The brewery in July 2015. Courtesy Steve Peck:


The brewery in December 2015. Courtesy Steve Peck:


From the site of Kimberley West Railway Station, December 2015. Courtesy Steve Peck: