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Fewer than half of the 325 Scotch distilleries in our records still produce: 151 are active, 152 have closed and 22 are planned.

Updated 24 October 2026

151 of the 325 Scotch distilleries in our records are active; 152 have closed and 22 are planned

Faded: approximate location. Coastline: Made with Natural Earth.

Active 151
producing now, including revived sites
Mothballed 4
silent but standing, so it could restart
Closed 128
closed or dismantled; buildings may survive
Demolished 20
the site no longer stands
Planned 22
announced or being built, not yet producing

All 325 distilleries as a table

Select a column heading to sort. "approx." marks a distillery whose exact site isn't on record, so it is placed at its town or area and drawn faded on the map.

Distillery	Status today	Region	Founded	Bottles in stock
8 Doors	Active	Highland	2022
Abbeyhill approx.	Closed 1852	Lowland	1826
Aberargie	Active	Lowland	2017	1
Aberdeen approx.	Closed 1822	Highland	1817
Aberfeldy	Active	Highland	1896	3
Aberlour	Active	Speyside	1879	2
Abhainn Dearg	Active	Islands	2008
Adelphi	Closed 1907	Lowland	1825
Ailsa Bay	Active	Lowland	2007
Albyn	Closed 2005	Campbeltown	1830
Allt-a-Bhainne	Active	Speyside	1975	2
Annandale	Active, revived 2014	Lowland	1836	2
Arbikie	Active	Highland	2015
Ardbeg	Active	Islay	1815	20
Ardenistiel	Closed 1868	Islay	1836
Ardgowan	Active	Lowland	2017
Ardlussa	Closed 1924	Campbeltown	1879
Ardmore	Active	Highland	1898	8
Ardnahoe	Active	Islay	2017	3
Ardnamurchan	Active	Highland	2014	4
Ardross	Active	Highland	2019
Argyll	Closed 1929	Campbeltown	1844
Argyll (first / McKinnon's)	Closed 1844	Campbeltown	1827
Auchentoshan	Active	Lowland	1823	5
Auchinblae approx.	Closed 1930	Highland	1896
Auchnagie approx.	Closed 1912	Highland	1812
Auchroisk	Active	Speyside	1974	1
Auchtermuchty approx.	Closed 1926	Lowland	1829
Auchtertool approx.	Closed 1927	Lowland	1845
Aultmore	Active	Speyside	1896	5
Balblair	Active	Highland	1790	5
Ballechin approx.	Closed 1927	Highland	1810
Ballindalloch	Active	Speyside	2014
Balmaud	Active	Highland	2024
Balmenach	Active	Speyside	1824	1
Balvenie	Active	Speyside	1892	9
Banff	Demolished 1993	Speyside	1824
Bankier	Closed 1928	Lowland	1827
Bellfield	Closed 1901	Lowland	1895
Ben Cumhaill approx.	Planned	Lowland
Ben Nevis	Active	Highland	1825	7
Ben Wyvis approx.	Demolished 1977	Highland	1965
Ben Wyvis (Ferintosh)	Demolished 1926	Highland	1879
Benachie approx.	Closed 1889	Speyside	1824
Benbecula	Active	Islands	2024
Benmore	Closed 1936	Campbeltown	1868
Benriach	Active	Speyside	1897	8
Benrinnes	Active	Speyside	1826	2
Benromach	Active	Speyside	1898	5
Bladnoch	Active	Lowland	1817	1
Blair Athol	Active	Highland	1798
Bo'ness approx.	Closed 1925	Lowland	1813
Bon Accord approx.	Closed 1914	Highland	1855
Bon Accord (new) approx.	Planned	Highland
Bonnington	Active	Lowland	2020
Bowmore	Active	Islay	1779	26
Braeval	Active	Speyside	1973
Bridgend (Killarow) approx.	Closed	Islay
Broombrae	Closed	Campbeltown	1833
Brora	Active, revived 2021	Highland	1819
Bruichladdich	Active	Islay	1881	25
Bunnahabhain	Active	Islay	1881	35
Burnobennie	Active	Highland	2020
Burnside	Closed 1923	Campbeltown	1825
Cabrach	Active	Speyside	2024
Caledonian	Demolished 1988	Lowland	1855
Caledonian (Campbeltown)	Closed 1851	Campbeltown	1832
Cambus	Closed 1993	Lowland	1806
Camlachie approx.	Closed 1920	Lowland	1833
Campbeltown	Closed 1924	Campbeltown	1817
Canonmills approx.	Closed 1840	Lowland	1780
Caol Ila	Active	Islay	1846	18
Caperdonich	Closed 2011	Speyside	1898	1
Cardhu	Active	Speyside	1824
Carsebridge	Demolished 1983	Lowland	1799
Castletown Mill approx.	Active	Highland	2026
Clutha approx.	Planned	Lowland
Clydesdale approx.	Closed 1988	Lowland	1825
Clynelish	Active	Highland	1819	6
Coleburn	Mothballed 1985	Speyside	1897
Convalmore	Closed 1995	Speyside	1894	2
Cragganmore	Active	Speyside	1869	2
Craigellachie	Active	Speyside	1891	8
Daftmill	Active	Lowland	2005	3
Daill	Closed 1834	Islay	1814
Dailuaine	Active	Speyside	1852	2
Dal Riata approx.	Planned	Campbeltown
Dalaruan	Closed 1938	Campbeltown	1825
Dalintober	Closed 1926	Campbeltown	1832
Dallas Dhu	Demolished 1983	Speyside	1899
Dalmore	Active	Highland	1839	8
Dalmunach	Active	Speyside	2014	3
Dalwhinnie	Active	Speyside	1897	2
Dean approx.	Closed 1922	Lowland	1881
Deanston	Active	Highland	1965	8
Deerness	Active	Islands	2016
Delnabo	Closed 1858	Speyside	1830
Devanha approx.	Closed 1915	Highland	1837
Dornoch	Active	Highland	2016
Drumcaldie	Closed 1903	Lowland	1896
Drumin approx.	Closed	Speyside	1824
Drummygar approx.	Active	Highland	2025
Drumore approx.	Closed 1847	Campbeltown	1834
Dufftown	Active	Speyside	1896	4
Duke Street approx.	Planned	Lowland
Dumbarton	Demolished 2002	Lowland	1938
Dundashill approx.	Closed 1902	Lowland	1770
Dunphail	Active	Highland	2023
Eden Mill	Active	Lowland	2012
Edradour	Active	Highland	1825	5
Eydent approx.	Planned	Lowland
Falkirk	Active	Lowland	2020
Ferintosh approx.	Planned	Highland
Fettercairn	Active	Highland	1824	4
Garnheath	Demolished 1986	Lowland	1964
Gartbreck approx.	Planned	Islay
Gartloch approx.	Closed 1921	Lowland	1897
Gerston approx.	Closed 1882	Highland	1796
Gerston II approx.	Closed 1918	Highland	1886
Glasgow	Active	Lowland	2015	3
Glen Albyn	Demolished 1986	Highland	1844
Glen Cawdor approx.	Closed 1930	Highland	1896
Glen Coull approx.	Closed 1934	Highland	1897
Glen Elgin	Active	Speyside	1898	1
Glen Flagler approx.	Closed 1985	Lowland	1965
Glen Flagler / Killyloch approx.	Closed 1985	Lowland	1964
Glen Garioch	Active	Highland	1797	3
Glen Grant	Active	Speyside	1840	4
Glen Keith	Active	Speyside	1957	1
Glen Mhor	Closed 1986	Highland	1892
Glen Moray	Active	Speyside	1897	4
Glen Nevis	Closed 1923	Campbeltown	1877
Glen Ord	Active	Highland	1838	3
Glen Sciennes approx.	Closed 1925	Lowland	1849
Glen Scotia	Active	Campbeltown	1832	10
Glen Spey	Active	Speyside	1878	2
Glen Tarras approx.	Closed 1915	Lowland	1839
GlenAllachie	Active	Speyside	1967	6
GlenDronach	Active	Highland	1826	3
GlenWyvis	Active	Highland	2017
Glenaden approx.	Closed 1915	Speyside	1843
Glenburgie	Active	Speyside	1810	3
Glencadam	Active	Highland	1825
Glendarroch	Closed 1937	Highland	1831
Glendullan	Active	Speyside	1897	4
Glenesk	Demolished 1996	Highland	1897
Glenfarclas	Active	Speyside	1836	6
Glenfiddich	Active	Speyside	1886	6
Glenfoyle approx.	Closed 1923	Lowland	1826
Glenfyne approx.	Closed 1937	Highland	1831
Glenglassaugh	Active	Highland	1875	7
Glengoyne	Active	Highland	1833	8
Glengyle	Active, revived 2004	Campbeltown	1872	2
Gleniffer	Closed 1894	Lowland	1833
Glenkinchie	Active	Lowland	1837	2
Glenlivet	Active	Speyside	1824	9
Glenlochy	Closed 1983	Highland	1898
Glenlossie	Active	Speyside	1876
Glenmavis approx.	Closed 1910	Lowland	1795
Glenmorangie	Active	Highland	1843	11
Glenochil approx.	Closed 1929	Lowland	1746
Glenpatrick approx.	Closed 1894	Lowland	1833
Glenramskill approx.	Closed 1852	Campbeltown	1828
Glenrothes	Active	Speyside	1878	7
Glenside approx.	Closed 1926	Campbeltown	1834
Glenskiach	Demolished 1932	Highland	1896
Glentauchers	Active	Speyside	1897	4
Glenturret	Active	Highland	1763
Glenugie	Closed 1983	Highland	1834
Glenury Royal	Closed 1993	Highland	1825
Grahamslaw approx.	Planned	Lowland
Grandtully	Closed 1914	Highland	1825
Grange approx.	Closed 1925	Lowland	1786
Greenock	Closed 1915	Lowland	1795
Haddington approx.	Closed	Lowland	1813
Harris	Active	Islands	2015	1
Hazelburn	Demolished 1983	Campbeltown	1825
Highland (Campbeltown)	Closed 1852	Campbeltown	1827
Highland Park	Active	Islands	1798	12
Holyrood	Active	Lowland	2019
Huntly	Closed 1867	Speyside	1824
Imperial	Demolished 1998	Speyside	1897
InchDairnie	Active	Lowland	2015	5
Inchgower	Active	Speyside	1871	3
Inver House approx.	Active	Lowland	1965
Inveraray Castle approx.	Planned	Highland
Inverleven	Demolished 1991	Lowland	1938
Inverleven & Lomond	Mothballed 1991	Lowland	1938
Inverurie approx.	Planned	Highland
Isla approx.	Closed 1926	Highland	1851
Isle of Barra approx.	Planned	Islands
Isle of Raasay	Active	Islands	2017	2
Jackton	Active	Lowland	2020
Jedhart (Mossburn) approx.	Planned	Lowland
John O'Groats (original, 1826) approx.	Closed 1837	Highland	1826
Jura	Active	Islands	1810	10
Kilbagie approx.	Closed	Lowland	1777
Kilchoman	Active	Islay	2005	11
Kinclaith	Demolished 1982	Lowland	1957
Kingsbarns	Active	Lowland	2014	2
Kininvie	Active	Speyside	1990
Kinloch	Closed 1926	Campbeltown	1823
Kintyre	Closed 1920	Campbeltown	1830
Kirkapool	Closed 1818	Islands	1817
Kirkliston approx.	Closed 1910	Lowland	1795
Kirktown	Closed 1830	Highland	1825
Knockando	Active	Speyside	1898
Knockdhu	Active	Highland	1893	5
Knockhill approx.	Active	Lowland	2025
Kythe	Active	Lowland	2025
Ladyburn	Closed 1975	Lowland	1966
Lagavulin	Active	Islay	1816	36
Lagg	Active	Islands	2019	2
Laggan Bay approx.	Active	Islay	2023
Langholm approx.	Closed 1921	Lowland	1765
Laphroaig	Active	Islay	1815	24
Lerwick	Active	Islands	2024
Levenbank approx.	Active	Lowland	2025
Lindores Abbey	Active	Lowland	2017	1
Linkwood	Active	Speyside	1821	9
Littlemill	Demolished 2004	Lowland	1772	1
Loch Ewe	Closed 2017	Highland	2005
Loch Lomond	Active	Highland	1965	12
Lochead	Closed 1928	Campbeltown	1824
Lochgilphead	Closed 1853	Highland	1816
Lochindaal	Closed 1929	Islay	1829
Lochlea	Active	Lowland	2018	6
Lochranza	Active	Islands	1993	12
Lochrin approx.	Closed 1860	Lowland	1780
Lochruan	Closed 1925	Campbeltown	1833
Lochside	Closed 2005	Highland	1957	1
Lochside (Campbeltown)	Closed 1852	Campbeltown	1830
Lone Wolf	Closed 2026	Highland	2015
Longmorn	Active	Speyside	1894	3
Longrow	Demolished 1896	Campbeltown	1824
Lossit	Closed 1862	Islay	1826
Macallan	Active	Speyside	1824	33
Macduff	Active	Highland	1960	2
Machrihanish approx.	Planned	Campbeltown
Malt Mill approx.	Closed 1962	Islay	1908
Man O'Hoy	Closed 1940	Islands	1817
Mannochmore	Active	Speyside	1971	4
Meadowburn	Closed 1882	Campbeltown	1824
Midfearn approx.	Planned	Highland
Midhope Castle approx.	Planned	Lowland
Mill of Banff approx.	Closed 1836	Speyside	1824
Millburn	Closed 1985	Highland	1807
Miltonduff	Active	Speyside	1824	3
Montrose approx.	Closed 1964	Highland	1938
Mortlach	Active	Speyside	1823	10
Mossfield	Closed 1837	Campbeltown	1834
Mountain Dew (Thistle)	Closed 1837	Campbeltown	1834
Mulindry	Closed 1831	Islay	1826
Nc'nean	Active	Highland	2017	2
Nevis approx.	Closed 1908	Highland	1878
Newton	Closed 1837	Islay	1819
North Port	Demolished 1994	Highland	1820
North Uist	Active	Islands	2024
Oban	Active	Highland	1794	5
Octomore	Closed 1840	Islay	1816
Old Clynelish/Brora approx.	Closed 1983	Highland	1819
Parkmore approx.	Closed 1931	Speyside	1894
Pittyvaich	Demolished 1993	Speyside	1974
Pollo approx.	Closed 1903	Highland	1818
Port Dundas	Closed 2010	Lowland	1810
Port Ellen	Active, revived 2024	Islay	1825	7
Port of Leith	Active	Lowland	2023
Portavadie approx.	Planned	Highland
Portintruan approx.	Planned	Islay
Provanmill approx.	Closed 1929	Lowland	1815
Pulteney	Active	Highland	1826	11
Rieclachan	Closed 1934	Campbeltown	1825
Rosebank	Active, revived 2023	Lowland	1840	1
Roseisle	Active	Speyside	2010	3
Royal Brackla	Active	Highland	1812	3
Royal Lochnagar	Active	Highland	1845	1
Saucel	Closed 1915	Lowland	1793
Scapa	Active	Islands	1885	3
Scarabus	Closed 1818	Islay	1817
Seggie approx.	Closed 1860	Lowland	1810
Speyburn	Active	Speyside	1897	6
Speyside	Mothballed 2025	Speyside	1990	7
Speyside II approx.	Planned	Speyside
Springbank	Active	Campbeltown	1828	6
Springside	Closed 1926	Campbeltown	1830
St Magdalene approx.	Closed 1983	Lowland	1798	1
Stirling	Active	Lowland	2019
Strathdee approx.	Mothballed 1941	Highland	1821
Strathearn	Active	Highland	2013
Strathisla	Active	Speyside	1786	1
Strathmeldrum	Closed 1839	Highland	1825
Strathmill	Active	Speyside	1891	2
Strathmore approx.	Closed 1982	Lowland	1957
Stromness approx.	Closed	Islands	1817
Stronachie approx.	Closed 1930	Highland	1890
Struie approx.	Planned	Highland
Sunbury approx.	Closed 1855	Lowland	1813
Talisker	Active	Islands	1830	16
Tallant	Closed 1852	Islay	1821
Tambowie approx.	Closed 1921	Lowland	1825
Tamdhu	Active	Speyside	1897	5
Tamnavulin	Active	Speyside	1966
Teaninich	Active	Highland	1817	3
The Borders	Active	Lowland	2017
The Bothy approx.	Active	Highland	2025
The Cairn	Active	Speyside	2022
The Clydeside	Active	Lowland	2017
Tober an Righ	Closed 1860	Campbeltown	1834
Tobermory	Active	Islands	1798	16
Tomatin	Active	Highland	1897	8
Tomdachoille approx.	Closed 1878	Highland	1816
Tomintoul	Active	Speyside	1964	2
Torabhaig	Active	Islands	2016	6
Tormore	Active	Speyside	1958	1
Towiemore approx.	Demolished 1929	Speyside	1896
Tullibardine	Active	Highland	1949
Union (Campbeltown)	Closed 1850	Campbeltown	1826
West Highland (Campbeltown)	Closed 1850	Campbeltown	1830
West Lochlin	Closed 1826	Highland	1825
Witchburn approx.	Planned	Campbeltown
Wolfburn	Active	Highland	2013
Wolfcraig approx.	Planned	Highland
Wormyhill	Closed 1817	Highland	1816
Yardheads approx.	Closed 1884	Lowland	1825
Yoker approx.	Closed 1927	Lowland	1770

Grain distilleries held without coordinates: Cameronbridge, Girvan, Invergordon, Loch Lomond Grain, Moffat, North British, North of Scotland, Reivers, Starlaw, Strathclyde.

Drag the year to see which distilleries were working then, or filter by status and region; select a site to compare prices on its bottles. Closed distilleries with whisky still on sale are on our lost distilleries page, and the distilleries operating each year chart shows the rise and fall since the 1700s.

Campbeltown: 31 of its 37 recorded sites are closed or demolished; 3 produce today.
The Lowlands have the most closed sites, 49, against 27 producing now.
Bottles from 80 of these distilleries were in stock at the UK retailers we check on 14 October 2026; only two, Convalmore and St Magdalene, are closed.

Source: Uisge Beatha distillery records (knowledge graph: distilleries, status periods, closures). Updated 24 October 2026. Free to reuse with a link to this page.

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How we did it

Distilleries. Every Scottish row in our distillery records (the knowledge graph behind Whiskipedia and this site), 325 in all. Active includes sites that closed and have since been revived, such as Brora and Port Ellen. Mothballed means the latest recorded period is mothballed and the site still stands. Closed covers closed and dismantled sites; demolished means the site no longer stands. Planned sites are announced or being built and not yet producing. Closure years are the start of the last open-ended status period. The year control shows the distilleries with an active period in the chosen year, from the same records as the distilleries operating each year chart; five closed sites with no recorded closure year are left out of past years.

Locations. Coordinates come from the same records. 90 sites are placed at the nearest town or village or within their region rather than at the site, and are faded on the map and tagged “approx.” in the table. Two had a longitude recorded without its minus sign (Gartbreck and Malt Mill on Islay); we plot them west of Greenwich and mark them approximate. Five are left off the map but stay in the table: Lagg and Mill of Banff have no coordinates, and Knockdhu, Benachie and Speyside Distillery have coordinates that fall outside Scotland or outside their region, so we would rather leave them off than put them in the wrong place. Most of Scotland’s active grain distilleries are held in a separate grain list without coordinates, so they are listed under the table rather than plotted.

The map. The outline is Natural Earth’s 1:10m coastline (public domain), clipped to Scotland, projected (equirectangular, with longitude scaled for latitude 57.5°N) and simplified when the site is built. There is no map service or tracking: the map is a single drawing in the page.

Bottles. “Bottles in stock” counts the bottles we list for that distillery with at least one in-stock offer at the UK retailers we check, from the catalogue of 14 October 2026. A distillery without a page on this site has no bottles tagged to it yet. Owner names are as of 14 August 2026, the last owner check in our records.

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