The Fawdon Factory is a confectionery factory at Fawdon, in the English city of Newcastle upon Tyne. The factory was built for Rowntree's, and since 1988 has been run by Nestlé. As of 2014^[update] it was Nestlé's largest UK factory after York.

The building, but not any of Nestlé's business, is due to be transferred to Country Style Foods in 2024.

Rowntree wanted the site of 26 acres. Rowntree was struggling to get enough workers in its main factory. The Estate and Property committee of Newcastle City Council were asked to approve the proposal on Wednesday 21 July 1954. The site would be for around eight hundred workers. Rowntree employed about 10,000 people. The council voted by 38 to 25 to let Rowntree buy the land. The Labour group on Newcastle City Council had opposed the sale, as the Labour group wanted the land to be leased, not bought.

The site would make Smarties, Fruit Gums and Fruit Pastilles.

The factory would cost around £2m, and was hoped to open in March 1958. It had 22 ovens. The site was built by John Laing.

A standard working week was 42 hours on a three-shift pattern, from 8am to 4pm, and 4pm to 12am. Chocolate production began in 1971.

By 1973 the site had around 1,300 staff, and around 1500 by 1974. Company transport was provided for women workers, but not for men.

There were around 1,200 workers in 1977; most workers belonged to the General and Municipal Workers' Union.