A brickworks, also known as a brick factory, is a factory for the manufacturing of bricks, from clay or shale. Usually a brickworks is located on a clay bedrock (the most common material from which bricks are made), often with a quarry for clay on site.Most brickworks have some or all of the following:

A kiln, for firing, or 'burning' the bricks.
Drying yard or shed, for drying bricks before firing.
A building or buildings for manufacturing the bricks.
A quarry for clay.
A pugmill or clay preparation plant