As of 21 October 2024, there are 105 commercial breweries operating in London, including 24 brewpubs. Eight are parts of multinationals (M). Since the start of the year, there have been six openings or revivals and eight closures and suspensions, with a net change of -2.
- 3 Locks Brewing Company NW1, Camden
- 40FT Brewery E8, Hackney
- Anomaly Brewing KT3, Kingston upon Thames, no visitors
- Anspach & Hobday CR0, Sutton
- Battersea Brewery SW11, Wandsworth, brewpub
- Battersea Substation SE16, Southwark
- Beavertown Brewery Ponders End (Heineken M) EN3, Enfield
- Beavertown Brewery Tottenham Hale (Heineken M) N17, Haringey
- Beerblefish Brewing Co E17, Waltham Forest
- Belleville Brewing SW12, Wandsworth
- Bexley Brewery DA8, Bexley
- Bianca Road Brew Co SE16, Southwark
- Bird House Brewing Co SE24, Southwark REVIVED!
- Blondies Brewery SE10, Waltham Forest, brewpub NEW!
- Bohem Brewery N17, Haringey
- Br3wery BR3, Bromley
- BrewDog Outpost Tower Hill (BrewDog M) EC3, City of London, brewpub
- BrewDog Waterloo (BrewDog M) SE1, Lambeth, brewpub
- Brewhouse and Kitchen Highbury N5, Islington, brewpub
- Brewhouse and Kitchen Hoxton E2, Hackney, brewpub
- Brixton Brewery Brixton (Heineken M) SW9, Lambeth
- Brockley Brewery Hither Green SE12, Lewisham
- Broken Drum Brewery DA15, Bexley, brewpub
- Bull and Finch / So What Brewing Co SE19, Southwark, brewpub
- Bullfinch Brewery SE24, Lambeth
- Camden Town Brewery Kentish Town (AB InBev M) NW5, Camden
- Camden Town Brewery Ponders End (AB InBev M) EN3, Enfield
- Clarkshaws Brewing SW9, Lambeth
- Concrete Island Brewery W12, Hammersmith & Fulham, no visitors
- Craft Beer Junction SE16, Southwark, brewpub NEW!
- Cronx Brewery (The) CR0, Croydon
- Distortion Brewing SW8, Wandsworth, brewpub
- Drop Project Brewing Co CR4, Merton
- East London Brewing Co E10, Waltham Forest
- Exale Brewing E17, Waltham Forest
- Firkin Brewery (Fox and Firkin) SE13, Lewisham, brewpub
- Five Points Brewing Co (The) E8, Hackney
- Forest Road Brewing Co SE14, Lewisham
- Fuller’s Griffin Brewery (Asahi M) W4, Hounslow
- German Kraft (Kraft Dalston) E8, Hackney, brewpub
- German Kraft (Mercato Metropolitano Elephant) SE1, Southwark, brewpub
- German Kraft (Mercato Metropolitano Mayfair) W1, Westminster, brewpub
- Gipsy Hill Brewing (Sunrise Alliance) SE27, Lambeth
- Goodness Brewing Company (The) N22, Haringey
- Gravity Well Brewing Co N17, Haringey
- Great Beyond Brewing Co E2, Hackney, brewpub
- Greater Good Fresh Brewing Co (The) (Pinter) E17, Waltham Forest, no visitors
- Hackney Brewery E17, Waltham Forest
- Hackney Church Brew Co E8, Hackney, brewpub
- Hammersmith Craft Brewery W6, Hammersmith & Fulham
- Hammerton Brewery N7, Islington
- Hopewell Brewery (The Lockdown Room) E14, Tower Hamlets, brewpub NEW!
- Howling Hops Brewery E9, Tower Hamlets, brewpub
- Ignition Brewery SE26, Lewisham
- Inkspot Brewery SW16, Lambeth
- Jawbone Brewing TW1, Richmond upon Thames
- Kanpai London Craft Sake SE1, Southwark
- Kernel Brewery (The) SE16, Southwark
- Libertalia Brewing Co E10, Waltham Forest
- London Beer Lab Brixton SW9, Lambeth
- London Beer Lab Loughborough Junction SW9, Lambeth, no visitors
- London Brewing Co (Bohemia) N12, Barnet, brewpub
- Long Arm Brewery (ETM) EC2, Islington, brewpub
- Mammoth Beer E15, Hackney
- Marko Paulo Brewery (Owl and the Pussycat) W13, Ealing, brewpub
- Marlix Brewing Co BR5, Bromley
- Mash Paddle Brewery SE16, Southwark, shared brewery
- Mikkeller Brewpub London (Mikkeller) EC1, Islington, brewpub
- Mondo Brewing (Hogs Back) SW8, Wandsworth
- Muswell Hillbilly Brewers N10, Haringey
- Mutineers Brewery BR1, Bromley, no visitors
- Neckstamper Brewing E10, Waltham Forest
- Nirvana Brewery E10, Waltham Forest
- ORA Brewing N17, Haringey
- Orbit Beers SE17, Southwark
- Park Brewery (The) KT1, Kingston upon Thames
- Perivale Brewery UB6, Ealing
- Pillars Brewery E17, Waltham Forest
- Pinnora Brewing HA5, Harrow, no visitors
- Portobello Brewing Co (Sunrise Alliance) W10, Kensington & Chelsea
- Pressure Drop Brewing N17, Haringey
- Pretty Decent Beer Co E17, Waltham Forest
- Redemption Brewing N17, Haringey
- Roundwood Project NW10, Ealing
- Saint Monday Brewery (Grace Land) E8, Hackney
- Sambrook’s Brewery (Ram Brewery) SW18, Wandsworth
- Signal Brewery CR0, Sutton
- Signature Brew E17, Waltham Forest
- Small Beer Brew Co SE16, Southwark
- Southey Brewing Co SE20, Bromley
- Southwark Brewing SE1, Southwark
- St Mary’s Brewery NW3, Camden, no visitors REVIVED!
- Supercute Brewhouse SW9, Lambeth
- Tankleys Brewery DA15, Bexley, no visitors NEW!
- Tap East E20, Newham, brewpub
- Temple Brew House (formerly Essex Street Brewing) (City Pubs) WC2, Westminster, brewpub
- Tiny Vessel Brewing Co TW12, Richmond upon Thames, no visitors
- Twickenham Fine Ales TW2, Richmond upon Thames
- Two Tribes N7, Islington
- Up the Creek SE10, Greenwich, brewpub
- Villages Brewery SE8, Lewisham
- Werewolf Beer NW1, Camden
- Wimbledon Brewery SW19, Merton
- Workshy Brewing TW9, Richmond upon Thames, no visitors
- Zerodegrees Blackheath SE3, Lewisham, brewpub
London breweries 2023
London breweries year by year since 1971
“Commercial breweries operating in London” means businesses with their own physical brewing kit, on a distinct and separate site within the official Greater London boundary, producing beer that is on sale to the public. Separate brewery sites under the same ownership are counted individually. Where two or more companies share a kit, this is counted as a single brewery. ‘Brewers without breweries’ like cuckoos and contractors are dealt with separately below.
Note that the locality name after the postcode refers to the London borough, which doesn’t necessarily correspond to the locality in common use.
The current figures represent an ongoing decline from the end of 2021, when the numbers shrank from a peak of 132, the first year-on-year decline in brewery numbers in London since 2005, when the figures dropped from 10 to nine. We’re clearly still a long way away from those dark times, but I expect more closures given the current business conditions: knock-on effects of the Covid lockdowns, rising energy and other costs, contraction in the hospitality sector, Brexit. New breweries are still continuing to open but at nowhere near the same rate as before the lockdowns, and it’s been both saddening and significant to see the departure of producers like BBNo, Boxcar, Brick, Canopy, Deviant and Dandy, OMEBEER, Partizan, Solvay Society, Spartan and Weird Beard in recent years.
London Breweries map
Please check details before attempting to visit any brewery. Those shown in grey are unable to welcome visitors for various reasons: please respect this. Some are in private homes and in these cases I have deliberately avoided giving an accurate location. Others may have limited public hours or only open for special events or by prior arrangement.
Brewery numbers by London borough
This table was updated in December 2023 with notable changes at both the top and bottom. Reflecting the decline in Bermondsey as a brewing centre, and the rise of Blackhorse Lane and Leyton/Leytonstone, Waltham Forest is now the London borough with the most breweries, knocking Southwark off its long-held perch. And the closure of Mad Yank has relegated Hillingdon to the ranks of boroughs with no breweries, of which there are now five.
| Borough | Breweries 2022 | Breweries 2023 |
| Waltham Forest | 12 | 12 |
| Southwark | 14 | 11 |
| Lambeth | 12 | 11 |
| Hackney | 9 | 8 |
| Haringey | 9 | 8 |
| Lewisham | 6 | 8 |
| Wandsworth | 6 | 6 |
| Islington | 5 | 5 |
| Bromley | 4 | 4 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 4 | 4 |
| Camden | 3 | 3 |
| Ealing | 2 | 3 |
| Greenwich | 4 | 3 |
| Bexley | 2 | 2 |
| Enfield | 2 | 2 |
| Hammersmith & Fulham | 3 | 2 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 2 | 2 |
| Merton | 2 | 2 |
| Sutton | 2 | 2 |
| Tower Hamlets | 3 | 2 |
| Westminster | 2 | 2 |
| Barnet | 3 | 1 |
| City of London | 1 | 1 |
| Croydon | 1 | 1 |
| Harrow | 1 | 1 |
| Hounslow | 3 | 1 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 1 | 1 |
| Newham | 2 | 1 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 0 | 0 |
| Brent | 0 | 0 |
| Havering | 0 | 0 |
| Hillingdon | 1 | 0 |
| Redbridge | 0 | 0 |
Brewers without breweries
Numerous businesses without brewing equipment who market their own beer brands made on someone else’s kit, sometimes known as contract or cuckoo brewers, are based in London or use brewing facilities here. The following is a selective list of the most notable examples, several of whom plan to become fully fledged brewers with their own kit at some point.
- Allsopp’s (Samuel Allsopp & Sons)
- Big Hug Brewing
- Big Penny
- Bloomsbury Drinks Company
- Brodie’s Fabulous Beers
- Coalition Brewing Co
- Common Rioters Beer
- Crate Brewery
- Days Brewing
- Eko Brewery
- Fabal Beers: see Hiver Beers
- Harlem Brewing Co UK: see Supercute Brewhouse
- Hiver Beers
- Hop King
- Infinite Session
- Jiddlers Tipple Craft Beer
- Jubel Beer
- Little Faith Beer
- Lucky Saint
- Macintosh Ales
- More Lash
- Queer Brewing Project
- Ricardo’s Cellar
- Rock Leopard Brewing Co
- Seven Sisters Brewery
- So What Brewing Co: see Bullfinch
- Soho Brewing
- Spartan Brewery
- Standard Brew Co
- Tart Beer Co
- Three Hounds Beer Co
- Truman (Old Truman Brewery)
- Volden Brewing
- Watneys Beer
- Wolfpack Lager
- Wrong Side of the Tracks
- Yeastie Boys
- Young & Co’s Brewery
Suspended breweries
To the best of my knowledge, production at the following breweries is currently suspended, though with at least a chance that it may resume in future.
- Babel Beerhouse (Odyssey, formerly Little Creatures Regents Canal) N1, Camden, brewpub, suspended again by December 2023.
- Big Penny (formerly Truman’s) E17, Tower Hamlets, cuckoo brewing since May 2022.
- Brewhouse and Kitchen Islington EC1, Islington, brewpub, suspended September 2022, unlikely to resume until at least 2025.
- Brockley Brewery Brockley SE4, Lewisham, suspended September 2024, brewing continues at Herne Hill site.
- By the Horns Brewing Co SW17, Wandsworth, suspended 2021, brewing continues outside London and may be revived in London at brewpub scale.
- E5 Poplar Bakehouse E14, Tower Hamlets, brewpub, collaboration brews since 2022.
- Fearless Nomad Brewing (Black Dog) TW8, Hounslow, brewpub, suspended by June 2023.
- Husk Brewing E16, Newham, suspended February 2023.
- Kentish Town NW5, Camden, no visitors, suspended by October 2019.
- Macintosh Ales N16, Hackney, cuckoo brewing exclusively since July 2023.
- Mechanic Brewing Co (The) E1, Tower Hamlets, suspended November 2020.
- Old Fountain Brewhouse EC1, Islington, brewpub, suspenced November 2019.
- SALT London (Ossett) SE28, Greenwich, closed May 2023, brewing continues outside London and may revive on a brewpub scale at one of the SALT bars in London.
- Spartan Brewery SE16, Southwark, suspended June 2023, cuckoo brewing, brewing continues on original site as Battersea Brewery.
- Urban Alchemy Brewing Co EN5, Barnet, no visitors, suspended March 2023.
- Volden Brewing SE23, Lewisham, cuckoo brewing since March 2020
- Wrong Side of the Tracks SE6, Lewisham, no visitors, brewing suspended by end 2021, occasional cuckoo brewing.
Breweries closed in 2024
- Affinity Brew Co (Grosvenor Arms) SW9, Lambeth, brewpub, brewing ceased by March 2024.
- BBNo (Brew by Numbers, BREAL) SE10, Greenwich, closed March 2024 with production moved outside London.
- Brixton Brewery Herne Hill (Heineken M) SE24, Lambeth, closed September 2024, production moved to Beavertown Ponders End, small-scale brewing continues at Brixton site.
- Fourpure Brewing (In Good Company) SE16, Southwark, closed September 2024, production moved outside London.
- Meantime Brewing (Asahi M) SE10, Greenwich, closed May 2024 with production moved to Fuller’s.
- Ram Inn (Laine/Punch, formerly SlyBeast) SW18, Wandsworth, brewpub, brewing suspended again January 2024 with no intention to revive it, equipment to be removed.
- Wild Card Brewery E17, Waltham Forest, closed October 2024.
Suspended breweries confirmed as permanently closed:
- Beavertown Brewery (Tottenham Hotspur, Heineken M) N17, Haringey, brewpub, suspended spring 2023, equipment removed by early 2024, production continues at other sites.
- Boxcar Brewery E2, Tower Hamlets, suspended February 2023, cuckoo brewing shortly afterwards but ceased by June 2024.
- Dogs Grandad Brewery SW9, Lambeth, brewery removed by December 2023, continued as cuckoo but company dissolved May 2024.
- Flat Iron Square (Lagunitas, Heineken M) SE1, Southwark, brewpub, suspended by April 2022, brewing equipment removed by summer 2023.
- Laine’s Brew Lab (People’s Park Tavern) E9, Hackney, brewpub, suspended early 2022 and equipment removed to storage, later confirmed sold.
- Oddly Beer N11, Friern Barnet, likely suspended since at least early 2023, company dissolved July 2024.
- Queen’s Head Shoreditch (formerly Goose Island Brewpub Shoreditch) E1, Hackney, brewpub, brewing equipment removed late 2023.
Other 2024 changes:
- Big Drop Brewing Co relocated production outside London in September 2024 so has been removed from the list of London brewers without breweries.
- BREAL, the company that bought BBNo and Brick, renamed itself Keystone in late February 2024.
- Brockley Brewery taken over by a partnership of existing senior staff.
- Canopy revived under new ownership as Bird House Brewery.
- Friendship Adventure Brewery under new ownership as Supercute Brewhouse.
- Gipsy Hill Brewing in a strategic alliance with Sunrise Alliance brewing group.
- Mellor’s Brewing Co, former brewery, later beer firm, wound up early 2024.
- Mondo Brewing under the same ownership as Hogs Back Brewery in Surrey.
- Portobello Brewing Co acquired by Sunrise Alliance brewing group.
- Toast Ale, beer firm, relocating its activities to its own brewery in Milton Keynes during 2024.
Closed and renamed London breweries: full lists from 1971.
Planned breweries
- Common Rioters Beer (Green Goddess) SE3, Lewisham, brewpub
- Eko Brewery SE15, Southwark
- Guinness at Old Brewer’s Yard (Diageo) WC2, Westminster, brewpub
- Rock Leopard Brewing Co SE2, Bexley, brewpub
- Three Hounds Beer Co BR3, Bromley, brewpub
Other London brewery lists
Many thanks to all the people who help me keep this list up to date, intentionally or unintentionally, including all the brewers and brewery staff who keep in touch; tweeters, emailers and social networkers too numerous to mention; John Cryne and his predecessor Steve Williams of the London Brewers Alliance, John Paul Adams and Geoff Strawbridge of CAMRA London, Jezza and Steve of Beer Guide London, the eagle-eyed Emma Stump and Rick Pickup of Quaffale.
