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London breweries

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As of 11 March 2024, there are 110 commercial breweries operating in London, including 29 brewpubs.

  1. 3 Locks Brewing Company NW1, Camden
  2. 40FT Brewery E8,
  3. Affinity Brew Co (Grosvenor Arms) SW9, Lambeth, brewpub
  4. Anomaly Brewing KT3, Kingston upon Thames, no visitors
  5. Anspach & Hobday CR0, Sutton
  6. Babel Beerhouse (Odyssey, formerly Little Creatures Regents Canal) N1, Camden, brewpub
  7. Battersea Brewery (Battersea) SW11, Wandsworth, brewpub
  8. Battersea Substation (Bermondsey) SE16, Southwark
  9. Beavertown Brewery (Ponders End, Heineken) EN3, Enfield
  10. Beavertown Brewery (Tottenham Hale, Heineken) N17, Haringey
  11. Beerblefish Brewing Co E17, Waltham Forest
  12. Belleville Brewing SW12, Wandsworth
  13. Bexley Brewery DA8, Bexley
  14. Bianca Road Brew Co SE16, Southwark
  15. Bohem Brewery N17, Haringey
  16. Br3wery BR3, Bromley, brewpub
  17. BrewDog Outpost Tower Hill EC3, City of London, brewpub
  18. BrewDog Waterloo SE1, Lambeth, brewpub
  19. Brewhouse and Kitchen Highbury N5, Islington, brewpub
  20. Brewhouse and Kitchen Hoxton E2, Hackney, brewpub
  21. Brixton Brewery (Brixton, Heineken) SW9, Lambeth
  22. Brixton Brewery (Herne Hill, Heineken) SE24, Lambeth
  23. Brockley Brewery (Brockley) SE4, Lewisham
  24. Brockley Brewery (Hither Green) SE12, Lewisham
  25. Broken Drum Brewery DA15, Bexley, brewpub
  26. Bull and Finch / So What Brewing Co SE19, Southwark, brewpub
  27. Bullfinch Brewery SE24, Lambeth
  28. Camden Town Brewery (Kentish Town, AB InBev) NW5, Camden
  29. Camden Town Brewery (Ponders End, AB InBev) EN3, Enfield
  30. Clarkshaws Brewing SW9, Lambeth
  31. Concrete Island Brewery W12, Hammersmith & Fulham, no visitors
  32. Cronx Brewery (The) CR0, Croydon
  33. Distortion Brewing SW8, Wandsworth, brewpub
  34. Drop Project Brewing Co CR4, Merton
  35. East London Brewing Co E10, Waltham Forest
  36. Exale Brewing E17, Waltham Forest
  37. Firkin Brewery (Fox and Firkin) SE13, Lewisham, brewpub
  38. Five Points Brewing Co (The) E8,
  39. Forest Road Brewing Co SE14, Lewisham
  40. Fourpure Brewing (Odyssey) SE16, Southwark
  41. Friendship Adventure Brewery SW9, Lambeth
  42. Fuller’s Griffin Brewery (Asahi) W4, Hounslow
  43. German Kraft (Kraft Dalston) E8, Hackney, brewpub
  44. German Kraft (Mercato Metropolitano Elephant) SE1, Southwark, brewpub
  45. German Kraft (Mercato Metropolitano Mayfair) W1, Westminster, brewpub
  46. Gipsy Hill Brewing SE27, Lambeth
  47. Goodness Brewing Company (The) N22, Haringey
  48. Gravity Well Brewing Co N17, Haringey
  49. Great Beyond Brewing Co E2, Hackney, brewpub
  50. Greater Good Fresh Brewing Co (The) (Pinter) E17, Waltham Forest, no visitors
  51. Hackney Brewery E17, Waltham Forest
  52. Hackney Church Brew Co E8, Hackney, brewpub
  53. Hammersmith Craft Brewery W6, Hammersmith & Fulham
  54. Hammerton Brewery N7, Islington
  55. Hopewell Brewery (The Lockdown Room) E14, Tower Hamlets, brewpub NEW!
  56. Howling Hops Brewery E9, Tower Hamlets, brewpub
  57. Ignition Brewery SE26, Lewisham
  58. Inkspot Brewery SW16, Lambeth
  59. Jawbone Brewing TW1, Richmond upon Thames
  60. Kanpai London Craft Sake SE1, Southwark
  61. Kernel Brewery (The) SE16, Southwark
  62. Libertalia Brewing Co E10, Waltham Forest
  63. London Beer Lab (Brixton) SW9, Lambeth
  64. London Beer Lab (Loughborough Junction) SW9, Lambeth, no visitors
  65. London Brewing Co (Bohemia) N12, Barnet, brewpub
  66. Long Arm Brewery (ETM) EC2, Islington, brewpub
  67. Mammoth Beer E15,
  68. Marko Paulo Brewery (Owl and the Pussycat) W13, Ealing, brewpub
  69. Marlix Brewing Co BR5, Bromley
  70. Mash Paddle Brewery SE16, Southwark, shared brewery
  71. Meantime Brewing (Asahi) SE10, Greenwich (due to close during 2024 with production moved to Fuller’s)
  72. Mikkeller Brewpub London EC1, Islington, brewpub
  73. Mondo Brewing SW8, Wandsworth
  74. Muswell Hillbilly Brewers N10, Haringey
  75. Mutineers Brewery BR1, Bromley, no visitors
  76. Neckstamper Brewing E10, Waltham Forest
  77. Nirvana Brewery E10, Waltham Forest
  78. Oddly Beer N11, Friern Barnet, no visitors
  79. Old Street Brewery E9, Tower Hamlets
  80. ORA Brewing N17, Haringey
  81. Orbit Beers SE17, Southwark
  82. Park Brewery (The) KT1, Kingston upon Thames
  83. Perivale Brewery UB6, Ealing
  84. Pillars Brewery E17, Waltham Forest
  85. Pinnora Brewing HA5, Harrow, no visitors
  86. Portobello Brewing Co W10, Kensington & Chelsea
  87. Pressure Drop Brewing N17, Haringey
  88. Pretty Decent Beer Co E17, Waltham Forest
  89. Redemption Brewing N17, Haringey
  90. Roundwood Project NW10, Ealing
  91. Saint Monday Brewery (formerly Brewery) E8, Hackney, brewing restarted August 2023
  92. Sambrook’s Brewery (Ram Brewery) SW18, Wandsworth
  93. Signal Brewery CR0, Sutton
  94. Signature Brew E17, Waltham Forest
  95. Small Beer Brew Co SE16, Southwark
  96. Southey Brewing Co SE20, Bromley
  97. Southwark Brewing SE1, Southwark
  98. Tankleys Brewery DA15, Bexley, no visitors NEW!
  99. Tap East E20, Newham, brewpub
  100. Temple Brew House (formerly Essex Street Brewing) (City Pubs) WC2, Westminster, brewpub
  101. Tiny Vessel Brewing Co TW12, Richmond upon Thames, no visitors
  102. Twickenham Fine Ales TW2, Richmond upon Thames
  103. Two Tribes N7, Islington
  104. Up the Creek SE10, Greenwich, brewpub
  105. Villages Brewery SE8, Lewisham
  106. Werewolf Beer NW1, Camden
  107. Wild Card Brewery E17, Waltham Forest
  108. Wimbledon Brewery SW19, Merton
  109. Workshy Brewing TW9, Richmond upon Thames, no visitors
  110. Zerodegrees Blackheath SE3, Lewisham, brewpub

“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 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.

BoroughBreweries 2022Breweries 2023
Waltham Forest1212
Southwark1411
Lambeth1211
98
Haringey98
Lewisham68
Wandsworth66
Islington55
Bromley44
Richmond upon Thames44
Camden34
Ealing23
Greenwich43
Barnet32
Bexley22
Enfield22
Hammersmith & Fulham32
Kingston upon Thames22
Merton22
Sutton22
Tower Hamlets32
Westminster22
City of London11
Croydon11
Harrow11
Hounslow31
Kensington and Chelsea11
Newham21
Barking and Dagenham00
Brent00
Havering00
Hillingdon10
Redbridge00

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.

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.

  1. Beavertown Brewery (Tottenham Hotspur, Heineken) N17, Haringey, brewpub, suspended spring 2023, production continues at other sites
  2. Big Penny (formerly Truman’s) E17, Tower Hamlets, cuckoo brewing since May 2022
  3. Boxcar Brewery E2, Tower Hamlets, suspended February 2023, cuckoo brewing shortly afterwards
  4. Brewhouse and Kitchen Islington EC1, Islington, brewpub
  5. By the Horns Brewing Co SW17, Wandsworth, brewing continues outside London
  6. Canopy Beer Co SE24, Southwark, closed 2022, reopening as Bird House Brewing Co, likely March 2024.
  7. Dogs Grandad Brewery SW9, Lambeth, brewery removed by December 2023, continues as cuckoo and taproom.
  8. E5 Poplar Bakehouse E14, Tower Hamlets, brewpub, collaboration brews since 2022
  9. Fearless Nomad Brewing (Black Dog) TW8, Hounslow, brewpub, suspended by June 2023
  10. Flat Iron Square (Lagunitas, Heineken) SE1, Southwark, brewpub
  11. Husk Brewing E16, Newham, suspended February 2023
  12. Kentish Town NW5, Camden, no visitors
  13. Laine’s Brew Lab (People’s Park Tavern) E9, Hackney, brewpub
  14. Macintosh Ales N16, Hackney, cuckoo brewing exclusively since July 2023
  15. Mechanic Brewing Co (The) E1, Tower Hamlets
  16. Old Fountain Brewhouse EC1, Islington, brewpub
  17. Queen’s Head Shoreditch (formerly Goose Island Brewpub Shoreditch) E1, Hackney, brewpub
  18. Ram Inn (Laine/Punch, formerly SlyBeast) SW18, Wandsworth, brewpub, brewing suspended again January 2024.
  19. SALT London (Ossett, formerly Hop Stuff) SE28, Greenwich, closed May 2023, brewing continues outside London and may revive on a brewpub scale at one of the SALT bars in London.
  20. Spartan Brewery SE16, Southwark, suspended June 2023, cuckoo brewing, brewing continues on original site as Battersea Brewery.
  21. St Mary’s Brewery NW3, Camden, no visitors
  22. Urban Alchemy Brewing Co EN5, Barnet, no visitors, suspended March 2023.
  23. Volden Brewing SE23, Lewisham, cuckoo brewing since March 2020
  24. Wrong Side of the Tracks SE6, Lewisham, no visitors, occasional cuckoo brewing

Breweries closed in 2024

  • BBNo (Brew by Numbers, BREAL) SE10, Greenwich, closed March 2024 with production moved outside London.

Suspended breweries confirmed as permanently closed:

None yet.

Other changes:

  • BREAL, the company that bought BBNo and Brick, renamed itself Keystone in late February 2024.
  • Mellor’s Brewing Co, former brewery, later beer firm, wound up early 2024.
  • Toast Ale, beer firm, relocating its activities to its own brewery in Milton Keynes during 2024.

Planned breweries

On other pages

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.