London breweries 1978

No openings, no closures, net change 0.

By the end of 1978, there were nine commercial breweries operating in London, none of them brewpubs. 5 were part of national groups (N), one part of a multinational (M). These breweries were:

1. Courage Brewery N SE1, Southwark
2. Fuller, Smith & Turner W4, Hounslow
3. Godson Freeman & Wilmot E3, Tower Hamlets
4. Guinness Park Royal (Guinness M) NW10, Ealing
5. Ind Coope (Allied Breweries N) RM1, Havering
6. Mann Crossman & Paulin (Watney Mann Truman / Grand Metropolitan N) E1, Tower Hamlets
7. Truman Hanbury & Buxton (Watney Mann Truman / Grand Metropolitan N) E1, Tower Hamlets
8. Watney Mann Truman (Grand Metropolitan N) SW14, Richmond upon Thames
9. Young & Co’s Brewery SW18, Wandsworth

Other changes

• Godson Freeman & Wilmot moves from E5, Hackney, to E3, Tower Hamlets.
• Ind Coope parent group Allied Breweries merges with catering and bakery group Lyons to create Allied Lyons, though brewing side retains name for now.

For definitions of a London brewery, see the current London breweries page.

⇦ 1977 | London breweries year by year | 1979 ⇨