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London breweries 1973

No openings, no closures, net change 0.

By the end of 1973, there were 10 commercial breweries operating in London, none of them brewpubs. 7 were part of national groups (N), one part of a multinational (M). These breweries were:

Charrington Brewery (Bass Charrington N) E1, Tower Hamlets Courage Brewery N SE1, Southwark Fuller, […]

London breweries 1972

No openings, 1 closure, net change -1.

By the end of 1972, there were 10 commercial breweries operating in London, none of them brewpubs. 7 were part of national groups (N), one part of a multinational (M). These breweries were:

Charrington Brewery (Bass Charrington N) E1, Tower Hamlets Courage Brewery N SE1, Southwark Fuller, […]

Big Penny

Big Penny, London E17

This page covers the beer firm that originated in a revival of the historic Truman brand in the 21st century.

For more about the historic Truman’s brewery, see Truman’s Brewery (Watney Mann Truman).

For more about the current cuckoo-brewed Truman beers, see Truman (Old Truman Brewery).

Previously Truman’s Beer.

Beer […]

Guinness at Old Brewer’s Yard (Diageo)

Guinness at Old Brewer’s Yard, London WC2

For the historic London Guinnness brewery, see Guinness Park Royal.

Planned brewpub16 Shelton Street WC2H 9JL (Westminster)guinness.com/en-gb/our-craft/old-brewers-yardPlanned for: March 2025

Guinness looks set to start brewing in London again, though on a much smaller scale than at its former Park Royal site, closed in 2005 and subsequently […]

Whitbread Brewery

Whitbread’s well-known tankard logo on a beermat. The slogan might have rung hollow with fans of breweries that fell under the baleful shadow of the ‘Whitbread umbrella’.

Closed brewery52 Chiswell Street EC1Y 4SD (City of London, Islington)First sold beer: by 1686 (as King’s Head)Brewing ceased: 1976

The earliest record of brewing at what became Whitbread […]

Tolly Cobbold Walthamstow (Tolly Cobbold)

Pre-1972 Tolly Cobbold label listing its location as “Ipswich and London”.

Closed breweryEssex Brewery, St James Street E17 7FE (Waltham Forest)First sold beer: 1859Ceased brewing: 1971

Founded as a steam-powered brewery by William Hawes, this operation was first known simply as the Walthamstow Brewery, and located on the north side of St James Street (then […]

Mann Crossman & Paulin (Watney Mann)

Mann’s beermat with the sort of slogan no longer permitted today.

Closed breweryAlbion Brewery, Whitechapel Road E1 1BU (Tower Hamlets)First sold beer: by 1673, perhaps earlierCeased brewing: 1979

An inn stood on the northwest corner of the junction of Whitechapel Road and Cambridge Heath Road since before 1654, with an attached brewhouse since at least […]

Ind Coope (Allied Lyons)

Also known as Romford Brewing Co.

Includes information for Taylor Walker.

Ind Coope 1970s beermat.

Closed breweryStar Brewery, 19 High Street, Romford RM1 1JU (Havering)First sold beer: 1708Ceased brewing: 1993

Closed breweryBarley Mow Brewery, Newell Street E14 8HZ (Tower Hamlets)First sold beer: c1735Ceased brewing: 1960

Romford was a rural Essex market town in 1708 when […]

Courage Brewery

Includes information for Barclay Perkins

Courage Brewery, London SE1

Courage BreweryClosed breweryAnchor Brewhouse, Horseleydown SE1 2LY (Southwark)First sold beer: 16th century (under an unknown name)Brewing ceased: 1981

Barclay Perkins & CoClosed breweryAnchor Brewery, Park Street SE1 9EQ (Southwark)First sold beer: 1616 (as Monger’s Brewery)Brewing ceased: by 1963

The Anchor Brewhouse stood on the south bank […]

Charrington Brewery (Bass Charrington)

A classic Charrington Toby jug, originally used as a logo by the even more historic Red Lion brewery.

Closed brewery129 Mile End Road E1 4BG (Tower Hamlets)First sold beer: Prior to 1757Brewing ceased: 1975

Robert Westfield entered the brewing industry as an employee in 1738, and by 1757 had set up his own brewery […]