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3 openings, no closures, net change +3.
By the end of 1980, there were 12 commercial breweries operating in London, including three brewpubs. 4 were part of national groups (N), one part of a multinational (M). These breweries were:
Courage Brewery N SE1, Southwark Fox and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery) SE13, Lewisham, brewpub NEW! Fuller, […]
B&W Beer Company (Union Brewery), Hayes UB3 (London)
Also known as B&W Beer Company. Formerly Roger Booth Brewpubs.
Closed brewery and brewpubs
Iron Bridge Tavern477 East India Dock Road E14 0GJ (Tower Hamlets)First sold beer: December 1980Ceased brewing: August 1982
King of Beasts65 Graham Street N1 8LA (Islington)First sold beer: June 1981Ceased brewing: August […]
Simon’s Tower Bridge Brewery, London SE1
Formerly Simon’s Tower Bridge Brewery, Tower Brewery
Closed brewery218 Tower Bridge Road SE1 2UP (Southwark)First sold beer: February 1980Ceased brewing: by December 1983
Following the example of Godson’s and the Goose and Firkin brewpub, former local government finance officer Simon Hosking set up London’s second standalone microbrewery in […]
1 opening, 1 closure, net change 0.
By the end of 1979, there were nine commercial breweries operating in London, including one brewpub, the first in the Firkin chain. 4 were part of national groups (N), one part of a multinational (M). These breweries were:
Courage Brewery N SE1, Southwark Fuller, Smith & Turner […]
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:
Courage Brewery N SE1, Southwark Fuller, Smith & Turner W4, Hounslow Godson Freeman & […]
1 opening, no closures, net change +1.
By the end of 1977, 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:
Courage Brewery N SE1, Southwark Fuller, Smith & Turner W4, Hounslow Godson Freeman & […]
Godson’s Black Horse Brewery, London E3
Formerly Godson Freeman & Wilmot. Includes information for Chudley & Co.
Closed breweriesOriginal site (Godson): Black Horse Brewery, Atherden Works, Atherden Road E5 0QP (Hackney)Second site (Godson): Albany Works, Gunmakers Lane E3 5SB (Tower Hamlets)Original site (Chudley): 1a Saltram Crescent W9 3JR (Westminster)Last site: Black Horse Brewery, 84 […]
No openings, 1 closure, net change -1.
By the end of 1976, there were eight 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:
Courage Brewery N SE1, Southwark Fuller, Smith & Turner W4, Hounslow Guinness Park Royal (Guinness M) […]
No openings, 1 closure, net change -1.
By the end of 1975, there were nine commercial breweries operating in London, none of them brewpubs. 6 were part of national groups (N), one part of a multinational (M). These breweries were:
Courage Brewery N SE1, Southwark Fuller, Smith & Turner W4, Hounslow Guinness Park Royal (Guinness M) […]
No openings, no closures, net change 0.
By the end of 1974, 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, […]
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