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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, […]
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, […]
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, 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, London WC2
For the historic London Guinnness brewery, see Guinness Park Royal.
Brewpub1 Mercer Walk, London WC2H 9FA (Westminster)opengatelondon.guinness.comFirst sold beer: 11 December 2025
Guinness is brewing in London again, though on a much smaller scale than at its former Park Royal site, closed in 2005 and subsequently demolished.
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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 […]
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’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 […]
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