For the historic London Guinnness brewery, see Guinness Park Royal.
Planned brewpub
16 Shelton Street WC2H 9JL (Westminster)
guinness.com/en-gb/our-craft/old-brewers-yard
Planned for: end 2024
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 demolished.
The new site has an even older brewing history: the Woodyard Brewery, later known as Combe & Co, was once an important porter brewery, operating from at least the early 18th century to 1905 when it closed after merging with two other breweries to form Watney Combe Reid. Numerous historic buildings still stand as explained on the Watney page. Appropriately enough, the Watney group ended up in the hands of Grand Metropolitan, later a co-founder of Guinness owner Diageo.
The company announced on 31 January 2022 that it’s investing £75 million to create a microbrewery, bar-restaurant, shop, training centre, events space and “culture hub” called Guinness at Old Brewers Yard. Plans were delayed by planning issues but construction was underway in spring 2024. The building work is due to be completed by October with the public opening some time after that.
Updated 21 May 2024.
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