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London breweries 1974

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:

  1. Charrington Brewery (Bass Charrington N) E1, Tower Hamlets
  2. Courage Brewery N SE1,
  3. Fuller, Smith & Turner W4, Hounslow
  4. Guinness Park Royal (Guinness M) NW10, Ealing
  5. Ind Coope ( 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. Whitbread Brewery N EC1, City of London, Islington
  10. Young & Co’s Brewery SW18, Wandsworth

Other changes

  • Mann Crossman & Paulin, Truman Hanbury & Buxton and Watney Mann combined into a single group, Watney Mann Truman, by existing owner Grand Metropolitan.

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

⇦ 1973 | London breweries year by year | 1975 ⇨

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