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 & Wilmot E3, Tower Hamlets
- Guinness Park Royal (Guinness M) NW10, Ealing
- Ind Coope (Allied Breweries N) RM1, Havering
- Mann Crossman & Paulin (Watney Mann Truman / Grand Metropolitan N) E1, Tower Hamlets
- Truman Hanbury & Buxton (Watney Mann Truman / Grand Metropolitan N) E1, Tower Hamlets
- Watney Mann Truman (Grand Metropolitan N) SW14, Richmond upon Thames
- Young & Co’s Brewery SW18, Wandsworth
Other changes
- Godson Freeman & Wilmot moves from E5, Hackney, to E3, Tower Hamlets.
- Ind Coope parent group Allied Breweries merges with catering and bakery group Lyons to create Allied Lyons, though brewing side retains name for now.
For definitions of a London brewery, see the current London breweries page.
⇦ 1977 | London breweries year by year | 1979 ⇨
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