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London breweries 1978

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:

  1. Courage Brewery N SE1, Southwark
  2. Fuller, Smith & Turner W4, Hounslow
  3. Godson Freeman & Wilmot E3, Hamlets
  4. Guinness Park Royal (Guinness M) NW10, Ealing
  5. Ind Coope ( Breweries N) RM1, Havering
  6. Mann Crossman & Paulin (Watney Truman / Grand Metropolitan N) E1, Hamlets
  7. Truman Hanbury & Buxton (Watney Truman / Grand Metropolitan N) E1, Hamlets
  8. Watney Mann Truman (Grand Metropolitan N) SW14, Richmond upon Thames
  9. Young & Co’s Brewery SW18, Wandsworth

Other changes

  • Godson Freeman & Wilmot moves from E5, Hackney, to E3, Hamlets.
  • parent group Breweries merges with catering and bakery group Lyons to create Allied Lyons, though brewing side retains name for now.

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

⇦ 1977 | London breweries year by year | 1979 ⇨

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