London breweries 1981

6 openings, 1 closure, net change +5.

By the end of 1981, there were 17 commercial breweries operating in London, including eight brewpubs. 3 were part of national groups (N), one part of a multinational (M). These breweries were:

1. Burkes’s Brewery (Lion) CR0, Croydon, brewpub NEW!
2. Chudley & Co W9, Westminster NEW!
3. Fox and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery) SE13, Lewisham, brewpub
4. Frog and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery) W11, Kensington & Chelsea, brewpub NEW!
5. Fuller, Smith & Turner W4, Hounslow
6. Godson Freeman & Wilmot E3, Tower Hamlets
7. Goose and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery) SE1, Southwark, brewpub
8. Guinness Park Royal (Guinness M) NW10, Ealing
9. Ind Coope (Allied Lyons N) RM1, Havering
10. Iron Bridge Tavern (Roger Booth Brewpubs) E14, Tower Hamlets, brewpub
11. King of Beasts (Roger Booth Brewpubs) N1, Islington, brewpub NEW!
12. Market Brewery (Market Porter, Beach’s Ales) SE1, Southwark, brewpub NEW!
13. Tower Brewery SE1, Southwark
14. Truman Hanbury & Buxton (Watney Mann Truman / Grand Metropolitan N) E1, Tower Hamlets
15. Watney Mann Truman (Grand Metropolitan N) SW14, Richmond upon Thames
16. Windsor Castle N2, Barnet, brewpub NEW!
17. Young & Co’s Brewery SW18, Wandsworth

Closed this year

• Courage Brewery N SE1, Southwark

Other changes

• Simon’s Tower Bridge Brewery renamed Tower Brewery.
• Ind Coope owner Allied Breweries becomes Allied Lyons.

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

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