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:
- Burkes’s Brewery (Lion) CR0, Croydon, brewpub NEW!
- Chudley & Co W9, Westminster NEW!
- Fox and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery) SE13, Lewisham, brewpub
- Frog and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery) W11, Kensington & Chelsea, brewpub NEW!
- Fuller, Smith & Turner W4, Hounslow
- Godson Freeman & Wilmot E3, Tower Hamlets
- Goose and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery) SE1, Southwark, brewpub
- Guinness Park Royal (Guinness M) NW10, Ealing
- Ind Coope (Allied Lyons N) RM1, Havering
- Iron Bridge Tavern (Roger Booth Brewpubs) E14, Tower Hamlets, brewpub
- King of Beasts (Roger Booth Brewpubs) N1, Islington, brewpub NEW!
- Market Brewery (Market Porter, Beach’s Ales) SE1, Southwark, brewpub NEW!
- Tower Brewery SE1, Southwark
- Truman Hanbury & Buxton (Watney Mann Truman / Grand Metropolitan N) E1, Tower Hamlets
- Watney Mann Truman (Grand Metropolitan N) SW14, Richmond upon Thames
- Windsor Castle N2, Barnet, brewpub NEW!
- 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.
⇦ 1980 | London breweries year by year | 1982 ⇨
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