London breweries 1983

4 openings, 3 closures, net change +1.

By the end of 1983, there were 18 commercial breweries operating in London, including nine brewpubs. 4 were part of national groups (N), one part of a multinational (M). These breweries were:

1. Battersea Brewery (Prince of Wales, Conway brewpubs) SW11, Wandsworth, brewpub NEW!
2. Burkes’s Brewery (Lion) CR0, Croydon, brewpub
3. Chudley & Co W9, Westminster
4. Ferret and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery) SW10, Kensington & Chelsea, brewpub NEW!
5. Fox and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery) SE13, Lewisham, brewpub
6. Frog and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery) W11, Kensington & Chelsea, brewpub
7. Fuller, Smith & Turner W4, Hounslow
8. Godson Freeman & Wilmot E3, Tower Hamlets
9. Goose and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery) SE1, Southwark, brewpub
10. Guinness Park Royal (Guinness M) NW10, Ealing
11. Ind Coope (Allied Lyons N) RM1, Havering
12. Market Brewery (Market Porter, Beach’s Ales) SE1, Southwark, brewpub
13. McDonnell’s (Queen Victoria) SE18, Greenwich, brewpub NEW!
14. Orange (Clifton Inns / Watney / Grand Metropolitan N) SW1, Westminster, brewpub NEW!
15. Pitfield Brewery N1, Hackney
16. Truman Hanbury & Buxton (Watney Mann Truman / Grand Metropolitan N) E1, Tower Hamlets
17. Watney Mann Truman (Grand Metropolitan N) SW14, Richmond upon Thames
18. Young & Co’s Brewery SW18, Wandsworth

Closed this year

• Bridge Brewery (formerly Tower Brewery) SE1, Southwark
• Union Brewery (B&W) UB3, Hillingdon
• Windsor Castle N2, Barnet, brewpub

Other changes

• Tower Brewery renamed Bridge Brewery, though closes shortly afterwards.

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

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