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London breweries 1984

6 openings, 2 closures and suspensions, net change +4.

By the end of 1984, there were 22 commercial breweries operating in London, including 13 brewpubs. 7 were part of national groups (N), one part of a multinational (M). These breweries were:

  1. Battersea Brewery ( of Wales, Conway brewpubs) SW11, Wandsworth, brewpub
  2. Brixton Brewery (Warrior, Conway brewpubs) SW9, Lambeth, brewpub NEW!
  3. Burkes’s Brewery (Lion) CR0, Croydon, brewpub
  4. Ferret and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery) SW10, Kensington & Chelsea, brewpub
  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 & Chudley & Co E3, Tower Hamlets
  9. Goose and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery) SE1, Southwark, brewpub
  10. Greyhound (Clifton Inns / Watney / Grand Metropolitan N) SW16, Lambeth, brewpub NEW!
  11. Guinness Park Royal (Guinness M) NW10,
  12. Ind Coope (Allied Lyons N) RM1, Havering
  13. Jolly Fenman (Clifton Inns / Watney / Grand Metropolitan N) DA15, Bexley, brewpub NEW!
  14. McDonnell’s (Queen Victoria) SE18, Greenwich, brewpub
  15. Orange (Clifton Inns / Watney / Grand Metropolitan N) SW1, Westminster, brewpub
  16. Phoenix and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery) SE5, Southwark, brewpub NEW!
  17. Pitfield Brewery N1,
  18. Tooley Street Brewery SE1, Southwark NEW!
  19. Truman Hanbury & Buxton (Watney Mann Truman / Grand Metropolitan N) E1, Tower Hamlets
  20. Watney Mann Truman (Grand Metropolitan N) SW14, Richmond upon Thames
  21. Yorkshire Grey (Clifton Inns / Watney / Grand Metropolitan N) WC1, Camden, brewpub NEW!
  22. Young & Co’s Brewery SW18, Wandsworth

Suspended this year

Closed this year

Other changes

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

⇦ 1983 | London breweries year by year | 1985 ⇨

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