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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 (Prince 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) 1, 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, Ealing
  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, Hackney
  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

  • Market Brewery (Market Porter, Beach’s Ales) SE1, Southwark, brewpub

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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