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London breweries 1985

3 revivals and openings, 1 closure, net change +2.

By the end of 1985, there were 24 commercial breweries operating in London, including 15 brewpubs. 7 were part of national groups (N), one part of a multinational (M). These breweries were:

  1. Barking Brewery IG11, Barking & Dagenham NEW!
  2. Battersea Brewery ( of Wales, Conway brewpubs) SW11, Wandsworth, brewpub
  3. Brixton Brewery (Warrior, Conway brewpubs) SW9, Lambeth, brewpub
  4. Burkes’s Brewery (Lion) CR0, Croydon, brewpub
  5. Ferret and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery) SW10, Kensington & Chelsea, brewpub
  6. Flounder and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery) N7, Islington, brewpub NEW!
  7. Fox and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery) SE13, Lewisham, brewpub
  8. Frog and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery) W11, Kensington & Chelsea, brewpub
  9. Fuller, Smith & Turner W4, Hounslow
  10. Godson & Chudley & Co E3, Hamlets
  11. Goose and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery) SE1, Southwark, brewpub
  12. Greyhound (Clifton Inns / Watney / Grand Metropolitan N) SW16, Lambeth, brewpub
  13. Guinness Park Royal (Guinness M) NW10,
  14. Ind Coope (Allied Lyons N) RM1, Havering
  15. Jolly Fenman (Clifton Inns / Watney / Grand Metropolitan N) DA15, Bexley, brewpub
  16. Market Brewery (Market Porter, Beach’s Ales) SE1, Southwark, brewpub, REVIVED!
  17. McDonnell’s (Queen Victoria) SE18, Greenwich, brewpub
  18. Orange (Clifton Inns / Watney / Grand Metropolitan N) SW1, Westminster, brewpub
  19. Phoenix and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery) SE5, Southwark, brewpub
  20. Pitfield Brewery N1, Hackney
  21. Truman Hanbury & Buxton (Watney Truman / Grand Metropolitan N) E1, Hamlets
  22. Watney Mann Truman (Grand Metropolitan N) SW14, Richmond upon Thames
  23. Yorkshire Grey (Clifton Inns / Watney / Grand Metropolitan N) WC1, Camden, brewpub NEW!
  24. Young & Co’s Brewery SW18,

Closed this year

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

⇦ 1984 | London breweries year by year | 1986 ⇨

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