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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 (Prince 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, Ealing
  14. Ind Coope (Allied Lyons N) RM1, Havering
  15. Jolly Fenman (Clifton Inns / Watney / Grand Metropolitan N) DA15, Bexley, brewpub
  16. Market Brewery ( 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 Mann 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, Wandsworth

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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