No openings, 2 closures, net change -2.
By the end of 1988, there were 21 commercial breweries operating in London, including 14 brewpubs. 6 were part of national groups (N), one part of a multinational (M). These breweries were:
- Battersea Brewery (Prince of Wales, Conway brewpubs) SW11, Wandsworth, brewpub
- Brixton Brewery (Warrior, Conway brewpubs) SW9, Lambeth, brewpub
- Falcon and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery / Midsummer Leisure) E9, Hackney, brewpub
- Ferret and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery / Midsummer Leisure) SW10, Kensington & Chelsea, brewpub
- Flamingo Brewery (Clifton Inns / Watney / Grand Metropolitan N) KT2, Kingston upon Thames, brewpub
- Flounder and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery / Midsummer Leisure) N7, Islington, brewpub
- Fox and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery / Midsummer Leisure) SE13, Lewisham, brewpub
- Frog and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery / Midsummer Leisure) W11, Kensington & Chelsea, brewpub
- Fuller, Smith & Turner W4, Hounslow
- Goose and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery / Midsummer Leisure) SE1, Southwark, brewpub
- Greyhound (Clifton Inns / Watney / Grand Metropolitan N) SW16, Lambeth, brewpub
- Guinness Park Royal (Guinness M) NW10, Ealing
- Ind Coope (Allied Lyons) RM1, Havering
- McDonnell’s (Antigallican) SE7, Greenwich, brewpub
- Orange (Clifton Inns / Watney / Grand Metropolitan N) SW1, Westminster, brewpub
- Phoenix and Firkin (Bruce’s Brewery / Midsummer Leisure) SE5, Southwark, brewpub
- Pitfield Brewery N1, Hackney
- Truman Hanbury & Buxton (Watney Mann Truman / Grand Metropolitan N) E1, Tower Hamlets
- Watney Mann Truman (Grand Metropolitan N) SW14, Richmond upon Thames
- Yorkshire Grey (Clifton Inns / Watney / Grand Metropolitan N) WC1, Camden, brewpub
- Young & Co’s Brewery SW18, Wandsworth
Suspended this year
- Market Brewery (Market Porter, Beach’s Ales) SE1, Southwark, brewpub
Closed this year
- Jolly Fenman (Clifton Inns / Watney / Grand Metropolitan N) DA15, Bexley, brewpub
Other changes
- Firkin Brewery and all its pubs sold to Midsummer Leisure, except Flamingo and Firkin, which reverts to Watney’s / Grand Metropolitan ownership and becomes Flamingo Brewery, part of Clifton Inns.
For definitions of a London brewery, see the current London breweries page.
⇦ 1987 | London breweries year by year | 1989 ⇨
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