The Bermondsey Beer Mile

Best time: Saturday from noon (all six are open: Southwark Brewing from noon to 7pm, The Kernel until 9pm). Friday from 5pm also works. Avoid Monday to Wednesday, when most arches are shut. Opening hours change, so check each venue before you set off.

The stops

1. 

   Southwark Brewing Company

   46 Druid Street, London SE1 2EZ · London Bridge (Jubilee/Northern lines, National Rail)

   Railway-arch brewery bar at the London Bridge end of the Beer Mile, known for its cask ales (usually several on) alongside keg pales and stouts. Open Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 5pm–10pm, Saturday noon–7pm, Sunday noon–5pm.

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2. 

   Anspach & Hobday: The Arch House

   118 Druid Street, London SE1 2HH · London Bridge or Bermondsey (Jubilee line)

   The Bermondsey taproom of Anspach & Hobday, famous for The Porter and London Black, with cask and keg beers brewed at their Croydon brewery. Open Wednesday 5pm–9:30pm, Thursday 3pm–10pm, Friday 2pm–10pm, Saturday 11am–10pm, Sunday 1pm–7pm.

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3. Hiver Beers Taproom

   Arch 56, Stanworth Street, London SE1 3NY · Bermondsey (Jubilee line)

   Taproom of Hiver, the honey-beer brewery that uses British urban and rural honeys in its lagers and ales. Open Thursday and Friday 5pm–11pm, Saturday noon–11pm, Sunday 1pm–8pm.

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4. Cloudwater Enid Street Taproom

   73 Enid Street, London SE16 3RA · Bermondsey (Jubilee line)

   Manchester brewery Cloudwater's London arch: 19 draught lines plus a cask handpull, fed straight from a cold store beside the bar, and barrel-aged releases. Open every day: Monday 5pm–10pm, Tuesday to Thursday 3pm–10pm, Friday 1pm–10pm, Saturday noon–10pm, Sunday noon–8pm.

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5. 

   Bianca Road Brew Co

   87 Enid Street, London SE16 3RA · Bermondsey (Jubilee line)

   West Coast-inspired Bermondsey brewery with a big arch taproom and street-food traders on Saturdays. Open Wednesday and Thursday 4pm–10pm, Friday 4pm–11pm, Saturday 1pm–11pm, Sunday 1pm–6pm.

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6. 

   The Kernel Taproom

   132 Spa Road, London SE16 3AE · Bermondsey (Jubilee line)

   The brewery that started the Beer Mile in 2009. Its taproom moved to this airy Spa Road space in August 2024, with about 25 keg lines and two cask lines of very fresh Kernel pale ales, IPAs, stouts and lagers, plus Japanese food from Yagi Izakaya. Open Wednesday to Friday noon–10pm, Saturday 11am–9pm, Sunday noon–8pm.

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Start at London Bridge and finish near Bermondsey Jubilee line station, about 10 minutes' walk from The Kernel. On Saturdays you can also do it in reverse: The Kernel opens at 11am and Southwark Brewing shuts at 7pm.

Most arches don't have kitchens. Eat at Maltby Street Market (Ropewalk, Saturday 10am–5pm, Sunday 11am–4pm, Friday evening), at The Kernel's Japanese kitchen, or at the Saturday street-food traders at Bianca Road.

Warm-up option: The Rake (14 Winchester Walk, SE1 9AG), Borough Market's tiny specialist beer bar, is about 10 minutes' walk west of Southwark Brewing and opens daily from noon (11am Saturday).

Several arches are card-only, and the busiest ones stop letting people in when full on Saturday afternoons.

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