Anspach & Hobday: The Arch House
118 Druid Street, London SE1 2HH
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.
Bianca Road Brew Co
87 Enid Street, London SE16 3RA
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.
Cloudwater Enid Street Taproom
73 Enid Street, London SE16 3RA
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.
Crate Brewery & Pizzeria
The White Building, Unit 7 Queen's Yard, White Post Lane, London E9 5EN
Canalside bar and pizzeria in a former print works on the River Lea, opposite the Olympic Park, with Crate's own beers, guest lines and stone-baked pizza. Open daily from noon, until 11pm Sunday to Thursday and 1am on Friday and Saturday.
Hackney Church Brew Co
16–17 Bohemia Place, London E8 1DU
Railway-arch brewpub opposite St John at Hackney churchyard, with a large beer garden out the back. Production moved to Walthamstow in April 2026 but the Hackney bar is still open: Wednesday and Thursday 5pm–11pm, Friday and Saturday noon–midnight, Sunday noon–10pm.
Hiver Beers Taproom
Arch 56, Stanworth Street, London SE1 3NY
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.
Howling Hops Brewery & Tank Bar
Unit 9A Queen's Yard, White Post Lane, London E9 5EN
Billed as the UK's first dedicated tank bar: 10 beers served straight from the conditioning tanks behind a 10-metre bar, with Latin food from La Cumbia. Open daily from noon, until 11:30pm Sunday to Thursday and 1:30am on Friday and Saturday.
Mikkeller Brewpub London
37–39 Exmouth Market, London EC1R 4QL
Two-floor brewpub co-owned by Mikkeller and Rick Astley, with its own 7.5-hectolitre brewhouse, about 20 keg lines and fried-chicken food. Open Monday to Thursday noon–10:30pm, Friday and Saturday noon–midnight, Sunday noon–10pm.
Mother Kelly's Bethnal Green
251 Paradise Row, London E2 9LE
The original Mother Kelly's (2014): a New York-style railway-arch taproom and bottle shop with 22 taps, six huge fridges of beer from around the world and a sun-trap terrace on cobbled Paradise Row. Open Monday to Wednesday 4pm–11pm, Thursday noon–11pm, Friday and Saturday noon–midnight, Sunday noon–11pm.
Southwark Brewing Company
46 Druid Street, London SE1 2EZ
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.
The Craft Beer Co. Clerkenwell
82 Leather Lane, London EC1N 7TR
The first Craft Beer Co. pub (2011), with a glass ceiling and chandelier, 21 keg lines and 16 cask pumps of UK and international beer. Open Monday to Saturday noon–11pm.
The Craft Beer Co. Covent Garden
168 High Holborn, London WC1V 7AA
Two-floor beer hall with about 30 keg lines, 15 cask pumps and 200+ bottles and cans. CAMRA North London Cider Pub of the Year 2026. Open daily from noon, until midnight Sunday to Wednesday and 1am Thursday to Saturday.
The Euston Tap
West & East Lodges, 190 Euston Road, London NW1 2EF
Two Grade II-listed stone lodges outside Euston station with about 10 keg and 5 cask lines, a strong German and Czech list and a heated beer garden for 100. Open Monday to Saturday 11am–11pm, Sunday noon–10pm.
The Five Points Taproom & Courtyard
61 Mare Street, London E8 4RG
Hackney's best-known independent brewery (since 2013) pours tank-fresh pints, including its award-winning Best, beside the brewhouse, with a covered courtyard and From The Ashes BBQ. Open Thursday 5pm–11pm, Friday 4pm–midnight, Saturday noon–midnight, Sunday noon–8pm. Brewery tours on Saturdays.
The Harp
47 Chandos Place, London WC2N 4HS
Narrow, much-awarded Covent Garden ale house (CAMRA National Pub of the Year 2010) with 10 handpumps of cask ale plus traditional ciders and perries. Open Monday to Saturday 11am–11pm, Sunday noon–8pm.
The Kernel Taproom
132 Spa Road, London SE16 3AE
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.
The Queen's Head
66 Acton Street, London WC1X 9NB
Victorian side-street freehouse two minutes from King's Cross (Mother Kelly's sister pub), with cask ales, around 14 craft keg taps, real ciders and free live jazz. CAMRA North London Pub of the Year 2022. Open Monday 4pm–11pm, Tuesday and Wednesday noon–11pm, Thursday to Saturday noon–midnight, Sunday noon–10:30pm.