Breweries · London
Fuller's Griffin Brewery
In or near Tyburn.
London's oldest brewery, on the Thames at Chiswick since 1845.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–1.5 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round (indoors)
- Nearest railway station
- Ravenscourt Park · 0.2 km
- Limited wheelchair access
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Fuller's Griffin Brewery, the nearest railway station is Ravenscourt Park, located just 0.2 km away. The postcode is W6 0HY. Please note that accessibility is limited for wheelchair users.
About
Fuller's Griffin Brewery in Chiswick has been brewing on the same Thames-side site since 1845, making it London's oldest continuously-operating brewery. London Pride, ESB and Honey Dew are the headline cask ales. The on-site Mawson Arms hosts brewery tours; the wisteria climbing the brewery wall is reputedly the oldest in England, planted in 1816.
Photo gallery
From the Wikipedia article
Fuller's Brewery in Chiswick, west London, England, is the brewery formerly owned by Fuller, Smith & Turner PLC, currently owned by Asahi. John Fuller's Griffin Brewery dates from 1816; in 1845, his son, John Bird Fuller, was joined by Henry Smith and John Turner. Fuller, Smith & Turner sold the brewing division in 2019 to Asahi and now owns and operates more than 380 pubs, inns and hotels across the south of England.
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Background
History
Beer has been brewed on Fuller's historic Griffin Brewery site in Old Chiswick since the seventeenth century. From the original brewery in the gardens of Bedford House on Chiswick Mall, the business expanded and thrived until the early part of the nineteenth century. Money problems forced the owners, Douglas and Henry Thompson and Philip Wood, to seek a partner. John Fuller, of Neston Park, Wiltshire was approached to see if he would inject the required amount of money. In 1829 he joined the enterprise, but the partnership proved a difficult one and in 1841 Douglas Thompson fled to France and the partnership was dissolved. It became apparent that it was difficult for one man with no brewing…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 51.4956, -0.2333
- District
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Parish
- Hammersmith and Fulham, unparished area
- Postcode
- W6 0HY
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hammersmith and Chiswick
- Established
- 1845
- Nearest railway station
- Ravenscourt Park — 0.2 km
- Official site
- www.fullers.co.uk
Sources
- manual: fullers-griffin-brewery (manual)
- wikipedia: Fuller's Brewery (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 5Frequently asked questions
- Where is Fuller's Griffin Brewery?
- Fuller's Griffin Brewery is in London, United Kingdom (postcode W6 0HY), in the parish of Hammersmith and Fulham, unparished area.
- What is Fuller's Griffin Brewery?
- London's oldest brewery, on the Thames at Chiswick since 1845.
- How do I get to Fuller's Griffin Brewery?
- The nearest railway station is Ravenscourt Park, about 0.2 km away. Drivers can use postcode W6 0HY.
- When was Fuller's Griffin Brewery built?
- Built or established in 1845.
- Is Fuller's Griffin Brewery a listed building?
- Fuller's Griffin Brewery is officially recognised as Grade II listed.
- How do I get to Fuller's Griffin Brewery?
- The nearest railway station is Ravenscourt Park, about 0.2 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode W6 0HY.