Updated 23/05/25 with new 2025 date
Following in the footsteps of Dublin and Edinburgh, London is the next capital city to get its own huge city-centre brewery/distillery. Guinness are apparently spending £73 million building Guinness at Old Brewer’s Yard in Covent Garden.
As the name suggests, the arrival of a brewery on this particular spot sees history coming full circle, as the space was once home to a brewery back in the day. Now, it's part of a tangle of shops and restaurants that link Langley and Mercer Street to the north of Long Acre.
When the place opens, there will be a microbrewery, which you can tour around, producing limited edition beers. There'll also be a central covered courtyard hosting events. Obviously, a key tourist attraction like this has to have a shop and the Guinness store will sell special limited edition items. A mezzanine-level taproom has also been promised. Plus, if you really love making, drinking and serving beer, this will be the flagship site for Guinness's London training programme.
Originally, the plan was to have a rooftop bar and restaurant with an open-fire kitchen, similar to the Dublin site. We're still waiting to hear confirmation of whether this is still going ahead.
The opening has been pushed back a few times at this point, but they now indicate an opening before the end of 2025 is in sight. If this target date remains, expect a lot more news on the opening by the autumn.
More about Guinness at Old Brewer’s Yard
Where is it? Shelton Street, London, WC2H 9PU
When? By the end of Q4 2025
Find out more: Follow them on Instagram @guinnessgb
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