UK Beer Statistics (detailed)




These are more detailed statistics on the UK brewing industry. For example, the number of breweries is broken down by county rather than by division (England, Scotland, Wales, etc) of the UK.


Number of Breweries in the UK

Number of breweries in the UK by county and by type (independent brewery, brewpub, national brewery)
County 1985 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Ind Bp Nat Ind Bp Nat Ind Bp Nat Ind Bp Nat Ind Bp Nat Ind Bp Nat Ind Bp Nat Ind Bp Nat Ind Nat Ind Bp Nat Ind Bp Nat Ind Bp Nat Ind Bp Nat
Avon*
4
1
1
3
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
4
1
5
1
4
1
5
1
7
1
4
2
1
Bedfordshire
3
0
3
2
1
2
1
3
3
4
3
3
3
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
Berkshire
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
2
1
1
3
3
1
2
3
1
2
4
1
Bucks
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
4
5
1
5
4
Cambridgeshire
2
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
3
2
5
1
Cheshire
3
0
2
3
2
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
3
1
3
1
4
1
4
4
4
Cleveland*
1
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
Cornwall
4
1
4
2
3
2
3
2
3
2
2
3
2
3
2
3
5
2
2
2
2
4
2
4
2
Cumbria
4
0
3
3
1
3
1
6
1
4
1
4
1
4
1
5
4
2
6
3
8
4
8
5
Derbyshire
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
3
2
2
7
5
3
5
3
4
4
1
5
Devon
6
3
0
4
3
1
4
3
1
4
3
1
5
3
1
7
3
1
8
3
1
8
4
1
16
1
13
7
1
9
9
9
7
12
4
Dorset
5
1
4
3
4
2
3
2
5
5
6
6
6
3
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
Durham
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
3
1
1
5
1
1
5
1
1
5
2
1
Essex
2
1
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
3
1
3
3
Gloucs.
3
1
1
4
1
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
3
1
1
5
1
6
1
1
Gloucs. & Bristol*
9
2
2
9
1
2
10
1
2
Hants
5
2
1
3
2
1
3
1
1
3
1
1
2
0
1
2
2
1
4
1
1
5
1
1
7
1
5
3
1
5
5
1
8
3
1
8
3
1
Hereford & Worcester*
2
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
4
3
7
6
2
Herefordshire*
3
3
6
2
6
2
Herts
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
2
2
1
2
2
5
3
4
3
5
3
6
3
5
Humberside*
2
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
4
2
Isle of Wight
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
Kent
6
2
1
3
2
1
5
1
1
4
1
3
3
3
3
4
4
6
6
1
6
1
Lancs
5
2
1
4
1
1
4
1
2
4
1
2
4
2
3
1
5
1
1
6
0
1
5
1
3
3
1
4
2
1
4
3
1
5
3
1
Leics & Rutland
4
1
0
3
1
1
3
1
1
4
0
1
4
0
1
4
1
1
6
0
6
0
9
6
4
11
2
11
3
11
3
Lincs
2
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
6
2
6
4
Greater London
6
12
3
3
17
3
3
17
3
2
15
2
2
12
2
2
12
2
2
12
2
2
12
2
18
2
4
16
2
4
22
2
6
21
2
5
19
2
Greater Manchester
7
2
3
6
1
2
5
1
1
5
2
1
6
1
2
6
2
2
7
2
2
7
2
2
9
2
5
4
2
5
5
2
7
6
2
6
7
2
Merseyside
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
2
2
2
2
2
2
4
2
Norfolk
2
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
3
0
3
0
5
5
1
6
2
7
1
8
2
Northants
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
2
1
3
1
2
2
1
3
3
1
3
3
1
3
1
1
Northumberland
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
Notts
5
2
1
3
2
1
3
2
1
3
2
1
4
1
1
2
1
1
3
1
1
3
1
1
4
1
4
1
1
6
1
6
3
8
2
Oxfordshire
5
1
5
2
5
2
5
1
5
1
5
1
5
1
5
1
6
6
2
5
3
5
3
7
3
Shrops
3
3
3
4
1
4
1
3
2
3
2
3
1
3
3
3
6
5
4
4
4
5
5
4
6
Somerset*
6
1
6
1
5
1
6
1
6
6
5
1
7
0
7
8
1
11
1
11
1
11
1
Staffs
3
0
2
4
1
2
2
1
2
3
0
2
4
1
2
4
1
2
5
0
2
8
0
2
7
2
5
3
2
5
3
3
6
3
3
6
1
3
Suffolk
4
1
6
1
6
1
6
1
7
8
7
1
7
1
9
7
3
8
4
8
4
9
2
Surrey
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
3
2
1
3
2
3
6
3
5
East Sussex
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
1
3
1
2
2
2
5
6
3
6
6
5
5
5
4
West Sussex
3
2
3
3
3
2
3
1
3
3
2
1
4
1
5
4
1
4
2
4
4
4
3
Tyne & Wear
3
1
1
3
1
1
4
1
1
4
0
1
4
1
1
4
1
4
1
4
1
4
1
6
1
6
1
7
0
1
5
1
Warwickshire
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
3
2
4
1
4
1
W. Midlands
7
1
3
6
2
4
6
3
4
5
3
4
7
1
4
7
1
3
6
0
3
7
0
3
7
3
3
7
3
7
4
2
6
8
1
7
7
1
Wilts
7
0
1
7
1
1
7
1
1
7
1
1
8
1
8
1
7
9
10
10
10
1
9
8
Worcestershire*
2
3
3
2
4
4
E. Yorks*
2
1
2
1
2
1
N. Yorks
4
1
2
6
3
2
8
1
3
9
0
3
9
0
3
8
1
3
12
1
3
13
1
3
15
3
13
4
3
12
5
3
13
4
3
12
4
3
S. Yorks
3
3
3
3
1
3
2
1
3
2
1
3
2
1
3
2
2
3
3
1
3
3
2
1
7
1
2
5
1
3
6
1
4
5
1
4
3
1
W. Yorks
5
3
2
4
2
2
4
4
2
4
3
2
5
2
2
5
3
2
8
3
2
9
1
2
11
2
9
6
2
13
7
1
12
8
1
12
8
1
England
149
65
34
129
68
35
120
65
35
120
55
34
137
43
34
136
51
31
152
50
28
180
51
26
262
26
205
108
26
226
140
22
250
147
21
256
139
21
Total England
246
232
220
209
214
218
230
257
288
339
388
418
416
Glamorgan
2
1
1
2
1
1
3
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
3
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
1
Gwent
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
Mid Wales (Powys)
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
N.E. Wales (Clwyd)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
1
2
1
0
N.W. Wales (Gwynedd)
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
W. Wales (Dyfed))
2
1
2
1
3
3
3
2
2
2
5
3
1
4
2
3
3
4
1
Wales
7
4
3
6
2
4
8
1
3
7
1
3
7
0
3
5
0
3
5
1
3
7
0
3
11
3
7
3
3
9
4
3
8
6
3
9
5
2
Total Wales
14
12
12
11
10
8
9
10
14
13
16
17
16
Borders
2
0
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Central
1
0
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
3
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
0
Dumfries & Galloway
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Fife
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
Grampian
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
2
2
1
2
1
1
2
1
2
Highlands
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
2
Lothian
3
1
3
2
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
4
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
Strathclyde
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
1
Tayside
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
3
Scotland
10
3
5
9
3
4
7
1
4
7
2
4
8
2
4
8
2
4
8
2
4
8
2
3
13
3
11
5
3
14
7
3
14
9
3
15
16
2
Total Scotland
18
16
12
13
14
14
14
13
16
19
24
26
33
N. Ireland
2
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
Channel Islands
5
0
4
4
4
4
4
3
1
3
1
5
3
2
3
1
3
1
3
1
Isle of Man
2
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
Offshore
9
1
1
8
2
1
6
1
1
6
1
1
6
1
1
7
0
1
6
1
1
6
1
1
8
1
6
2
1
7
1
1
7
2
1
7
2
1
Total Offshore
11
11
8
8
8
8
8
8
9
9
9
10
10
Total
175
73
43
152
75
44
141
68
43
140
59
42
158
46
42
156
53
39
171
54
36
201
54
33
294
33
229
118
33
256
152
29
279
164
28
287
162
26
Grand total
291
271
252
241
246
248
261
288
327
380
437
471
475

Ind = Independent brewery
Bp = Brewpub
Nat = National Brewery
* County whose borders (or even existence) has changed over the period covered. For example, Somerset after 1997, includes part of what had been the county of Avon.

Source: Good Beer Guide 1985 - 1999
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