London
We can't find the internet
Attempting to reconnect
Something went wrong!
Hang in there while we get back on track
Local craft beer & real ale
Breweries in South East England
The hop gardens of Kent and the brewers of Sussex and the Thames Valley give the South East a scene that runs from centuries-old cask to modern saison. Meet them, then find the festivals they pour at.
- In South East England
- 297 breweries
- They pour at
- 50 festivals
- Across
- 4 cities
The South East England brewing scene
Local breweries across South East England
The South East has hops in its soil. Kent is the historic garden of English brewing, and Shepherd Neame in Faversham, England's oldest brewer, still pours there. Across Sussex, Harvey's of Lewes keeps a beloved cask tradition while Burning Sky has won a national name for its saisons and farmhouse beers, and the brewers of Brighton and the Thames Valley fill in a fast-growing modern scene.
It is a region of contrasts: a hand-pulled Sussex best in a Lewes pub, a bottle-conditioned saison from the Downs, a hazy pale from an Oxford or Brighton arch. Many of these breweries run their own taproom, and they anchor the South East's festivals through the year, so a brewery you like is an easy way into a weekend out.
The directory
Every brewery in South East England
The full local listing, not a teaser. Each card links to the brewery and the festivals it pours at.
London
40ft is an independent brewery producing fresh modern, beer on the Blackhorse Beer Mile, Walthamstow. Born in a Dalston carpark in 2015 with just two 20ft shipping containers, we have grown one shipping container at a time.
ABC Brewing (Aylesbury Brewhouse Co)
Aylesbury
Pre-pandemic, Vale owned and operated Aylesbury Brewhouse Co, a sub-brand that brewed small-batch experimental beers on a smaller brewery kit at the excellent Hop Pole in Aylesbury. Now the kit at the Hop Pole is no longer operational, but from this year we’re going to be brewing new beers (and bringing back some old favourites!) under the ABC banner, all brewed at the main brewery. So expect a new monthly one-off beer across a range of different styles: high/low ABVs, hazy/juicy IPAs, new world flavours etc... Our core and seasonal Vale beers will, of course, be continuing in a range of classic ale styles.
Festival regular
Lewes
Abyss Brewing is a creative, Lewes-based brewery founded in 2016 in the cellar of The Pelham Arms. They make “modern beers with big personalities,” ranging from dark to light ales, and place a strong emphasis on community, collaboration (with other brewers, artists and charities), and events.
Horsham
Welcome to Aleworks Brewing Company. We are an award-winning craft brewery based on the beautiful Knepp estate in West Sussex. We create a range of traditional Cask ales crafted with modern flavours and ingredients. Our mission is simple: keep Cask alive.
Festival regular
Winchester
Alfred's Brewery is an independent microbrewery, established in 2012 by brewer Steve to produce high-quality, local craft beers. Moving to Easton Lane in 2017, it utilises a semi-automated brewhouse to produce a wide range of ales, including Saxon Bronze, Winchester Pale Ale, and Cipher.
Petersfield
Nanobrewery based in Petersfield brewing innovative and mathematically themed craft beers.
London
Wallingford
Amwell Springs Brew Co (ASBCO) is a small, independent brewery founded in 2017 that brews its beer using its own precious spring water, combining that with high-quality English malt, well-chosen hops, and carefully cultivated yeast to make full-flavour craft beer. They run sustainably — composting used hops, reusing yeast, and giving spent malt to local farms — and operate a pop-up outdoor bar by their spring, as well as selling via a brewery-shop with polypins, mini-kegs and bottles.
Hook
Andwell Brewing Co (Andwells) is a family-run Hampshire brewery founded in 2008 by Adam and Helen Komrower. They brew real ales, IPAs and lagers using high-quality ingredients and place strong value on producing “beautifully crafted Hampshire beer.” Their riverside site includes a 20-barrel Bavarian brew plant, a brewery shop, bar and café, and they also run regular brewery tours.
Festival regular
London
Independent London craft brewery. Traditional beers brewed in a modern way, all in South London. We first started our journey in Bermondsey in 2013, located in the arches of the Bermondsey beer mile. In March 2020, we expanded and moved the majority of our production to our new site in Croydon, allowing us to make three times the amount of beer.
Littlehampton
Arundel Brewery is an award-winning independent brewery, that has been brewing since 1992. Our aim is to create the most delicious and flavoursome beers we can and continually push the boundaries of what’s possible.
By city
Explore South East England breweries by city
Pick a city to see its local breweries and the festivals they pour at.
Where they're pouring next
Breweries from South East England at upcoming festivals
Follow a favourite brewery through to its page, then on to the festival you can catch it at.
Datum Attitude Brewing Co
Northallerton Craft Beer Festival 2026 ·
Fri 7 Aug
Two Flints Brewery
These Hills 2026 ·
Sat 8 Aug
Mighty Oak Brewing Company
The Theberton Lion 10th Annual Summer Beer Festival ·
Fri 14 Aug
Nene Valley Brewery
Peterborough Beer Festival ·
Tue 25 Aug
Elusive Brewing
All My Friends Beer Festival ·
Thu 27 Aug
Hand Brew Co
All My Friends Beer Festival ·
Thu 27 Aug
Good to know
Breweries in South East England, answered
Use the browse-by-city block to jump to a local area, or scroll the full directory and check the location under each brewery name. Every brewery links through to its own page with a map and the festivals it pours at.
Many do. Where a brewery runs its own tap or an online shop you will find the link on its page. We do not sell beer ourselves, we point you to the brewery.
Closely. The breweries in this directory pour at the region's festivals through the year. Each brewery page lists its upcoming appearances, so a brewery you like is an easy route into a weekend out.
Many breweries are already listed through the festivals they attend. If yours is missing, or you want to manage how it looks, you can list a new brewery or claim an existing one in a couple of minutes. It is free to be listed.
For breweries
Run a brewery in South East England? List it or claim your page
Add your brewery, upload a banner and logo, and link it to the festivals you pour at. It is free to be listed, and claiming an existing page takes a couple of minutes.