This list is of the counties of the United Kingdom before the county reorganisation of 1974, which are generally known as the Historic Counties. Please note that this refers to the geographical area, where the pre-1974 admistrative county that carried that name included county boroughs or in Scotland burghs, these are included within the county.
A list ordered using the Ceremonial Counties is available here.For a version of the above infomation presented in the form of Local Goverment Authority area is also available.
| Aberdeenshire | Total breweries: 20 | (Open: 9 | Closed: 11 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.17) |
| Anglesey | Total breweries: 8 | (Open: 3 | Closed: 5 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.42) |
| Angus | Total breweries: 16 | (Open: 6 | Closed: 10 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.27) |
| County Antrim | Total breweries: 19 | (Open: 12 | Closed: 7 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.42) |
| Argyllshire | Total breweries: 16 | (Open: 10 | Closed: 6 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.12) |
| County Armgh | Total breweries: 3 | (Open: 3 | Closed: 0 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.24) |
| Ayrshire | Total breweries: 7 | (Open: 1 | Closed: 6 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.03) |
| Banffshire | Total breweries: 3 | (Open: 1 | Closed: 2 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.06) |
| Bedfordshire | Total breweries: 21 | (Open: 7 | Closed: 14 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.57) |
| Berkshire | Total breweries: 57 | (Open: 29 | Closed: 28 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 1.55) |
| Berwickshire | Total breweries: 2 | (Open: 0 | Closed: 2 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.00) |
| Brecknockshire | Total breweries: 13 | (Open: 4 | Closed: 9 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.21) |
| Buckinghamshire | Total breweries: 34 | (Open: 15 | Closed: 19 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.78) |
| Buteshire | Total breweries: 4 | (Open: 3 | Closed: 1 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.51) |
| Caernarfonshire | Total breweries: 10 | (Open: 8 | Closed: 2 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.54) |
| Caithness | Total breweries: 1 | (Open: 1 | Closed: 0 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.06) |
| Cambridgeshire | Total breweries: 29 | (Open: 19 | Closed: 10 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.72) |
| Cardiganshire | Total breweries: 13 | (Open: 4 | Closed: 9 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.22) |
| Carmarthenshire | Total breweries: 13 | (Open: 5 | Closed: 8 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.21) |
| Channel Islands | Total breweries: 14 | (Open: 5 | Closed: 9 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 1.87) |
| Cheshire | Total breweries: 88 | (Open: 42 | Closed: 46 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 1.60) |
| Clackmannanshire | Total breweries: 5 | (Open: 2 | Closed: 3 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 1.42) |
| Cornwall | Total breweries: 68 | (Open: 38 | Closed: 30 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 1.07) |
| Cumberland | Total breweries: 24 | (Open: 11 | Closed: 13 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.28) |
| Denbighshire | Total breweries: 26 | (Open: 13 | Closed: 13 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 1.54) |
| Derbyshire | Total breweries: 111 | (Open: 65 | Closed: 46 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 2.52) |
| County Derry | Total breweries: 6 | (Open: 5 | Closed: 1 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.24) |
| Devon | Total breweries: 111 | (Open: 57 | Closed: 54 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.85) |
| Dorset | Total breweries: 50 | (Open: 28 | Closed: 22 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 1.11) |
| County Down | Total breweries: 10 | (Open: 6 | Closed: 4 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.25) |
| Dumfriesshire | Total breweries: 7 | (Open: 3 | Closed: 4 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.11) |
| Dunbartonshire | Total breweries: 6 | (Open: 2 | Closed: 4 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.32) |
| County Durham | Total breweries: 72 | (Open: 29 | Closed: 43 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 1.13) |
| Essex | Total breweries: 78 | (Open: 40 | Closed: 38 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 1.09) |
| County Fermanagh | Total breweries: 2 | (Open: 1 | Closed: 1 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.06) |
| Fife | Total breweries: 25 | (Open: 9 | Closed: 16 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.68) |
| Flintshire | Total breweries: 8 | (Open: 3 | Closed: 5 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.68) |
| Glamorgan | Total breweries: 62 | (Open: 35 | Closed: 27 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 1.58) |
| Gloucestershire | Total breweries: 88 | (Open: 45 | Closed: 43 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 1.38) |
| Hampshire | Total breweries: 97 | (Open: 47 | Closed: 50 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 1.21) |
| Herefordshire | Total breweries: 42 | (Open: 15 | Closed: 27 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.69) |
| Hertfordshire | Total breweries: 50 | (Open: 19 | Closed: 31 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 1.16) |
| Huntingdonshire | Total breweries: 11 | (Open: 5 | Closed: 6 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.53) |
| Inverness-shire | Total breweries: 18 | (Open: 12 | Closed: 6 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.11) |
| Kent | Total breweries: 109 | (Open: 57 | Closed: 52 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 1.53) |
| Kincardineshire | Total breweries: 5 | (Open: 3 | Closed: 2 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.30) |
| Kinross-shire | Total breweries: 1 | (Open: 1 | Closed: 0 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.53) |
| Kirkcudbrightshire | Total breweries: 1 | (Open: 1 | Closed: 0 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.04) |
| Lanarkshire | Total breweries: 21 | (Open: 9 | Closed: 12 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.41) |
| Lancashire | Total breweries: 282 | (Open: 122 | Closed: 160 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 2.51) |
| Leicestershire | Total breweries: 45 | (Open: 23 | Closed: 22 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 1.07) |
| Lincolnshire | Total breweries: 60 | (Open: 28 | Closed: 32 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.41) |
| East Lothian | Total breweries: 9 | (Open: 3 | Closed: 6 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.44) |
| West Lothian | Total breweries: 4 | (Open: 1 | Closed: 3 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.23) |
| Isle of Man | Total breweries: 10 | (Open: 8 | Closed: 2 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 1.40) |
| Merioneth | Total breweries: 4 | (Open: 2 | Closed: 2 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.12) |
| Middlesex | Total breweries: 121 | (Open: 53 | Closed: 68 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 8.80) |
| Midlothian | Total breweries: 38 | (Open: 18 | Closed: 20 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 5.08) |
| Monmouthshire | Total breweries: 24 | (Open: 12 | Closed: 12 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 1.41) |
| Montgomeryshire | Total breweries: 6 | (Open: 3 | Closed: 3 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.15) |
| Morayshire | Total breweries: 6 | (Open: 2 | Closed: 4 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.16) |
| Nairnshire | Total breweries: 1 | (Open: 1 | Closed: 0 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.19) |
| Norfolk | Total breweries: 71 | (Open: 44 | Closed: 27 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.82) |
| Northamptonshire | Total breweries: 51 | (Open: 22 | Closed: 29 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.93) |
| Northumberland | Total breweries: 71 | (Open: 37 | Closed: 34 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.74) |
| Nottinghamshire | Total breweries: 79 | (Open: 47 | Closed: 32 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 2.15) |
| Orkney | Total breweries: 2 | (Open: 2 | Closed: 0 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.20) |
| Oxfordshire | Total breweries: 45 | (Open: 18 | Closed: 27 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.93) |
| Peebleshire | Total breweries: 6 | (Open: 4 | Closed: 2 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.44) |
| Pembrokeshire | Total breweries: 18 | (Open: 7 | Closed: 11 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.44) |
| Perthshire | Total breweries: 10 | (Open: 7 | Closed: 3 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.11) |
| Radnorshire | Total breweries: 2 | (Open: 1 | Closed: 1 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.09) |
| Renfrewshire | Total breweries: 6 | (Open: 5 | Closed: 1 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 1.92) |
| Ross and Cromarty | Total breweries: 10 | (Open: 7 | Closed: 3 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.09) |
| Roxburghshire | Total breweries: 2 | (Open: 2 | Closed: 0 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.12) |
| Rutland | Total breweries: 5 | (Open: 3 | Closed: 2 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.79) |
| Selkirkshire | Total breweries: 0 | (Open: 0 | Closed: 0 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.00) |
| Shetland | Total breweries: 3 | (Open: 1 | Closed: 2 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.07) |
| Shropshire | Total breweries: 43 | (Open: 13 | Closed: 30 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.37) |
| Somerset | Total breweries: 75 | (Open: 34 | Closed: 41 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.81) |
| Staffordshire | Total breweries: 87 | (Open: 47 | Closed: 40 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 1.57) |
| Stirlingshire | Total breweries: 14 | (Open: 8 | Closed: 6 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.69) |
| Suffolk | Total breweries: 70 | (Open: 41 | Closed: 29 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 1.08) |
| Surrey | Total breweries: 124 | (Open: 63 | Closed: 61 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 3.79) |
| Sussex | Total breweries: 125 | (Open: 71 | Closed: 53 | Others: 1 | Brewery Density: 1.88) |
| Sutherland | Total breweries: 1 | (Open: 0 | Closed: 1 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.00) |
| County Tyrone | Total breweries: 3 | (Open: 1 | Closed: 2 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.03) |
| Warwickshire | Total breweries: 78 | (Open: 36 | Closed: 42 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 1.82) |
| Westmorland | Total breweries: 22 | (Open: 11 | Closed: 11 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.54) |
| Wigtownshire | Total breweries: 2 | (Open: 2 | Closed: 0 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.16) |
| Wiltshire | Total breweries: 55 | (Open: 27 | Closed: 28 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 0.78) |
| Worcestershire | Total breweries: 69 | (Open: 31 | Closed: 38 | Others: 0 | Brewery Density: 1.78) |
| Yorkshire | Total breweries: 364 | (Open: 182 | Closed: 181 | Others: 1 | Brewery Density: 1.16) |
Brewery Density is defined as the number of open breweries per 100km².
Last Updated : 20th May 2020