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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Ross Lydall

New blow to Walthamstow 'beer mile' as brewery announces bar closure after council rent battle

Beer mile: Inside the Hackney Brewery and High Hill Tap - (Ross Lydall)

A landmark craft brewery’s in-house “pub” on the Walthamstow “beer mile” is to close – the latest victim of a council crackdown on firms that have been struggling to pay their rent.

The Hackney Brewery & High Hill Tap, in Blackhorse Lane, has announced it is shutting its “tap room” at the end of March after a battle with Waltham Forest council over arrears became “untenable”.

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