
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”.