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Greene King, pub history
Greene King has been a brewery supplying IPA and Abbot Ale for many years. Both of these ales are excellent, and best served by gravity at room temperature. They are both produced at the Greene King brewery at the Westgate Brewery; or the Belhaven Brewery in Scotland.
Greene King now runs a number of public houses. It is also involved in a number of other brands, including :
Chef & Brewer and also Farmhouse Inns,
In 2025, Greene King Pub Partners opened 30 new franchise pubs, including in Scotland under the Belhaven brand for the first time. Key openings in 2025 included The Tarbet in Edinburgh, which became the first Greene King franchise pub in Scotland after a £285,000 refurbishment, The Dolphin in Melbourn, which reopened as a Hive Pub after a £570,000 investment, and the Two Poplars in Wokingham which opened after a £450,000 transformation.
To support this growth, Greene King will expand its franchise operations into Wales and the Southwest of England for the first time through a pipeline of openings set for 2026. New franchise investments and openings already planned for the first quarter of 2026 include Millwrights in Aylesbury, The Freemasons Arms in Wigan and The Flag Inn in Egerton.