Whitbread Luton
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Whitbread Luton
This massive new brewery was opened by Whitbread & Co. Ltd in May 1969.
When Oakley Road opened, News from Whitbreads stated "The new Whitbread Brewery at Luton is the largest fully-automated brewery in Europe. The brainchild of Colonel W H Whitbread, Chairman of the Company, it is the first complete major brewery, capable of producing a variety of beers, to be built in Britain for over 30 years".
In June 1984, Whitbread News announced the plant's closure, just fifteen years after it opened.