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Breweries
Haywards Brewery – Reading Road
Up to 1901
Up until 1856 there was only one significant brewery in Wokingham, that of William Hayward (who
had bought the original business from James Webb).
James Webb bought Beches Manor on Reading Road in 1760 and started the brewery on that site.
In 1762 he bought the Leathern Bottle for £300 and began the tradition of 'tied houses'.
The brewery by 1856 owned 40% of all the alehouses and public houses.
When it was put up for auction, no other breweries in Wokingham were sufficiently large to put in
offers for many of its licensed premises, most going to breweries outside Wokingham – such as
Brakspears (Henley) and Hewetts (White Waltham).
1901 to 2011
The site is now occupied by the Wokingham Youth Centre – itself undergoing some renovations.
Bakers/The Wokingham Brewery - Broad Street
Up to 1901
Residential sites and industry are seen here side by side, at 15 Broad Street. The Wokingham
Brewery is behind No. 15, one of the properties that front onto Broad Street.
