The Brewery Arms, Keighley
A traditionally run
award-winning town-centre pubA must for the discerning drinker.
Until Worth Brewery took over the Brewery Arms in Autumn 1996, the pub had had a chequered history . Visitors to Keighley prior to 1997 may remember it as any of the Masons Arms (a Timothy Taylor pub), Chelps Video Bar or the Boons Arms (then run by Clarks of Wakefield). When Worth Brewery moved in the pub had been closed for some months.
The Brewery Arms reopened after substantial refurbishment in mid-December 1996. Under Worth Brewery it has been turned back into a traditional Real Ale outlet, Now a independant real ale outlet no longer part of Worth Brewery or Worth-Inns.
There are regular trains to/from Skipton, Leeds and Bradford (all under 30 minutes away) and less frequent trains to/from Carlisle and Lancaster. Travel information can be obtained from West Yorkshire Metro or National Rail Enquiries.
For a map showing all Keighley pubs including the Brewery Arms, visit Keighley and Craven Camra's web-site.
Awards received by the Brewery Arms, when run by Worth Brewery
| Autumn 1997 | Most improved pub of 1997, Keighley & Craven Camra. |
| September 1998 | Pub of the Season, Autumn 1998, Keighley & Craven Camra. |
| November 1998 & Novenber 1999 | Yorkshire Region Real Ale Pub of the Year 1998 and 1999, Yorkshire Branches of Camra. |
| January 1999 | Runner-up, National Camra Real Ale Pub of the Year 1998. |
The Brewery Arms, a history.
The 'original' Mason's Arms stood at the corner of Hanover Street and Low Street back in the 1820s. The building still stands there but is no longer a licensed premises.
The Mason's Arms moved to its current location on Longcroft in1853 because the then owners, John and Frederick Greenwood, wished to build a new hotel next door on Hanover Street. This became the Wellington Hotel, which remained in business until about 1989, when it was closed.
The Greenwoods sold the Longcroft pub to the then tenants, the Foulds family, on 3rd May 1853. At that time the beer was supplied by the Jonathan Knowles Brewery of Denholme Gate.
Jonathan Knowles and Sons, Brewers, eventually purchased the Masons Arms on 9th July 1879 for 3,100 pounds, only for it to be mortgaged on 22nd January 1883. On 1st August 1884, the Knowles Brewery ceased trading and the pub was put up for auction. It was withdrawn at a price of 2,600 pounds and subsequently sold privately to J. O. Wood, Brewer at the Grange Brewery, Allerton, Bradford in 1885. Later that year, on 12th November, ownership transferred to Timothy Taylor & Co. Brewery, Keighley where it stayed until 1996, when the pub was leased, then subsequently sold to John Mitchell of Worth Brewery. Now independantly owned.
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