News & Insights

Phil Atherton, Commercial Director smiling at the camera in the waste department

Appointments - 2nd February 2024

AW Hainsworth Appoint New Commercial Director

Zeb Akhtar, Senior Weaver Trainer smiling at the camera next to Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales along with Amy Widdowson, Quality technician

Employee Spotlights - 12th December 2023

Ask The Expert: Zeb Akhtar, Senior Weaver Trainer

the Lord Mayor of Leeds and AW Hainsworth Managing Director, Amanda McLaren standing side by side for a photo

Company Updates - 16th November 2023

New Snooker & Pool Room Opened by Lord Mayor of Leeds

Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales being shown the John Atkinsons blankets produced by Hainsworth

Company Updates - 2nd November 2023

The Princess of Wales visits AW Hainsworth

old picture of the AW Hainsworth mill

Company Updates - 25th July 2023

Woven in History: Celebrating 240 Years of AW Hainsworth

Gill Rushton, our Senior Sales Executive for Ceremonial, Military and Costume Fabrics stood against a white brick wall.

Employee Spotlights - 14th June 2023

Ask the Expert: Gill Rushton, Senior Sales Executive

The new Coronation Anointing Screen of Charles III

Partnerships & Collaborations - 4th May 2023

AW Hainsworth cloth is used to produce The Anointing Screen for His Majesty King Charles III’s Coronation

Celebrating The King’s Coronation with Sustainable Wool Bunting on Savile Row

Partnerships & Collaborations - 2nd May 2023

Celebrating The King’s Coronation with Sustainable Wool Bunting on Savile Row

AW Hainsworth mill to feature in BBC documentary ‘Coronation Tailors: Fit for a King’

Company Updates - 2nd May 2023

AW Hainsworth to feature in BBC documentary ‘Coronation Tailors: Fit for a King’ 

close up of the wool in the carding machine

Sustainability - 8th February 2023

AW Hainsworth Sustainability Report 2022

Members of the Hainsworth team standing next to a representative from Zarach. They are holding packs of duvets and pyjamas that have been donated to Zarach by Hainsworth and smiling at the camera

Partnerships & Collaborations - 13th December 2022

Zarach and AW Hainsworth awarded Royal Warrant Holders’ Association Charity Fund

Mary Lyon, Laboratory Technician sat on the benches outside the AW Hainsworth mill site

Employee Spotlights - 14th October 2022

Ask The Expert: Mary Lyon, Laboratory Technician

L-R: Casey, Amanda and Jane with our Zarach Dream Maker Certificate as part of a new charity partnership to end bed poverty.

Partnerships & Collaborations - 8th August 2022

AW Hainsworth Partner with Zarach to End Bed Poverty

John Taylor, Technical Conversion team leader

Employee Spotlights - 6th July 2022

Ask The Expert: John Taylor, Technical Conversion Team Leader

AW Hainsworth's team of Laboratory Technician

Company Updates - 16th June 2022

AW Hainsworth Unveil New State-of-the-art Laboratory

Production Manager, Julie Hilliard holding rolls of AW Hainsworth fabrics

Employee Spotlights - 23rd March 2022

Ask The Expert: Julie Hilliard, Production Manager

Managing Director, Amanda McLaren, stood in front of industrial spinning machine, loaded with rolls of untwisted and undyed yarn in Hainsworth mill.

Appointments - 31st March 2021

AW Hainsworth Appoint New Managing Director

AW Hainsworth plaque of manufacturing woollen cloth in Yorkshire since 1783

Awards & Recognition - 12th October 2017

The Yorkshire Society unveils a plaque in AW Hainsworth & Sons honour

close up image of warping yarns in vertical motion

Customer Testimonials

"For Steinway, Hainsworth represents quality, consistency and dependability. "

Steinway Pianos, New York

"Our blankets are spun, woven and stitched in Pudsey in Leeds by AW Hainsworth, one of the oldest and best woollen mills in the world, maker of some of the worlds most famous blankets."

Community Clothing

“I see Hainsworth as a key partner in my business. Their products are second to none. I particularly appreciate Hainsworth Match cloth. Both as a player and a table fitter, I view Match as the finest cloth available in terms of playability, longevity and aesthetics. I have Match on my own home pool table!”

David Gastrell, DG Pool

“I have worked with AW Hainsworth right from the beginning of my career as a designer, for my Graduation Show, visiting the mill and hand selecting cloth. They produce a quality product with a fantastic range of iconic colours that I trust.”

Alex Mullins,