Jacob’s Well is one of Bradford's oldest Beerhouses, dating back to 1830. We have a great selection of real ales and ciders and our latest accolade is Yorkshire CAMRA cider pub of the year 2022. An exceptional real ale pub in the centre of Bradford, re-opened in 2013, we have 9 real ale hand pulls, a wide range of Belgian beers, specialist gins, whiskeys and traditional ciders. Our ‘House Ales’ are Half Moon, Dark Masquerade, Sunbeam Bright Day and Abbeydale Deception. We also have 3 guest ales which change every week so there‘s something for everyone. We have won numerous real ale awards and hold frequent beer festivals. Our beer garden area at the front of our property is great for those hot summer days and our beautiful log fires are inside so you can keep warm in winter.

The Jacob’s Well building is one of a handful surviving pubs in the city centre from before 1850. In 1830, The “Beer Act” was passed which permitted any household to sell beer without a licence. Thousands of households in the country took this opportunity and before too long, Bradford’s beerhouses were commonplace. There were also over 130 pubs in Bradford at the time. The Jacob’s Well building is one of a handful surviving pubs in the city centre from before 1850.
Jacob’s Well opened, as a beerhouse, in 1830. It was converted from two adjoining houses which had been built in a block of four just a few years earlier on part of a field. The census of 1841 names the landlord as Jacob Dawson. There is also said to be a well underneath the premises, which is not uncommon as many properties were supplied with water in this way before the development of piped supplies.
In 1882 the pub was put up for sale and bought by Wallers brewery for £1,155. The sale plan for the auction, with the deeds to the pub at Tetley's brewery, to whom its ownership eventually passed, shows a fairly typical back-street pub. There was a small tap room at the front, a parlour to the rear and a filling bar in the passage.
By the early 1980s a full licence had been obtained and the pub was extended into the adjoining property. It now trades as Jacob’s Well and Bradford’s Original Beerhouse. It may not have been the first - we have no way now of knowing - but it is certainly one of the very few survivors from 1830 and of Bradford’s development around that time.