About Us

Bill Beaumont Textiles specialises in traditional and contemporary fabrics for use in window coverings and upholstery. The Managing Director is former England and Lions rugby caption and Question of Sport star Bill Beaumont.

We supply to the trade only and our key customers are leading and independent retailers, in addition to manufacturers and interior designers. Our fabric is supplied by the roll and in cut lengths, and our custom made service – Made4U – provides our retail customers with the ability to offer high quality bespoke curtains and blinds at competitive prices.

When Bill played rugby in the 1970s and 80s, it was an amateur sport so unlike the stars of today, he had to have a normal job. When he left school he joined the family textile business, which he eventually bought from the family in 1998, and played rugby locally for Fylde Rugby Club where he progressed to play for Lancashire, the Barbarians, England and the Lions. He is still involved with rugby and is a member of the International Rugby Board and was a Director of the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. He was awarded an OBE in 1982 and a CBE in 2008 for services to Rugby.

Bill is the great-great-grandson of Joseph Hargreaves, the business’ founder who set up a weaving shed in Chorley, Lancashire in 1888. Bill works alongside his wife Hilary, the business’ Design Director. Bill and Hilary have now been joined by their eldest son Daniel who joined the business as Operations Director in 2011, and middle son Sam who heads up our latest venture, Bill Beaumont Marquees (www.billbeaumontmarquees.co.uk).