Skipton Tweed Shooting Waistcoat

Westley Richards

£408.75

Ideal for warm days in the field, our Shooting Waistcoat in midweight Skipton Tweed is both practical and refined. Made in England and distinguished by unique navy detailing, it features a half-belted back with adjustable waist, wide bellow pockets that hold up to 25 shells each, and robust Alcantara shoulder patches. Designed with internal compartments for a recoil pad (included) on either side, it's finished with authentic horn buttons and side slits for ease of movement. Perfectly paired with our matching Harpton Tweed breeks or trousers.

Westley Richards's own words, read from their page.

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Where this comes from

The part other shops don't tell you. Three separate questions, kept separate on purpose, each with its source.

UK company
Registered at Companies House as WESTLEY RICHARDS AND COMPANY LIMITED, number 00439612. Checked 2026-08-29.
Means the business is a British legal entity, not a British-sounding name owned elsewhere. It says nothing about where anything is made.
UK operations
Stated by the company: "Housed in our Birmingham factory, on the edge of the traditional Gun Quarter, Westley Richards gunmakers today work much as their grandfathers' generation did, using files, chisels and secret potions to turn walnut and steel into supreme hunting rifles and sporting shotguns." Source.
Means people employed here, or premises they actually work from. We keep this separate from the company badge because a registered office can be an accountant's spare room, and a company can be registered in Britain while everything it does happens somewhere else. Where we have not looked, we say so rather than assuming.
Foreign-owned
Majority ownership sits in Qatar, with Shiekh Sultan Jassim M J Al-Thani. Companies House.
Read from the register of people with significant control, following the chain of holding companies. It does not gate anything: a firm can be made here and owned elsewhere, and that is worth telling you rather than hiding.
Where it is made
The maker doesn't say, so neither do we.
This is about the individual product, not the company. A British firm can sell things made abroad, which is normal and not a criticism. We would rather tell you which is which than average them into a score.