Oakhill Brewery

In 1904, due to its volume of production – between 2,000 and 2,500 barrels per week – the brewery constructed its own 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge railway to take barrels of Oakhill Invalid Stout to the Somerset & Dorset Railway in nearby Binegar.

Until the railway's construction, the brewery had used a Wallis & Steevens traction engine to deliver their barrels to the station.

In 1984, the brewery plant and premises were bought by local businessman Reg Keevil.

Under the name New Oakhill Brewery, he brewed beers until 1997, when he moved the plant to the old Courage maltings in order to expand.

The brewery produced 31 different beers through the company's 13 year history, and acquired a small chain of tied houses in the local villages.