Your Local Farm & Coffee Shop
Finchampstead
Finchampstead
Goswell & Birds is a traditional farm and coffee shop in Finchampstead, Wokingham, providing the local community and surrounding area with everything they need; whether it’s everyday essentials, premium seasonal produce or a place to meet family and friends for a coffee.
Of an evening Goswell & Birds is transformed into an exciting alternative dining and event space. You will be welcomed with traditional hospitality to a space for all to use and enjoy. Every item has been sustainably sourced and personally chosen by executive chef and owner, Jamie Dobbin and we are committed to zero plastic across our operation.
Named in honour of the families who previously supplied the village with their daily goods, Goswell & Bird's is here to bring back a village stores and coffee shop to Finchampstead.
In Victorian times, Mr and Mrs Goswell were licensees of The Greyhound Inn who later moved to nearby The Thatched Cottage to start a village shop there. Their daughter Nellie along with her husband Graystone Bird took it over from her parents and ran it until they retired in 1973.
For forty years it was the main supply of groceries, haberdashery and almost anything imaginably found in a village stores and well patronised by the local residents. For many, it was the only source of items which they could reach on foot.
