What is Barker Shoes and where is it from?

Barker is an English shoe manufacturer founded in 1880 in Earls Barton, Northamptonshire, still hand-lasted and sewn at the same factory today.

Are Barker shoes still made in England?

Yes — Barker still designs and makes its shoes at its Earls Barton factory in Northamptonshire, using traditional hand-lasting and sewing methods.

Where can I buy Barker shoes in the UK?

Baks Menswear stocks Barker in-store in Westbourne, Bournemouth, and online with UK delivery.

What sizes do Barker shoes come in?

Barker shoes here typically run from UK size 6 to 12. Ask in-store if you'd like help finding the right fit.

How do I care for Barker leather shoes?

Polish regularly and use a shoe tree between wears to help the leather hold its shape and last as long as it's built to.

Barker Shoes

Barker has been making shoes in Earls Barton, Northamptonshire since 1880, still hand-lasted and sewn at the same factory today. At Baks Menswear in Bournemouth, we stock Barker's classic English footwear.

We stock Barker because it's genuine English shoemaking, using traditional methods like slow natural drying that most factories abandoned decades ago.

Barker produces around 200,000 pairs of hand lasted, sewn shoes a year, all designed and made at the Earls Barton factory. Sizes typically run from UK 6 to 12.

If you want a shoe with genuine Northamptonshire heritage behind it, this is where to look.