About Clarks UK

Clarks has been making shoes in Britain since 1825 and remains the name most people associate with being measured for a first pair. The company sits between the high street and the traditional shoemakers: better constructed than the chains, more accessible than a bespoke maker.

Two things sustain it. Children's fitting, which parents keep coming back for, and the Originals range, which turned a couple of desert boot designs into a permanent part of casual footwear.

What they make

Children's shoes across school, first walkers and casual, with the width fittings that distinguish the brand from almost every competitor.

Adult ranges cover formal and work shoes, boots, sandals, trainers and the Originals line, with comfort technologies running through the mainstream collections. Women's and men's sizes both include wider fittings on many styles.

Why fitting is the point

Length is only half of a shoe size and the half most retailers stop at. Clarks fits by width as well, and for children the difference is not cosmetic: a growing foot in a shoe that is the right length and the wrong width is being shaped by it.

For school shoes, get feet measured in a shop even if you buy online afterwards, and re-measure every few months during growth spurts. For adults, if shoes have always felt tight across the ball while fitting at the toe, a wider fitting rather than a longer shoe is very likely the answer.

Using a Clarks discount code

Choose the shoes, apply the code at the checkout and confirm the total before ordering. These are listed as Clarks discount codes, voucher codes and promo codes.

School shoe season in late summer is when this brand discounts least, because demand needs no encouragement, and the reductions arrive afterwards. Stock already reduced normally sits outside a sitewide percentage. Outlet ranges are made or specified for that channel rather than being last season's main line, so compare the construction rather than assuming the same shoe at a lower price.