Loake
Read Loake's story, in their own words.
Wanted: how your things are made
If you make what you sell, we would like to show it. Send us a link to photographs or film of your workshop, your process, your hands at work, and we will put it on this page, credited to you, with a link back to wherever it lives.
We are not after marketing shots. A phone video of a lathe or a stitching bench tells a visitor more than a styled product photo ever will.
Anything you send stays yours. We host nothing ourselves without asking: we link to your own film and your own pictures, and we will take it down the day you want it down.
Trading as Loake Brothers Limited, registered at Companies House number 00043081.
What we have checked
Every brand here has to clear one test before it is listed at all: the company is a UK legal entity with real activity here. That is a question about the business, and it is deliberately not the same question as where any individual product is made.
- uk registered entity: Companies House record resolves, status active. Source, checked 2026-08-29.
- uk site: Stated by the company: "Loake Shoemakers has produced some of the world's finest footwear from our Wood Street factory in Kettering, Northamptonshire. Family-owned since the very beginning, we are proud of our history and heritage as traditional shoemakers." Source, checked 2026-09-01.
- uk employment: Stated by the company: "Fantastic opportunities to join our team at Loake Shoemakers. We are a family business, based in Northamptonshire, making traditional shoes since 1880. [...] We are always keen to hear from enthusiastic and ambitious individuals who would like to be part of our exciting future. So if you think you're a Loake person, get in touch! [...] Filter by All Location All Location Ashford Exeter Various Locations" Source, checked 2026-09-01.
- uk control: No majority shareholding traced outside the UK (chain ends inside the UK). Source, checked 2026-09-01.
We have only checked company registration so far. Evidence of UK employment or a UK site is the next thing we intend to gather, and until we have it we say so on every product rather than implying it.
What they make
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