Herring Shoes is an English family business which was started in 1966 by Richard Herring. Its purpose to supply the general public with top quality shoes from English manufactures such as Barker, Church’s, Cheaney & Loakes with service to match through its retail shops.

In recent years customers worldwide have been able to take advantage of this unique selection of quality men’s shoes via the internet.

We also retail our own ‘Herring’ brand of footwear which is tailored to today’s needs with fantastic style and value, created from years of inside knowledge of the English Hand crafted shoe trade.

Our aim is to educate people just how important good shoes are in life.

Herring shoes trade from two retail sites in the UK & the web site runs from a Warehouse location.
Please note that the selection of shoes displayed on the web site are not always available at the shops so a phone call before making a journey for a specific shoe is made is a wise step.

Stow-On-The-Wold

4 Park Street, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire GL54 1AQ, England 01451 832244

Set in the Heart of the Cotswolds this is more than a shoe shop, it is an English experience. Set just outside the main square the shop has a lovely feel with exposed Cotswold stone & original features.

The Main emphasis is on casual footwear for the many Cotswold walkers who pass through on their journey although there is a good selection of formal footwear.

Men’s & Ladies Brands inc.
Men’s - Barkers, Church’s, Chatham, Ecco, Herring’s, Josef Seibel, Loakes, Mephisto, Rockport, Sioux, Sebago & Timberland,
Ladies - Andrea Chenier, Chatham, Ecco, Fluchos, Gabor, H.B. Josef Seibel, Rohde, Mephisto, Timberland, Van-Dal & Wendel

Ross-On-Wye

17 Gloucester Road, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, HR9 5BU, England 01989 562431

Situated just down & opposite the “Chase Hotel” it is easily found & has much parking around.

Herrings of Ross holds a good range of current seasonal stock but it’s main attraction is the “DISCOUNT AREAS”. As well as all the end of lines from top manufactures we also sell slight seconds from Barker, Church’s, Grenson & Loakes for Men’s & a large selection of Van-Dal seconds for Ladies at £29.99 !

The Stock is always changing and shopping here proves to be an exciting exercise.

Over the years Herring Shoes have built close relationships with many of the Northampton manufactures working directly with Mr Nicholas Loake, William Barker & the Church Family.

My father insisted I worked in Barkers Factory for a period to learn in detail the constructions & craft of English Hand Made Shoes.

Through these contacts we launched our own range of footwear made for us by Barkers, Cheaney, Loakes & Sargents.

By working with these Northampton factories we can highlight the strengths of the individual manufactures in our Footwear.

The Herring range is made to the exact needs of our customers & by working direct with the factories we achieve unique styles. Sometimes we use existing stock models & improve on the specification by adding additional features, changing sole units or sourcing higher quality leathers for the uppers. On other occasions we have the opportunity to create our own individual designs & styles which set us & our customer apart from the crowd.

Whilst all this is interesting the main drive is to offer customers outstanding quality & value by our direct connections with the factories.