Walking Shoes

Despite the popular catch phrase, not many boots and shoes are actually made for walking. Those that are include a variety of unique features to provide traction, stability and protection from the elements on the trail. Shopping for walking shoes might seem like a daunting task – but with a little information and a quick visit to a local outdoor outfitter, you’ll be hitting the trail in comfort in no time.

Considering which walking shoe is right for you comes down to the features that are most important. Most walking shoes include a good sole – while flexible soles are best for flat ground and rigid soles are more suitable for rocky terrain, a well-made sole is key to stability on the trail. Another hallmark of a good walking shoe is a waterproof lining, usually made from Sympatex or GoreTex – this provides both insulation from the elements and a high degree of breathability. Similarly, the construction of a good walking shoe should be such that the tongue is lightly padded and sewn in to form a subtle gusset, keeping debris and moisture out of your shoe.

Leading brands for walking shoes in the UK include Lands End, Hi-Tec, Merrell, Karrimor and New Balance. The majority of big walking shoe brands make shoes suited for men as well as women. Typically, women’s walking shoes are narrower, have tighter ankle cuffs and might not be comfortable for women with wider feet. It’s always a good idea to seek professional advice when buying your first pair of specialist shoes.

Once you’ve got the hang of choosing walking shoes that work for you, shopping online is a breeze. Aim to buy your walking shoes from online retailers with shipping discounts to maximise your savings – and choose shops with flexible return policies to avoid disappointment if your shoes don’t fit just right.


AX1 Mens Walking Shoes £40.00	Wayline Mens Walking Shoes £40.00	Start-rite Path Boots, Brown £40.00
New Balance MW780 (2E) Walking Shoes £43.95	New Balance Lady W749 (B) Walking Shoes £43.95	Reebok Lady Easytone Reenew Cross Training Shoes £44.95
Hi-Tec Fasthike II Mid Water Proof Walking Boots £44.95	Mizuno Wave Escape Walking Shoes £44.95	Mizuno Lady Wave Escape Walking Shoes £44.95
Womens Tagori Walking Shoe £44.95	Womens Ashlane Low Omni Tech Walking Shoe £44.95	Hi-Tec V-Lite Altitude Ultra Luxe Low WPi Waterproof Walking Shoes £44.95
Hi-Tec V-Lite Sonoma waterproof WPI Ion Mask Walking Boots £44.95	Nike Rongbuk Mid Gore-Tex Walking Boots £44.95	Black Leather Walking shoes size 7 1/2 £44.99
Hi-Tec Lady Fasthike II Mid WaterProof Walking Boots £44.99	Walsh Enforcer Lightweight Waterproof Trail Walking Boots £44.99	Hi-Tec Lady Aukland Waterproof Walking Shoes £44.99
Bandora Mens Walking Shoes £45.00	Ocean - Men's Supportive and Lightweight Sandal - Black size 8 £45.00	Ocean - Men's Supportive and Lightweight Sandal - Black size 9 £45.00
Ocean - Men's Supportive and Lightweight Sandal - Black size 12 £45.00	Ocean - Men's Supportive and Lightweight Sandal - Brown size 7 £45.00	Ocean - Men's Supportive and Lightweight Sandal - Fudge size 7 £45.00
Ocean - Men's Supportive and Lightweight Sandal - Fudge size 8 £45.00	Ocean - Men's Supportive and Lightweight Sandal - Fudge size 12 £45.00	Qupid Shoes Neutral-01 £45.95
Qupid Shoes Neutral-01 £45.95	Augury Mens Walking Shoes £46.00	Qupid Shoes Neutral-20 £46.95
Qupid Shoes Neutral-20 £46.95	Qupid Shoes System-230 £47.95	Hi-Tec Fasthike II Mid WaterProof Walking Boots £49.95
Mizuno Wave Strider Walking Shoes £49.95	Mizuno Lady Wave Strider Walking Shoes £49.95	Hi-Tec Kamberg Mid Waterproof Walking Boots £49.95
Reebok Traintone Reactive Cross Training Shoes £49.95	Hi-Tec Fasthike II Low Waterproof Walking Shoes £49.99	Hi-Tec Lady V-Lite Altitude Ultra WPI Waterproof Walking Boots £49.99
Hi-Tec Eurotreck Waterproof Walking Boots £49.99	BRASHER Tulum Ladies Walking Shoes £49.99	White GEL-160TR WORKOUT trainers £50.40
White GEL-FITWALK LYTE walking trainers £50.40	Prognosis GTX Mens Walking Shoes £51.00	ASICS GEL-NEBRASKA Walking Shoes £51.95
ASICS Lady GEL-NEBRASKA Walking Shoes £51.95	Qupid Shoes Neutral-01 £52.95	Qupid Shoes Neutral-01 £52.95
BROOKS Addiction Walker V-Strap Ladies Walking Shoes £52.97	ASICS Gel-Fitwalk Lyte (2E) Men's Walking Shoes £53.99	ASICS Gel-Fitwalk Lyte (2E) Men's Walking Shoes £53.99
ASICS Gel-Fitwalk Lyte (D) Ladies Walking Shoes £53.99	Bandora Mens Walking Shoes £54.00	Pediped Bella Boots, Berry £54.95
Nike Lady ACG Rongbuk GORE-TEX Waterproof Walking Shoes £54.95	Nike ACG Rongbuk Gore-Tex Waterproof Walking Shoes £54.95	New Balance MO1000 (D) Walking Boots £54.95
Total Terrain Aero £55.00	Lady Formation Walking Shoes £55.00	Formation Mens Mid Walking Shoes £55.00
Formation Mens Mid Walking Shoes £55.00	Qupid Shoes Gaze-125 £55.95	Womens Explorer Trail Low Mesh Walking Shoe - Walnut £56.00
Mens Cuesta II Walking Shoe - Walnut £56.00	Womens Cuesta II Walking Shoe - Walnut £56.00	Magnum Strike Force II 8.0 Walking Boots £56.20
Womens Augury Walking Shoe - Cream Plum £58.00	ASICS Gel-Nebraska Ladies Walking Shoes £58.99	ASICS Gel-Nebraska Men's Walking Shoes £58.99
Melody Shoes - Smooth Sublime Comfort Ladies Shoes - Black size 5 £59.00	Melody Shoes - Smooth Sublime Comfort Ladies Shoes - Black size 6 £59.00	Melody Shoes - Smooth Sublime Comfort Ladies Shoes - Black size 6.5 £59.00
Melody Shoes - Smooth Sublime Comfort Ladies Shoes - Black size 7 £59.00	Melody Shoes - Smooth Sublime Comfort Ladies Shoes - Black size 7.5 £59.00	Melody Shoes - Smooth Sublime Comfort Ladies Shoes - Black size 8 £59.00
Melody Shoes - Smooth Sublime Comfort Ladies Shoes - Black size 8.5 £59.00	Melody Shoes - Smooth Sublime Comfort Ladies Shoes - Black size 9 £59.00	Melody Shoes - Smooth Sublime Comfort Ladies Shoes - Black size 9.5 £59.00
Melody Shoes - Smooth Sublime Comfort Ladies Shoes - Navy size 5 £59.00	Melody Shoes - Smooth Sublime Comfort Ladies Shoes - Navy size 6 £59.00	Melody Shoes - Smooth Sublime Comfort Ladies Shoes - Navy size 6.5 £59.00
Melody Shoes - Smooth Sublime Comfort Ladies Shoes - Navy size 7 £59.00	Melody Shoes - Smooth Sublime Comfort Ladies Shoes - Navy size 7.5 £59.00	Melody Shoes - Smooth Sublime Comfort Ladies Shoes - Navy size 8 £59.00
Melody Shoes - Smooth Sublime Comfort Ladies Shoes - Navy size 8.5 £59.00	Melody Shoes - Smooth Sublime Comfort Ladies Shoes - Navy size 9 £59.00	Melody Shoes - Smooth Sublime Comfort Ladies Shoes - Navy size 9.5 £59.00
Melody Shoes - Smooth Sublime Comfort Ladies Shoes - Navy size 11 £59.00	Melody Shoes - Smooth Sublime Comfort Ladies Shoes - Gunmetal size 5 £59.00	Melody Shoes - Smooth Sublime Comfort Ladies Shoes - Gunmetal size 6 £59.00
Melody Shoes - Smooth Sublime Comfort Ladies Shoes - Gunmetal size 6.5 £59.00	Melody Shoes - Smooth Sublime Comfort Ladies Shoes - Gunmetal size 7 £59.00	Melody Shoes - Smooth Sublime Comfort Ladies Shoes - Gunmetal size 7.5 £59.00
Melody Shoes - Smooth Sublime Comfort Ladies Shoes - Gunmetal size 8 £59.00	Melody Shoes - Smooth Sublime Comfort Ladies Shoes - Gunmetal size 8.5 £59.00	Melody Shoes - Smooth Sublime Comfort Ladies Shoes - Gunmetal size 9 £59.00
Melody Shoes - Smooth Sublime Comfort Ladies Shoes - Gunmetal size 9.5 £59.00	Melody Shoes - Smooth Sublime Comfort Ladies Shoes - Gunmetal size 10 £59.00	Melody Shoes - Smooth Sublime Comfort Ladies Shoes - Gunmetal size 11 £59.00
Penny Shoes - Wide Strap Comfortable Ladies Shoe - Black size 5 £59.00	Penny Shoes - Wide Strap Comfortable Ladies Shoe - Black size 6 £59.00	Penny Shoes - Wide Strap Comfortable Ladies Shoe - Black size 6.5 £59.00
Penny Shoes - Wide Strap Comfortable Ladies Shoe - Black size 7 £59.00	Penny Shoes - Wide Strap Comfortable Ladies Shoe - Black size 7.5 £59.00	Penny Shoes - Wide Strap Comfortable Ladies Shoe - Black size 8 £59.00
Penny Shoes - Wide Strap Comfortable Ladies Shoe - Black size 8.5 £59.00	Penny Shoes - Wide Strap Comfortable Ladies Shoe - Black size 9 £59.00	Penny Shoes - Wide Strap Comfortable Ladies Shoe - Black size 9.5 £59.00
Penny Shoes - Wide Strap Comfortable Ladies Shoe - Black size 10 £59.00	Penny Shoes - Wide Strap Comfortable Ladies Shoe - Black size 11 £59.00	Penny Shoes - Wide Strap Comfortable Ladies Shoe - Fern Green / Cafe size 5 £59.00
Penny Shoes - Wide Strap Comfortable Ladies Shoe - Fern Green / Cafe size 6 £59.00	Penny Shoes - Wide Strap Comfortable Ladies Shoe - Fern Green / Cafe size 6.5 £59.00	Penny Shoes - Wide Strap Comfortable Ladies Shoe - Fern Green / Cafe size 7 £59.00
Penny Shoes - Wide Strap Comfortable Ladies Shoe - Fern Green / Cafe size 7.5 £59.00	Penny Shoes - Wide Strap Comfortable Ladies Shoe - Fern Green / Cafe size 8 £59.00	Penny Shoes - Wide Strap Comfortable Ladies Shoe - Fern Green / Cafe size 8.5 £59.00
Penny Shoes - Wide Strap Comfortable Ladies Shoe - Fern Green / Cafe size 9 £59.00	Penny Shoes - Wide Strap Comfortable Ladies Shoe - Fern Green / Cafe size 9.5 £59.00	Penny Shoes - Wide Strap Comfortable Ladies Shoe - Fern Green / Cafe size 10 £59.00