About

UK Gear has its headquarters at the 16th century Wolston Priory close to Rugby in Warwickshire, England and its Customer Service's are provided from Portsmouth on the south coast. It also has executive offices in the USA and Australia.

The company was founded in 1993, the CEO is David Hinde.  
In 1994, UK Gear was supplying performance clothing to the Scottish and Welsh athletes for all sports in the Commonwealth Games, this feat was repeated in 1998. In 1999 UK Gear supplied The West Indies Cricket Team with all their performance clothing and in 2001 the relationship with the British Army was formed; leading to the co-ordination in design and testing with The British Army’s Physical Training Corps (APTC).

UK Gear build performance footwear to be tough yet light, delivering more miles for your money.  The company develop their products in association with some of the most physically demanding people on the planet, the British Army Physical Training Corps.

These elite professionals are involved in every stage of the development of the products and wear test them in some of the harshest conditions on earth.

Only when approved by the army, do UK Gear consider our products built to survive.