New Forest Clothing

New Forest Clothing, country clothing and outdoor equipment in the UK

New Forest Clothing is an online store based in the UK specialising in country clothing, footwear and accessories for outdoor and country life. The company presents itself as a family team born in the New Forest and operates through its website, where it sells clothing and equipment for activities such as hunting, shooting, fishing, hiking, bushcraft and pest control.

Catalogue for men, women and children

The range is organised into separate sections for men, women and children, with categories covering jackets, trousers, shirts, jumpers, fleeces, gilets, thermal underwear and outerwear. Jackets include shooting, waterproof, tweed, insulated, thermal, lightweight, softshell, hiking, casual, ponchos and camouflage styles. Trousers and legwear include shorts, walking trousers, waterproof shooting trousers, overtrousers, moleskin trousers, tweed trousers, breeks, chaps and gaiters, thermal leggings and camouflage trousers.

The shirts and tops section includes tattersall shirts, long and short sleeve shirts, fleece lined shirts, padded shirts, hooded shirts, rugby shirts, polo shirts and T-shirts. Gilets and waistcoats are also sold in various types, such as fleece, thermal, tweed, wax, padded, lightweight, shooting and skeet vests. The fleece category covers full zip, half zip, hooded, water resistant, padded, camouflage and smock styles. Jumpers are divided into crew neck, V-neck, zip neck, knitted and water resistant.

Footwear and technical accessories

Footwear includes wellington boots, boots, shoes, trainers, sandals and accessories such as thermal insoles, boot pulls, gaiters and footwear care products. Accessories include shooting, hunting, hiking, casual and welly socks; waterproof, leather, fleece, fingerless, mitts, tweed, thermal and tactical gloves; and a wide variety of hats and caps, such as baseball caps, beanies, brimmed hats, flat caps, bakerboy caps, wax hats, trapper hats, snoods, balaclavas and headbands.

The store also offers belts and braces, ties, bow ties, scarves and neck gaiters, as well as bags, purses and rucksacks, gunslips, cartridge bags, game bags, dog training bags, boot bags, washbags and handbags. In the equipment section there are products for shooting and archery, such as ear defenders, shooting glasses, gunslips, gun care, shooting accessories, airsoft and archery. For fishing, bivvies, umbrellas and beds, rods, reels and nets, fishing luggage, tackle boxes and lures are sold. In bushcraft and camping there are outdoor cooking items, sleeping bags, torches, knives and multitools.

Own and third-party brands

Alongside its own brand New Forest Clothing, the store distributes an extensive list of international outdoor and country brands. These include Acme, Aigle, Alan Paine, Ancol, Angling Pursuits, Ariat, Baleno, Barmah, Beretta, Bisley, Blundstone, Bollé Safety, Buff, Buffalo, Bug-A-Salt, Bushbuck, Cameo, Carhartt, Champion, Chatham, Chiruca, Cotswold Fox, Crispi, David Nickerson, Dedito, Deerhunter, Didriksons, Enlan, Extremities, Fidlock, Fizan, Gateway1, Goodyear, Grisport, Grubs, Harehill, Härkila, Heather, Helikon-Tex, Henry Wag, Highlander, Hoggs of Fife, House of Cheviot, Hunter, Igloo, ISOtunes Sport, Jack Pyke, Keela, Kenluck, Kupilka, Lazy Dogz, Le Chameau, Lighthouse, Line7, Lunar, Mac in a Sac, Mora Knives, NexTool, NGT, Nikwax, Opinel, Pampeano, Parker-Hale, Peltor | 3M, Pennine, Percussion, Petron, Pinewood, ProHunt, Pro-Knot, Proviz, Redback, Sasta, Scruffs, Sealskinz, Seeland, Sitka, Smidge, Snugpak, Sophos, Soto, Speero, Sporting Saint, Stanley, Swanndri, Swazi, Tilley, Treksta, Umarex, Venture, Verney-Carron, Victorinox, Viper, Weatherbeeta, Whale Of A Time, Woolpower and Xpert Workwear.

Activities and featured collections

The site organises part of its catalogue by activity: field sports (game shooting, clay shooting, field shooting, driven shooting, stalking and high seat), airsoft, camouflage clothing, shooting accessories, thermal clothing, dogs (walking, training, bags, beds, bowls, coats and towels, collars and leads, crates and carriers, training dummies and whistles), fishing, outdoor cooking, gloves and head protection, lighting, knives and multitools, farming, bushcraft, hiking and pest control. The Wildway Bushcraft™ collection appears as a specific line within the bushcraft section.

Featured collections include the New Forest Heat Collection, the Field Sports Collection and a selection of popular products. The site also shows a redeemable points programme and a free shipping offer from a certain amount.

Reviews and service

The company displays an aggregate rating of more than 101,500 reviews on its website. Visible testimonials highlight fast delivery, customer service and value for money. The site also indicates that customer service is available via the support email.