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Barbour

Trading as J.BARBOUR & SONS,LIMITED, registered at Companies House number 00124201.

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: "Barbour moved into a new factory in Simonside, South Shields where the company remains to the present day." Source, checked 2026-08-31.
• uk employment: Stated by the company: "Barbour's headquarters, located in Simonside, South Shields is also home to the factory where Barbour's iconic Bedale and Beaufort wax jackets are still manufactured by hand and where customer services lovingly re-wax, repair and Re-Love wax jackets and mend quilts by hand enabling customers to extend the lives of their jackets." Source, checked 2026-08-31.
• uk control: No majority shareholding traced outside the UK; controlled by Dame Margaret Barbour. 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

6 products listed. 2 state UK manufacture. 4 don't say where they are made, so neither do we.

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  Hale Chelsea BootsBarbourPrice not listed
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  Ashby Waxed JacketBarbour£269
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  Classic Beadnell® Waxed JacketBarbour£269
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  Classic Beaufort® Waxed JacketBarbour£319
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  Classic Bedale® Waxed JacketBarbour£299
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  International Original Waxed JacketBarbour£299