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Spoilt For Choice In Our Widest Shoe Fittings

We’re called DB Wider Fit Shoes for a reason! That’s because we offer the widest and deepest fitting shoes on the market with fittings from E-8E (that’s EEEEEEEE!). But not only are they extra wide and deep, they’re designed for confidence as well as comfort, so you can expect great styles.
Our range of extra-wide and deep fitting shoes just got bigger so you don’t have to take what you can get. With over 100 styles available in our widest and deepest 6V (fits a 6E to an 8E width) variable width fitting, you’re spoilt for choice.
There are trainers, boots, wedges, everyday casuals, slippers and even dress shoes, all available to 6E or 8E width – that’s EEEEEEEE – the widest and deepest on the market!
Not just wide & deep
What’s more, our extra wide footwear isn’t just the same footwear but a bit
wider.
We design footwear with special features for people with different needs. Many of our shoes are suitable for people with varying health issues, like shoes for diabetes, arthritis, lymphoedema, bunions and hammer toes and many more conditions that affect foot health, and that’s because we put all our 100+ years’ experience in designing footwear into designing the perfect fit for wider feet.
Five toe shapes for the perfect fit
Additionally, we’re the only wide-fitting shoe company to offer shoes in five
toe shapes, to ensure the perfect fit for your foot!
Discover your toe shape and learn about the importance of the correct shoe shape for you.
A host of stylish colours and patterns
And it’s not just brown or black! We dedicate ourselves to creating not only
comfort for people with wide, deep or problem feet, but also ensuring that our
shoes can be worn with the confidence that they look great, so expect reds,
blues, purples and even multicolour shoes!
Read on to discover a world of style AND comfort.
Extra-wide Fitting Trainers For Active Feet
You’ll not only find classically styled trainers, in lace-up or strap-fittings, like strap fastening trainers Stonechat, zip entry trainers Kingfisher or stretch panel trainer Fox, but also high-tops like new style ankle boots Shade or favourites active trainer boots Callisto or active trainer boots Birmingham.
New styles touch strap trainer Riley and easy access trainer Riley opens up extra wide for super easy access for even the widest feet.
All with our lightweight Air-bubble technology sole to make you feel as though you’re walking on air!
Extra Wide Fashion Shoes & Heels
We hear from many of our customers that, until they discovered our shoes, these occasions were filled with dread as they’d have to make the choice between wearing trainers or even flip-flops to a party, or wearing dress shoes and be in excruciating pain all day (and often the next!).
This is not a choice that you should have to make, and our dress shoes and boots mean you don’t have to choose. You can have style AND comfort. You can look the part in confidence that your feet will feel as good as you look.
That’s right, we’re even offering our most stylish fashion boot options in our widest 6V(6E-8E) fitting.
Catch the eye with dress heel boot Carrie or dress heel boot Belmont, both bunion-friendly and with 2 ¼ inch heel, and both simply stunning, we’re sure you’ll agree.
Extra Wide Boots
There is also a huge selection of casual and sporty boots too, that are super versatile to dress up or down, like square-toed ankle boot Andes and mid-length leather boot Badger.
Stretch ankle boots Santa and twin zip boots Stoke are sporty boots with added stretch: clever seam-free stretch fabric toe-boxes that mould to the shape of your feet for reduced rubbing and total comfort. SO comfy!
Extra Wide Waterproof Footwear

Walking shoe Utah 2 and walking boot Nebraska are both fully waterproof lace-up styles with bellows tongue to prevent water in-flow, a grippy yet flexible rubber sole that is ideal for rugged conditions and availability in our widest and deepest 6V variable width fitting, suitable for people requiring 6E – 8E width fitting.
Extra Wide Casuals and Everyday Shoes
New extra wide fitting pump Sinead and ankle boot Unite are just so comfy and versatile enough to be worn with a range of outfits, whilst lace-up flat shoes Jazz and touch strap shoes Page are modern takes on classic styles that are just so comfy you won’t want to take them off.
Classic everyday boot styles like ankle boots Goldcrest and strap boots Fieldfare are but just two, whilst easy access flat shoe Rory, lace-up flat shoe Swan and touch strap flat shoes Gull are a staple for any wardrobe for pure and total comfort all day, every day.
Extra Wide Vegan Footwear
Styles include ankle boots Wind and easy entry boot Dark, biker boot Atlas and every day shoe Page, plus many more. Additionally, you’ll find that ours is a complete range of vegan wide-fitting slippers, as all our slippers and house shoes are made with no animal products.
Extra Wide Slippers
We have slippers in all different styles, from classic styles like easy foot entry Caroline 2 or slip-on slippers Chicago, loafer like slippers Martha, pumps like stretch panel slippers Thetford to super comfy new styles like ankle slippers Duck, diabetes friendly Harper or easy access slippers Savannah and they’re all available in our widest 6V fitting.
There are also stretch slippers for even more comfort, like style easy access Tern, stretch fabric Whitby or stretch fabric Nellie.
Extra Wide Fitting Men's Shoes
Amongst other features there are lace-ups and slip-ons, adjustable cut-to-fit straps, extra-wide opening shoes, Air-bubble soles and elasticated straps.
Take classic style slip-on casual shoe Dalton – one of many classic men’s styles including other new styles touch strap shoe Benny and lace-up shoe Bob, in soft leather with square toe shape, lightweight Air-bubble Technology sole and twin elastic gusset for improved fit.
How about or range of men’s wide-fitting trainers, like lace-up trainer Wakefield or strap fastening trainer Logan just two of many, suede ankle boot Tilbrook or best-selling lace-up trainer Seb?
There are so many men’s extra wide fitting shoes that we just can’t list them all, but you can browse all men’s wide and extra-wide fitting shoes now.
VAT Free Footwear
This means that you could essentially benefit from a discount of 20%. And what's more, our promotional discount codes still apply, meaning you can gain further savings.
We make it easy to claim your VAT relief by clearly listing the VAT exempt price against qualifying products and provide a very short form to fill out as part of the checkout process when ordering your 6E, 8E or 6V fitting shoes.
Qualifying conditions for VAT free purchases include physical or mental impairment that affects your ability to carry out everyday activities, for example, blindness; conditions treated as chronic sickness, such as diabetes, arthritis or lymphedema; and long-term illnesses.
Look out for the link underneath our available fittings on each product page to claim your VAT exemption.
Need help?
We know that it's really difficult to order footwear online and find the perfect fit, but we want to make it as easy, risk-free and stress-free as possible. That's why we offer free returns and exchanges on all UK orders so that, if you're in the UK and have ordered from us and the shoes aren't right for whatever reason, you can give us a call to discuss the problem and return them to us, unworn except for trying on to exchange for a different size, style or fitting without paying a penny more in postage.
Once you've found your perfect fit, you'll never look back!
We hope that you agree that our wide-fitting shoes and boots are the best shoes for arthritic feet!
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