For our Mens range of Shoes this table gives an approximate conversion.

In the UK the shoe size is reckoned to be one size (ie one third of an inch) larger than the foot size.

For the most part manufacturers would suggest that a US Size 8 was equivalent to a UK size 7.5 but Sanders & Sanders experience is that their customers should choose a full size difference.

In most Continental European countries, the traditional shoe size is the length of the last, measured in Paris points. A Paris point is two-thirds of a centimetre. The last is 20 mm longer than the foot for which the shoe will fit: ie shoe size = (foot length + 20 mm) / 6.67 mm

UK Shoe Size	Hands	Barleycorns	Ins	cm	US Mens	Continental
5	2	6	10.00	25.40	6	38.1
5.5	2	6.5	10.17	25.82	6.5	38.7
6	2	7	10.33	26.25	7	39.4
6.5	2	7.5	10.50	26.67	7.5	40.0
7	2	8	10.67	27.09	8	40.6
7.5	2	8.5	10.83	27.52	8.5	41.3
8	2	9	11.00	27.94	9	41.9
8.5	2	9.5	11.17	28.36	9.5	42.5
9	2	10	11.33	28.79	10	43.2
9.5	2	10.5	11.50	29.21	10.5	43.8
10	2	11	11.67	29.63	11	44.4
10.5	2	11.5	11.83	30.06	11.5	45.1
11	3	0	12.00	30.48	12	45.7
11.5	3	0.5	12.17	30.90	12.5	46.3
12	3	1	12.33	31.33	13	47.0
12.5	3	1.5	12.50	31.75	13.5	47.6
13	3	2	12.67	32.17	14	48.2

What is the Shoe Width?

Mens Shoes in the UK assume that a "standard british foot" is an F fitting. However to accomodate variations in foot size alternative width fittings are available.

Narrow Fitting shoes - UK Fitting E (in the old days known as Fitting 5)

Slightly narrowerer than Average Fitting - UK Fitting EX or E+
This fitting is halfway between the Average F Fitting and the Narrow E Fitting

Standard - UK Fitting F (in the old days known as Fitting 6)

Slightly Wider than Average Fitting - UK Fitting FX or F+
This fitting is halfway between the Average F Fitting and the Wide G Fitting

Wide Fitting Shoes - UK Fitting G (in the old days known as Fitting 7)

Extra Wide Fitting Shoes - UK Fitting H (in the old days known as Fitting 8)

As a shoe increases in size the length and width increase. A size 8F shoe is therefore one size bigger and one size wider than a size 7F shoe. A size 7G shoe is a size wider than a size 7F - in other words the width of the shoe would roughly correspond to a size 8F.