The Outdoor Experts is part of the fast growing Experts community, where you can find invaluable information about how to best spend your leisure time and the businesses which can help you to do so.

The Outdoor Experts encompasses the following sectors:

  • Angling
  • Guns
  • Outdoor recreation
  • Snowsports
  • Sports

The find a shop feature allows you to find the public facing businesses and organisations involved in outdoor recreation in the UK.

Work in the outdoor recreation industry? It's quick and free to add your organisation to The Outdoor Experts.

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The Experts

The Experts

The Outdoor Experts is part of the Experts community; c.10,000 specialist businesses in the creative, cycling and outdoor recreation sectors.
Find a shop

Find a shop

Find all types of outdoor recreation businesses (aka The Outdoor Experts) throughout the UK, what brands they stock and what services they offer.
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Jobs board

If you want to work in the outdoor recreation industry use our jobs board to find the latest opportunities.
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Promoting Independent Outdoor Recreation Retailers

The aim of this website is to promote specialist outdoor recreation retailers. 

This website - alongside wider promotional activities - aims to educate and raise awareness amongst the general public about the benefits of buying outdoors equipment and receiving ongoing support and advice from retailers who can offer the right knowledge, service and choice when it comes to the great outdoors.

The Experts community is operated by ActSmart, a business support organisation committed to the future of specialist retail communities.

The Experts community does not incorporate any paid-for advertising, business listings are free of charge and job vacancy advertisements and comprehensive business listings are free to ActSmart members.

The following companies proudly support specialist outdoors retailers