An Independent Outdoor Clothing & Equipment Retailer Based in the English Lake District.

Head to the Hills have been around 'eeee for a few years now and we are well established experts in Leki trekking poles, Leki Nordic walking poles and Nordic walking equipment.

We also specialize in OMM rucksacks and trail running accessories, Ice -grippers and Craghoppers clothing and we are the Lake Districts specialists in open water swimming.

We are stockists of: Bridgedale socks, Craghoppers, Leki poles, OMM, Mountain King, Grisport Footwear, Keela, Blue Seventy, 2XU wetsuits and Hill-Sound amongst others.

At Head to the Hills our aim is to provide more adventure for your money and with the best service possible.

We are online with our lovely secure website and you can see us in action for real at Head to the Hills / Outdoor Adventure, 2 Compston Road, Ambleside. Cumbria. LA22 9DJ.

Please join us on facebook:  facebook.com/HeadtotheHills for fun and frolics

Head to the Hills - The  Green Outdoor Store.

We are concerned about our impact on the environment and because of this...

ALL our waste cardboard and office paper is collected and sent for recycling or re-used in the store.

Our waste polythene is either reused in packing or collected and recycled.

Our Carrier Bags are BIO-DEGRADEABLE and our store lighting is low energy.

Where appropriate we re-use envelopes, cardboard and other packaging in our mail order deliveries, so we hope you don't mind !

We encourage our suppliers to be 'green' and this also influences our choice of supplier.
For Example: Grisport, one of Italy's leading producers of trekking footwear, and our main footwear supplier has the greenest factory in Europe and according to the Italian Energy Minister, the greenest footwear in the world. Buy Grisport Footwear and walk green.

Head to the Hills are the Green Outdoor Store - We think we are the greenest outdoor store in the Lake District and further, no other outdoor store does Recycle, Reduce and Reuse like we do and because we want to :)

We love the outdoors

Living and working in the Lake District, we make most of it whenever we can. Between us we have a wide range of geographical experience from the Scottish Munro’s to hiking the local Fairfield Horseshoe, base-camping at Everest and running mountain marathons.

We hike, bike, canoe, camp, camper-van, climb, ski, swim, triathlon, fell-run, Nordic walk and chase sticks!

Pete is qualified in mountain leadership, expedition safety and planning, canoeing, sailing and outdoor studies. Pete is also an experienced top level Nordic Walking fitness coach and trainer.

Andrea is a fell- runner, keen hiker, occasional skier (it's the expense!) and crazy about open water swimming.

Ian (Sales and IT Support) - Service with a smile from an out and out gent.

Boot (Shop dog) - the official customer ‘greeter’, top sales-dog, keen fell-runner and ball chaser! { Boot's Blog }

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