UK shoe sizes
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The UK shoe sizing system has developed with an Anglo-Saxon unit of length, the barleycorn, serving as the point of reference.
Historically, the barleycorn was the actual length of a barleycorn. More recently, the barleycorn has been standardised as 8.5mm and has still been used as a unit in the shoe sizing system. For example, notice that size 3.5 is one barleycorn longer than size 3 etc.
In UK, women shoe sizes range from 3 (rarely 2) to 9.5 while typical men shoe sizes are 6 (rarely 5.5) – 11.5.
Below you will find the estimated sole length and the corresponding shoe size:
| UK women shoe sizes | Sole length in inches | Sole length in centimeters |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 8.5 | 21.6 |
| 3.5 | 8.75 | 22.1 |
| 4 | 8.875 | 22.5 |
| 4.5 | 9.0625 | 23 |
| 5 | 9.25 | 23.5 |
| 5.5 | 9.375 | 23.8 |
| 6 | 9.5 | 24.1 |
| 6.5 | 9.6875 | 24.6 |
| 7 | 9.875 | 25.1 |
| 7.5 | 10.0 | 25.4 |
| 8 | 10.1875 | 25.9 |
| 8.5 | 10.3125 | 26.2 |
| 9 | 10.5 | 26.7 |
| 9.5 | 10.6875 | 27.1 |
| UK men shoe sizes | Sole length in inches | Sole length in centimeters |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | 9.5 | 24.1 |
| 6.5 | 9.625 | 24.4 |
| 7 | 9.75 | 24.8 |
| 7.5 | 9.9375 | 25.4 |
| 8 | 10.125 | 25.7 |
| 8.5 | 10.25 | 26.0 |
| 9 | 10.4375 | 26.7 |
| 9.5 | 10.5625 | 27.0 |
| 10 | 10.75 | 27.3 |
| 10.5 | 10.9375 | 27.9 |
| 11 | 11.125 | 28.3 |
| 11.5 | 11.25 | 28.6 |
Did you know?
The barleycorn can be further broken down into the poppyseeds. 1 barleycorn is equal to 4 poppyseeds.
Have you heard about the barleycorn and the poppyseed before?
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