Size 8 Safety and Work Boots for Women: Where to Buy
Quick answer: at UK 8 you can still choose from women’s safety boots at five shops. Toolstation’s Womens Size 8 page lists Amblers and Scruffs boots, Workwear Gurus has RockFall, Hard Yakka and Amblers women’s boots, and Amblers Safety has Sophie Collection styles beside unisex boots. Screwfix and Arco list women’s boots too, as shown in search results. Several ranges, including Rock Fall’s and Site’s, stop at this size.
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- Shops compared5
- Women's bootsAmblers, Hard Yakka, Rock Fall, Site
- Stop at 8Rock Fall, Site Skarn, Site Mudguard
- Also at 8Unisex boots, labelled as such
Eight is the last comfortable size for a women’s safety boot. Toolstation’s women’s page says its sizes run from 3 to 8, Rock Fall’s and Site’s women’s boots end here, and Arco’s women’s styles stop at about this point. So you still have brands to choose between, and side zip and dealer styles among them, but it pays to decide now, because at 9 the list shortens to Amblers and Hard Yakka. Unisex boots sit beside women’s ones at Amblers Safety and Arco, so read each label.
We checked each shop’s own website on 31 October 2026. Toolstation, Amblers Safety and Workwear Gurus were read directly. Screwfix and Arco details at 8 come from their own pages as shown in search results. Delivery and returns terms were read on 30 October. We did not check prices, and availability changes daily.
Where to buy size 8 safety boots: 5 shops compared
| Shop | Safety boot sizes listed (UK) | 8.5 | Widths at 8 | Delivery and returns | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ToolstationMost women's styles | Women's boots to 9 | Not checked |
| Next-day delivery £5, free over £40; returns within 30 days, unused and unmarked, with a £9 fee if it collects an unwanted item. | See Toolstation |
| Amblers SafetySophie Collection | Filter 2 to 15; women's styles to 9 | No |
| £3.99, free over £75; returns within 30 days, unworn with tags and box, at your cost unless faulty or wrongly sent; no exchanges. | See Amblers Safety |
| Workwear GurusRock Fall and Hard Yakka | 1 to 9 | Not checked | Not checked | As shown in search results: free UK delivery over £100, from £4.99 below; returns within 30 days, £4.95 for the tracked label, and £4.99 deducted if a return takes the order below £100. | See Workwear Gurus |
| Screwfix | Women's safety to 9 | Not checked | Not checked | As shown in search results: next-day delivery £5 under £50, free over £50; free returns under its 30-day money-back guarantee, with some items excluded. | See Screwfix |
| Arco | Filter 2 to 16; women's to about 8 | Not checked |
| Free over £50 ex VAT, £3.99 to £4.79 below; returns within 30 days, undamaged and in original packaging, a restocking fee may apply, and its page does not say who pays return postage. | See Arco |
Sizes are the range in each shop’s women’s safety boots filter or pages. “Not checked” means we did not record that detail. Delivery and returns are the standard UK terms read on 30 October 2026, as shown in search results where marked.
The shops in more detail
Toolstation
Toolstation's Womens Size 8 Safety Boots page listed the Amblers AS601 Lydia, AS606 Jules, AS105, FS103, AS605c KIRA and AS613 Elena, plus Scruffs Switchback boots. Its intro gives women's sizes as 3 to 8, so this is the top of its usual range. Next-day delivery is £5, free over £40, though supplier-shipped items vary. Returns within 30 days must be unused and unmarked, and it charges £9 to collect an unwanted item.
- At 8
- Amblers, Scruffs
- Women's sizes
- Intro says 3 to 8
- Returns
- 30 days; £9 if collected
Amblers Safety
At 8, Amblers Safety's Womens collection holds Sophie Collection women's boots such as the AS101 Alice and AS606 Jules, plus unisex FS32, AS241, AS240, FS112 and FS006C waterproof boots, so look at each label. A size link does not work on this page, so use the size filter on the collection. Delivery is £3.99, free over £75. Returns within 30 days must be unworn with tags and box, and are at your cost unless faulty or wrongly sent; there are no exchanges, so you return and reorder.
- Women's at 8
- AS101 Alice, AS606 Jules
- Unisex at 8
- FS32, AS241, AS240
- Returns
- 30 days, at your cost; no exchanges
Workwear Gurus
Workwear Gurus lists RockFall Ruby and Onyx, Hard Yakka Banjo, and Amblers FS128 and FS151 women's boots at 8. Rock Fall styles stop at this size, so a Ruby or Onyx is an 8 or nothing. As shown in search results, UK delivery is free over £100 and from £4.99 below. Returns within 30 days cost £4.95 for the tracked label, and £4.99 is deducted if a return takes the order below £100.
- At 8
- RockFall, Hard Yakka, Amblers
- Rock Fall
- Stops at 8
- Returns
- 30 days; £4.95 label (search results)
Screwfix
As shown in search results, Screwfix lists Site Skarn, Site Mudguard dealer, Scruffs Switchback and Amblers AS605C women's boots at 8. The Site Skarn and Site Mudguard run from 3 to 8, so they stop here. As shown in search results, next-day delivery is £5 under £50 and free over £50, and returns are free under its 30-day money-back guarantee, with some items excluded.
- At 8
- Site, Scruffs, Amblers
- Site boots
- Stop at 8
- Returns
- 30 days, free; some items excluded (search results)
Arco
As shown in search results, Arco lists unisex and women's boots at 8: the Arco Essentials Black Waterproof S3, ST480 and CT203, the CAT Mae Women's Honey S3 and the Rock Fall Onyx Women's. We did not confirm sizes style by style, and the CAT Mae's size text looked like a template. Its ST960 Women's, UK 3 to 8, is marked discontinued. Delivery is free over £50 ex VAT, or £3.99 to £4.79 below. Returns within 30 days must be undamaged and in the original packaging, a restocking fee may apply, and its page does not say who pays the return postage.
- At 8
- Unisex and women's
- Width filter
- Regular, Wide
- Returns
- 30 days; restocking fee may apply
Women’s safety boots that stop at 8
For several ranges, 8 is the end. Rock Fall’s Ruby and Onyx at Workwear Gurus stop here, as do the Site Skarn and Site Mudguard at Screwfix. The women’s styles we saw at Arco stop at 8 or so, and Toolstation’s page gives women’s sizes as 3 to 8, though one boot reaches 9. One size up, you are left with Amblers and Hard Yakka.
Shops without a safety boot at 8
Shoe Zone’s women’s safety list has one item at 8 and it is not a boot. CAT’s own UK shop has no safety-toe footwear, and Dr. Martens’ UK work range is slip-resistant, with no safety toe, so neither is listed above.
How to measure your feet for size 8 safety boots
We did not record a foot length, or EU and US sizes, from these shops at 8. For a length to compare with, Shoe Zone’s women’s chart gives 26.8 cm for a UK 8, and Marks and Spencer’s 262 mm.
- Stand on a sheet of paper with your heel against a wall, in the socks you wear for work.
- Mark your longest toe, with the pen upright.
- Measure wall to mark on both feet, and use the longer one.
Width at size 8
Most women’s safety boots here are standard fit. Toolstation’s fit filter showed Wide Fit on very few boots, and Arco’s Foot Width filter offers Regular and Wide. Amblers lists standard fit on most styles.
Our picks for size 8
We pick from the facts in the table, not from prices or reviews, which we have not checked.
- The most women’s styles on one page: Toolstation’s Womens Size 8 Safety Boots.
- A side zip: the Amblers AS601 Lydia at Toolstation.
- A Rock Fall boot: the Ruby or Onyx at Workwear Gurus, while 8 is still in range.
- Free returns: Screwfix, as shown in search results, with some items excluded.
More size 8 guides
Frequently asked questions
Which shops list women's safety boots in size 8?
Toolstation, Amblers Safety, Workwear Gurus, Screwfix and Arco. The last two rest on their own pages as shown in search results.
Are size 8 safety boots at Amblers women's or unisex?
Both appear under its Womens collection. The AS101 Alice and AS606 Jules are women's styles; the FS32, AS241 and AS240 are unisex.
Which women's safety boots stop at size 8?
Rock Fall styles at Workwear Gurus, and the Site Skarn and Site Mudguard at Screwfix, as shown in search results. Toolstation's intro gives women's sizes as 3 to 8.
Can I get a wide safety boot at 8?
Few. Toolstation's fit filter had Wide Fit on very few boots, and Arco's Foot Width filter offers Regular and Wide.
Can I buy an 8.5 safety boot?
None of the Amblers styles we read had 8.5. We did not record half sizes at the other shops.
Shops were checked on their own websites on 31 October 2026, and delivery and returns terms on 30 October 2026. Where we say so, details come from a shop’s own pages as shown in search results. We did not check Amazon UK’s listings.
Other sizes: size 9 safety boots, or the full large safety boots for women guide.