Urban Industry

Urban Industry has been trading from Eastbourne since 2002, when Daniel King opened it after running Dirtyhabit, a clothing brand for BMX and mountain bike riders through his college years. That background shows in the shop's outdoor lean: it's built its name as an independent outdoor specialist with a strong pull towards sustainable production, sourcing from brands that take material and manufacturing seriously.

The edit sits across heritage, outdoor and gorpcore, mixing technical performance names like Houdini, Norrøna, Klättermusen, NNormal and Cotopaxi with everyday staples such as Teva, Gregory and Champion Reverse Weave. There's a lighter, more fashion-facing thread too, in labels like A. Kjaerbede and Ciele Athletics, so the shop reads as somewhere for considered outdoor gear that still works as daily wear, rather than a purely technical mountain shop. Over twenty years in, it's still run day to day by King and his team from the same Eastbourne base, with UK and international shipping alongside the physical store.