About Action Outdoors
Action Outdoors is an independent retailer based in the village of Lawford, near Manningtree, on the Essex/Suffolk border between Ipswich and Colchester. We pride ourselves on providing a professional and personal service, regardless of whether you visit our premises (by appointment) or shop with us online. We take care in choosing our product range so we can offer you quality products at sensible price points.
Staff
So you can put faces to individuals within Action Outdoors, this section gives details of our main members of Staff.
Dave - The Owner
Dave has been involved in the outdoor trade since leaving school. He was initially employed as a shop assistant for an independent retailer based in Colchester where he was encouraged to try out and test the equipment on regular occasions, often in the middle of winter in such places as the Lake District. He later spent time on the road employed as a manufacturers agent & then returned to retail, eventually setting up Action Outdoors in Ipswich and then moving closer to home at Court Farm, Brantham. Now he truly has moved home! Still offering a personal service (by appointment) for footwear fitting etc. as well as continuing with online sales.
Meet the team
Dave Tonks
Dave has been involved in the outdoor trade since leaving school. He was initially employed as a shop assistant for an independent retailer based in Colchester where he was encouraged to try out and test the equipment on regular occasions, often in the middle of winter in such places as the Lake District. He later spent time on the road employed as a manufacturers agent & then returned to retail, eventually setting up Action Outdoors in Ipswich until 2019 then closer to home at Court Farm, Brantham for five years and now truly at home where he will continue to offer a personal service and online sales.
Daves Assistant
Barney (RIP)