Waterproofs, wellies, thermal socks and booties, hats, gloves, brollies for tinies, ski wear and even a wellie peg is to be found on this innovative and clever site aimed at children up to five with a very few items going up to eight (such as ski tops). This is an absolutely essential website for just about anyone with young children so take a good look round.as you could easily give some of the flowered wellies, funny socks and bootees as gifts.

I really like what the creator of this website says and couldn’t put it better myself: ‘Once we arrived home again after a stressful week, having established that I'd packed too much and discovered that half the products and equipment I'd taken for Rory were either impractical, inconvenient or not required in the first place I decided to set about doing something about it before our next trip’, So she did, and on this website you’ll find not just lots of helpful advice and information but also a whole range of products to make your life easier as you go.

Bats by Gunn and Moore, Kookaburra and Gray-Nichols plus loads of other brands are available here, plus gloves, pads, kitbags, body protection, accessories and balls. This is a website obviously designed for real cricketers and they're proud of the fact that they've sold to some of the World's top player. You'll definitely find something for the junior cricketer here as they have an excellent range.

Up until now you've had to go to a general sports store to find Adidas footwear and clothing. Now with this great, modern designed website you can look at everything in one place but much better than that; you can also read up on all the latest sports innovations from this famous brand. There's sports clothing and footwear for men, women and kids, a small infants range and Adidas by Stella McCartney.

Part of Littlewoods Online, this is the place to find discounted sports shoes by Nike, Addidas, Puma, Reebok, Converse and Lacoste plus the new season’s ranges. There’s also a wide range of sportswear for adults and kids plus sports equipment. The selection is excellent; delivery is free if you spend over £100 and returns are free as well. It’s an excellent website and the product list is growing all the time.

If you or any member of your family has ever done any camping, walking or hiking (or climbing) you'll probably already have visited Blacks, where they offer a well priced (rather than 'designer') range of clothing and accessories and good value skiwear in season. The Kid’s Gear section includes the excellent Peter Storm range of jackets, fleece and waterproofs for infants and kids aged up to age 12.

Everything for walking, trekking, rambling, camping, climbing, and many other activities is available here for men, women and kids including fleece, jackets, hats and gloves, thermals and waterproof jackets. Sizes for kids start at infants (with a very small range) and the main kids’ range at 8. There are lots of accessories here as well

Here’s well priced sportwear by brands such as Fruit of the Loom, Zerzees, and Result Kids for a variety of sports such football, rugby, general outdoor activities and fitness. Many of the items are offered in a wide range of colours and you can use their personalisation service as well for names, clubs and schools. There’s lots of very good adults’ general sportwear here as well.

Here you can find stylish children’s sun protective swimwear, designed and made in the UK and featuring soft cotton mix fabrics that provide 50+ UPF protection. This is a very small range but perfect if you’re taking your young kids somewhere hot and want a bit more peace of mind than the daily struggle to cover them in sun lotion, although you can buy that, and sunglasses, here as well.

You can find all types of waterproofs and outdoor wear for active kids and toddlers here, from rain suits and dungarees from Scandinavia to fun raincoats and jackets, Togz all in one suits, excellent ski-wear from Trespass and Dare2Be and even wetsuits and UV wear for beach and pool from Konfidence and TWF. Finally, there is the ultimate in puddle proofing - their toddler and child waders, which go from shoe size 22 to 38. First class delivery is included free - call for express delivery.

On this excellent golf website you can find junior golf enthusiasts’ clubs and accessories by Wilson Staff, Longridge, US Kids and Nike with the largest range definitely by US Kids. Then there are shoes, bags and trolleys, and clothing by Ashworth, Nike and Sunderland. The ranges change from season to season and they have very good special offers during sale times which are worth taking a look at.

At Planet Golf and alongside all the adult clubs, accessories and clothing there’s a very good Junior range, which not only includes Hippo, US Kids and Hawk junior club sets but also clothing by Demon (polo shirts, fleece lined sweaters and t-shirts), shoes, brollies and other accessories. There are kids’ waterproofs and windvests here as well.

The next time you're planning a skiing or snowboarding trip you should take a look round this website, where they have an excellent list of brands with junior collections such Surfanic, Tog 24, Columbia, Dakine, Burton and Peak Performance. They also have some excellent discounts plus rental packages at good prices.

This is a wonderful, clearly photographed website for grown up and junior skiers, offering brands such as The North Face, Helly Hansen and Roxy. Every possible type of clothing and equipment is available with skis, boots, poles, helmets and goggles just some of the equipment together with a full range of ski clothing (including colourful, fun ski socks and beanies).

As the sports that Patagonia specialises in are Alpine Skiing, Rock Climbing, Nordic Climbing and Fly Fishing, you won’t be surprised that this is a collection of really high tech/high insulated products. What is surprising (to me, at least), is that they’ve produced a really excellent range for infants and children too, with jackets, vests, fleece, base layers, all-in-one’s and gloves for ages from 3 months to 14. Nothing is inexpensive but you can be sure you’re buying the best.

This is one of a rapidly growing chain of onling sporting retailers that includes simplyscuba and simplybeach. At simplypiste there's an excellent, well laid out collection for men, women and children (and you can actually click straight through to the children's skiwear section, which makes a change). Find ski suits, jackets, salopettes, ski pants, base layer and baby skiwear there plus lots of accessories such as gloves and goggles which you have to look for in their separate sections.

Snow and Rock are a well known retailer for skiers, snowboarders and rock climbers with a full range of equipment and clothing and accessories by brands such as Animal, Billabong, Ski Jacket, Helly Hanson, O'Neill, Quicksilver, Salomon and Oakley. There's also lots of advice on what to buy and on fit. The junior section is really comprehensive and you’ll find everything you could possibly need from all in ones and padded jackets to hats, socks and thermals.

This is a great site for pony mad children as unlike lots of other equestrian websites aimed at all riders of all ages, this website is just for kids (girls really) aged 5 – 16 who love to ride. They have funky pink or purple nubuck jodhpur boots, glitter whips, vibrant grooming kits, sparkly diamante hat covers, colourful jodhpurs and bright and brilliant products for your favourite pony. There's also pony themed gear for school bags, bedrooms, the bathroom and casual wear.

At Saddler, although you have to click through to the main range first and there isn’t a special children’s section, there’s a very good choice of junior Barbour jackets from the standard waxed jacket to the essential padded, cord collar jacket in lots of colours from burnt orange to apple green. There are also kids show jackets by Just Togs, hats by FBI Champion and Just Togs, jods by Gorringe in some great colours plus long and short boots, jackets and body protectors. As the place where my daughter has always shopped for her riding kit (offline) I know you can expect great service here.

Aerobics, archery, athletics, badminton, baseball, basketball, bikes and billiards are the first eight items on the sports menu here where there’s almost everything for every sport you can think of; ok, trampolining, tennis, swimming, rugby and football are just a few more. In the Back to School section you can buy mouthguards, football shirts, rugby shorts, gloves and boots, headguards and kit bags.

This one’s strictly for the boys (I hope) and there’s a tremendous range, so if you’ve a young rugby enthusiast in the family you’ll not only find some great kit here but some excellent gift ideas as well. They stock Kooga, Armourfit and Canterbury (CCC) in the general range plus junior rugby shirts for most of the teams. Needless to say there’s all the adult rugby kit here too.

There are just two styles of children’s deck shoes here; the classic laced Anchor shoe, which comes in navy or tan, and the Skipper, which has a leather Velcro fastening. Sizing ranges from 1 – 13 and you can see immediately what they have in stock. There are excellent adult deck shoes here as well.

Aitken Niven is based in Edinburgh, and specialises in school uniforms for Scottish schools such as Auchterarder, Edinburgh Academy and Glenalmond so if that’s where you’re based you can order it all from them here. In their sport section you can buy (non school specific) Canterbury training kit, Gilbert Rugby balls and rugby boots plus hockey and cricket bats.

At Raindrops there’s a range of Scandinavian designed rainwear for children up to about age 9, including well priced fleece lined rain jackets, dungarees in a wide choice of colours and waterproof all in ones. There’s also a very good choice here of high quality outerwear, from a country that’s well know for its love of the outdoors and wet weather gear.

Famous for using Jonny Wilkinson as their model as well as for great quality clothing you can now buy from their excellent selection of stylish kids sportswear, which includes warm jackets, checked shirts, rugby shirts, polo shirts, knitwear, trousers and accessories such as hats and scarves, all in their signature style.