Sex Shops List

Bridge Street

Reported closed and all signage removed in March 2010.

Nice 'n' Naughty
27 High Street
(250 yards from railway station)
Bangor
LL57 1NP

Tel: 01248 372700

Mon-Sat: 9am-6pm

bangor@nicennaughty.co.uk

Take a peek into the shop

www.nicennaughty.co.uk

Licensed

10% Discount  off for Melon farmers at all our licensed shops and online with the discount code MELONFARMERS. This discount cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers.

  News November 2015: Licence Renewed

The licence was duly renewed with opposition just from the moralist councillor, June Marshall

  News from Nice 'n' Naughty, Nov 2006: Nice 'n' Naughtier

Nice 'n' Naughty are celebrating the licensing of their only previously unlicensed shop last Friday 17th November.

The Bangor store opened 2 years ago having been refused a license. Nice 'n' Naughty then reapplied last year and were again refused. However, persistence paid off as on the 3rd attempt they were surprisingly granted a full sex shop license and are now able to supply R18 films to Bangor customers.

  From Nice 'n' Naughty: Comfortable Shopping

We have a new shop opened  on January 3rd 2005.

A full range of adult DVDs catering for all tastes are stocked with new titles arriving weekly.

A full range of magazines, fetish, TV, scans, European, UK/USA monthly, gay, contacts and the latest Private and Pirate titles.

A huge range of adult toys and novelties. Also stocking a massive selection of clothing, leather. latex, hosiery upto size 24 and offering a made to order service with a large stock of shoes and boots from size 5 to 11.

With Male and Female staff available in a brand new shop fit with air conditioning, well lit and layout that offers comfortable shopping.

Bingham Mall
Bangor
Northern Ireland
BT20 5AJ

No internet presence in 2011, so presumably closed

Barnsley

Private Shop

3 Doncaster Rd
Barnsley
S70 1TH

Mon-Sat: 10am-6pm (Fri 8pm) 

Map

Licensed. Review required

Barnsley

Pulse & Cocktails

462 Doncaster Road
Stairfoot
Barnsley
S70 3EY
 
Mon-Sat: 10am-5:30pm
Sun & Bank hols: closed

This newly refurbished and good sized, one-stop shop in Barnsley offers a very relaxed shopping environment with excellent advice available from the shop manager.
The store is open 6 days a week, apart from holidays.

The store has an excellent range of sex toys, games and novelties along with a good assortment of lingerie, stockings and uniforms.

The store has a separate film department on the first floor and is DVD heaven with over 3,000 XXX DVDS.

Head towards Barnsley from the Stairfoot roundabout, we are approximately 300-400 yards further up the road on the right hand side on the corner of Hoyle Mill Road.
There is ample roadside parking around the shop

Barrow in Furness

Dalkeith Street
Barrow-in-Furness
A14 4SP
 

Appears to have closed by December 2011.

Simply Pleasure

21 Dalkeith Street
Barrow in Furness
LA14 1ST

Mon-Sat: 9am-8pm
Sun: 10am-4pm

Tel: 0122 9827450

www.simplypleasure.com

 

Licensed

  From ETO's Mystery Shopper, July 2014: Beyond charming

The manageress was beyond charming.

The stock was broad and interesting.

R18 DVDs are £15 to £25. There is also a 3 for the price of 2 deal on DVDs and toys

Bath

The Private Shop

28 Victoria Buildings
Lower Bristol Rd.
Twerton
Bath
BA2 3EM

Open: Mon-Sat 10am-8pm

map

Licensed

  News October 2011: Sex Shop Blaze

Police have said that a fire at a Bath sex shop on Friday was started deliberately.

No-one was injured in the fire which broke out at the Private Shop premises in Victoria Buildings in Lower Bristol Road.

An Avon Fire and Rescue spokesman said the fire was quickly dealt with and further investigations into the cause would be carried out later.

Bedford

Erotica

79 Tavistock Street
Bedford
MK40 2UK
 

Licensed, review required.

Private Shop

72 Tavistock Street
Bedford
MK40 2RP

Mon-Sat: 10am-6pm (Fri. 8pm)
 

Licensed. Review required

Bedfordshire

• Bedford
• Milton Keynes
• Sandy

Belfast

Bliss Adult Play Things

Liberty Belfast
20 North Street
Belfast
BT1 1LA

Closed at Smithfield Square West in February 2014. Now at Liberty Belfast

  From Liberty Belfast

On the adult side of things our extensive range of goods (too much to list it all) includes everything from hen and stag night novelties, naughty adult gifts and games, lingerie, shoes-boots, dress up, fetish wear, sex toys for him - her and couples.

Presumably lost when the arcade was burnt down in an arson attack.

The Gresham Bookshop

2 Gresham Street
Belfast
BT1 1JN

Fined for selling R18 videos without a license even though the shitty council refused to grant license

Gresham Tapes & Video

25 Gresham Street
Belfast
BT1 1JL

Review required

Miss Behavin'

Unit 2, 2-8 Gresham Street
Belfast
BT1 1JN

Unlicensed

  News November 2014: Licence refused

Belfast City Council has said no to licensed sex shops on a city centre street. The committee claimed that the appropriate number of sex establishments in the Gresham Street locality remain as nil.

  News September 2014: Licence Application

Belfast Council moralists have in the past have refused to grant sex shop licences just because. In 2003 Miss Behavin' applied for a licence which was rejected. The shop initiated an appeal which was escalated all the way to the UK's high court which eventually upheld the council's right to ban sex shops just because they felt like it.

Now Miss Behavin' look set to apply for a licence again and early reports from councillors is that opinions are 'divided' which looks a lot more promising than in 2003.

MissTique

Gresham Street
Belfast
BT1 1JL

Unlicensed

  News November 2014: Licence refused

Belfast City Council has said no to licensed sex shops on a city centre street. The committee claimed that the appropriate number of sex establishments in the Gresham Street locality remain as nil.

  News October 2014: Licence Application

MissTique has joined Miss Behavin' by submitting an application for a licence for a second sex shop called Misstique in the same area.

Mr Bliss

Smithfield Square West
Belfast
BT1 1JE

Reported closed in 2014

Naughty but Nice

Smithfield Square
Belfast
BT1 1JE

Closed February 2014

Perfect Pleasures

North Street
Belfast
BT1 1NA

Reported closed in 2013

Closed

North Street
Belfast
BT1 1ND

Closed by 2012

SohoBooks

31 Gresham St
Belfast
BT1 1JL

9:30am-9pm

Tel: 028 90 333233

Previously Private Lines

  News, May 2015: Mentioned in Dispatches

The shop was mentioned in the news when a shoplifting case was heard in court.

  From the archive:

The longest running sex shop in the city (and indeed Ireland).

The shop is of a moderate size and nicely presented. A good range of DVD's and videos (yes, somebody is still selling them!) plus a wide variety of toys, novelties and adult mags. Helpful staff a plus as well. Well worth a visit.

 Company closed in 2006

Birkenhead

Scandals Adult Shop

4 Marion Street
Birkenhead
CH41 6LT

Mon-Fri: 9-6.30pm
Sat: 9.30-6pm

Tel: 0151 666 1444

Licensed in 2004. Listing checked in December 2015.

  News May 2012: ETO Awards 2012

Scandals has been nominated for the Best Individual Store in the 2012 Erotic Trade Only Awards:

  From Dawn: Recent refurb

Even before its recent refurbishment making the shop at least 4 times as big, it was well worth a visit for all your sexual needs and more. The staff would order you stuff that they didn't have in and they nearly always had items in.

Since it's recent refurb, however, their stock has become more widespread with new items arriving every day. The staff knew their regulars and would show the latest arrivals they knew we would enjoy. Their array of vibrators and anal toys was vast, along with their dvds and videos.

The staff are great, they try out all the items and will let u try the open vibrators that are behind the counter before you buy. They make you feel welcome and follow our own belief that sex is completely natural and as a woman feel at ease going in their on my own.

Scandals is well worth a visit

Reported closed in April 2012.

Birmingham

Adult World

1 Hinckley Steer
Birmingham
B5 4EB

Mon-Sat: 10am-10pm
Sun: 11am-4pm

Licensed

  From ETO's Mystery Shopper, June 2013: Perfectly Decent

No longer any reference to a sex cinema but still has lap dancing and preview booths.

Most R18 DVDs are a basic £30 but have a 3 for 2 offer. There are also titles at £20 and a clearance line at £10.

There was a helpful manager who made for perfectly decent licensed store.

  Review from Gerry, Oct 2009: Spot On

Your current comments are spot on.

DVDs are expensive, cinema show is excellent. Striptease is fine and the young lady doubles up as the lap dancer. Lap dance costs £20.

  Review July 2006: 'one-stop' sex central

I know this review section is supposed to be about shops. How about a shop, a cinema, preview booths, a striptease (four times daily), Oh! yes! I forgot...a private lapdance... No kidding!

As far as I know this place is a one-off! This 'shop' is simply a 'one-stop' sex central

The sex shop alone is worth a visit. They must have 2000 titles available. A great range of toys and clothing too... there were a few ladies in there and couples. As well the usual mix of guys like myself.

It has a 100 seat cinema... playing many of the latest releases. Special preview booths are there too... and I've only ever seen these in Amsterdam. These were great. You can check out a movie before you buy it. The striptease was free, as it was in with the cost of the admittance into the cinema.. About £10 I think. Not sure about the private dance, but this was definitely available.

The staff were very helpful and polite and asked if their help were needed, which it wasn't as they'd already done such a good display of categorizing their movies.

As I reached to pay for my DVD's... My eye was taken to a fantastic area for all sorts of sexual enhancers... too many to mention here.. But I'm sure they'll be needed in a few years.

A one-stop sex centre in the middle of the country a stone's throw away from New Street Station... A wonderful idea in a great location... well worth a visit... How much was that lapdance again?

  January 2006: Good Range

Shop is quite small but with a good range of films – just a token amount of other stuff (clothes / toys etc).

Only problem is the prices - £35 per DVD. I understand the cost of the licence is £9000 but London is only a train ride away and at £20 per film you would only need to buy a few to pay for a train ticket….

Birmingham

Adult World

1014 Coventry Road
Hay Mills
Birmingham
B25 8DP

Mon-Fri: 10am-9pm
Sat: 10am-6pm
Sun: 11am-4pm
 

  Previously Book Exchange

Birmingham

Amsterdam XXX

119/121 Hurst Street
Birmingham
B5 6SE

Tel: 0121 622 4566

I was in Birmingham with a woman friend recently when she said she'd always wanted to see inside a sex shop. We found one called Amsterdam XXX. We looked around for a while and as we were about to leave the chap behind the counter said there was a cinema downstairs and couples were free. Just have a look, you don't have to stay long.

I followed her down the stairs and into the narrow darkened room. There were about eight men sat about the place watching a porn film on the end wall. We sat down and watched the film, she was more fascinated watching the men in there. Eventually we left, and as we were driving out of Birmingham she said she was surprised how clean and tidy it all was. Not nasty like she'd imagined a place like that would be. Now she's coming up with ideas of what she'd like to do if we went back.

  Comment, Oct 2009: Good Choice

There is a good choice of expensive DVDs

  December 2004: Cinema

Part of the shop's problem was the constantly flickering lights and the need for air fresheners. DVDs are priced at £40 with £20 exchange. There is a cinema downstairs. A simple selection of bondage toys.

Birmingham

Clone Zone

84 Hurst Street
Birmingham
B5 4TD

Mon-Thu: 11am - 8pm
Fri-Sat: 11am - 9pm
Sun: 11am - 6pm

Tel: 0121 666 6640

Licensed

  Comment, Oct 2009: Gay

The shop is now totally gay

  Review December 2004: Funky Crop Shop

Gay oriented store. Tired looking displays. R18 DVDs £30 but on sale at £20 at time of visit.

Also features a solarium, funky crop shop, hairdresser and piercing studio.

Birmingham

Digbeth Book Exchange

91 Oxford St
Digbeth
Birmingham
B5 6DY

(opposite coach station)

Tel: 0121 643 1700

Licensed

  From a reader, Feb 2007: Wow, What a Shop

What a delightful experience, well modern stylish a bit classy even! 'yeah in a sex shop '

The staff were very helpful and if there was something you are looking that they don't already have they get on the phone there and then, to order it for you.

When I got hold of the 2 back issues of my Harmony Concepts films that same week I was 'well happy' even more so as I got them at the standard rate + discount!

ALWAYS a genuine bargain to be had on their sale shelf too starting at £14.99 seems to be a honest shop that's stood the time.

  From a reader:

A bright clean (unsleazy) licensed shop near city centre , with friendly helpful staff. Stocking over 200 R18 titles (video and DVD), magazines, excellent range of toys .

I informed the shop owner of your site, and she is gonna offer a discount to future customers who mention your site.

Great Barr

Closed

Birmingham

Leg Avenue

58 High Street
Kings Heath
Birmingham
B14 7JZ

Tel 0870 7653171

Previously LA Pleasure

  From LA Pleasures:

The shop focuses on leatherwear, shoes, pvc latex etc and also carries sex toys & games.

Birmingham

Night Trips Adult Shop

39 Horsefair
Birmingham
B1 1DA

0121 622 3736

Licensed shop

  From ETO's Mystery Shopper, June 2013: Traditional

A very traditional shop.

DVDs range from £10 bargains to £40 for some fetish titles.

A good manager and a good atmosphere.

  January 2006:

Shop looks a little drab from the outside but inside it is well laid out with a reasonable range of films grouped according to category. Doesn't stock
much in the way of toys etc. I wanted to buy a couple of films but £35 each . I asked  about reduced prices such a 2 for £50 and was told no but pointed to a rack of films on offer for £20 each – unfortunately nothing took my fancy although they were all OK films (if a little old).

Staff were friendly and helpful despite not agreeing to a multi-buy deal!

Birmingham

Private Shop

45 Pinfold St
City Centre
Birmingham
B2 4AY

(just off Victoria Square)

Map

Licensed

  From ETO's Mystery Shopper, June 2013: Clean and Tidy

DVDs range from £10 to £25 with multi deals at all price levels from £15.

There's an arty centrepiece to the bar, a wooden thing with a cock for a nose and a cock for a... cock. Certainly a talking point!

First rate shop.

Birmingham

Private Shop

1-4 Hockley Hill
Birmingham
B18 5AA

Licensed

  Review from Malcolm, September 2012: Seeking High Definition

[Following on from getting good discounts at the West Bromwich Private Shop]... Strangely another Private shop at Hockley Hill, Birmingham refused to give any discount at all on three Blu-ray's, had I wanted to purchase them, (Of course I did not).

The manager at West Bromwich (Who apparently manages all three shops in the Birmingham area told me that was incorrect and that I could purchase 3 Blu-ray discs for the same price as HD DVD discs......

But thus far I have been satisfied with the local Private shops.

  From Mel, January 2006: Looking for Hidden gems

My friend and I visited this shop on 19th January 2006. Its a new shop to the area and I didn't think it would be any good due to the location, its mainly surrounded by small businesses that specialise in clothing and its close to the jewelry quarter.

The lad who was running the shop was very pleasant and not at all sleazy as you would expect of a lad who has access to so much porn !!!

DVDs start at £10 each, without a case. They have 3 films on each disc and are good value for money. Being a first timer to this particular shop I was given a freebie which he admitted was rubbish !! BUT it was free so who's complaining???

Good range of toys and hundreds of magazines. Only complaint.... we couldn't look at them first !! Defo be going back as I live locally. BTW My friend and I are female, so its nice to get an opinion from both sides of the coin!!

Birmingham

Prowler

29-30 Stephenson Street
City Centre
Birmingham
B2 4BH

Unlicensed

  News, August 2013: Refit

The store has been refitted and is having a re-launch.

  From ETO's Mystery Shopper, June 2013: No hanky panky

A notice was spotted explaining that propositioning other shoppers would result in a ban as it was against the shop’s ‘license’ conditions

  News:

Prowler and Expectations, the UK's most popular lifestyle brands have joined forces to open a gay and lesbian lifestyle store in Stephenson Street, Birmingham.

closed by 2012

closed by 2012

Blackburn

Private Shop

71 Darwen St
Blackburn
BB2 2BL

Open: Mon-Sat: 10am-6pm (Fri 8pm)

Map

Licensed

Opened in 2004. Delisted by June 2012.

Blackpool

Private Shop

311 Church Street
Blackpool
FY1 3PF

Open: Mon-Sat: 9.30-6pm (Fri. 8pm)
Sun: 10am-4pm

Licensed

The shop was your typical corner shop type and was a long walk away from the tourist resort of Blackpool.

The shop was crammed full of DVDs and magazines but was limited on toys.

The prices was reasonable for Hardcore DVDs but the deals didn't make you want to buy.

It wouldn't be my first choice in Blackpool

Saints & Sinners

11-15 Foxhall Square
Blackpool
FY1 5BJ

Mon-Sat: 10am-6pm
Sun: 11am-4pm

Tel: 01253 625050

Now licensed and also with a drinks licence

  News March 2016: Drinks licence

Blackpool sex shop Saints & Sinners has been granted a licence to serve alcohol on its premises.

The store already has a lounge area which serves coffee, where customers can wait while their partners try on items of lingerie, and this will now also offer wine, champagne, Prosecco, and chilled beers. It is believed to be the first adult store to be granted an alcohol licence.

  News June 2014: Nominated for ETO Awards

The shop was nominated for Best Retailer and Most Innovative Retailer in the 2014 ETO Awards. These are trade awards voted on by UK adult shop businesses. The shop manager was nominated for Best Store Manager.

Saints & Sinners in Blackpool has won the award for Best Individual Shop for the 2013 Erotic Trade Only (ETO) Awards

  News May 2012: ETO Awards 2012

Saints & Sinner has been nominated for the Best Individual Store in the 2012 Erotic Trade Only Awards:

  From Informed Consent, February 2006: Community Store

Fantastically warm and friendly adult shop catering for the bdsm community as well. No visit to Blackpool is complete without a visit to saints and sinners. Fetish gear for BBW's on the hangers.

  Reader Review:

Saints & Sinners has to be one of the nicest, least seedy adult shops I've visited. The store is clean and bright... unless of course you decide to take a trip to the dungeon... no it's not that bad! A really nicely fitted out basement serves as a fantastic S&M show room, while the main shop is very open and well lit (unlike some shops!). 

My girlfriend and I felt happy going in as a couple & we've even been back individually, and always felt welcome! Think Ann Summers with less purple, more light and less commercial!

Blackwood

Gwent

Secret Desires

Unit A7
Britannia Industrial Estate
Pengam Rd
Blackwood
Gwent
NP12 3SP

Tel: 01443 875 142

The shop is owned and managed by Dom Productions which specialises in fetish/BDSM DVDs. So a fair amount of related material is on sale.

There were some expensive DVDs on sale for £40 but there were deals of 3 for 2 on gay films and there was a promotional box of £15 DVDs.

Perhaps a little pricey, but overall, a well presented discreet shop.

New shop very friendly is in an industrial estate but this is not a problem as the shop is light and airy good range of stock which should grow with time also willing to source non stock items.

  From the Shop:

We have just been granted our Licence for our first shop.

The shop decor is in blue and silver low level ceiling, downlighters, spot lights, Modern shop furniture, Huge range of DVD's, Magazines, Sex toys and novelties.

35 Bowes Street
Blythe
NE24 1BD

Planned move from Whitley bay

  See article from chroniclelive.co.uk, April 2012: On the Move

Due to the hassle and expense of parking in the vicinity of the shop, Tickled Pink is set to move to Bowes Street in Blythe.

Licence awarded to Secret Desires in April 2006. Sold on to Pillowtalk in January 2009. Now closed

Bridge Street
Bolton
BL1 2EF

Unlicensed and closed

Bolton

Nice 'n' Naughty
Rear of 72 Newport Street
Bolton
BL1 1PB

Mon-Fri: 10am-6pm.
Sat: 9am-6pm

Tel: (01204) 396944

bolton@nicennaughty.co.uk

Take a peek into the shop

www.nicennaughty.co.uk

Licensed

10% Discount  off for Melon farmers at all our licensed shops and online with the discount code MELONFARMERS. This discount cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers.

  From Nice 'n' Naughty, June 2008: 5 Star Review

In the June issue of ETO, their Mystery Shopper was in Bolton, visiting the town's adult stores, visiting 6 stores in the town.

Out of the 6 stores under review, the Nice'n' Naughty branch was the only store awarded the maximum 5 star, As good as it gets in any retail sector rating for its store.

The review went on to say: Inside, the shop has an excellent selection of R18 DVD's; Male and female staff added a pleasant air as I admired magazines and a great toy wall, all to the strings of some gentle calming music. The space was utilised wonderfully, with a central isle holding bondage bits, lingerie and Kinky Heals. Another bell from the door told me I was no longer shopping alone, and a busy shop is a good shop.

Philip Price, Area Manager for the branch, said that it was a testament to the dedication from the company's staff and the commitment they give to their customers that keep them market leaders in the adult retail industry.

  From Phil, Feb 2007: Rampant Selection

Nipped in there yesterday, thinking Valentines day, and me being in serious trouble as I'd not got anything for her yet; and how surprised was I!

First by the range of toys, DVDs and Lingerie, but also by how comfortable the place felt! The guy behind the counter was really friendly, and seemed to know what he was talking about!

They had a great range of Rampant Rabbits, which should keep anyone's wife happy, including mine! He took me through their different functions, and I ended up with an all singing all dancing version that should keep her happy for hours!

Then it was on to something to wear, and ended up with a rather slinky set from Wild Designs!

Will definitely be in there again, and may even treat us to a DVD, will take the wife next time as well, as I'm sure she'll fell as relaxed in there as I did!

Well done nicennaughty for creating a sex shop for the 21st century!

Bolton

Private Shop

201 St. George's Rd.
Bolton
BL1 2PG

Mon-Sat: 10am-6pm (Fri 8pm) 

Licensed since 2002.

  From Heather, July 2006: Comfy

I went in there with my boyfriend about a year ago to make a purchase and expected to feel very intimidated being female, but I felt the opposite, I was accepted like any other customer, with just one guy behind the counter, who was most helpful, we weren't rushed or pressured, the shop is only small but with a great choice of toys and DVDs which we looked at as well as mags, books and bondage gear.

I felt comfortable and wouldn't mind going in without my other half if I wanted.

Our purchase was wrapped in brown paper for discretion and we left feeling comfy.

It is a licenced shop and I would recommend it to all who wish to browse and purchase.

Awarded a licence in October 2006 but set to close in November 2009.

Boston

Pulse & Cocktails

4 Emery Lane,
Boston
PE21 8QA
 
Mon-Sat: 10am-5pm
Sun & Bank hols: closed

For visitors to Boston wanting to take a break from shopping, then the Weatherspoon's pub by the town bridge is a good bet. Gay visitors may prefer the King's Head near Pulse & Cocktails

  From Pulse & Cocktails, March 2007: Newly Refurbished

This newly refurbished and good sized, one-stop shop in Boston offers a very relaxed shopping environment with excellent advice available from the shop manager. The store is open 6 days a week, apart from holidays.

The store has an excellent range of sex toys, games and novelties along with a good assortment of lingerie, stockings and uniforms.

The store has a separate film department on the first floor and is DVD heaven with over 1,500 XXX DVDS. The store also has an excellent, Gay DVD section. The DVDs are very competitively priced and Pulse & Cocktails offers an excellent exchange system on all films. The store has a good selection of books and magazines, none of which are sealed and all at very competitive prices.

Emery Lane is a narrow and quaint, pedestrianised street in the centre of Boston. Although the street is small it is very well known locally so if you are not from Boston most local people will direct you to Emery Lane. At the top of Emery Lane is Cash converters we are 100 yards down on the right.

Parking is available at any of the town centre car parks

Bournemouth

Holdenhurst Road

Closed in 2010

Christchurch Road

Closed around 2009

The Triangle
 

Closed in 2009

Easy Tiger Store

27 The Triangle
Bournemouth
BH2 5SE

Mon-Sat: 10am-10pm
Sun: 10am-8pm

Tel: 01202 554 195

Licensed in 2009, previously listed as Triangle Adult Store and White Tiger Store. Associated with the Erotica Belle chain of shops.

  News from Easy Tiger, August 2012: Expanding

Easy Tiger has been granted permission from the council to open a second retail floor in the basement. This will give extra space to expand to be one of the largest sex shops in the south of England.

Also note the new opening times Monday-Saturday 10am-10pm, Sunday 10am-8pm.

  From ETO's Mystery Shopper, August 2012: Mixed gay and straight

DVDs are mostly £30 with some stickered as Buy One, Get One Free.

A quirky shop offering a friendly welcome and a warm goodbye.

  News, June 2012: Best Diamond Jubilee Shop Display

Bournemouth organised a Diamond Jubilee contest prize for Bournemouth's best window display. The Easy Tiger store in The Triangle was crowned as winner for its red, white and blue display with slogans including polish your crown jewels and keep calm, keep it up.

The win was down to a public vote, and Easy Tiger's 87 votes were 40 higher than their closest rival.

Easy Tiger was presented with the Best Independent Jubilee Window Display by the Bournemouth Chamber of Trade and Commerce at the Hotel Miramar. The chamber's vice-president Mandy Payne said it made everyone smile when the winner was announced.

  From White Tiger, March 2010: Light & Modern

White Tiger offers a huge selection of Adult Toys and R18 DVDs (from as little as £6). 

It is also a place to buy Regulation rubber and leather wear, jocks, underwear, lingerie, bondage equipment as well as your naughty novelties and cards.

Owned by the former manager of Clone Zone in Bournemouth.

The shop still has its original Victorian frontage and is light, modern and open at the front with friendly welcoming staff.

  News April 2009: Spin-off from Clone Zone

White Tiger Europe Ltd was granted a sex establishment licence for 12 months for Triangle Adult Store, a lifestyle shop for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender customers, run by the former manager of Clone Zone.

Closed in 2006

Private Shop

8 The Triangle
Bournemouth
BH2 5RY

Licensed, previously Clone Zone

  From ETO's Mystery Shopper, August 2012: Good for DVDs

A good selection of DVDs are mostly £25 with a 3 for £50 deal. There are offer offers too.

A pleasant enough shop that could do with updating the empty window, which makes the shop look closed down when its not.

Holdenhurst Road
 

Closed in 2008

Purrfectly Discreet

15 The Triangle
Bournemouth
BH2 5RY

Mon-Sat: 10am - 5.30pm
 

Relocated from Pool in 2014.

  News from Dawn, April 2015: Moved

Purrfectly Discreet in Poole was bought by the owner of Easy Tiger/Erotica-belle in September 2014. He then moved the business to Bournemouth.

Simply Pleasure

333 Holdenhurst Road
Bournemouth
BH8 8BT

Mon-Wed: 10am-6pm
Thu-Fri: 10am-7pm
Sun: 10am-4pm

Tel: 01202 720770

www.simplypleasure.com
 

Licensed, Previously The Adult Store

  News June 2014: Nominated for ETO Awards

The shop manager was nominated for Best Store Manager in the 2014 ETO Awards. These are trade awards voted on by UK adult shop businesses.

  From ETO's Mystery Shopper, August 2012: Large and friendly

DVDs are mostly £30 with a 3 for the price of 2 deal.

The shop was fun to visit with a friendly manageress. A really engaging licensed adult shop.

  Reader review:

The Adult Store is a fairly new addition to the list and is a much more pleasant shop to visit. The shop outdoes the others on the magazine side, with a massive selection available, particularly the Buttman and Hustler / Barely Legal range at reasonable prices.

  From the Shop:

We have actually been licensed since September 02, and have just renewed our licence this Tuesday with no problems. Bournemouth's biggest, brightest, cleanest and keenest sex shop.

Simply Pleasure

180 Holdenhurst Road
Bournemouth
BH8 8AS

Mon-Wed: 10am-6pm
Thu-Fri- 10am-7pm
Sat: 10am-6pm
Sun: 11am-4pm

Tel: 01202 295705

www.simplypleasure.com

Licensed, Previously known as Uncut

  From ETO's Mystery Shopper, August 2012: Compact and friendly

DVDs are mostly £30 with a 3 for the price of 2 deal. There are also older titles at £15 each.

The shop is clean, compact, friendly, convenient and has character.

  News Oct 2008: Perfectly Well Run

The sex shop licence was renewed by the council with the endorsement:

Cllr David Kelsey, vice president of the licensing board, defended the decision to renew the licence: It's a perfectly well run business. It doesn't downgrade the area at all.

Kinson Road
Kinson
 

Now closed and replaced by a party goods shop

Bradford

Private Shop

149 Manningham Lane
Bradford
BD8 7JA

Mon-Sat: 9.30-6pm (Fri. 8pm)
Sun: 10am-4pm

Licensed

  From ETO's Mystery Shopper, October 2012: Best in Bradford

R18 DVDs were £25 each with multiple offers of 3 for £50 or 5 for £70 or 7 for £100. There is also a range at £2 also with discounts on multiple buys.

There's a strong gay range, ManZone.

A basic shop but well presented.

Bradford

Pulse & Cocktails

Tong Street
Bradford
BD4 9QY
 
Mon-Sat: 10am-6pm
Sun & Bank hols: 11am-4pm

Licensed

  From ETO's Mystery Shopper, October 2012: Best in Bradford

An extensive shop with discreet access and parking.

R18 DVDs were £25 each with multiple offers of 3 for £50 or 7 for £100.

Open, bright, fun, welcoming and safe-feeling.

  From Pulse & Cocktails, March 2007: Ultimate Experience

This is a large adult superstore and is split into two departments

This first is Cocktails, which has an excellent range of sexy lingerie, costumes PVC, latex and hosiery in a variety of styles ranging from sizes 8-26. This department also has a huge selection of naughty novelties, games and hen and stag night products

Pulse is where the shopping adventure really begins! The sex toys department is huge with literally thousands of toys from every corner of the globe with many items available to touch in the 'switch on and try before you buy' display area. This store also has an exclusive range of erotic furniture.

This store has a fantastic adult film department with over 3,000 different titles covering every type and subject imaginable. This department also has a 42" plasma screen showing trailers of the latest films. The store also has an excellent, Gay DVD section with over 300 titles. The DVDs are very competitively priced and Pulse & Cocktails offers an excellent exchange system on all films. The store has a huge range of books and magazines, none of which are sealed and all at very competitive prices.

Head towards Bradford city centre on Tong Street and we are situated on the right hand-side,100 yards past Tong Street Motors, next door to Arctic Spas and Motosave

The free private car park is easy to spot as it has a blue fence around it.

Bradford

Scene One Adult Shop

145 Manningham Lane
Bradford
BD8 7JA

Tel: 01274 306620

Mon-Sat 9:30-8:00

Licensed

  From ETO's Mystery Shopper, October 2012: An Interesting Experience

Friendly staff but lacking ambience and perhaps in need of TLC.

R18 DVDs are £30 with some at £15 (reduced further in multiple deals).

There's a mock cave with stalactites for the shop's range of fetish gear.

Bridgend

Private Shop

72 Bridgend Road
Aberkenfig
Bridgend
CF32 9AP

Open: Mon-Sat: 9.30-6pm (Fri. 8pm)

Licensed. Also known as Playtime

   From ETO's Mystery Shopper, November 2013: Cheery manager

There's a friendly helpful and cheery manager.

Loads of R18s at £25 or £50 for 3. Otherwise full priced DVDs are £30 and bargain bin titles are £15 or £30 for 3.

Like an unwashed dog, a bit smelly but loveable and sweet it its own way.

Bridgwater

Bookworm

25 St Johns Street
Bridgwater
TA6 5HR

A bookshop with a porn magazine section discreetly located at the back, the porn mags can be exchanged the same way as their books - so long as they are in "good condition" of course.

They also stock a few reasonably priced sex toys and and adult dvd's

It's a friendly enough shop that doesn't attract to many weirdo's. I wouldn't go out of my way to visit the place, but for a small shop it is well stocked on porn mags - and they can be had very cheap if you don't mind buying "pre-owned".

Brierley Hill

(See Dudley)

Brighton

(Also see Hove)

Ann Summers

30 Western Rd
Brighton
BN1 2EB

Unlicensed. Recently relocated from its previous site on North Street

 Review from ETO's Mystery Shopper, December 2013: Basically Nice

Ann Summers still delivers on every aspect of adult retail.

Basically nice.

LUST!

43 Gardner Street
Brighton
BN1 1UN

(next to the Komedia)

Tel: 01273 699344

LUST! is an unlicensed adult shop. Listing checked in December 2015.

  Review from ETO's Mystery Shopper, December 2013: Nothing to dislike

The shop mixes racy gift lines with adult products and a fair amount of smoking themes merchandise.

The limited space has been used beautifully.

Nothing to dislike.

  News from Lust! August 2008: Bedroom Fun

There is a brand new shop called LUST!

Brighton's biggest sexy lifestyle store, 3 floors of desire selling erotic accessories and clothing, DVDs, books, lingerie, shoes, sexy gifts.

Everything for you could possibly desire for your bedroom fun. Female staffed and gay/lesbian friendly

Nice 'n' Naughty
St James' Street
Brighton
BN2 1RF

Mon-Sat: 10am-8pm
Sun: 11am-6pm

Tel: 01273 626 442

www.nicennaughty.co.uk

brighton@nicennaughty.co.uk

See also news and views about
Nice 'n' Naughty

Licensed shop which changed from Clone Zone to Nice 'n' Naughty in February 2009.

10% Discount  off for Melon farmers at all our licensed shops and online with the discount code MELONFARMERS. This discount cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers.

  Review from ETO's Mystery Shopper, December 2013: Excellent selection

An excellent selection of gay and straight interest products.

There's a large display of gay DVDs with the appropriate lifestyle products and toys.

Straight R18s are £20 - £25 with no particular deals accept bargains at £10.

  News May 2012: ETO Awards 2012

At this year's prestigious ETO Industry Awards, held at the NEC, Birmingham on Sunday 24th June, Adult shop Nice n Naughty Brighton won the coverted Best Individual Store 2012.

The award was accepted by Director Trish Murray and Brighton store manager Philip Price. The award was narrowed down to a short list of five across the UK, and voted for by the individuals with in the UK adult industry.

  News May 2010: ETO Awards 2010

Nice 'n' Naughty has been nominated for the Best Individual Store in the 2010 Erotic Trade Only Awards:

Located on St James Street, this was formerly a branch of Clonezone until it was acquired by Nice n Naughty last year. The store has since been refurbished and the stock range broadened.

  News from Chris, Feb 2009: Clone Becomes Naughty

I visited what used to be Clonezone on St James' Street and it is now Nice 'n' Naughty.

I was greeted by a really nice girl (think she was the naughty one LOL). Something that was a surprise in the shop, as normally when I nip in to a gay store, you normally get ignored by the staff!

It had some really nice bits, and seemed to cater for us gay boys and girls really well. I ended up getting a couple of dvds on a multi buy offer, and to my surprise was actually given some customer service!

They had a suggestion box on the counter, and the boy and girl there were really sweet and helpful.

So going to wish the new guys n gals there a lot of luck for the future, nice to see a shop that looks after its customers and willing to get them what they want in a shop.

Private Shop

11 Surrey Street
Brighton
BN1 3PA

(near Brighton station)

Mon-Sat: 10am-6pm (Fri. 8pm)
Sun: 10am-4pm

Licensed

  Review from Gerry, August 2013: Helpful manager

The Private shop seems to be doing fair business. It has a helpful manager and a large selection of DVDs, including a lot at 3 for 30 pounds

  Mystery Shopper, May 2005: Well Laid Out

Externally it lacks some of the polish of the competition. Blinds in the window reminded me of my dentist's surgery'. Dark carpet tiles don't help to brighten the place up, but at least everything was clean and well laid out. Stock levels looked good too. Lots of choice and some good prices helped make up for this busy shops aesthetic failings

DVDS sold at £40 each and £70 for 2

Prowler Brighton

112 St James's Street
Brighton
BN2 1TH

Mon-Sat: 11am-7pm
Sun: 12noon-6pm

Licensed

  Review from ETO's Mystery Shopper, December 2013: Impressed

The space is split in two with a 'licensed rear' section. R18's were £16.50 or 3 for £45. The shop has a large screen showing a selection from the range.

The front section features a bargain bucket of softcore 18 rated videos.

I was impressed with what I saw.

  From Prowler, January 2006:

Right in the heart of Brighton's gay village, the newest Prowler Store offers a friendly and enjoyable shopping experience in a stylish, well-appointed environment. The store's light airy front space offers a range of fashion, books, cards, gifts, magazines and accessories. At the rear of the store is the "Blue Room" section, complete with mirrored ceiling, which stocks our full range of aromas, sex toys and R18 titles.

She Said

59 Ship Street
The Lanes
Brighton
BN1 1AE

Also

11-13 Ship Street Gardens
The Lanes
Brighton
BN1 1AE

Unlicensed erotic boutique for women, previously Tickled

  Review from ETO's Mystery Shopper, December 2013: Proactive and friendly

Two excellent ladies invited me in and were proactive and friendly. They improved an already nice place to be in.

  News November 2012: No Longer Tickled

Rebranded from Tickled to join the She Said chain in November 2012.

  From Tickled website June 2012: Your pleasure is our pleasure

Tickled erotic boutique has one simple philosophy: your pleasure is our pleasure. Both the website and our Brighton store exist to help provide you with the very best toys, lingerie, sex books and erotic accessories to help you have the sex life that you want.

All of our products have been tested to ensure that they meet our rigorous standards: if a toy doesn't do the job, we don't stock it. End of story.

Our staff are specially trained to ensure that they can answer any question you may have about your sex life, from finding the perfect toy to hit the G-spot to introducing a little spice into your relationship; selecting a harness that fits perfectly to experimenting with BDSM in a safe and sexy way. There's no judgement and no giggling: just good, honest advice.

We're here to answer your questions and help you have the sex life of your (naughtiest) dreams.

She Said is now in it's fifth year and while not a licensed shop, we sell the finest selection of lingerie, corsetry, erotic clothing and adult toys and books on the South Coast.

We are tucked away in a small twitten so look carefully

Taboo

2 Surrey Street
Brighton
BN1 3PA
(near Brighton station)

Mon-Fri: 9am-7pm
Sat: 9am-8pm
Sun: noon-5pm

Tel: 01273 263565

Licensed. Listing checked in December 2015.

  Review from Gerry, August 2013: Full of goodies

Taboo is full of goodies, including an attractive manageress. There are lots of full priced DVDs, but also a massive selection of quality second hand at 5 for 30 pounds.

Being Brighton there was also a large selection of gay DVDs

  News May 2010: ETO Awards 2010

Taboo has been nominated for the Best Individual Store in the 2010 Erotic Trade Only Awards:

One of the first retailers to get full marks from our Mystery Shopper, Brighton's Taboo went on to win the Mystery Shopper award for the best overall store visited at 2006's ETO awards.

  From Mystery Shopper, May 2005:

Combining the best of the boutique style decor with a licence to sell real porn, it was the last and best shop I visited in Brighton. Split into three distinct sections, a lot has been done with relatively limited space.

The main space featured fetish clothing and the third room was the BDSM and bondage equipment area.

There were no magazines nor VHS tapes. There was however a display of fiction and non-fiction books

DVDs on  most subjects could be found, with fetish titles particularly well represented. £30 each, £50 for 2, £70 for 3 and  £100 for 5.

A pervy paradise and this remarkable retailers gets a remarkable score. Full marks.

  From Peter

I was very pleasantly surprised when I visited Taboo in Brighton. The salesman was very helpful, advising my partner and myself on items for experimental bondage etc. I would recommend Taboo to anyone in the Brighton area, and have been back several times now, inspite of the 80 mile round trip to get there!

  From a reader

I can concur with the positive statements about the shop. When I was shopping there was a week long special on videos/DVDs which were priced at £30. I was also given a free DVD as an introductory offer.

Bond Street
Bristol

The only licensed Ann Summers shop closed in 2011.

Bristol

Nice 'n' Naughty
45 Colston Street
Bristol
BS1 5AX

Mon-Sat: 10am-7pm
Sun: 11am-6pm

Tel: 0117 929 7666

Bristol@nicennaughty.co.uk

See also news and views about
Nice 'n' Naughty

www.nicennaughty.co.uk

Licensed. Clone Zone became Nice 'n' Naughty in early 2009.

10% Discount  off for Melon farmers at all our licensed shops and online with the discount code MELONFARMERS. This discount cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers.

  From Will, July 2012: Friendly and Helpful

The Nice 'n' Naughty Bristol store is staffed by some really terrific guys.

I've shopped there five times in the last few months and the store and staff are excellent.

  By ETO's Mystery Shopper, April 2012: 5 Star

A broad appeal shop with a good selection of gay films and products. An impressive product range for a mid sized shop.

DVDs are priced at £20 and £30 with a 3 for 2 deal on both ranges. There is also a £10 basket of gay titles.

The shop's very friendly and  helpful manager takes the shop into 5 star territory.

  From Nice 'n' Naughty December 2011: A pleasurable shopping experience

The Bristol shop opened in February 2009, taking over the unit previously occupied by Clonezone.

We offer a full range of R18 DVDs catering for all tastes, with new titles arriving weekly.

We also have a full range of Fetish, TV, scans, European, UK/USA monthly, Gay, and contacts magazines.

Furthermore, a large range of adult toys and novelties are always in stock, together with a massive selection of clothing, leather, latex, plus hosiery/lingerie and shoes and boots from sizes 4 to 12 - footwear catalogues are available to peruse in-store.

We aim to provide effective service for all customers irrespective of gender and orientation and our friendly, experienced staff are guaranteed to provide the perfect atmosphere for a comfortable, pleasurable shopping experience.

  News April 2009: Catering for All

Nice 'n' Naughty will cater for people of all sexual orientations: straight/gay/lesbian/bisexual/TV/TS. So Nice 'n' Naughty will be sure to welcome both new and existing customers.

Knowledgeable, well trained staff are always on hand to offer customers help and advice.

Bristol

My Only Vice

135 Gloucester Road North
Filton
Bristol
BS34 7PY

Mon-Fri: 9.30-6pm
Sat: 10am-6pm
Sun: 10am-4pm

licensed

  Update from the shop, Oct 2006:

We are soon to launch a new range of products that will be sold through other shops under the brand of My Only Vice and Think Pink

  From the shop, February 2006:

The shop is split into 3 sections the 1st section is our office and novelty section with body jewellery some lingerie, lubes, poppers and games etc anything really for a hen or stag party.

The main section then goes into sex toys and more lingerie, we have separate sections for leather, pvc and latex, I would say we probably have one of the largest stock of latex clothing and accessories. We specialise in bondage and s&m equipment and stock a huge range of cuffs, gags, hoods, slings, electroplay equipment, rope, chain and all things fetish. We stock shoes, boots, wigs and we do stock the larger sizes for Tv, crossdressers, and Ts, we are a pangendered shop and myself and my staff are in scene people with a wealth of knowledge about our products.

The rear of the shop is our DVD lounge we have a huge range of DVD and VHS films we do still cater for VHS but the range of DVD now is becoming our predominant seller. I estimate that we could have in excess of 1000 titles in stock, some of our customers have stated that we have a better range of films than the large shops in Soho. We do offer an exchange on films purchased from ourselves which our customers like, this also keeps us on our toes with the ordering of new titles, meaning that whenever customers walk in there are always new and interesting titles to chose from. We have viewing facilities in our DVD lounge and as we are licensed all our titles are R18 certificate.

We carry a large range of specialist magazines and as an independent shop buy products from all over the world. I try to bring our customers new and interesting products that you may not always find at other shops, we are continuing to increase the body jewellery section as my staff have good knowledge of body piercing and all it entails. We are now stocking a range of high quality corsets and Basques all made in the UK with a made to order service.

As a company we manufacture and install dungeon equipment, fit out fetish clubs and can transfer an idea in somebody's head into reality as one off and bespoke is our speciality. You will find our shop clean and bright, welcoming and warm, with a friendly smile from my staff.

Pomegranate Boutique

Park Street
Clifton
Bristol
BS1 5JA

Erotic boutique opened 16th October 2010. But closed by 2012.

Bristol

Private Shop

76 West St
Old Market
BS2 0BW

Mon-Sat: 10am-6pm (Fri 8pm) 

Map

licensed

 By ETO's Mystery Shopper, April 2012: Well Stocked

R18s are mostly £25 each but with a 3 for £25 offer. Others were £30, £50 for 2 and £60 for 3. 50% exchange on DVds.

A clean, tidy and well stocked shop

Bristol

Rudies

72 West Street
Old Market
Bristol
BS2 0BL

Licensed shop with some gay product lines.

 By ETO's Mystery Shopper, April 2012: Enthusiastic manager

R18s are mostly £25 each but with a 3 for 2 offer. There are a few premium titles at £30.

An enthusiastic manager helped score the shop amongst the better UK adult stores.

  News June 2010: Licensed

The owner argued that he needed to sell the films and material aimed at the gay community to save the shop from closure.

Bristol City Council's public safety and protection committee gave the application the thumbs up after more than 20 letters and emails supporting the application had been sent in by traders and residents in Old Market. Only two objections were received.

  Review from Nic, Oct 2008: Polite & Helpful

I visited a few days ago and found the guy who ran the shop quite polite. He let me just browse around with no interruptions but was helpful when I could not find what I was looking for.

The shop sells a range of adult toys, shoes, fetish wear and looks to cater for TV, crossdressers.

Also sells a range of DVDs too. Located on a fairly quiet street with 2 other adult shops next door.

Bristol

Twilight Fashions

St Nicholas Market
Corn Street
Bristol
BS1 1LJ

Goth and fetish clothing & accessories

  From Twilight Fashions: Gothic/Fetish

We are a Gothic/Fetish shop. We stock everything from PVC and corsets to makeup and hairdye! We also have a forever expanding selection of the best quality body jewellery at good prices!

Some of the companies we stock include: Lip Service, Vollers, Stargazer, Directions, Pamela Mann, Leg Avenue, Criminal Damage, Phaze, What Katie Did and lots more.

We have a wide selection of clothing, jewellery, and make-up to allow you to dress to impress. Lots of velvet, PVC, chains, stripy tights, hair dye and spiked collars, as well as some more unique items fill this shop.

Colne Rd
Burnley

No longer listed on the Private Shop website so presumably closed

Burton upon Trent

Heelz

Unit 6
Eton Park Industrial Estate
Derby Road
Burton upon Trent
DE14 1RR

Mon-Fri: 10.30am-4pm
Sat: 10.30am-3pm

Tel: 01283 569274

SexyShoesBoots Facebook Page
Dynamite Herbal Enhancement
 

Unlicensed shop opened March 2011

  From Heelz: A full range of toys

Heelz is an unlicensed adult store selling sex toys, sexy shoes, lingerie, stockings and male enhancements, creams, poppers etc.

We also stock PVC and fetishwear.

We have ample free parking at the front and back of the shop.

Bury

The Adult Shop

41 Bolton Road
Bury
BL8 2AB

Mon-Sat: 9am-6pm

Licensed since 1974

  Review from Alan, August 2011: Good Contacts

The Adult Shop has been selling proper porn since 1974.

The shops has over 5000, yes 5000, different adult DVDs from £4.95.

There are 300 sq feet of toys on display, and there is also a fantastic range of erection pills, every type of Aroma and the finest collection of contact mags in the UK.

Very friendly and helpful staff too.

Rochdale Rd
Bury

No longer listed on the Private Shop website so presumably closed

Bury St Edmunds

Secrets

25 St John's Street
Bury St Edmunds
IP33 1SJ

Tel: 01284 754387

Licence approved in June 2005

  Review from Vince, June 2007: So Many Vibrators

I found this shop the other day, and Wow, its got to be the best sex shop in Suffolk.

It's got everything you could want, great selection of R18 DVD's from £19.99-£34.99.

OK it's not a huge shop, but I have never seen so many different make of vibrators in one shop. He has everything in there, and the prices are the best I have ever seen.

The guy how runs it was very helpful and had a good way with customers. My partner felt very relaxed in there, and he can tell you everything you will need to know about the toys.

I would go back time and time again, so if you are in the area its a must if you enjoy sex shops!

  Review from Martin: Friendly Staff

Small, varied but limited stock, friendly staff.