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Sex shop opened in 2002. Closed in August 2009

License granted in November 2007 but planning permission initially denied. Reported in 2010 as closed for sometime.

Closed in August 2006

Unit 2, Terminus Buildings
Upperton Road
Eastbourne
BN21 1BA

Licensed and opened in 2008

Mon-Sat: 9am-8pm
Sun: 12am-6pm

Tel: 01323 749138

Licensed

From the shop: Updated December 2005

We now stock a large range of lingerie and kinky uniforms by Wild Designs as well as a large range of leather/bondage wear made exclusively for our stores. We also now stock Honour / Skin Too Rubber etc as well as designer Toys such as the Electrastim etc.

We actually stock about 2000 DVD's and 750 Video's in each store, we will endeavour however to get any R18 DVD for any customer and we do stock from every available distributor / wholesaler in the UK. We get approximately 50 New Release films every week. We also specialise in our range of magazines and 2000 or so toys, lubes, creams etc and likewise will endeavour to get any item a customer may want. We don't however stock a great amount of lingerie or novelties.

All our DVD's are £25-£30 and videos are £20-£25 with discounts available for multiple buys. We exchange DVDs for £10 within 7 days of purchase or £15 thereafter. We have weekly special offers and all out staff are trained and knowledgeable with regards to our products. We pride ourselves on being clean, brightly lit and "female" friendly and also carry a large range of gay DVDs.

We also have a film club whereby we give a free DVD to regular customers who have purchased 5 DVD's, this doesn't require any personal information, simply a password specific to that individual customer. This is a loyalty club. we do after all appreciate and reward our regular customers as many would testify.

From Mike

Secret Desires specialises in R18 films, hardcore mags and a huge range of toys. They stock over 1000 DVDs and the staff are ok, a very female friendly shop.

They also have another slightly larger branch at Hastings with the same name.

Decent range of DVDs and mags, with some outfits and toys, too. DVDs appear to be priced at £35 each, with some special offers. Trade in and rental service, too.

Friendly staff when I last visited, and you feel comfortable and relaxed as you browse.

  From the Edinburgh Evening News

The outlet sells a range of pornographic videos, DVDs and magazines from around the world for between £20 and £30. Most of the titles only feature explicit scenes of male-female sex or lesbian sex. Also offers videos featuring gay sex between men.

Leather and Lace Fantasies

8b Drummond Street
EH8 9TU

Tel: 0131 557 8336

25 Easter Road
EH7 5PJ

Tel: 0131 623 6969

Was in Drummond Street at start of August. They used to sell DVDs and mags downstairs, but this area is now sectioned off.

Seems that they now just stock toys, outfits etc. Unclear if licensing issues have impacted on the current arrangements.

  Review

As the name suggests, they've got a large range of lingerie and bondage gear, sex aids, etc.  On top of this, they have a large range of uncensored American import magazines and a lot of videos.  Of these, only about 40 or so were R18 (though I was last in not long after the changes in regulation) and they had no R18 DVDs, though they said they were going to start stocking them soon, and so may already have them.  A good shop; clean, well lit and not sleazy.  Customer service is pretty good and some of the staff are really helpful.

  From Al

Decided to check this store out, visited the Leather & Lace store in Drummond Street which was staffed by friendly people and had a reasonable selection of mag's, DVD's and a wide range of videotapes (more varied than dvd's as a matter of fact).

DVD's were priced around the £35 mark, but a sign on the counter stated that as of late June, the trade-in service they offered was being stopped and all DVD's would be lowered to £30...not too bad, maybe it was just a bad day for selection.

ice place...highly recommended.

Closed in 2007

Mon-Fri: 11am-6pm
Sat: 10am-5pm

Tel: 0131 337 8498

Exotic, glamorous lingerie, footwear, dance and & club wear

Tel: 0131 558 2777

Unlicensed. A luxurious, eco-erotic boutique for women

  Review from The List, Oct 2007: Ethical Sex Toys

The current zenith of grown-up girly sex shopping is a tiny red, black and gold room on Broughton Street, where gilt-edged mirrors reflect rails of silk and pots of ostrich feathers, and the antique armoirs are full of ethically-sourced handcuffs, organic lubricant, pure silk blindfolds and non-toxic sex toys.

Organic Pleasures, run by 25-year-old Lucy Tanat-Jones, feels like your teenage dream boudoir made all too pliable flesh.

Organic Pleasures, though, is much more than another retro-influenced boutique. It is, Tanat-Jones says with pride, the first shop in Europe to make a point of only stocking ethically-produced, hypo-allergenic and non-toxic sex toys. ‘The vast majority of sex toys on the market today are made with PVC, and a lot of them use phthalates, which can be really bad for you. There are no regulations on that part of the industry, though, so we just don’t consider it, even though it’s such an intimate concern. That’s part of the reason why I wanted to start up this shop, really – to make women more aware of what they’re using.’

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

From the Edinburgh Evening News

Sells videos and DVDs for between £30 and £40, and has a limited number of sex toys for sale. Most of the movies are male-female and lesbian films featuring group sex, and there are a few more explicit films. Some feature fetish sex and pregnant women having sex.

Licensed

  From the Edinburgh Evening News:

Caters mainly for gay men and offers videos, DVDs and magazines featuring gay sex acts. The shop also offers films and magazines containing images of straight male-female sex.

This is a licensed shop. Previously All Things Sexy

  News from Scandals Adult Shop, June 2010: A Full refurbishment

Scandals Adult Shop has taken the property over, and following a full refurbishment have just opened this week.

Stocking a full supply of the latest titles, quality toys and lingerie, this shop is like our main shop in Birkenhead, stylish with male and female staff that are professional, well trained, and able to advise on the perfect product.

Couples and ladies friendly.

Licensed

Mon-Thu: 9.30am-6pm
Fri-Sat: 9.30am-8pm

Tel: 01386 45139

Opened Dec 1st 2006, fully licensed.

From Taboo, July 2008: Touch, Feel and Enjoy

The shop itself is fitted with beech slat wall with cream inserts leading down to tile flooring in marble effect. Chrome grid wall separates the DVDs from the toys and lingerie, We carry over 1500 DVDs on display, and customers can browse without feeling they are being looked at by others looking at toys or lingerie.

Glass cabinets carry the best sellers like rabbits, glass toys and so on. The front window also has chrome grid wall on the inside and this area is mainly for our range of leather products, like whips and bondage gear.

We are now in our second year at Evesham, and we have been a great success not only with locals but surrounding areas. We encourage people to touch, feel and enjoy. In other words we not only give them advice on any product we sell, but remove it from the box, insert batteries and show them the product features, good and bad points. By being straight forward, and honest we have a lot of repeat customers and new customers from recommendation.

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

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Previously Fantasy World

Thanks to Richard, December 2005:

Do not buy anything from these people.. I've known this chain of shop since around 1990 and they are still cowboys. Do not confuse them with the Spanish porn production company, Private, who are a superb and reputable business.

The Exeter shop is not the worst I've seen, however if you go in with a coupon from a newspaper they will tell you "no, no - we aren't involved in that offer.." or if you try to get a 50% credit on their (way-overpiced) dvd's you will be told: no - you should have read the sign more carefully, we only exchange like-for-like.

Save your money - go to Simply Pleasure at  the other end of town or if you are looking for porn mags, you'll find the "Read & Return" bookshop just opposite.

Simply Pleasure.COM

5 Verney Street
EX1 2AW

Mon-Sat: 10am-6pm

Tel: 01392 666669

shop details at
www.simplypleasure.com
 

Previously Love Shack

Thanks to Richard, December 2005:

Simply Pleasure is probably the biggest and brightest sex-shop in the south-west. The staff are courteous and helpful and never do that irritating - hovering behind you "are you looking for anything in particular, sir" - routine. It's a nice shop.

They don't stock many porn mags because at the other end of town is the excellent "Read&Return" bookshop which has a really big porn mag section at the back of the shop -buy new or used.

For hardcore dvd's though, Simply Pleasure is well stocked. Prices as I recall are £45 each or £60 for 2 ( not sure tho) which is a lot, but you can return a dvd (with receipt!) to get a 50% credit on another one. It's the sex-toys that are the main feature of the shop - prices are high (as is always the case if you don't buy mail-order), but they make a point of trying to stock good quality sex-toys that really work ( ask them about the new high tech multi- feature vibrators!). Top marks also for being female/couples friendly.

The shop is difficult to find if you don't know your way around Exeter so take a street map (don't say I didn't warn you!) but there is a small pay-parking zone just outside the shop which is very convenient. One last thing - you might want to take your own bag if you are a little self-concious. They may have changed plastic bag designs by now, but the old "love-shack" branded plastic bags were anything but discreet!