Sex Shops List

Sex shop opened in 2002. Closed in August 2009. Now a dentist.

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

Eastbourne

Ann Summers

8A Arndale Centre
Eastbourne
BN21 3NW

Mon-Sat: 9:30am - 5:30pm
Sun: 10:30am - 4pm

Unlicensed

  News January 2014: Outrage

The store made the local news as a local killjoy whinged about crotchless knickers displayed in the shop window. Eileen Robinson complained:

I am not a killjoy. This shop is in between McDonald's and the Pantomime Theatre shop, it's inappropriate for youngsters and is not acceptable. These kind of knickers are offensive and are a reinforcement of negative views of women's and children's roles regarding domination of sexual identity.

An Ann Summers spokesman apologised and said that it was not company policy to display erotic products in the shop window.

Closed in August 2006.

Private Shop

Upperton Road
Eastbourne
BN21 1BA
 

Licensed and opened in 2008. No longer listed by 2015.

Secret Desires

93 Cavendish Place
Eastbourne
BN21 3TZ

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

Tel: 01323 749138

Licensed

  From the shop, December 2005: Kinky uniforms

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: Huge range of toys

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.

Edinburgh

Adult Conceptions

8 Drummond Street
Edinburgh
EH8 9TU

Licensed. Previously Leather & Lace Fantasies.

  News from Adult Conceptions, January 2015: Closing

The store is set to close at the end of January 2015.

  Review from ETO Mystery Shopper, May 2012: Friendly Manager

New R18 DVDs are mostly £30 with some at £20-25. Older titles are £15.

A three star shop with a friendly five star manager.

G-Spot

Dalry Road
Edinburgh
EH11 2AY
 

Unlicensed. Exotic, glamorous lingerie, footwear, dance / club wear and toys. Reported closed by January 2015

Fem 2 Dom

Easter Road
Edinburgh
EH7 5PJ
 

Licensed. Previously Leather and Lace Fantasies, Ownership connections with Adult Conceptions. Specialises in fetish and bondage gear. Reported closed by January 2015.

Broughton Street
 

Previously a luxurious, eco-erotic boutique for women. Now a chocolate shop.

Private Shop

60 Elm Row
Leith Walk
Edinburgh
EH7 4AQ

Mon-Sat: 10am-6pm (Fri 8pm) 

Licensed. Listing checked in 2015.

  From ETO's Mystery Shopper, May 2012: Perfectly decent

DVDs are £30 with many at 2 for £30 and others at 3 for £30.

A perfectly decent but rather lacklustre shop.

  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.

Q Store

5 Barony Street
Edinburgh
EH3 6PD

Tel: 0131 4774756

Mon-Fri: 11am - 7pm
Sat: 11am -6pm
Sun: noon - 5pm

Licensed. Primarily for gay men. Listing checked in 2012.

  From ETO's Mystery Shopper, May 2012: Very Relaxed

A huge range of R18 DVDs, straight as well as gay. These are mostly priced at £30 and £20.

A very relaxed shop.

  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.

Zone Eros

49 Bread Street
Edinburgh
EH3 9AH

Tel: 0131 2290314

Licensed. Previously Erogenous Zone. Listing checked in 2014.

  From ETO's Mystery Shopper, June 2012: Ultimately unimpressive

DVDs were £15 to £30 (with a multibuy of 3 for £80).

Ultimately unimpressive.

  Review from David, August 2008: Comfortable and Relaxed

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.

Whitby Road
Ellesmere Port
South Wirral
CH65 8AD

Licensed shop. Previously All Things Sexy. Closed by 2015

Port Street
Evesham
WR11 1RF
 

Closed

Evesham

The Taboo Shop

32 Port Street
Evesham
WR11 1AW

Mon-Fri: 9.30am-6pm
Sat: 9.30am-7pm

Tel: 01386 45139

Opened Dec 1st 2006, fully licensed. Listing verified in 2015

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.

Exeter

Private Shop

133 Fore Street
Exeter
EX4 3AN

Mon-Sat: 10am-6pm (Fri 8pm) 

Licensed. Previously Fantasy World. Listing checked in January 2015.

  Thanks to Richard, December 2005: Unimpressed

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-overpriced) 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

156 Sidwell Street
Exeter
EX4 6RT

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

Tel: 01392 258 589

www.simplypleasure.com
 

Licensed. Previously Love Shack. Listing checked in January 2015.

  Thanks to Richard, December 2005: The biggest and brightest

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!