Sex Shops List

328 Oxford Road
Reading
RG30 1AF

(the main road going west out of the town centre, at least a mile up on the right as you go out of town)

Mon-Fri: 9:30am-7pm
Sat: 9am-7pm

Tel: 01189 5410045

Long established licensed shop that changed hands in 2008.

  From Lovecare, August 2011: Discount Cards

The show is now open until 7.00 Monday - Saturday.

We have recruited a party specialist to run lingerie and toy parties at home.

Discount cards are available from the Hobgoblin and Nags head pubs...

  From Lovecare, Feb 2010: Aiming High

DVD prices are £20.00 each, three for £50.00 and £10.00 for an exchange. We even have some videos!

There are now six islands of inventory.

Both the owner and I were new to the industry in 2008 so we've had an interesting learning curve... we are always looking for ways to improve our service. Our minimum desire is to be the best adult shop in the area.

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

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The shop asked the local council for a change of window display. This was granted and the description: Licensed Sex Shop has been changed to Licensed Adult Centre

  From the Mystery Shopper, June 2005:

There wasn't a name to be found on the shop. Just a blank window with sign listing the adult stock.

DVDs are £40, £60 for 2 and £100 for 4.

I was greeted with a bit of a grunt from the otherwise friendly man behind the counter.

Some of the shelves and products could have used a dust. A small and rather underwhelming shop.

Undated:

The more legitimate shop of the Reading shops (it kept to the law before everything got liberalized). The shop is quite nice and clean now since they redid it. They have quite a good selection of magazines (not compared to Soho obviously) and a reasonable selection of videos as well as limited  sex toys and other stuff. The videos are quite expensive at £40 (compared with the £20 generally found in London) though they do sometimes give impromptu reductions. The guy who runs it is however pretty grumpy and not exactly an expert in customer service.

Unlicensed lingerie store closed in 2009

The shop ceased trading in 2010

  From the Mystery Shopper, June 2005:

DVDs were £40 and VHS titles £30. Both were offered with a £20 exchange but it wasn't quite clear what this meant. Would I get a £20 credit towards a new film or would it cost me £20 to exchange them for  another title? Still lots of straight, gay & fetish films to choose from. Bargain movies were priced at £20

  From the owner:

We have a licensed sex shop and sell a large selection of hardcore videos & DVD's, currently 200+. Cannot comment on the staff but would always be interested in hearing what others think.

Mon-Sat 9.30-5.15pm

Tel: 01642 474144

Email: booksandmags@btconnect.com

Fully licensed sex shop with over 300 titles on DVD plus a large range of toys and magazines. Good prices, friendly, helpful staff. If they don't have what you want they'll try and get it for you.

Tel: 01737 768757

On the A23 about 1/2 mile south of the town centre

I assume it is licensed as it has a good selection of XXX DVDs. It also has sex toys and a range of leather play wear.

After checking it out for friendliness etc., I visited it in February with my wife. We purchased several playwear items, as it has a small curtained cubicle for trying them on. I have been back several times since. The staff is female and very friendly. Recently, it has started opening on Sundays also (from 10-4 I think)

Holmesdale Road

Closed in 2008, previously Pillowtalk, and before that, Taboo International.

43-47 Queen Steet
Rhyl
Wales
LL18 1SD

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

A large shop with a good deal of stock, including many magazines and DVDs. Very friendly staff, the bloke behind the counter is eager to help. Prices are average for sex shops. Not at all seedy. Well worth a visit.

  From the bgafd forum: Huge

If you live in the North Wales area and you want porn, go to the shop in Rhyl. It's the Porn Shop Version of Blockbuster Video

It's huge and the moment you walk in there's a picture of Omar, how classy is that, to see the Legend looking right at yer before entry, He even walked past me on the Promenade, but seriously check out the shop, its huge and looks great, has everything you want, even Granny Porn.. what's going on?

By the way I don't work there, its just a cool shop. I wish I did, I tried to get a job but they guy wouldn't take me on as he only wanted female workers which is fair enough.

Do check it out.

Now closed

Romford Shopping Centre

Unlicensed

Liberty Shopping Centre

  News August 2007

Posters heralding a new store have wound up the local nutters

Unlicensed but trying to obtain a licence.

3/5 Rawmarsh Hill
Parkgate

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

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Pulse & Cocktails

M1 Junction 33
Canklow Meadows Industrial Estate
Rotherham
S60 2XL

Mon-Fri: 10am-8pm
Sat: 10am-6pm
Sun: 11am-5pm

This flagship store in Rotherham is the largest sexy superstore in Europe and made the BBC News upon its opening. This gigantic superstore is made up of two exciting departments.

The first department is ‘Cocktails', which has an amazing range of sexy clothing and lingerie of both conventional wear and fetish wear including PVC, latex and leather. The store also boasts the largest selection of uniforms with over 20 different sexy dressing up outfits on display. The diversity at this store is massive, stocking a very comprehensive range of sizes from 8-26. This store also has a full range of wigs, shoes and a fantastic selection of hosiery.

Cocktails also has an excellent choice of naughty novelties and games as well as an excellent range of hen and stag night products.

Pulse is where the shopping adventure really begins and is situated on the ground floor! 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.

• Turn off at Jctn 33, M1 (Near Meadowhall Shopping Centre Jctn 34)
• Head towards Rotherham (A630)
• First left roundabout onto A630
• Continue for approx ¼ mile (Passing Halfords and Dunelm Mill on the left)
• Turn left off the dual carriageway at the side of Wickes.
• Turn right at the T junction & continue for approx 100 yards
• The entrance to the car park is at the end of the road on the right.

This store has a two-acre car park so there is ample parking for lorries and coaches.

  Thanks to Tim: Supermarket Like

In Sheffield and Rotherham there are a couple of pretty large shops called Pulse & Cocktails. These are quite supermarket-like in layout and atmosphere - very bright and airy and the staff are friendly and fairly non-intrusive. The prices are a bit steep I think (£30 for an R18 video or 2 for £50), but they do have preview facilities and an exchange facility where you can swap any tape for £10 within (I think) 2 weeks.

They've got a good selection of magazines too, but I wasn't totally impressed by them all being bagged up (no preview copies) even though there are signs saying that if you want anything opened then just ask.

Licence awarded for new shop