Sex Shops List

Reading

Lovecare

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.

Reading

Private Shop

108 Southampton Street
(about 200m out of town if you go from the oracle).

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

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

Redcar

The Adult Shop

5 Station Road
Redcar
TS10 1AH

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.

Redditch

Ann Summers

Kingfisher Shopping Centre
16 Walford Walk
Redditch
B97 4HJ

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

Unlicensed

  Review from ETO's Mystery Shopper, March 2016: Fun

A fun day's shop with just a few minor quibbles about the store

Redhill

Pillow Talk

91 Brighton Road
Redhill
RH1 6PS

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)

Reigate

Holmesdale Road
Reigate

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

Rhyl

AdultWorld

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.

Rochdale

Simply Pleasure

102 Drake Street
Rochdale
OL16 1PQ

Mon-Sat: 10am-6pm

Tel 01706 658585

Licensed

  News April 2016: Britney Spears

The shop made the national news after a Rochdale Councillor has a ludicrous whinge about a Britney Spears style costume in the shop window.

See also Chatham

Now closed

Liberty Shopping Centre
Lockwood Walk
Romford
RM1 3RH

Unlicensed high street shop with some sex toys and erotic lines

Liberty Shopping Centre
Lockwood Walk
Romford
RM1 3RH

Unlicensed high street shop with some sex toys and erotic lines

Private Lines

Victoria Road
Romford

Unlicensed but trying to obtain a licence. Presumably didn't succeed

Rotherham

Private Shop

3-5 Rawmarsh Hill
Parkgate
Rotherham
S62 6DP

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

Located just outside of Rotherham Town Centre very easy to find. Store is situated on main road but has free car park around the rear which is not connected to the shop but serves as great place to park

Small shop but quite well stocked with magazines, toys, R18 rated Dvds in genres.

When first visited this shop number of years ago very chatty and friendly lady working behind the counter who was amazingly friendly and really made you feel welcome. Her porn knowledge was really good as she watched the movies herself

Different staff now more basic hello and if you need a hand give me a shout all well tested and used script

As stated Dvd selection was good but not extensive but sure you will find what you are looking for

However would have to say if your local the Pulse & Cocktail Superstore is only few miles down road which has thousands and thousands of movies

Worth a visit if in area.

Pulse & Cocktails

M1 Junction 33
Canklow Meadows Industrial Estate
Rotherham
S60 2XL

Mon-Fri: 9am-8pm
Sat: 10am-6pm
Sun: 11am-5pm

Licensed

  Review from Ian, August 2014: Massive

Situated close to Junction 33 of the M1 Motorway, this store is very easy to find.

Located on industrial estate, it has its own big car park which is discreet, and if your feeling rather nervous, don't worry at all.

The store is massive and split into two halves. There are two entrances for a huge clothing department and through to a massive DVD/Sex Toy Section.

There are literally more Porn DVDs in this store than any other store in Europe. All DVDs are arranged by genre and each genre has a massive choice. The shop even has a large selection of gay and transsexual movies for those that like that genre.

Staff are friendly and welcoming, and offer advice if needed but after initial hello leave you to browse this superstore of porn without distraction.

As with all Pulse and Cocktail Stores, movies are priced a bit more expensively than other places. However they do offer multi-buy deals and do have a discount movie selection.

This shop is an absolute must for lovers of porn, either men, woman or couples. You would find it impossible not to find what you are looking for here.

A Must Visit!

 From Pulse & Cocktails, May 2007: Europe's Largest

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.