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History of Cigars in London


Closed Shops

The following shops are no longer available.

Name Address Post Code Opening Hours Comments
Bonds of Oxford Street

330, Oxford St
West End
London

W1C 1JA Closed Summer 2005 and has been turned into a tourist shop Used to sell pipes and rolling tobacco as well as the more elusive brands of cigarettes. A smaller range of cigars is available at the back of the shop.
Havana House 1c Kensington Church Walk
London
W8 4NB Unfortunately this shop is no longer open (July 2004) Havana House now have a shop in Windsor
Inderwicks 45 Carnaby Street W1 England's oldest pipe marker, founded in 1797. In more recent years Inderwicks had a shop on Bear Street which in the 1990s became part of the Bear and Staff pub a range of memorabilia is displayed on the downstairs walls of the pub.
Monte's Cigar Store (formerly Havana Club)

16 Halkin Arcade, London

or

162 Sloane Street

SW1X 8JT Unfortunately this shop is now closed (July 2004) There is still a Monte's membership only club. However the focus of the club is no longer on cigars.
Walter Thurgood 161 London Wall
City
London
EC2M 5QD This shop closed in 2002 The building that contained this shop was demolished in the autumn of 2006

G Ward of Gresham Street

60 Gresham Street
City
London

EC2 EC2V 7BB Closed for Christmas day 2001 and never re-opened

 

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