Aficionado of Cigars - London Cigar Shops

History of Cigars in London

Closed Shops

The following shops are no longer available.

Name	Address	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.
Covent Garden Whisky Shop	3 Russell Street Covent Garden West End London WC2B 5JD	Checked 2012 this shop is no longer at this location	As the name would imply this shop mainly sells whiskey. However it also does a small selection of well kept cigars.
Alfred Dunhill	48 Jermyn Street London SW1Y 6LX		Although the shop is still open it no longer sells cigars. You need to visit their other store over in Mayfair
G Smith & Sons	74, Charing Cross Rd West End London WC2H 0BG	Unfortunately this shop is now closed (2012)	After a period where they were selling mostly pipe items and a questionable selection of cigars G Smith has now closed. Linked to Shervington's at Chancery Lane.
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.
J Redford and Co	33, Royal Exchange City London EC3V 3LP		Was located opposite the Bank of England and at one point was renamed as Smokers Paradise. This shop was reported closed by a visitor to the site April 2017.
Maxibond Cigars and Accessories	63 Fairfax Road, London NW6 4EE		Maxibond had a very smart shop in the North of London. They installed their cigar club under the shop just before the smoking ban was introduced. It was reported as being closed by a reader of Aficionado early in 2010.
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.
Shervington's	337 High Holborn London WC1V 7PX	This was bought by the people who own G Smith around 2009, closed 28th October 2010, reported by Gareth Foreman. See also closing down poster	An old style building right next to Chancery Lane Tube Station, has a sign outside of "Ye Olde Tobacco Shope". It originally started life in 1864 at another location in St Swithons lane. It moved to the present location it is now in 1920, and the shop in those days was called Brumfits. It remained that name until 1992 when it was bought by Merton and Falcon who changed it to the present one today the infamous Shervingtons. Was run for many years by two chaps where were always a delight to meet. One of them can now be found at J Fox's over on St James.
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