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Reading, Berkshire

Shave & Coster, Reading

Shave & Coster, since the 1890s

Closed today · opens tomorrow at 09:30

Started by Maurice Shave in Newbury in the 1890s; the Reading shop opened in Harris Arcade in the 1990s.

  • Walk-in humidor
  • Click & collect
  • Pipe specialist
Shopfront — 2000×1500

Inside the shop

  • Walk-in humidor
  • Click & collect
  • Pipe specialist

Maurice Shave began the business in Newbury before the turn of the last century. The Reading shop came much later, opening in Harris Arcade in the 1990s, and it is the one that survives.

A proper counter tobacconist: cigars, pipes, loose tobacco, and the accessories to go with them.

Getting here

Harris Arcade runs between Friar Street and Station Road. Reading station is two minutes away.

Parking. The Oracle and Broad Street Mall car parks are both a short walk.

4 & 5 Harris Arcade, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 1DN