Buy cigars in Bristol
Cuban and New World cigars posted to every BS address in and around Bristol — usually the next working day, kept at 68% humidity until the moment they are packed.
- Next working day
- BS postcodes
- Free delivery, £230 minimum
The short version
Can you get cigars delivered in Bristol?
Southern Smoke Cigars delivers to Bristol and the surrounding BS postcode area. We are an online tobacconist with no shop counter in Bristol, so orders are placed on the website and sent by Royal Mail. Order before 2pm on a working day and your cigars are dispatched the same day and normally arrive in Bristol the next working day. Delivery is free on every order, and our minimum order is £230 before delivery.
The main points
- Dispatched same day if you order before 2pm, Monday to Friday
- Royal Mail Tracked 24, usually next working day
- Covers BS and all surrounding postcodes
- Someone over 18 must sign for it at the door
We ship to Bristol, we do not have a shop there
Worth being straight about, because a lot of searches for cigars in Bristol are looking for somewhere to walk into. We are not that: stock sits in our own walk-in humidors at 65-69% relative humidity until an order comes in, then goes out sealed, with a free Boveda 69% pack, in plain unbranded packaging. What Bristol gets for that is a box nobody has left drying under shop lighting, usually the next working day.
Keeping cigars in Bristol
Bristol has one of the mildest climates of any English city, sheltered by the Mendips and warmed by its westerly position. Frost is uncommon and the heating season is short by British standards, which is genuinely helpful: fewer months of desiccated indoor air than almost anywhere further north.
None of which changes the target inside the box — 16-18°C and 65-70% humidity — only how hard your house works against it. The guide to storing cigars in the British climate covers the rest.
Delivery to Bristol in detail
Bristol is inside the standard next-working-day area, and the BS postcodes as far out as the coast are on the same service as the city centre.
- Royal Mail Tracked 24 — free on every order. Order before 2pm on a working day and it leaves the same day, normally arriving in Bristol the next working day.
- Royal Mail Special Delivery — £9.95. Guaranteed by 1pm the next working day, fully tracked and insured.
- Postcodes covered. BS and everything around Bristol, including Clifton, Portishead, Clevedon, Keynsham.
One thing worth knowing about Bristol
The BS postcodes cross county boundaries and reach the Severn estuary at Portishead and Clevedon, so an address that says Bristol may be a good fifteen miles from it. Bath, ten miles east, is BA and has delivery runs of its own.
Age checks on the doorstep in Bristol
Cigars are age-restricted, so whoever answers the door in Bristol has to be 18 or over and the courier will ask them to prove it. Nobody in, and Royal Mail cards it for a redelivery or a collection with ID. Where you light it afterwards is a separate question with a different answer either side of the border: smoking in enclosed public places has been illegal in England since 1 July 2007, which makes a cigar in Bristol an outdoor or a private-room proposition.
Bristol and tobacco
Bristol was one of Britain's great tobacco cities. W.D. & H.O. Wills was founded here in 1786 and became a founding constituent of Imperial Tobacco, which kept its headquarters in the city for generations.
What Bristol customers order most
Much the same as the rest of the UK: Cuban boxes with the green English Market Selection stamp for people who know what they want, Jose L. Piedra Petit Caballeros Bundle of 12 being a regular, and Nicaraguan and Honduran robustos for people working out what they like. Bristol and the South West England around it come to roughly 710,000 people, which is a wide enough spread of orders for the pattern to be fairly clear. If you are starting from scratch, the beginner's guide is a better place to start than a product page.
Ordering and paying
Bank transfer or cryptocurrency; no card payments. Your order is reserved the moment it is placed and nothing leaves the humidor until payment clears. Bank details go over live chat rather than email — open the chat, quote your order number. Full terms are on the delivery page, or email us at info@southernsmokecigars.com.
Delivery to Bristol
Questions we get asked
Delivery, storage, age checks and Cuban stock in Bristol.
Do you have a cigar shop in Bristol?
No. Southern Smoke Cigars is an online tobacconist with no counter in Bristol or anywhere else — stock is held in our own humidors at a steady 68% humidity and posted out rather than sat on an open shelf. For a BS address that means ordering before 2pm and having it the next working day, which is quicker than most people manage to get to a shop. Our minimum order is £230, and delivery is free.
How long does cigar delivery to Bristol take?
Order before 2pm Monday to Friday and it is dispatched the same day on Royal Mail Tracked 24, which normally reaches Bristol the next working day. Bristol is inside the standard next-working-day area, and the BS postcodes as far out as the coast are on the same service as the city centre. Royal Mail Special Delivery is £9.95 and is guaranteed by 1pm the next working day.
Which Bristol postcodes do you deliver to?
All of them. We cover the BS postcode area and everywhere else in the UK, including Clifton, Portishead, Clevedon. Delivery is free to all of them; the only condition is our £230 minimum order. The BS postcodes cross county boundaries and reach the Severn estuary at Portishead and Clevedon, so an address that says Bristol may be a good fifteen miles from it. Bath, ten miles east, is BA and has delivery runs of its own.
How should I store cigars in Bristol?
Bristol has one of the mildest climates of any English city, sheltered by the Mendips and warmed by its westerly position. Frost is uncommon and the heating season is short by British standards, which is genuinely helpful: fewer months of desiccated indoor air than almost anywhere further north. Whatever the weather outside, the target inside the box is the same: 16-18°C and 65-70% relative humidity. Every order leaves here with a free Boveda 69% pack, which holds that on its own for a couple of months.
Do I have to be in to sign for cigars in Bristol?
Someone over 18 does, yes. Cigars are age-restricted under the Children and Families Act 2014, so the courier asks for proof of age at the door. If nobody is in, Royal Mail cards it and holds it at the delivery office covering your BS postcode, which you can collect from with ID. A safe-place instruction will not work for this — an age-restricted parcel cannot be left in a porch.
Where can I smoke a cigar in Bristol?
Outdoors, or somewhere private. Smoking in enclosed public places and workplaces has been illegal in England since 1 July 2007, so Bristol has no indoor cigar lounges in the sense that Havana or Madrid does — the law is the same across England and there is no exemption a bar can buy its way into. Covered outdoor terraces are the legal version, provided they are not substantially enclosed.
Does Bristol have any tobacco history?
Bristol was one of Britain's great tobacco cities. W.D. & H.O. Wills was founded here in 1786 and became a founding constituent of Imperial Tobacco, which kept its headquarters in the city for generations. None of which makes us a Bristol shop — we post from one humidor to your door — but it is a better answer than most cities can give.
Can I buy genuine Cuban cigars in Bristol?
Yes, and the same stock reaches Bristol as anywhere else in the UK. Every Cuban box carries the green English Market Selection stamp and comes through Hunters and Frankau, the only company permitted to import Habanos S.A. cigars into the UK. Excise duty and VAT are paid before it reaches South West England, and both are already in the price on the page.