Buy cigars in York
Cuban and New World cigars posted to every YO address in and around York — usually the next working day, kept at 68% humidity until the moment they are packed.
- Next working day
- YO postcodes
- Free delivery, £230 minimum
The short version
Can you get cigars delivered in York?
Southern Smoke Cigars delivers to York and the surrounding YO postcode area. We are an online tobacconist with no shop counter in York, 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 York 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 YO and all surrounding postcodes
- Someone over 18 must sign for it at the door
We ship to York, we do not have a shop there
Worth being straight about, because a lot of searches for cigars in York 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 York gets for that is a box nobody has left drying under shop lighting, usually the next working day.
Keeping cigars in York
York sits in the Vale of York, sheltered by the Pennines to the west and the Moors to the east, which makes it drier than either. Winters are cold and the heating season long, and the city's older stone and brick housing stock holds that heat unevenly — cigars kept in an unheated back room will see a much wider temperature swing than ones in the living room.
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 York in detail
York itself is a standard next-working-day destination on Tracked 24, dispatched the same day if the order is in before 2pm.
- Royal Mail Tracked 24 — free on every order. Order before 2pm on a working day and it leaves the same day, normally arriving in York the next working day.
- Royal Mail Special Delivery — £9.95. Guaranteed by 1pm the next working day, fully tracked and insured.
- Postcodes covered. YO and everything around York, including Haxby, Selby, Malton, Tadcaster.
One thing worth knowing about York
The YO postcodes stretch from the city right out to the coast at Scarborough and Filey, taking in the North York Moors on the way. The coastal and moorland end of that spread can run a day later than York itself.
Age checks on the doorstep in York
Cigars are age-restricted, so whoever answers the door in York 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 York an outdoor or a private-room proposition.
What York 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, Romeo y Julieta Mille Fleurs Box of 25 being a regular, and Nicaraguan and Honduran robustos for people working out what they like. York and the North Yorkshire around it come to roughly 210,000 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 York
Questions we get asked
Delivery, storage, age checks and Cuban stock in York.
Do you have a cigar shop in York?
No. Southern Smoke Cigars is an online tobacconist with no counter in York 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 YO 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 York take?
Order before 2pm Monday to Friday and it is dispatched the same day on Royal Mail Tracked 24, which normally reaches York the next working day. York itself is a standard next-working-day destination on Tracked 24, dispatched the same day if the order is in before 2pm. Royal Mail Special Delivery is £9.95 and is guaranteed by 1pm the next working day.
Which York postcodes do you deliver to?
All of them. We cover the YO postcode area and everywhere else in the UK, including Haxby, Selby, Malton. Delivery is free to all of them; the only condition is our £230 minimum order. The YO postcodes stretch from the city right out to the coast at Scarborough and Filey, taking in the North York Moors on the way. The coastal and moorland end of that spread can run a day later than York itself.
How should I store cigars in York?
York sits in the Vale of York, sheltered by the Pennines to the west and the Moors to the east, which makes it drier than either. Winters are cold and the heating season long, and the city's older stone and brick housing stock holds that heat unevenly — cigars kept in an unheated back room will see a much wider temperature swing than ones in the living room. 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 York?
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 YO 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 York?
Outdoors, or somewhere private. Smoking in enclosed public places and workplaces has been illegal in England since 1 July 2007, so York 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.
Can I buy genuine Cuban cigars in York?
Yes, and the same stock reaches York 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 North Yorkshire, and both are already in the price on the page.