Bureau de Tabac · Christchurch · Est. 1995

The Trading Post— & Bureau de Tabac.

A small, considered shop on High Street for the slow-burning pleasures: hand-rolled cigars, pipe tobacco weighed by the ounce, the world's quieter cigarettes, and the accessories to keep them company. Family-run since the year we opened the doors.

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Interior of The Trading Post bureau de tabac — humidor, tobacco jars and amber-lit shelves
EST · MCMXCV High Street · BH23
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The Counter, in six parts.

Stocked daily
Curated since 1995
N° 01 — Walk-in Humidor

Cigars, kept at 70/70.

Cuban, Dominican, Nicaraguan and Honduran. From the everyday Corona to vintage Churchills aged beyond reason. Sold by the stick or by the box, cut and lit if you'd like to stay.

N° 02 — Pipe Lounge

Loose tobaccos.

English, Virginia, Burley, Latakia, aromatic and Oriental blends — weighed and folded into parchment. Briar and meerschaum pipes from Dunhill, Peterson, Savinelli and the smaller makers we love.

N° 03 — Hand-Rolling

Your own roll.

Shag, fine-cut and long-cut — for those who prefer to make their own. Rizla, OCB, Raw, Zig-Zag. Filters, tips, injectors, machines, rolling mats. Everything but the chair.

N° 04 — Counter

Cigarettes & pouches.

The familiar UK and European brands, plus the strange and seasonal — Balkan, French, Belgian and Japanese. Duty-stamped, fresh, kept out of the light.

N° 05 — Bureau

Lighters, cutters & more.

Zippo, Dupont, Xikar. Double-guillotine and V-cutters. Leather cases, ashtrays, snuff, matches, hygrometers and humidor jars. For the smoker who keeps their tools sharp.

N° 06 — Gifts & Curio

Quiet things.

Playing cards, pocket journals, leather goods,Postal stickers, cologne, framed prints. For the friend who already has too much — and the uncle who has nothing like enough.

We sell nothing fast. Tobacco asks for time — to grow, to cure, to roll, to burn. The Trading Post was opened in 1995 to keep that time honest, and to share it with anyone who walks in off High Street.

— The Proprietor · Christchurch, Dorset
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Find us on High Street.

Bureau de Tabac
Open seven days
Address & Hours

A door between the bookshop and the bakery.

Look for the dark green frontage and the brass leaf above the door. The humidor is in the back room; the lounge is up the three steps. Walk-ins welcome — smokers and the merely curious alike.

Address
60 High Street
Christchurch, Dorset
BH23 1BN, United Kingdom
Telephone
+44 (0)1202 000 000
Established
1995 — under the same family ever since
Hours
Mon — Thu08:30 — 18:00
Fri08:30 — 18:00
Sat09:00 — 17:30
Sun10:00 — 15:00
Lounge
Walk-in humidor & sampling lounge — open during shop hours
Map view of 60 High Street, Christchurch BH23 1BN
N° 001 — 60 High St