A barber in a white coat leaning in over a seated customer, photographed in black and white

Station 01 — the board

Ten things,
ten prices

Everything we do is on this page with the minutes it takes. There is no tier, no package and nobody will ask you about a treatment at the till.

Dai Pritchard, chair one, 11.40 on a Wednesday

Cuts

Prices held since March 2025. Add £3 for a wash and finish on any cut.

01Dry trim, no washIn, tidied, out. The one most people have between the proper ones.20′£14
02Cut & finishWash at the basin, cut, dried and dressed. The standard.30′£17
03Skin fadeOut to the skin at the bottom, blended by hand. Lasts about three weeks before the line goes soft.35′£19
04Scissor cut, long on topNo clipper touches the head. Grows out straight for six weeks instead of four.40′£22
05Head shave with a bladeClipper down, then lather and an open blade over the whole scalp. Towel both ends.40′£26
06Under 12s, weekdays before 15.00Any cut, on the booster board or the chair. Saturdays are full price because Saturdays are full.20′£10
A clipper run flat against the side of a head, the hand steadying the ear out of the way
Guard off · the last pass of a skin fade

Station 02 — what £19 buys

Thirty-five minutes, most of it spent on four inches of neck

A fade is not a clipper setting, it is four or five of them run into each other until the step disappears. The bottom third is where it is won or lost, and that is where the time goes — the top is twelve minutes of scissor work and nobody will ever notice it.

If you are growing one out, come back at three weeks and we will tidy the neck for £7 rather than cut the whole head again.

A dryer blowing long hair back off a face under hard overhead lightThe finish · 90 seconds

Shaves & beards

Razor work is chair four. Book it — we will not start a shave twenty minutes before the shutter.

07Beard shape, clippersLength set, cheek line and neck line cut in. Fifteen minutes, no lather.15′£11
08Beard, scissor & razor lineShaped with scissors, edges cut with an open blade, oiled. For beards past two inches.25′£16
09Straight-razor shaveTwo hot towels, soap off a brush, two passes, cold towel, alum. Flat on your back for forty-five minutes.45′£32
10Shave & crop togetherThe whole thing in one sitting. Seventy minutes, and the only slot we hold open on a Saturday morning.70′£44

No colour · no perms · no hair systems · no home visits · no shave on broken skin

A line of empty chairs down a dark room, chrome arms catching the last of the light
17.55 · the last head of the day
A chrome and buttoned-leather chair standing under a low lamp at the back of the room
Chair four · reupholstered 2023

Station 03 — before you sit down

Six things people ring up and ask

If it is not here, ring the shop between eight and six and somebody will put the clippers down.

01978 265 410
Do you take walk-ins?

Always. The bench by the window is first come, and the board behind the till has the next free chair chalked on it. Walk-ins stop half an hour before closing because a cut takes longer than a chalk mark suggests.

Can I ask for a particular barber?

Yes, and you should. Emeka books about ten days out, Marta about four, Dai and Reuben usually have something this week. Booking a name costs the same as taking whoever is free.

How long does a skin fade actually last?

Sharp for about ten days, fine for three weeks, gone by five. Most people on a fade come every three weeks. A neck tidy in between is £7 and takes eight minutes.

Is a straight-razor shave going to cut me?

Not if your skin is in one piece. We change the blade in front of you, we go with the grain first and across it second, and we will not shave over a spot, a cold sore or sunburn. If you are on roaccutane we will do the beard shape instead and tell you why.

Do you cut children's hair?

Under twelves are £10 on weekdays before three. We do not do first haircuts with a certificate and a lock of hair in an envelope — plenty of places near the Butchers Market do, and better.

What will you refuse to do?

Colour of any kind, perms, hair systems, home visits, and a number one all over on somebody who walked in at two minutes to six. We will also say no to a design we know will look wrong on your hair, and we will say so before you sit down, not after.

Pick a number off the board and we will keep the chair

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