No chandlers left in London? Oh yes there is

[Twister_Ken]

Always thought Chas Newens on Putney Embankment was an outboard/inflatable specialist so popped in there this morning to get a bit of Hypalon for a patch, and it's also quite a nice little chandlery.

http://www.chastheboat.co.uk/

No connection, etc...

 

[semisimple]

oh that's excellent, thank you so much for posting it, been looking for a chandlery in London for a while.

The only other ones I know of are Welsh Harp (N London) - but mostly dinghy stuff - http://www.welshharp.co.uk/ and Ocean Leisure (Embankment) - which is quite expensive unfortunately.

 

[sighmoon]

What about Arthur Beale in Covent Garden? Established for about 400 years if memory serves.

 

[islandsailor]

What about Arthur Beale in Covent Garden? Established for about 400 years if memory serves.

Beat me to it my Dad bought my first set of Peter Storm "oilskins" at Arthur Beale - walked past the other day and had a little smile........

 

[Vern]

What about Arthur Beale in Covent Garden? Established for about 400 years if memory serves.

Blimey, I will seek them out, surprised to hear of the location!

 

[Twister_Ken]

Beales has morphed into a theatrical supplier. Not much real marine stuff there now.

 

[Keen_Ed]

Lots of rope, a window full of brass/bronze bits from Davey, and not much else.

(The rope isn't particularly high-tech, either. If you're looking for SK90 dyneema, I doubt you'll find it.)

 

[Vern]

Just like the juxtaposition of trendy, urban and edgy culture with chandlery, although the Thames is hardly a breath away, One does not expect to hear of much going on in that vein.
But Theatre props prove the point better than I.

 

[RichardS]

20 years ago I used to go to a big chandlers about 2 minutes walk across from Liverpool Street station. I can't remember the name. Is that closed now?

(sorry that's all rather vague!)

Richard

I wonder if it was Force 4?

 

[Ubergeekian]

20 years ago I used to go to a big chandlers about 2 minutes walk across from Liverpool Street station. I can't remember the name. Is that closed now?

Artillery Lane!

I think it may have been the "London Yacht Centre", then became part of Force 4.

 

[islandsailor]

Artillery Lane!

I think it may have been the "London Yacht Centre", then became part of Force 4.

yes it was...... i'd forgotten the London Yacht Centre......

 

[Boreades]

Beales has morphed into a theatrical supplier. Not much real marine stuff there now.

Hello my name's Julian and this is my friend Sandy. We met all of our sailing friends there.

 

[Twister_Ken]

Hello my name's Julian and this is my friend Sandy. We met all of our sailing friends there.

Bona sailors both!

 

[Conachair]

Beales has morphed into a theatrical supplier. Not much real marine stuff there now.

Maybe not but still a lovely shop. They do have lots more hidden away in the million and one drawers behind the counter. At west end prices.

Funny story - I was in there ages ago when a S & M march went up Shaftesbury Avenue, lots of butch woman and blokes wearing dog leashes shouting "We demand less rights!" Many of them looking over at Beales presumably thinking "Thats MY kinda shop"

There's always Ocean leasure down on the embankment, pretty good book section...

 

[Babylon]

Hello my name's Julian and this is my friend Sandy. We met all of our sailing friends there.

Then took them to The Dog and Cottage to meet your other friends?

 

[sighmoon]

Beales has morphed into a theatrical supplier. Not much real marine stuff there now.

What a shame, it must have been one of the longest established businesses in the country.

There was a very elderly gentleman working there when I last went in. I asked him "Have you really been here for 400 years?"
His reply, with a completely straight face: "I haven't, no."

 

[jpcarter30]

What a shame, it must have been one of the longest established businesses in the country.

There was a very elderly gentleman working there when I last went in. I asked him "Have you really been here for 400 years?"
His reply, with a completely straight face: "I haven't, no."

They are without doubt the most miserable set of you-know-whats I've met in a swindlery.

 

[planteater]

The only other ones I know of are Welsh Harp (N London) - but mostly dinghy stuff - http://www.welshharp.co.uk/ and Ocean Leisure (Embankment) - which is quite expensive unfortunately.

Ocean Leisure is a fashion/book store not a chandlery - try buying individual SS nut and bolts or epoxy there!

 

[Aries]

Chandlery in London (well just)

There is Danson Marine in Bexley. See www.dansonmarine.co.uk

A useful local candler that serves SE London.