Tattoo shops in Exeter
Exeter, England has 19 tattoo shops on the map. All 19 are mapped as tattoo studios proper, and each one is worth a portfolio browse before you commit — style varies more between shops than towns. Walk-ins are worth asking about, but the good custom work everywhere books weeks out.
This guide covers every tattoo shop we could verify in and around Exeter (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Love Hate Tattoo Studio and Louie's Electric Tattoo, plus Taboo Tattoo. If a studio's missing from Exeter's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet — the scene is bigger than any single dataset.
The Exeter tattoo lineup
19 mapped within about 40 km:
Love Hate Tattoo Studio
Tattoo studio
Love Hate Tattoo Studio — Tattoo studio.
Louie's Electric Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Louie's Electric Tattoo — Tattoo studio, found on 1 Swan Yard in Exeter. Also worth knowing about Louie's Electric Tattoo: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
1 Swan Yard, Exeter
Phone: +44 1392 759393
Taboo Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Taboo Tattoo — Tattoo studio.
Paignton, TQ4 6BP
Misfits tattoo collective
Tattoo studio
Misfits tattoo collective — Tattoo studio.
Tattoo Studio
Tattoo studio
Tattoo Studio — Tattoo studio.
Studio Valhalla
Tattoo studio
Studio Valhalla — Tattoo studio.
Prophecy International Tattoo Gallery
Tattoo studio
Prophecy International Tattoo Gallery — Tattoo studio.
Savage Rose Tattoos
Tattoo studio
Savage Rose Tattoos — Tattoo studio, found on 10a Albion Street in Exmouth.
10a Albion Street, Exmouth, EX8 1JL
Oldskool Tattoo Studio
Tattoo studio
Oldskool Tattoo Studio is Tattoo studio on 33 Exeter Road, Exmouth.
33 Exeter Road, Exmouth, EX8 1PT
Ink
Tattoo & piercing studio
Ink — Tattoo & piercing studio, found on 17 North Street in Exeter. Also worth knowing about Ink: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 10:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
17 North Street, Exeter, EX4 3QS
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-17:00
Chris Tat Shack
Tattoo studio
Chris Tat Shack — Tattoo studio, found on Lyme Street in Axminster. Also worth knowing about Chris Tat Shack: it has a website with more detail.
Lyme Street, Axminster, EX13 5AU
Carbeau Noir Tattoos
Tattoo studio
Carbeau Noir Tattoos — Tattoo studio, found on 103 Exeter Road in Exmouth. Also worth knowing about Carbeau Noir Tattoos: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 11:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
103 Exeter Road, Exmouth, EX8 1QE
Hours: Tu-Sa 11:00-18:00
Phone: +44 1395 225094
Heavyweight Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Heavyweight Tattoo is Tattoo studio on 106 High Street. Heavyweight Tattoo also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Tu-We, Fr-Su 09:30-16:30.
106 High Street
Hours: Tu-We, Fr-Su 09:30-16:30
Good Luck Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Good Luck Tattoo is Tattoo studio.
Sweet Needle Studio
Tattoo & piercing studio
Sweet Needle Studio — Tattoo & piercing studio, found on 15 West Street in Exeter. Also worth knowing about Sweet Needle Studio: the map lists its hours as Mo 11:00-17:00; We-Fr 11:00-17:00; Sa 11:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
15 West Street, Exeter, EX1 1BB
Hours: Mo 11:00-17:00; We-Fr 11:00-17:00; Sa 11:00-18:00
Phone: +44 7717 241934
Siren Song Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Siren Song Tattoo is Tattoo studio on 11 West Street, Exeter. Siren Song Tattoo also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
11 West Street, Exeter, EX1 1BB
Phone: +44 1392 561687
Elevate Tattoo
Tattoo studio
Elevate Tattoo — Tattoo studio, found on High Street in Honiton.
High Street, Honiton
Ink Captain
Tattoo studio
Ink Captain is Tattoo studio.
Divine Ink Tattoos and Gallery
Tattoo studio
Divine Ink Tattoos and Gallery — Tattoo studio. Also worth knowing about Divine Ink Tattoos and Gallery: the map lists its hours as "Tattoos by appointment only".
Hours: "Tattoos by appointment only"
What the map tells us about tattoo shops in Exeter
5 of the 19 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — tattoo studios often work by appointment, so posted hours can be more of a guideline than a promise.
3 have websites listed. Studios with websites usually show portfolios there — the fastest way to tell if a shop's style matches yours.
2 of the studios are also tagged for piercings, handy if you're after both in one visit.
The Exeter tattoo shop tour
Making a day of it in Exeter? Work this order: Love Hate Tattoo Studio, Louie's Electric Tattoo on 1 Swan Yard, Taboo Tattoo, Misfits tattoo collective, Tattoo Studio, Studio Valhalla, Prophecy International Tattoo Gallery, and Savage Rose Tattoos on 10a Albion Street. That's the tattoo shop tour in one sensible loop, no backtracking. 11 more are listed below.
Tattoo tips for Exeter
First tattoo or fiftieth — the rules don't change in Exeter:
- No swimming while it heals at Love Hate Tattoo Studio. Pools, lakes, hot tubs — all off limits for two to three weeks. Fresh tattoos and bacteria don't mix.
- Cover-ups need a specialist at Louie's Electric Tattoo. Not every artist does good cover-ups. Look for healed cover-up photos in the portfolio, not just fresh work.
- Think about placement long-term. Hands, neck and face limit job options in some fields. Your artist will be honest about this if you ask.
- Moisturise, don't drown it. Thin layers of the recommended ointment. Too much suffocates the skin and slows healing.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Exeter — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new tattoo shop in Exeter can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 19 that's closed, or a great tattoo shop we missed, the fix is to update the map itself — that's where this guide reads from.
We don't rate studios or artists, and we never list prices — those are between you and the shop. What we list is the where and the how-to-find, from places real mappers have verified.
If you run one of the 19 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Tattoo shop listings for Exeter: 19 mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.