Independent Barbers in Birmingham

Birmingham has hundreds of barbers, and plenty of them are franchise shops. This guide is only about independents: locally owned barbers in Moseley, Kings Heath, Harborne, Balsall Heath, Sparkbrook, the Jewellery Quarter and the city centre, all listed on NearbyYou.

Barbers in the city centre and Jewellery Quarter

• The Barber House, 14 Waterloo Street. More than 1,100 Google reviews.
• Victors Cuts Unisex, 25 Union Street.
• The Bearded Barber Club, 6 Sheepcote Street.
• Tru Cutz Studio, 175 Corporation Street.
• Uni Barber Club, 1 Masshouse Lane.
• Barber JQ, 3a Spencer Street, Jewellery Quarter.
• Blunt Barber, 61 St Paul’s Square, and Jakes Barbers, 50 to 54 St Paul’s Square.
• Sam’s Barbers, 26 Vittoria Street, Jewellery Quarter.
• VOLT Barbershop, Zellig Building, Digbeth.

Barbers in Moseley and Kings Heath

• Balla Barbers, 7 St Mary’s Row, Moseley. More than 600 Google reviews.
• Fris-or Barbershop, 136 Alcester Road, Moseley.
• Scissors Hands, 38 Woodbridge Road, and Village Barbers, 20 Woodbridge Road, Moseley.
• Hamill’s Barber Shop, 331 Vicarage Road, Kings Heath.
• Mankind Barbershop, 31 Poplar Road, Kings Heath.
• Sakamoto Hair, 12 York Road, and Tom’s Gents Hairdressing, 18 York Road, Kings Heath.
• Brooklyn Barbers Club, 272 Vicarage Road, Kings Heath.
• Kadz Kuts, 97 High Street, Kadz Kutz, 75a High Street, and K1 Top Barber Club, 66 High Street, Kings Heath.
• Maliks Barbers, 89 Grange Road, and Shaun’s Barber Shop, 2a Drayton Road, Kings Heath.

Barbers in Harborne

• Gentlemen’s Retreat of Harborne, 2 Gordon Road.
• Edit Barbers, 2 to 4 Lonsdale Road.
• Turkish Barbers By Mo, 141 High Street, and Stylofy Barber Station, 139 High Street.
• ikon barbers, 5A Station Road.
• The Barber’s Shop, 97A High Street, Rezha Cuts, 289 High Street, and The Strand, 363 High Street.
• Court Oak Barbers, 240 Court Oak Road, Turkish Buzz Barbers, 321A Harborne Lane, and Fade Factory, 117 Grove Lane.

Barbers in Balsall Heath and Sparkbrook

• Oslo’s Barbers, 286 Stratford Road. More than 600 Google reviews.
• MJ Barbers, 147 Ladypool Road, and MJ Barberz, 427 to 429 Moseley Road.
• Scuts Barbershop, 132 Stoney Lane.
• Sam Barber Club, 422 Moseley Road.
• Hadri’s Barbers, 433 Moseley Road.
• Zagros Barber, 376 Ladypool Road, and Haze Cuts, 189 Ladypool Road.
• 001 Barber Spot, 7 Oldfield Road, Fade It, 94 Stoney Lane, and Ashaam Barbers, 76 Stoney Lane.
• On Stratford Road: MH Barber (336), Isu Barber (172), Kingz Barber Shop (142), H.M Barber Shop (189), Abyssinia Barbers (167), Smart Cut Barbers (72) and JB Barbers (358), plus Nads on Walford Road.

How to choose a barber

Start with where you are. The city centre and Jewellery Quarter shops suit a lunchtime cut, while the barbers in Moseley, Kings Heath and Harborne are on neighbourhood high streets. Then look at the reviews. Several shops in this guide have hundreds of Google reviews averaging 4.8 or higher, which is a good sign of consistency.

Booking

Many of these barbers take online bookings. Each NearbyYou listing links to the barber’s own booking page or social profile where they have one.

See every independent barber on NearbyYou in one place on the barbers page, or browse by area: Moseley, Kings Heath, Harborne and the city centre.

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