Buying Chess Sets in the UK

Hi everyone,

I'm a new memeber and pretty new to chess as well.  I was wondering if any of the UK members could recommend a website to buy a wooden chess set from?  Ideally I'd like a 16 or 17" inch rosewood folding set like the '16" Traditional Folding Rosewood Chess Set' I saw on http://www.wholesalechess.com/chess/chess_sets/wood_chess_sets/16_traditional_folding_rosewood_chess_set.  My budget is about £50-£60 approx.  What I really want is a nice looking wooden set and board that folds so I can store the pieces inside.  Fitted slots for the pieces would be ideal like in the above example on wholesalechess.  Maybe £50 is not enough but at least I'll then have a ball park figure to work from to see what I can afford etc.

Thanks!

Paul.

I'll ask around for you

Thanks.

I'm considering buying this from wholesale chess:

http://wholesalechess.co.uk/product.cgi?group=158&product=171

Anybody had any experience with them?

That's great thanks, i'll check them out.  I'd already found the London Chess Centre and Regency links but the others are new.  I think my budget can stretch to about £60 or £70 to get a nice looking wooden set and board.  I'm definately after an antique style finish (where the black pieces are brown) and you can see the wood grain on the black pieces.  I'll probably be spoilt for choice with all the links now (well hopefully!). I've just been reading up on base size versus board square size as well so that will help with my choice.

Just to mention guitargeorge, I've got my folding set on eBay and it was really cheap and good quality!

Maybe worth a look... 

D'oh! Forgot about eBay! I'll check it out, cheers.

Well I finally opted for these from Regency Chess:

Board - http://www.regencychess.co.uk/15-inch-golden-rosewood-and-maple-solid-chess-board-p-112.html

Pieces - http://www.regencychess.co.uk/down-head-knight-staunton-chess-pieces-325-inches-p-75.html

Just got to find someone to play against now!

Time to teach my wife how to play I think.

Cheers,

Paul.

This site is actually really good. Lots of Rosewood wooden ones and they don't charge shipping.

www.prestigechesssets.com

here's an exmaple of the Rosewood boards though there are others

PHANTOM CHESS COMPUTER 1983 By Milton Bradley, MB. Being sold on ebay uk. ONLY 36 sold in the UK by 1983. All working, boxed + manuals. Ebay uk have a Look.