Mondays & Tuesdays
Willow Quarter
A back room behind a record shop. Morning light, slow mornings, best for the long appointments.
One chair · Season seven
The barber that moves to your side of town
Orin Roam keeps a single chair and takes it somewhere new each week — a borrowed back room, a quiet studio, a shopfront between tenants. Same scissors, same unhurried hour, different window to look out of.
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Cuts by request
One seat at a time, booked ahead. No queue to sit through and no rush behind you.
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Hot-towel finish
Every cut closes the same way: towel, balm, and a proper look in the mirror before you stand.
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The chair travels
Four neighbourhood stops on rotation, so the walk to a haircut stays short.
The chair
Slow work, done in one hour, in a room that keeps changing
Orin trained the long way round — sweeping floors, then stropping razors, then finally cutting. What stayed from all of it was the pace.
An appointment here is a full hour whether the cut needs it or not. That extra room is where the consultation happens: how the hair actually sits when you leave it alone, where it thins, how often you want to come back. The cut follows from the answers rather than from a picture on a shelf.
The travelling part started as a practicality and turned into the point. Borrowing a room keeps the overhead honest, and it means the chair lands near where people already are rather than asking them to cross town for it.
- 01A read of the hair first — growth, density and how you wear it day to day.
- 02Scissor work by default; clippers only where the shape genuinely wants them.
- 03A finish you can repeat at home, with the two products it actually needs.
Cut list
What the hour can hold
Prices are flat, whatever the room the chair is in that week. Every appointment includes the consultation and the hot-towel finish.
Cuts
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The Roam Cut £38
The standard hour. Consultation, scissor cut, wash and a finish you can hold for six weeks.
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Skin & Scissor Fade £42
Tight through the sides, softened by hand on top so the line never looks printed on.
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Grow-Out Shape £30
For longer hair being kept long — weight removed, ends tidied, length left alone.
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First Chair (under 12) £22
Half an hour, no clipper noise unless it's wanted, and a grown-up in the room throughout.
Beard & shave
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Hot-Towel Shave £34
Oil, two towels, a straight razor and a cold rinse. Forty minutes, lying back.
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Beard Shape £24
Cheek line, neck line and length balanced against the shape of your jaw.
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Cut & Beard Together £56
Ninety minutes for both, so the beard is cut to the hair rather than after it.
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Tidy Between Visits £14
Fifteen minutes on the neck and edges when the cut still has weeks left in it.
Unsure which one to ask for? Describe the hair in the request form and Orin will reply with the appointment length he thinks it needs — including the cheaper option, when that's the honest answer.
The route
Where the chair lands
Four rooms on a repeating rotation. Pick the stop that suits you and the exact room details arrive with your confirmation.
Wednesdays
Fenwick Row
A shared studio above a framer's workshop. Late starts and late finishes for anyone working days.
Thursdays & Fridays
Harrow Green
A shopfront between tenants, so the chair sits in the window. The busiest stop on the route.
Saturdays
Old Kiln Yard
A workshop corner by the yard gates. Shaves and first chairs only — a quieter, shorter day.
The rotation shifts occasionally when a room is borrowed elsewhere. Ask for a stop and you'll hear back with the next two dates it's open.
In the chair
What the hour looks like
Questions
Before your first seat
Do I need to bring anything?
Only yourself. Come with the hair as you normally wear it rather than freshly styled — it's easier to cut for how it actually falls. If a particular product has worked for you, mention the name and Orin will work around it.
How far ahead should I ask?
A week or so is comfortable. Harrow Green fills first and Old Kiln Yard usually has room. If nothing suits, say which days you can do and you'll be offered the next openings on the route.
What happens if I need to move my appointment?
Reply to your confirmation and it gets moved, no charge. Because there's only one chair, a note the day before is genuinely helpful — it usually goes to someone waiting on that stop.
Are the rooms easy to get into?
Willow Quarter and Harrow Green are both step-free at ground level; Fenwick Row is up one flight. Mention what you need in your request and the stop will be chosen to suit.
How do I pay?
At the end of the appointment, by card or cash, in the room. Nothing is taken when you send a request — the form only starts the conversation.
Request a seat
Tell the chair where to find you
Send the four details below and you'll get a reply with two or three times at the stop you asked for. Nothing is confirmed, and nothing is charged, until you pick one.
Requests are read once in the morning and once at the end of the day, between appointments — so a reply takes a few hours rather than a few minutes.
If you're booking for someone else, put their name in the first field and your own in the notes, and the confirmation will go to both.
Prefer the shortest possible version? Name, email and “anything that's free” is enough to work with.