Geographical index

I aim to eventually visit bookshops all over the UK (including internationally should I ever get a holiday), but I'm only writing one post per week and this will take time. Please forgive the narrow geographical coverage so far.


Berkshire
The Hungerford Bookshop, Hungerford


Buckinghamshire
Gerrards Cross Bookshop, Gerrards Cross


Cambridgeshire
Cambridge University Press Bookshop, Cambridge (Your bookshops)
Heffers Bookshop, Cambridge


Cheshire
Nantwich Bookshop, Nantwich


Coventry
The Big Comfy Bookshop, Fargo Village


Cumbria
Bookcase, Carlisle (Your bookshops)
Sam Read Bookseller, Grasmere
Westwood Books, Sedbergh (Your bookshops)


Derbyshire
High Street Books, High Peak
Scarthin Books, Cromford (Your bookshops)
Scriveners Books, Buxton (Your bookshops)


Devon
Archway Bookshop, Axminster
Crediton Community Bookshop, Crediton
The Totnes Bookshop, Totnes
Walter Henry's Bookshop, Bideford
Winstones Bookshop, Sidmouth
- All four appear in Your bookshops


Dorset
The Dorset Bookshop, Blandford Forum, Dorset (Your bookshops)
Gulliver's Bookshop, Wimbourne Minster


Durham
DRAKE – The Bookshop, Stockton-on-Tees
Also mentioned: Northern Bookshop Adventure


Essex
The Book Nut, Billericay (RIP)
Chicken and Frog Bookshop, Brentwood
Also mentioned: IBW2015 bookshop crawl
Red Lion Books, Colchester
Also mentioned: IBW2015 bookshop crawl
Caxton Books & Gallery, Frinton-on-Sea
Also mentioned: IBW2015 bookshop crawl
Hart's Books, Saffron Walden
Wivenhoe Bookshop, Wivenhoe
Also mentioned: IBW2015 bookshop crawl


Gloucestershire
Octavia's Bookshop, Cirencester
The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop, Nailsworth
The Borzoi Bookshop, Stow-on-the-Wold
Jaffe and Neale, Stow-on-the-Wold
Stroud Bookshop, Stroud
The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop, Tetbury
Also mentioned: first visit
Cotswold Book Room, Wotton-under-Edge
All are mentioned in IBW2018 Bookshop Crawl


Hampshire
One Tree Books, Petersfield
Also mentioned: IBW2017 bookshop crawl
The Petersfield Bookshop, Petersfield
Also mentioned: IBW2017 bookshop crawl
Blackwell's, Portsmouth
Adelphi Books, Southsea, Portsmouth
Jade Mountain Bookshop, Southsea, Portsmouth
P&G Wells, Winchester
The Winchester Book Shop, Winchester


Herefordshire
Oxfam Bookshop, Hereford (Your bookshops)
Rossiter Books, Ross-on-Wye


Hertfordshire
David's Bookshop, Letchworth Garden City
Sawbridge Words, Sawbridgeworth (RIP)


Kent
Books, Deal (closed before arrival)
Oxfam Bookshop, Deal
Bowstring Bargain Books, Faversham
The Fleur Bookshop, Faversham
Past Sentence, Faversham
Top Hat & Tales, Faversham
A Bundle of Books, Herne Bay
Little Mouse Books, Maidstone (now RIP)
Oxfam Bookshop, Maidstone
Waterstone's Fremlin Walk, Maidstone
Tiverton Books, Margate
City Books, Rochester
Sevenoaks Bookshop, Sevenoaks. Also mentioned: Bookshop Day 2018
Nickel Books, Sittingbourne (RIP)
Mr Books, Tonbridge
The Aviation Bookshop, Tunbridge Wells
Hall's Bookshop, Tunbridge Wells (RIP)
Hall's Bookshop, Tunbridge Wells
Oxfam Bookshop, Tunbridge Wells
Waterstone's, Tunbridge Wells
Balderdash Books, West Malling (now RIP)
Harbour Books, Whitstable
Oxford Street Books, Whitstable


Leicestershire
The Bookshop Kibworth, Kibworth
Quinns Bookshop, Market Harborough


Lincolnshire
Book Stop Cafe, Lincoln
Lindum Books, Lincoln
Unicorn Tree Books, Lincoln
Walker's Bookshop, Stamford


London
Alef Bookstore, Baker Street
Also mentioned: IBW2016 bookshop crawl

Beckenham Bookshop, Beckenham
Also mentioned: Books are my bag 2

Belgravia Books, Belgravia
Also mentioned: Books are my bag bookshop crawl
H R Stokes, Belgravia (Books are my bag)

The Bookshop on the Heath, Blackheath

Bookmarks, The Socialist Bookshop, Bloomsbury
Also mentioned: Books are my bag bookshop crawl

French's Theatre Bookshop, Bloomsbury
Also mentioned: IBW2016 bookshop crawl
Gay's The Word, Bloomsbury
Judd Books, Bloomsbury
Skoob Books, Bloomsbury
Also mentioned: IBW2014 bookshop crawl
Treadwell's Books, Bloomsbury
Also mentioned: IBW2016 bookshop crawl

Brick Lane Bookshop, Brick Lane
Also mentioned: IBW2014 bookshop crawl

Black Gull Books, Camden
Books Iconica, Camden

Any Amount of Books, Charing Cross
Also mentioned: London Bookshop Crawl 2016
Blackwell's, Charing Cross (now relocated)
Also mentioned: Books are my bag bookshop crawl
Foyles, Charing Cross
Also mentioned: Books are my bag bookshop crawl, Books are my bag 2, Books are my bag 3, London Bookshop Crawl 2016
Goldsboro Books, Charing Cross
Also mentioned: Books are my bag bookshop crawl, London Bookshop Crawl 2016

Orbital Comics, Charing Cross
Also mentioned: London Bookshop Crawl 2016

Daunt Books, Chelsea
John Sandoe [Books] Ltd, Chelsea
Also mentioned: Books are my bag 2

Stephen Foster Books, Chiswick

Clapham Books, Clapham

The Bookseller Crow on the Hill, Crystal Palace
Also mentioned: Books are my bag 2

Dulwich Books, Dulwich
Also mentioned: Books are my bag 2
Village Books, Dulwich

Also mentioned: IBW2014 bookshop crawl

Halcyon Books, Greenwich

Pages of Hackney, Hackney
Also mentioned: Books are my bag 3

Keith Fawkes, Hampstead Heath

Herne Hill Books, Herne Hill
Also mentioned: Books are my bag 2
Tales on Moon Lane, Herne Hill
Also mentioned: Books are my bag 2

Highgate Bookshop, Highgate
Also mentioned: National Bookshop Day 2016

Blackwell's High Holborn, Holborn (See also under Charing Cross for a previous incarnation)
London Review Bookshop, Holborn
Also mentioned: London Bookshop Crawl 2016, IBW2016 bookshop crawl

Camden Lock Books, Islington
Also mentioned: Books are my bag 3

The Kennington Bookshop, Kennington (RIP)

Slightly Foxed, Kensington
South Kensington Books, Kensington
Also mentioned: Books are my bag 2

Owl Bookshop, Kentish Town

Offside Books, Kilburn
Also mentioned: National Bookshop Day 2016

Housmans, Kings Cross
Also mentioned: IBW2014 bookshop crawl
Watermark Books, Kings Cross (Books are my bag) (RIP)
Also mentioned: Books are my bag bookshop crawlBooks are my bag 2

Foyles, South Bank, Lambeth

Wildy & Sons, Lincoln's Inn, London (Your bookshops)

The Riverside Bookshop, London Bridge
Also mentioned: IBW2016 bookshop crawl

Artwords Bookshop, London Fields
Also mentioned: Books are my bag 3
The Broadway Bookshop, London Fields
Also mentioned: Books are my bag 3

Daunt Books, Marylebone
Also mentioned: IBW2016 bookshop crawl

G Heywood Hill, Mayfair
Also mentioned: Books are my bag bookshop crawlBooks are my bag 2

Children's Bookshop, Muswell Hill
Muswell Hill Bookshop, Muswell Hill

Book & Comic Exchange, Notting Hill
Lutyens & Rubinstein, Notting Hill (IBW2014 bookshop crawl) Also visited here

Osterley Bookshop, Osterley
Osterley Park Bookshop, Osterley

Review Bookshop, Peckham

Hatchards, Piccadilly
Waterstones Piccadilly, Piccadilly
Also mentioned: London Bookshop Crawl 2016

Primrose Hill Books, Primrose Hill

Queen's Park Books, Queen's Park

The Kew Bookshop, Richmond
Lloyds of Kew, Richmond

Persephone Books, Russell Square
Also mentioned: Books are my bag 2, London Bookshop Crawl 2016

Gosh! Comics, Soho
Also mentioned: National Bookshop Day 2016

The Calder Bookshop & Theatre, South Bank
Foyles, South Bank (IBW2016 bookshop crawl)

Stoke Newington Bookshop, Stoke Newington
Also mentioned: Books are my bag 3

Kirkdale Bookshop, Sydenham
Also mentioned: Books are my bag 2

Newham Bookshop, Upton Park
Wimbledon Books, Wimbledon

Big Green BookshopWood Green


Manchester
Didsbury Village Bookshop, Didsbury
Simply Books, Bramhall
Chapter One Books, Manchester


Northamptonshire
The Old Hall Bookshop, Brackley
W D Wharton, Wellingborough (RIP)


Nottinghamshire
Five Leaves Bookshop, Nottingham (Your bookshops)


Oxfordshire
Books & Ink Bookshop, Banbury
Also mentioned: Your bookshops
Madhatter Bookshop, Burford
Also mentioned: IBW2018 Bookshop Crawl
The Book House, Thame
Jaffé & Neale, Chipping Norton
Also mentioned: IBW2018 Bookshop Crawl, and for my first visit 
The Woodstock Bookshop, Woodstock
Also mentioned: IBW2018 Bookshop Crawl


Shropshire
Aardvark Books, Brampton Bryan
The Ironbridge Bookshop, Ironbridge
Booka Bookshop, Oswestry
Also mentioned: Your bookshops
Wenlock Books, Much Wenlock


Somerset
Bookbarn International, Bristol
George Bayntun, Bath
Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights, Bath
The Oldfield Park Bookshop, Bath
Topping & Company, Bath
Discworld Emporium, Wincanton


Staffordshire
The Book Barge, Burton upon Trent (sailed away to France)


Surrey
The Ibis Bookshop, Banstead (now RIP)
The Cobham Bookshop, Cobham,
Also mentioned: IBW2017 bookshop crawl
The Haslemere Bookshop, Haslemere
Also mentioned: IBW2027 bookshop crawl
Barton's Bookshop, Leatherhead
Limpsfield Books, Limpsfield (closed on day of visit, return attempt due)
Also mentioned: IBW2017 bookshop crawl (also closed)
Paydens, Oxted
The Secondhand Bookshop, Oxted


East Sussex
Much Ado Books, Alfriston
Also mentioned: Bookshop Day 2017, Announcing Prospero's Project
Rother Books, Battle
Brighton Books, Brighton
Kemptown Bookshop, Brighton (Your bookshops)
Boulevard books & Thai cafe, Hastings
Hare & Hawthorn Bindery & Bookshop, Hastings
A & Y Cumming, Bow Windows Bookshop and Skylark, Lewes (Your bookshops)
Bag of Books, Lewes (Bookshop Day 2017)
Fifteenth Century Bookshop, Lewes
The Old Saddlery Bookshop, Robertsbridge
The Rye Bookshop, Rye
The Tiny Book Store, Rye


West Sussex
The Petworth Bookshop, Petworth (IBW2017 bookshop crawl)
Steyning Bookshop, Steyning (Bookshop Day 2017)
Badgers Books, Worthing. Also mentioned: Your bookshops


Tyne and Wear
Oliver's Bookshop, Whitley Bay (Your bookshops)


Warwickshire
Warwick Books, Warwick
Also mentioned: Your bookshops
Waterstone's, Stratford-Upon-Avon


Wiltshire
The White Horse Bookshop, Marlborough


Worcestershire
Blandford Bookshop, Broadway (IBW2018 bookshop crawl)


North Yorkshire
Book Corner, Saltburn-by-the-Sea
Also mentioned: Northern Bookshop Adventure
Castlegate Books, Knaresborough
Castle Hill Bookshop, Richmond
Also mentioned: Northern Bookshop Adventure
The Guisborough Bookshop, Guisborough
Also mentioned: Northern Bookshop Adventure
Ken Spelman Books, York
The Little Apple Bookshop, York
The Little Ripon Bookshop, Ripon
Also mentioned: Northern Bookshop Adventure
Wardle & Jones, Scarborough (Your bookshops)
White Rose Book Cafe, Thirsk
Also mentioned: Northern Bookshop Adventure


West Yorkshire
The Book Case, Hebden Bridge
Grove Bookshop, Ilkley
The Saltaire Bookshop, Bradford (RIP)
Salt's Mill Bookshop, Saltaire


Isle of Wight
Books 2 Love, Newport
Ryde Bookshop, Ryde
Who One, Ryde


IRELAND
Four Masters Bookshop, Donegal
The Salmon Bookshop and Literary Centre, Ennistymon (Your bookshops)
Stone House Books, Kilkenny (Your bookshops)
Universal Books, Letterkenny


NORTHERN IRELAND
Foyle Books, Derry/Londonderry


SCOTLAND
Scottish Borders
Mainstreet Trading, St Boswells (Your bookshops)


WALES
Ceredigion
Galloway, Aberystwyth (RIP)
Ystwyth Books, Aberystwyth


Glamorgan
Griffin Books, Penarth
Also mentioned: Your bookshops


Gwynedd
Browsers Bookshop, Porthmadog


Monmouthshire
The Abergavenny Bookshop, Abergavenny (RIP)
The Chepstow Bookshop, Chepstow
Rossiter Books, Monmouth
Stephen's Bookshop, Monmouth


Pembrokeshire
St Davids Bookshop, St Davids (Your bookshops)


Powys
Book-ish, Crickhowell
The Hours Cafe & Bookshop, Brecon (Your bookshops)
Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye
Addyman Annexe, Hay-on-Wye
Richard Booth's Bookshop, Hay-On-Wye (Your bookshops)
Pen'rallt Gallery Bookshop, Machynlleth


EUROPE
Het ivoren aapje, Brussels, Belgium (Your bookshops)
Limerick Bookshop, Ghent, Belgium (Your bookshops)
Berkeley Books of Paris, Paris, France
Shakespeare & Company, Paris, France
Írók Boltja, Budapest, Hungary (Your bookshops)
Paperback Exchange, Florence, Italy
Todo Modo, Florence, Italy
Libreria Acqua Alta, Venice, Italy (Your bookshops)
Libreria MarcoPolo, Venice, Italy (Your bookshops)


COSTA RICA
Mora Books, San Jose


USA
Mystery Cove, Maine (Your bookshops)
Tales of the Lonesome Pine LLC, Virginia (preview)


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8 comments:

  1. Hi Erica! This is a pretty impressive list already. Well done. Keep going!

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    1. Thank you, I won't be happy until I've at least one bookshop from every county but I appreciate your encouragement!

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  2. I just found your blog via a link on Much Ado Bookshop's website. I know I'm going to have a great deal of vicarious fun here. If you ever roam as far as San Francisco, be sure to visit Green Apple Books on Clement Street. It is not in downtown SF but out in the Richmond area. I live over 200 miles away so I always get a little over-excited and emerge after a couple of hours with an armload of books. I'm saving my pennies for another visit to the UK and hope to get to Much Ado and some of the other shops I'll find in your blog. I dearly love Persephone and Foyles so I will have to revisit those, too. Oh yeah!! Bookshop fun in my future!!

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    1. Hi Diane,
      It's good to hear from you. Thank you for the recommendations, I'm determined to visit some American bookshops so your tips are definitely appreciated.
      I hope you enjoy reading about the bookshops I've visited and I definitely recommend visiting Much Ado when you're over here - I'll be posting my experience there very soon...

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  3. This is a wonderful list! Have you been to Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights in Bath? If you are ever there, it is the most wonderful shop, with a fantastic team of booksellers. Treat yourself to a reading spa there (http://www.mrbsemporium.com/index.php/info/reading_spa), I've had several and they are such a lot of fun! I blogged about the last one here: http://fennellbooks.co.uk/journal/2015/3/21/mr-bs-reading-spa-no-7

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    1. I so want to go to Mr B's! I've been wanting a reading spa (and hinting about it to my family for Christmas/birthday presents) since before the blog began, so having now read your post I'm even more determined to get there.

      PS. I'm pleased you appreciate the list

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  4. Another one to add to your "to visit" list - I recommend The Bookcase in Lowden, Notts: https://www.flickr.com/photos/juliac2006/24777347910/ small but packed - and well plugged into the local community

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    1. Thank you! I know of it but haven't visited yet. Have family up there so now I have an official recommendation I'll increase my pestering of them to invite me round for a visit...

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Erica