Secondhand and Antiquarian Bookshops in the UK and Republic of Ireland
IMPORTANT NOTE. The content here is based on the original site in its last form in May 2020, with a few updates.
Since then of course there have been a lot of changes to the world. Happily most of the pre-2020 bookshops have reopened, but there will be many changes that we will not yet have recorded.
We ask you all, bookshop visitors and bookshop owners, to please let us know of all changes to shop details - opening hours, contact details, temporary or permanent closure etc. Details of how to do this are on our guidelines page.
Visitors and shop owners have pointed out that many comments are very old and unlikely to represent a shop's current state, especially when a shop has been taken over and restocked. For this reason, comments made before 2018 are now hidden by default. The Show older comments link near the top of each listings page displays them.
Map links: the marker position is that of the shop's postcode, and is therefore not exact, but usually within a few buildings.
Lastly, sad though it is, we like to record the passing of bookshops. From June 2021 all bookshops removed from the listings are moved to the Graveyard page with all comments.
Bookshop name index
Bookshop place index
Interactive Bookshop map
Bookshops removed since June 2021
Bookshops by location
Central
Bedfordshire
Derbyshire
Herefordshire
Hertfordshire
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Northamptonshire
Nottinghamshire
Rutland
Shropshire
Staffordshire
Warwickshire
West Midlands
Worcestershire
East Anglia
Cambridgeshire
Essex
Norfolk
Suffolk
London
WC & EC Postcodes
E Postcodes
NW Postcodes
N Postcodes
Outer
SE Postcodes
SW Postcodes
W Postcodes
North East
Cleveland
County Durham
East Yorkshire
North Yorkshire
Northumberland
South Yorkshire
Tyne And Wear
West Yorkshire
North West
Cheshire
Cumbria
Greater Manchester
Isle of Man
Lancashire
Merseyside
South East
East Sussex
Kent
Surrey
West Sussex
South West
Bristol
Cornwall
Devon
Gloucestershire
Somerset
Wiltshire
Southern
Berkshire
Buckinghamshire
Dorset
Hampshire
Isle of Wight
Oxfordshire
Northern Ireland
Belfast
Co. Armagh
Co. Down
Co. Fermanagh
Co. Londonderry
Scotland
Central Scotland
Edinburgh
Glasgow
North East Scotland
Scottish Highlands
Scottish Islands
South East Scotland
South West Scotland
Wigtown
Wales
Mid Wales
North Wales
South Wales
West Wales
Republic of Ireland
Co. Clare
Co. Cork
Co. Donegal
Co. Dublin
Co. Galway
Co. Leitrim
Co. Limerick
Co. Mayo
Co. Roscommon
Co. Waterford
Co. Westmeath
Co. Wexford
Co. Wicklow
