Guide to Norfolk & Suffolk
Booksellers
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| Each red dot represents a city, town or village with at least one retail
outlet for second hand books.
In addition there are a number of booksellers operating from
private premises. Many of these permit visiting
by prior appointment (they will give you travelling directions when you
telephone) but others trade by mail only - please respect
their privacy.
If any seller has their own independent presence on WWW they are listed
in the text with a link to their website.
The full list of outlets appears below in alphabetical order of name
of city/town/village. |
The Bookshops
Aylsham
Abbey Books
Gothic House 51 Hungate Street Aylsham Norfolk NR11 6AA
Telephone: 01263 732851 Fax: 01263 732861
Email: abbey@paston.co.uk
Stock/Specialities: Small stock, academic, biography, history
Private premises, appointment necessary
Website:
Burebank Books
46 Red Lion Street Aylsham Norfolk NR11 6ER
Telephone: 01263 735710 Fax: 01263 735703
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Small stock, japan, british history, maritime/nautical,
topography
Shop open 9.00-5.00, closed Wednesday pm, Sunday
Website:
Red Lion Bookshop
31 Red Lion Street Aylsham Norfolk NR11 6ER
Telephone: 01263 735667 Fax: 01263 735667
Email:
Stock/Specialities: General stock, japan, women's history and literature,
maritime
Shop open 10.00-5.30, closed Sunday
Website:
Barton Mills
Janet Carters
40 Church Lane Barton Mills Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk IP28 6AY
Telephone: 01638 717619 Fax: 01638 717619
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Small stock, horse-racing
Private premises, appointment necessary
Website:
Beccles
Besleys Books
4 Blyburgate Beccles Suffolk NR34 9TA
Telephone: 01502 715762 Fax: 01502 675649
Email:
Stock/Specialities: General stock, natural history, gardening, literature,
illustrated, art
Shop open 9.30-1.00, 2.00-5.00, closed Wednesday, Sunday
Website:
Bungay
Bardsley's Books
22 Upper Olland Street Bungay Suffolk NR35 1BH
Telephone: 01986 892077 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Large general stock
Shop open 10.00-5.00, closed Wednesday pm, Sunday
Website:
Beaver Booksearch
33 Hillside Road East Bungay Suffolk NR35 1JU
Telephone: 01986 896698 Fax: 01986 896698
Email: beaver@booksearch.u-net.com
Stock/Specialities: Small stock, bridge, booksearch
Private premises, postal business only
Website:
http://www.booksearch.u-net.com
Bures
Major Iain Grahame
Daws Hall Lamarsh Bures Suffolk CO8 5EX
Telephone: 01787 269213 Fax: 01787 269634
Email: majorbooks@compuserve.com
Stock/Specialities: Medium stock, field sports, natural history
Private premises, appointment necessary
Website:
http://www.webserve.co.uk/books
Burnham Market
Brazen Head
Market Place Burnham Market Kings Lynn Norfolk PE31 8HD
Telephone: 01328 730700 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Very large general stock: also paintings and ceramics
Shop open 9.30-5.00, closed Sunday (open Sundays in summer)
Website:
Bury St. Edmunds
Bury Bookshop
28A Hatter Street Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk IP33 1NE
Telephone: 01284 703107 Fax: 01284 755936
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Medium general stock: also new books and bookbinding
Shop open 9.30-5.00, closed Sunday
Website:
Guildhall Bookshop
67 Guildhall Street Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk IP33 1QF
Telephone: 01284 755303 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: General stock, antiquarian, illustrated, arts and crafts
Shop open 9.30-5.30, closed Sunday and some Thursdays
Website:
H. G. Pratt
Guildhall Street Antiques 27 Guildhall Street Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk
Telephone: 01284 703060 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Small stock, local history/topography, photography, christian
religion, rural life
Bookroom open 9.00-5.00, closed Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday
Website:
John Crawford
55 Avenue Approach Bury St. Edmunds Suffolk IP32 6BA
Telephone: 01284 704453 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Small stock, military, history esp. ww1 and ww2, east
anglia
Private premises, appointment necessary
Website:
Castle Acre
K. Anthony Ward
Ormonde House Stocks Green Castle Acre Norfolk PE32 2AE
Telephone: 01760 755555 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Small general stock, literature, bibliography, books
about books
Shop open 11.00-5.00 seven days (October-Easter open Saturday and Sunday
only)
Website:
Clare
Trinders Booksellers
Malting Lane Clare Suffolk CO10 8NW
Telephone: 01787 277130 Fax: 01787 277677
Email: peter@trindersfineyools.co.uk
Stock/Specialities: Woodworking, furniture reference, clocks, model engineering
Shop open Saturday 10.00-1.00, 2.00-5.00, Sunday 2.00-5.00 and by appointment
(closed Monday-Friday)
Website:
http://www.trindersfinetools.co.uk
Cromer
Books Etc.
15a Church Street Cromer Norfolk NR27 9ES
Telephone: 01263 515501 Fax:
Email: bookskcr@aol.com
Stock/Specialities: Large general stock
Shop open 11.00-4.00 seven days (October-Easter closed Sunday, Monday, Tuesday),
hours often longer but if travelling an appointment advised
Website:
Bookworms of Cromer
9 New Street Cromer Norfolk NR27 9HP
Telephone: 01263 515078 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Large general stock
Shop open 10.00-5.00, closed Wednesday, Sunday
Website:
Downham Market
Richard Everett
Sandfield House 58 Lynn Road Downham Market Norfolk PE38 9NN
Telephone: 01366 382074 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Large stock, children's fiction, local topography, warne's
observers
Private bookroom, appointment necessary
Website:
Fakenham
Dancing Goat Bookshop
5 Oak Street Fakenham Norfolk NR21 9DX
Telephone: 01328 855757 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Medium stock, paperback fiction, folklore, popular music,
ornithology, poetry, soccer: also coffeeshop
Shop open 9.00-5.00, closed Sunday
Website:
Felixstowe
Poor Richard's
17 Orwell Road Felixstowe Suffolk IP11 7EP
Telephone: 1394 283138 Fax:
Email: moffats@aol.com
Stock/Specialities: Large general stock
Shop open 9.00-5.30, closed Sunday
Website:
The Treasure Chest
61 Cobbold Road Felixstowe Suffolk IP11 7BH
Telephone: 01394 270717 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: General stock, aviation, cinema
Shop open 9.30-5.30, closed Sunday
Website:
Framlingham
V. S. Bell (Books) and Mrs. A. Kent
19 Market Hill Framlingham nr. Woodbridge Suffolk IP13 9BB
Telephone: 01728 723046 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: General, arts, countryside, juvenile, crime fiction
Shop open 10.00-1.00, 2.00-4.00, closed Wednesday, Sunday
Website:
Great Yarmouth
David Ferrow
77 Howard Street South Great Yarmouth Norfolk NR30 1LN
Telephone: 01493 843800 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: General stock, local topography and history, norwich
school artists
Shop open 9.30-5.30, closed Thursday, Sunday
Website:
R. F. and C. Ward
27 Kent Square Great Yarmouth Norfolk
Telephone: 01493 856280 Fax: 01493 856280
Email: frank@ashbook.com
Stock/Specialities: Large general stock
Private premises, postal business only
Website:
http://www.ashbook.com
Hadleigh
The Idler
37 High Street Hadleigh Ipswich Suffolk IP7 5AF
Telephone: 01473 827752 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: General stock, art
Shop open 9.30-5.30 (5.00 Saturday), closed Wednesday pm, Sunday
Website:
Halesworth
James Hayward
20 The Thoroughfare Halesworth Suffolk IP19 8PH
Telephone: 01986 874447 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: General stock
Shop open 10.00-1.00, 2.00-4.30, closed Thursday, Sunday
Website:
Harleston
Riviera Books
9 Market Place Harleston Norfolk IP20 9AG
Telephone: 01379 855123 Fax: 01379 855100
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Medium general stock, american history and culture
Shop open 10.00-5.00, closed Monday, Sunday
Website:
Holt
Jackdaw Books
10 New Street Holt Norfolk NR25 6JJ
Telephone: 01263 711658 Fax: 01263 710056
Email: jdaw@globalnet.co.uk
Stock/Specialities: Large general stock, history and archaeology
Shop open 9.00-5.00, closed Sunday
Website:
John Hart
3 Fish Hill Holt Norfolk NR25 6BD
Telephone: 01263 712761 Fax: 01263 712276
Email: j.hart@netcom.co.uk
Stock/Specialities: Small stock, 18th-20th C. english and american literature
Storeroom, appointment necessary
Website:
Simon Gough Books
3/5 Fish Hill Holt Norfolk NR25 6BD
Telephone: 01263 712650 Fax: 01263 712276
Email: tristram.hul@virgin.net
Stock/Specialities: Large general stock
Shop open 10.00-5.30, closed Sunday
Website:
http://www.simongoughbooks.com
Ipswich
Claude Cox Old and Rare Books
College Gateway Bookshop 3/5 Silent Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 1TF
Telephone: 01473 254776 Fax: 01473 254776
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Large stock, literature, history, east anglian topography,
fine printing/typography, private press
Shop open 10.00-5.00, closed Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
Website:
Kelling
Baron Art
The Old Reading Room The Street Kelling Norfolk
Telephone: 01263 588227 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: General stock, ornithology, art, east anglian topography:
also art gallery and coffeeshop
Shop open 9.30-5.30 seven days, (closed Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
November-March)
Website:
Kings Lynn
John Lowe
7 Orchard Grove West Lynn Kings Lynn Norfolk PE34 3LE
Telephone: 01553 661271 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Small general stock, anglo-saxon period
Private premises, appointment necessary
Website:
Lavenham
Country Pursuits
29 High Street Lavenham Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9PT
Telephone: 01787 248130 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Very small stock, hunting, racing, field sports, horses,
dogs, country
Shop open 10.00-5.00 (Sunday 11.00-5.00), closed Monday, Wednesday
Website:
R. G. Archer
7 Water Street Lavenham Sudbury Suffolk CO10 9RW
Telephone: 01787 247229 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Medium general stock
Shop open 9.00-5.00 (Sunday 10.00-5.00) seven days
Website:
Long Melford
Lime Tree Books
Hall Street Long Melford Suffolk CO10 9JF
Telephone: 01787 311532 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: General stock, folio society, fiction, history, antiquarian
Shop open 9.00-5.00 seven days
Website:
Lowestoft
Coach-House Bookstore
Manor House Pakefield Street Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0JT
Telephone: 01502 572039 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Medium general stock secondhand and antiquarian
Shop open 11.00-1.00, 2.30-(summer 5.00, winter dusk), closed Monday, Thursday,
Sunday
Website:
G. A. Michael Sims (A Book for all Reasons)
6 Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HS
Telephone: 01502 581011 Fax: 01502 574891
Email: enquiry@abfar.co.uk
Stock/Specialities: Small general stock
Private premises, postal business only
Website:
http://www.abfar.co.uk
R. W. Lamb
158 Denmark Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 2EL
Telephone: 01502 564306 Fax: 01502 564306
Email: rwlamb@zetnet.co.uk
Stock/Specialities: Small stock, japan, east anglia, books in latin and greek
Private premises, postal business only
Website:
http://www.rwlamb.zetnet.co.uk
Needham Market
Roy Arnold
77 High Street Needham Market Ipswich Suffolk IP6 8AN
Telephone: 01449 720110 Fax: 01449 722498
Email: roy@royarnold.com
Stock/Specialities: Tools and trades only, esp woodworking, catalogues,
scientific instruments
Shop open 10.00-5.30, closed Sunday, other times by appointment
Website:
Newmarket
C. D. Paramor
25 St. Mary's Square Newmarket Suffolk CB8 0HZ
Telephone: 01638 664416 Fax: 01638 664416
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Medium stock, music hall, theatre, dance, entertainment,
television, cinema
Private premises, appointment necessary
Website:
Peter Baring
Brettons Burroughs Green Newmarket Suffolk CB8 9NA
Telephone: 01638 508617 Fax: 01638 508617
Email: peter@baring.demon.co.uk
Stock/Specialities: Very small stock, travel and exploration
Private premises, appointment necessary
Website:
R. E. and G. B. Way
Brettons Burroughs Green Newmarket Suffolk CB8 9NA
Telephone: 01638 507217 Fax: 01638 508058
Email: waybks@msn.com
Stock/Specialities: Large stock, horses, hunting, racing, shooting, big game,
field sports, natural history
Private premises, open 8.30-5.30, closed Sunday, appointment advised
Website:
North Walsham
Angel Bookshop and Gallery
4 Aylsham Road North Walsham Norfolk NR28 0BH
Telephone: 01692 402831 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Medium general stock
Shop open 9.30-5.00 (Saturday 4.00), closed Wednesday pm, Sunday,
Website:
Norwich
Carlton Books
44 Langley Road Chedgrave Norwich Norfolk NR14 6HD
Telephone: 01508 520124 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Small stock, ornithology, natural history, east anglia
Private premises, appointment necessary
Website:
Dormouse Books
29 Elm Hill Norwich Norfolk
Telephone: 01603 621021
Email: dormouse1@btopenworld.com
Stock/Specialities: Medium general stock, east anglia, travel, natural history,
crime fiction, tv and film tie-in, science fiction
Shop open 10.30-5.00, closed Sunday
Website:
Freeman's Corner Bookshop
52 King Street Norwich Norfolk NR1 1PG
Telephone: 01603 493210 Fax: 01603 760610
Email: tombland.bookshop@virgin.net
Stock/Specialities: Medium general stock
Shop open 9.30-5.00, closed Sunday
Website:
J. and D. Clarke
St. Michael at Plea Antiques Centre Bank Plain Norwich Norfolk NR2 4SN
Telephone: 01603 617700 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Medium general stock, local and general topography,
childrens, paperbacks
Shop open 9.30-5.00, closed Sunday
Website:
J. R. and R. K. Ellis
53, St. Giles Street Norwich Norfolk NR2 1JR
Telephone: 01603 623679 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Medium general stock
Shop open 8.00-5.30, closed Sunday
Website:
Joseph Mason Bookseller
10 Shooters Close Taverham Norwich Norfolk NR8 6RD
Telephone: 01603 261182 Fax:
Email: jcwm@aol.com
Stock/Specialities: Medium stock, maritime, model boats, musical instruments
Private premises, postal business only
Website:
http://members.aol.com/jcwm
Peter Crowe Antiquarian Books
75/77 Upper St. Giles Street Norwich Norfolk NR2 1AB
Telephone: 01603 624800 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Medium general stock
Shop open 9.30-5.30, closed Sunday
Website:
Tombland Bookshop
8 Tombland Norwich Norfolk NR3 1HF
Telephone: 01603 490000 Fax: 01603 760610
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Large stock, art, architecture
Shop open 9.30-5.00, closed Sunday
Website:
Saham Toney
J. C. Books
West House 43 Richmond Road Saham Toney Thetford Norfolk IP25 7EX
Telephone: 01953 883488 Fax: 01953 883488
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Medium general stock
Shop open 10.00-4.30, closed Monday, Thursday pm, Sunday
Website:
Saxmundham
Keith Savage
35, High Street Saxmundham Suffolk
Telephone: 01728 604538 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Small general stock, childrens, comic books, annuals
and commics
Shop open 10.30-5.00, closed Monday pm, Saturday pm, Sunday
Website:
Sheringham
Peter Pan's Bookshop
5 The Courtyard Station Road Sheringham Norfolk NR26 8RF
Telephone: 01263 824411 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Small general stock modern secondhand pub. after 1980
Shop open 10.30-5.00 Monday-Saturday, 12noon-4.00 Sunday
Website:
Peter's Bookshop
19, St. Peter's Road Sheringham Norfolk NR26 8QY
Telephone: 01263 823008 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Very large general stock, childrens, fiction, literature
Shop open 10.00-5.30 Monday-Saturday, 1.00-5.00 Sunday (10.30-4.30
November-March, closed Wednesday, Sunday)
Website:
Snettisham
Torc Books
9, Hall Road Snettisham Kings Lynn Norfolk PE31 7LU
Telephone: 01485 540212 home 01485 541188 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Medium general stock
Shop open 10.00-1.00 Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 10.00-4.00 Saturday
Website:
South Burlingham
Mermaid Books (Burlingham)
Old Hall Norwich Road South Burlingham Norfolk NR13 4EY
Telephone: 01493 750804 Fax: 01493 750804
Email: goodman@dircon.co.uk
Stock/Specialities: Small stock, antiquarian, literature, poetry
Private premises, appointment necessary
Website:
Southwold
Southwold Books
9 Pinkneys Lane Southwold Suffolk IP18 6EW
Telephone: 01502 722224 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Small general stock
Shop open 11.00-5.00, seven days (except Thursdays in winter)
Website:
Stoke Ash
Elizabeth Nelson
Owl Cottage 153 The Street Stoke Ash Eye Suffolk IP23 7EW
Telephone: 01379 678481 Fax: 01379 678481
Email: eliznelson@owlcot.demon.co.uk
Stock/Specialities: Small stock, antiques, art, aviation, military, maritime
Private premises, appointment necessary
Website:
Sudbury
Beckham Books
Chilton Mount Newtown Road Sudbury Suffolk CO10 6RN
Telephone: 01787 373683 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Small stock, antiquarian english, latin or greek, religion,
theology, early bibles, prayer books, missals, liturgy, papal history, wesley,
methodism
Storeroom, appointment essential
Website:
Suffolk Rare Books
The Bookshop 7 New Street Sudbury Suffolk CO10 6JB
Telephone: 01787 72075 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Medium stock, topography, history, rail and transport,
military, aviation, maritime
Shop open 10.30-4.30, closed Monday, Wednesday, Sunday (ring if travelling)
Website:
Swaffham
VIth Sense
19a Market Place Swaffham Norfolk PE37 7LA
Telephone: 01760 721679 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Medium stock, history, military, esoteric, spiritualism
Shop open 9.30-4.00, closed Monday, Sunday
Website:
Swanton Abbot
Hamish Riley-Smith
Swanton Abbot Hall Swanton Abbot Norfolk NR10 5DJ
Telephone: 01692 538244 Fax: 01692 538696
Email: hamish@riley-smith.co.uk
Stock/Specialities: Very small stock, are books 15th-20th C., early books
in arabic, economics, science, literature, manuscripts
Private premises, appointment necessary
Website:
Walsingham
Pilgrim's Progress Bookshop
63 High Street Walsingham Norfolk NR22 6BZ
Telephone: 01328 820399 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Medium general stock, theology, ecclesiology
Shop open 9.30-5.30 mid-February to mid-November only, closed Sunday
Website:
Wells-next-the-Sea
Cook (the Books)
65, Staithe Street Wells-next-the-Sea Norfolk NR23 1AN
Telephone: 01328 710419 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Medium general stock
Shop open 9.30-5.00 seven days (winter closed Monday, Thursday, Sunday)
Website:
The Old Station Pottery and Bookshop
2/4 Maryland Wells-next-the-Sea Norfolk NR23 1LX
Telephone: 01328 710847 Fax: 01328 711566
Email: oldstation.books@btinternet.com
Stock/Specialities: Medium general stock, childrens, ripping yarns, topography
Shop open 9.00-5.00, closed Thursday
Website:
Westleton
Chapel Books
The Street Westleton Saxmundham Suffolk IP17 3AA
Telephone: 01728 648616 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Large general stock
Shop open 12noon-5.00 seven days (winter sometimes varies - ring)
Website:
Weybread
Michael Taylor Rare Books
Hoblins One Eyed Lane Weybread Diss Norfolk IP21 5TT
Telephone: 01379 853889 Fax: 01379 853889
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Small stock, typography, private press, bibliography,
calligraphy, illustrated
Private premises, appointment necessary
Website:
Riderless Horse Books
Oak Farm Hoxne Road Weybread Diss Norfolk IP21 5UJ
Telephone: 01379 586017 Fax: 01379 586017
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Small stock, first editions, literature, literary criticism
Private premises, appointment necessary
Website:
Woodbridge
Blakes Books
88 The Thoroughfare Woodbridge Suffolk IP12 1AL
Telephone: 01394 380302 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Medium general stock
Shop open 9.30-5.00, closed Sunday
Website:
Wortwell
Black Cat Books
Meadow Cottage High Road Wortwell Harleston Norfolk IP20 0EN
Telephone: 01986 788826 Fax: 01986 788826
Email: annmh@blackcatbooks.demon.co.uk
Stock/Specialities: Textiles, fashion, costume, lace, knitting, embroidery,
needlework, social history, cookery, gastronomy
Storeroom, appointment necessary
Website:
Wymondham
The Bookshop
1 Town Green Wymondham Norfolk NR18 0PN
Telephone: 01953 602244 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Medium general stock
Shop open 10.30/45-4.50, closed Wednesday, Sunday
Website:
Turret House
27, Middleton Street Wymondham Norfolk NR18 0AB
Telephone: 01953 603462 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Small general stock, scientific and medical
Bookroom open 9.00-6.00, closed Sunday (appointment advised)
Website:
Yoxford
Garden House Books
The High Street Yoxford Suffolk IP17 3ER
Telephone: 01728 668044 Fax:
Email:
Stock/Specialities: Large general stock, first editions, travel
Shop open 10.00-5.00, closed Monday, Sunday
Website:
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