Shopping1 to 2 hours
Barter Books
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About
A secondhand bookshop in Alnwick's old railway station, which closed in 1968 and which the shop describes as one of the largest secondhand bookshops in Britain. Open fires burn in winter, a model railway runs along the tops of the book columns in the central room, there are three 40-foot murals, a children's room and a room of glass cases for antiquarian books. It is also, by its own account, the home of the original Keep Calm and Carry On poster, the 1939 HMSO design. Bring books to trade if you like, up to ten hardbacks or twenty paperbacks a visit. The Station Buffet is inside.
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Highlights
- ✓Open fires in winter
- ✓Model railway over the shelves
- ✓The original Keep Calm and Carry On poster
- ✓Station Buffet
Tips
- →Open every day of the year apart from Christmas Day.
- →The shop takes no more than 10 books, or 20 paperbacks, per visit for trading.
- →It is about ten minutes' walk south-east of the Market Place, through the Bondgate Tower and along Bondgate Without.
Best Season
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