Bookshops in United Kingdom
The open map holds 3,975 open bookshops across 135 counties of United Kingdom (Overture, August 2026). 3,529 publish a website and 3,681 a phone number. Reachable means a place published at least one way in. Counts are per trade; a place with two trades is in both.
Bookshops, by countie
| Where | On the map | Website | Phone | Social page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent | 135 | 87% | 90% | 81% | 42% |
| Devon | 123 | 88% | 92% | 84% | 60% |
| Hampshire | 111 | 95% | 95% | 82% | 50% |
| Norfolk | 104 | 87% | 96% | 85% | 61% |
| Essex | 103 | 88% | 86% | 80% | 46% |
| City of Edinburgh | 100 | 92% | 95% | 81% | 44% |
| Oxfordshire | 97 | 96% | 93% | 80% | 54% |
| Suffolk | 94 | 84% | 90% | 86% | 51% |
| Surrey | 94 | 96% | 96% | 84% | 46% |
| Hertfordshire | 93 | 95% | 92% | 76% | 54% |
| Lancashire | 91 | 89% | 88% | 82% | 40% |
| West Sussex | 90 | 89% | 91% | 82% | 51% |
| North Yorkshire | 87 | 85% | 94% | 80% | 61% |
| Gloucestershire | 83 | 92% | 98% | 81% | 49% |
| Glasgow City | 74 | 86% | 92% | 91% | 65% |
| Derbyshire | 71 | 86% | 96% | 77% | 52% |
| Somerset | 68 | 90% | 93% | 82% | 51% |
| Lincolnshire | 67 | 85% | 94% | 82% | 42% |
| Cornwall | 66 | 88% | 94% | 89% | 59% |
| East Sussex | 66 | 92% | 97% | 80% | 59% |
| Cambridgeshire | 63 | 98% | 94% | 84% | 48% |
| City of Bristol | 60 | 95% | 87% | 87% | 57% |
| Wiltshire | 56 | 95% | 98% | 79% | 52% |
| Nottinghamshire | 54 | 87% | 91% | 93% | 46% |
| Worcestershire | 52 | 85% | 88% | 69% | 38% |
| Brighton and Hove | 51 | 86% | 96% | 84% | 43% |
| Warwickshire | 48 | 90% | 94% | 90% | 50% |
| Dorset | 47 | 94% | 98% | 81% | 57% |
| Leicestershire | 47 | 83% | 96% | 87% | 53% |
| Staffordshire | 45 | 91% | 89% | 87% | 40% |
| Shropshire | 44 | 82% | 89% | 86% | 57% |
| Powys | 43 | 86% | 95% | 81% | 51% |
| Cardiff | 42 | 83% | 95% | 79% | 36% |
| Buckinghamshire | 41 | 100% | 93% | 83% | 76% |
| City of London | 40 | 88% | 80% | 93% | 43% |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 39 | 95% | 97% | 85% | 54% |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 36 | 94% | 100% | 69% | 44% |
| Cheshire East | 36 | 81% | 86% | 78% | 42% |
| Highland | 36 | 83% | 92% | 89% | 72% |
| York | 35 | 97% | 91% | 83% | 57% |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 34 | 82% | 94% | 88% | 74% |
| Cheshire West and Chester | 33 | 97% | 97% | 67% | 52% |
| Northumberland | 30 | 87% | 93% | 93% | 63% |
| County Durham | 28 | 71% | 68% | 82% | 39% |
| Herefordshire | 28 | 96% | 96% | 82% | 57% |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 27 | 78% | 89% | 89% | 52% |
| Aberdeen City | 26 | 96% | 92% | 96% | 54% |
| Fife | 25 | 96% | 100% | 88% | 72% |
| City of Leicester | 24 | 96% | 100% | 88% | 50% |
| Central Bedfordshire | 23 | 91% | 96% | 78% | 48% |
| North Northamptonshire | 23 | 83% | 78% | 91% | 57% |
| Perth and Kinross | 23 | 83% | 91% | 87% | 57% |
| Portsmouth | 23 | 83% | 100% | 78% | 39% |
| Scottish Borders | 23 | 87% | 87% | 87% | 57% |
| Dundee City | 22 | 86% | 95% | 77% | 45% |
| Isle of Wight | 22 | 91% | 95% | 86% | 59% |
| North Somerset | 22 | 86% | 95% | 86% | 59% |
| Ceredigion | 21 | 86% | 100% | 86% | 81% |
| City of Milton Keynes | 21 | 90% | 95% | 86% | 43% |
| City of Nottingham | 21 | 86% | 86% | 90% | 62% |
| Gwynedd | 21 | 76% | 100% | 81% | 48% |
| Swansea | 21 | 86% | 95% | 81% | 43% |
| Carmarthenshire | 20 | 80% | 80% | 85% | 60% |
| Reading | 19 | 95% | 89% | 58% | 26% |
| South Gloucestershire | 19 | 100% | 89% | 63% | 21% |
| West Northamptonshire | 19 | 89% | 95% | 89% | 68% |
| Conwy | 18 | 83% | 100% | 78% | 44% |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 18 | 94% | 94% | 61% | 28% |
| West Berkshire | 18 | 100% | 94% | 78% | 56% |
| Aberdeenshire | 17 | 65% | 94% | 88% | 76% |
| Bedford | 17 | 100% | 88% | 71% | 47% |
| Southend-on-Sea | 17 | 88% | 94% | 82% | 41% |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 17 | 65% | 94% | 100% | 53% |
| Medway | 16 | 94% | 100% | 94% | 69% |
| City of Peterborough | 15 | 93% | 93% | 80% | 60% |
| Pembrokeshire | 14 | 79% | 93% | 86% | 43% |
| Warrington | 14 | 86% | 93% | 79% | 43% |
| Plymouth | 13 | 92% | 92% | 85% | 31% |
| West Lothian | 13 | 100% | 100% | 69% | 46% |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 13 | 100% | 92% | 85% | 54% |
| Luton | 12 | 92% | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| Middlesbrough | 12 | 83% | 92% | 58% | 33% |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 12 | 92% | 92% | 92% | 25% |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | 12 | 75% | 75% | 75% | 33% |
| South Lanarkshire | 12 | 75% | 92% | 100% | 58% |
| Torbay | 12 | 92% | 100% | 75% | 42% |
| Angus | 11 | 64% | 91% | 91% | 64% |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 11 | 82% | 91% | 91% | 64% |
| Darlington | 11 | 82% | 91% | 91% | 45% |
| Kingston upon Hull | 11 | 91% | 100% | 91% | 27% |
| Swindon | 11 | 100% | 100% | 73% | 27% |
| Vale of Glamorgan | 11 | 91% | 100% | 91% | 73% |
| Wokingham | 11 | 100% | 82% | 73% | 55% |
| Denbighshire | 10 | 80% | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| Falkirk | 10 | 100% | 100% | 90% | 60% |
| Flintshire | 10 | 100% | 100% | 80% | 70% |
| Monmouthshire | 10 | 80% | 90% | 100% | 80% |
| Stirling | 10 | 100% | 90% | 100% | 60% |
| Blackpool | 9 | 67% | 78% | 78% | 11% |
| North Lincolnshire | 9 | 89% | 100% | 78% | 44% |
| Thurrock | 9 | 100% | 78% | 100% | 33% |
| Argyll and Bute | 8 | 88% | 88% | 100% | 88% |
| East Dunbartonshire | 8 | 63% | 100% | 88% | 63% |
| Moray | 8 | 100% | 88% | 88% | 88% |
| Newport | 8 | 100% | 63% | 63% | 50% |
| North East Lincolnshire | 8 | 88% | 100% | 88% | 50% |
| Renfrewshire | 8 | 88% | 88% | 88% | 63% |
| Wrexham | 8 | 63% | 88% | 88% | 63% |
| Bracknell Forest | 7 | 86% | 100% | 100% | 43% |
| Bridgend | 7 | 86% | 86% | 100% | 57% |
| Midlothian | 7 | 71% | 86% | 71% | 14% |
| North Lanarkshire | 7 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| Telford and Wrekin | 7 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 71% |
| East Lothian | 6 | 67% | 83% | 100% | 67% |
| Halton | 6 | 83% | 100% | 83% | 33% |
| Inverclyde | 6 | 67% | 83% | 83% | 67% |
| Neath Port Talbot | 6 | 100% | 83% | 100% | 83% |
| North Ayrshire | 6 | 67% | 100% | 83% | 100% |
| Caerphilly | 5 | 60% | 80% | 80% | 40% |
| Orkney Islands | 5 | 60% | 80% | 100% | 40% |
| Rutland | 5 | 80% | 100% | 60% | 40% |
| Slough | 5 | 60% | 100% | 80% | 40% |
| South Ayrshire | 5 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 60% |
| East Ayrshire | 4 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| East Renfrewshire | 4 | 100% | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| Hartlepool | 4 | 50% | 75% | 100% | 50% |
| Isle of Anglesey | 4 | 50% | 50% | 100% | 100% |
| Torfaen | 4 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 75% |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 3 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| Clackmannanshire | 2 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar | 2 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Shetland Islands | 2 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| West Dunbartonshire | 2 | 100% | 50% | 100% | 50% |
| Blaenau Gwent | 1 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Isles of Scilly | 1 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Source: Overture Places, release August 2026. Places Overture lists as closed are not counted.
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