Bijou Nearly New
Hesleden Road  Blackhall Colliery
HARTLEPOOL  County Durham  TS27 4EP
tel: 07779 043330  map
Open: Monday - Friday 9.00 -3.00,closed Wednesday, Saturday 10.00 - 12.00
Small but interesting stock of secondhand books. Donations always accepted (book recycling we call it !)

Bondgate Books
50 Fore Bondgate
BISHOP AUCKLAND County Durham  DL14 7PE
tel: 01388 665516  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00.
    Rather disorganised but a good stock of fiction both paperback and hardback, and particularly, science friction. There are also sections on biography, childrens and a few DVDs. Worth a visit but not a detour. - Geoff Martin 19.05.09.
    I called today at 10.30 and they were shut so times can be erratic I suspect .- Geoff Martin 27.07.09.

Book Aid
5 Galgate
BARNARD CASTLE  County Durham  DL12 8EQ
tel: 01833 630209  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 4.00.
Charity bookshop devoted to theology and allied subjects.
    It sounds like a charity shop but actually turns out to be a small Christian bookshop. - Jeremy Briggs.

Curlews
11-13 Market Place
BARNARD CASTLE  County Durham  DL12 8NF
tel: 01833 630455  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 4.30.
General secondhand bookshop.
    Medium sized shop with stock in the main shop and nearly as much again housed in a back room located out the side door and down the side alley. Nevertheless an interesting selection of books with some remaindered titles in a friendly shop. - Jeremy Briggs.

More Good Books Bookstall
Victorian Market Hall
DARLINGTON County Durham
    Presumably open when the Market Hall is, Monday to Saturday. This is a bookshop using two of the units in the Darlington Indoor Market in the Victorian Market Hall, right in the town centre. It has a medium sized selection of books covering general topics and a big selection of female fiction. - Jeremy Briggs.

Oxfam Books & Music
94 Bondgate
DARLINGTON  County Durham  DL3 7JY
tel: 01325 483967  map
    At the edge of the pedestrian precinct area, this medium sized Oxfam is bright and airy with a good general selection of books. - Jeremy Briggs.

Oxfam Books & Music
12 Elvet Bridge
DURHAM  County Durham  DH1 3AA
tel: 0191 384 6366  map
Open: Monday Saturday 10 - 5.30, Sunday 11.30 - 4.30.
    Large and well-stocked. - Thomas Krebs.
    The nicest Oxfam Bookshop that I have been in. Housed in a three storey building in the historic centre of the cathedral city, this shop has a lot more character than most of the rest of the Oxfam bookshop chain. Medium sized, the books are spread over three rooms on the three floors with the second floor also having a small room with CDs, vinyl, DVDs and the inevitable video tapes. The usual glass cases for what they consider to be rare titles are in evidence, but in this instance are also used for some antiques and collectables as well. - Jeremy Briggs.
    On three floors it is one of the best I've seen. - Geoff Martin 27.07.10.

John Turton
83 High Street  Willington
CROOK  County Durham  DL15 0PE
tel: 01388 747600  map
Open: Friday 10.00 - 5.00 & Saturday 12.00 - 5.00 or by appointment.
General stock in shop, specialist stock of antiquarian, bindings, ecclesiastical history and architecture can be viewed by arrangement.
    This really is the ultimate in Aladdin's Cave. Search for hours in the dim light and you will be rewarded. Allegedly has a warehouse full of books I collect but I am always told that I have called at the wrong time. - Chris Harte 14.04.09.
    Best bookshop in North east - if only it wasn't so far from anywhere. As soon as you enter - that special smell of quality old books... priced fairly as well considering just how interesting the books are. Really WAD - Paul P 11.05.10.
    I strongly advise checking some days in advance that the shop will be open. I turned up on a Friday within the stated opening hours to find the shop locked. There was no reply to the phone. This is hardly a novel experience in visiting out of the way bookshops but it's always an annoying one. There were few other reasons for visiting Willington that I could see. - Laurence Purcell 30.09.10.

The Village Bookshop
36 Market Place  Middleton-in-Teesdale
BARNARD CASTLE  Durham  DL12 0RJ
tel: 01833 640373  fax: 01833 640373  e-mail  website  map
Open: Sunday & Monday 2.00 - 500, Tuesday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00, closed Wednesday afternoon.
A small but good quality stock covering all subjects, but particularly country life and pastimes.

J N Vokes
61 Coniscliffe Road
DARLINGTON  County Durham  DL3 7EH
tel: 01325 469449  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.00.
20,000 titles including books about North East England, the arts and topography.
    Smart, bright, well laid out, medium sized shop just off the town centre, with a friendly welcome and a good selection of books. - Jeremy Briggs.
    Awkward to find but well worth the effort. The holdings on the North East are superb and account for most of the quality stock. Plenty of other titles which are fairly average. - Chris Harte 13.10.09.