Ampersand Books
64 St.Benedicts Street
NORWICH  Norfolk  NR2 4AR
tel: 01603 663169  e-mail  map
Open: Tuesday - Saturday 10.00 - 4.00.
Medium general stock with emphasis on East Anglia, paranormal and cycling. Formerly trading as Angel Bookshop in North Walsham, Norfolk.

Baron Art
17 Chapel Yard  Albert Street
HOLT  Norfolk  NR25 6HG
tel: 01263 713430  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.00 - 5.00.
A small stock of art books, natural and local history, in a shop selling Art Deco.

Blickling Hall Bookshop
Blickling Hall (National Trust)
Bickling  NORWICH  Norfolk NR11 6NF
tel: 01263 738030  map
Open: Wednesday - Sundays (from 17 March) 10.15 - 5.15.
    Not visited, but reputedly has larger stock than at Felbrigg. - Richard Beaton.
    Well worth a visit. A small hall and room with a wide range of books. All very clearly guided and sensibly priced. Staff very helpful. I left again with half a dozen bargains. Bookshop can be visited free. Will George 27.03.08.
    I agree with Will George - best second hand bookshop attached to a National Trust House, that I know. Good tea shop just outside - so books AND buns what could be better! - Angie Santa 02.04.08.
    I have to confess that the shop turned out to be much better than I had expected, and the two bags of books we bought rounded off a most enjoyable visit. - TBG 18.06.08.

Books Etc
15a Church Street
CROMER  Norfolk  NR27 9ES
tel: 01263 515501  map
Open: 7 days 11.00 - 4.00 (winter Wednesday - Saturday).
Large general stock.

Bookends
4 King Street
KING'S LYNN  Norfolk  PE30 1ES
tel: 01553 774374  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00, closed Wednesday. Also open some Sundays in the summer but ring first.
Good general stock of some 10,000 books spread over three rooms.
    A good, old-fashioned second-hand shop spread over 3 floors. - Bridget the Browser.
     Three floors of better than average books at very reasonable prices. We managed to find a couple of bags full and I was particularly pleased with one of my purchases. - TBG 18.06.08.

The Bookman
Bagleys Court  Pottergate
NORWICH  Norfolk  NR2 1TW
tel: 01603 219950  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 11.30 - 5.00
Secondhand books, comics and annuals."The biggest little bookshop in town".

Bookworms of Cromer
9 New Street
CROMER  Norfolk  NR27 9HP
tel: 01263 515078  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00, closed Wednesday
Large general stock.
    "Competitively priced general secondhand books in consistently good condition". - TBG

The Brazen Head Book Shop
Greenside  Market Place
BURNHAM MARKET  Norfolk   PE31 8HF
tel: 01328 730700  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.00 & Sundays in summer.
Very large general stock and children's, art, topography and gardening.
    "Excellent range, good prices and in the process of expanding". - Kim Andrews.
    On the day we visited it was impossible to get into the architecture room because a bookslide had completely blocked the doorway. Still, the downstairs rooms are more organised, with plenty of good books in the front room cabinets. - TBG 18.06.08.

Burebank Books
50 Red Lion Street
AYLSHAM  Norfolk  NR11 6ER
tel: 01263 735710  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00, closed Wednesday pm and for lunch.
General secondhand stock.
    Much bigger inside than it appears: 4 rooms (2 upstairs), and worth a visit and lengthy browse. Watch out for wobbly bannisters. - Richard Beaton.

Ceres Bookshop
20 London Street
SWAFFHAM  Norfolk  PE37 7DG
tel: 01760 722504  fax: 01760 724941
Open: Monday - Friday 9.00 - 5.00  e-mail  map
A wide range of new and secondhand books on all subjects and a large selection of maps. Book search facility available. Reductions for special linterest groups.

Church Street Books
6 Church Street
DISS  Norfolk  IP22 4DD
tel: 01379 652020  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.30, closed Wednesday.
Our stock covers a fairly wide variety of subjects, but particularly aviation, biography, philosophy, literary criticism, poetry, classics and local history.

Crabpot Books
High Street
CLEY  Norfolk  NR25 7RN
tel: 01263 740218  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00.
General secondhand stock with a strong leaning towards natural history.
    I know this shop exists because a number of readers have refered to it, but as yet no one has visited, and I can't find a phone number for it.- TBG 12.07.07.
    According to the board outside opening hours 10.00 - 5.30 Monday to Saturday. However, on an August Tuesday afternoon at 1.45 p.m. the door displayed a notice (untimed) which read "Back in 30 minutes". It was still present (and the shop still shut) an hour later when I (and the other potential customers I noticed with noses pressed against the window) decided to call it a day and move on.
    Perhaps I shall call in next summer, if it is still in business. This was a shame, since the stock looked good, and I spotted through the window several books in which I would have been interested. What would Drif have said?!" - Henry Middleton. 13.08.07
    I'm so sorry to have disappointed Henry Middleton when he visited in August. It really is very rare for us to have to close unexpectedly, and I know exactly the day he refers to. I'd had to ask my partner to come and pick me up from the dentist having had a tooth extracted; there were some complications, and we were ages getting back. Still, that hardly helps. Do pass on our apologies, and we hope to see him next summer. - Louise Abbott (Crabpot Books) 29.09.07.
    These things do happen, and the Norfolk coast road can get very busy at times. I hope the tooth is better now, and I hope to be that way next summer to call in. - Henry Middleton 08.10.07.
    Bright, well laid out, and offered a surprising variety of competitively priced secondhand books. Norfolk and natural history are an obvious choice of specialism, and there was a well-stocked bookcase of New Naturalist titles. - TBG 18.06.08

The Dancing Goat
5 Oak Street
FAKENHAM  Norfolk  NR21 9DX
tel: 01328 855757  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00.
A cellar bookroom and some bookcases in the coffee shop above.
    A small and disorganised stock in the basement of an excellent cafe - not worth a special visit, unless it's for the cakes. - Kim Andrews.
    I agree with the above review (especially regarding the cakes) - but I would also advise bringing a torch - the books are in the cellar and the lighting leaves a lot to be desired! - Henry Middleton.

The Dormouse Bookshop
29 Elm Hill
NORWICH  Norfolk  NR3 1HG
tel: 01603 621021  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.30 - 5.00.
Medium general stock, East Anglia, travel, natural history, crime fiction, entertainment and science fiction.

J.C Books
55 High Street
WATTON  Norfolk  IP25 6AB
tel: 01953 883488  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 4.30, closed Thursday pm.
A large general secondhand stock and particularly, the theater and performing arts. PBFA Member.
    "The owner and his wife where the best! I left 107 pounds lighter and feeling warm with the feeling of accomplishment of acquiring some great books on field sports and others on dogs". - Linda.
    "A good old-fashioned stock, well-organised and a knowledgeable owner". - Kim Andrews.
    One of the best bookshops in East Anglia: wide ranging, interesting stock. Watton is not on the major routes through Norfolk but is well worth the detour. - Richard Beaton.
    Definitely worth a detour! - Henry Middleton.

J.R & R.K Ellis
53 St. Giles Street
NORWICH  Norfolk  NR2 1JR
tel: 01603 623679  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 8.00 - 4.30
Medium general stock including paperback fiction and publishers remainders..

Simon Finch Norfolk
5 Fish Hill
HOLT  Norfolk  NR25 6BD
tel: 01263 712650  e-mail   website  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.30.
We are a traditional country bookshop with a large general stock of over 18,000 books in ten rooms. Although our books cover all subjects we specialise in Natural History, Illustrated and Sporting books.
    "Don't be put off by the leather-bound books in the front room as there is plenty of general stock in the upstairs rooms." - Kim Andrews.
    The Finch empire's Norfolk outpost has an almost Dickensian air about it. This isn't really surprising as it doesn't look as if any money has been spent on the property since Charles was writing the tomes the shop sells. Although to be fair, they have at last fixed the hole in the stairs. A good room-full of art books is a recent improvement, there's lots of leather, and it's still worth poking about in the dusty corners. - TBG 18.06.08.

Felbrigg Hall Bookroom
Felbrigg Hall, Garden & Park (National Trust)
FELBRIGG  Norfolk  NR11 8PR
tel: 01263 837444  map
Open: 25th March - 29th October 1.00 - 5.00
    Some useful fiction stock. - Michael Mendelblat.

Freya Books & Antiques
St. Marys Farm  Cheneys Lane
TACOLNESTON  Norfolk  NR16 1DB
Tel: 01508 489252  map

John Lowe's Bookstall
The Old Granery Antiques Centre
King Staithe Lane
KING'S LYNN  Norfolk  PE30 1LZ
tel: 01553 775509  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 4.30.
    General secondhand books but particularly military and history. TBG 18.06.08.

The Movie Shop
11 St. Gregorys Alley
NORWICH  Norfolk  NR2 1ER
tel: 01603 615239  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 11.30 - 5.30.
Secondhand books on film and music and some more general stock.

Much Binding
36 Church Street
CROMER  Norfolk  NR27 9ES
tel: 01263 517194  map
Open: Tuesday -Sunday 10.00 - 4.00
A general secondhand stock with a leaning towards history, science and older books.

Nubec  Mews Antique Emporium
5 & 6 Manor Mews  High Street
HOLT  Norfolk  NR25 6BN
tel: 01603 632709  e-mail  map
Open: Monday - Sunday 10.00 - 5.00.
Modern First Editions, Ltd Editions, Signed. Mostly fiction, literature & auto/biographies. Some children's and other collectable books. The bookroom is within the Mews Antique Emporium. Entrance down alley opposite Barclays Bank on the High Street. Proprietor in attendance Fridays and Saturdays

The Old Reading Room
The Street
KELLING  Holt  Norfolk  NR25 7EL
tel: 01263 588227
Open: 7 days 9.30 - 4.00.  map
Tea room and gift shop with a general stock of secondhand books.
    Varied stock with emphasis on rural topics, birdwatching etc. You need to weave in and out of the tables to check the stock. - Michael Mendelblat.

Old Station Pottery & Bookshop
2 & 4 Maryland
WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA  Norfolk  NR23 1LX
tel: 01328 710847  map
Open: Monday - Friday 9.00 - 5.00, closed Tuesday pm, all day Thursday and for lunch.
Three rooms of secondhand books, particularly older children's ("Ripping yarns and improving tales"), art, poetry and a large stock of paperback fiction.
    3 rooms of books in the main building and a fourth (mainly paperbacks) in the garden. Strong on Victorian/Edwardian children's books and fiction. When you've found something you want to buy, ring the old handbell vigorously to call the owner down from upstairs. - Richard Beaton.
    Good for children's fiction and art, and there are also two remainder and secondhand paperback shops in the main street. - TBG 18.06.08.

Oxborough Hall Bookroom
Oxborough Hall (National Trust)
KING'S LYNN  Norfolk  PE33 9PS
tel: 01366 328258  map
    It is located in the 'Gunroom', in the gatehouse, and non-National Trust members will have to pay to access it. The stock is general and it is not very large, but there was some interesting material when I was there. - Henry Middleton.

Pilgrim's Progress Bookshop
63 High Street
LITTLE WALSINGHAM
tel: 01328 820399
Open: Friday & Saturday, or by chance.
Theology and some general secondhand stock

Peter Pan Bookshop
The Courtyard  Station Road
SHERINGHAM  Norfolk  NR26 8RF
tel: 01263 824411  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.30 - 4.30, closed for lunch.
A general stock of modern secondhand books.

Peter's Bookshop
19 St. Peters Road
SHERINGHAM  Norfolk  NR26 8QY
tel: 01263 823008  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.30 - 4.30, closed on Wednesday.
General stock of older secondhand books covering most subjects.
    Jam-packed with books to the very ceiling (steps and ladders provided). Very strong on fiction, but with a little of everything. East to find, 50 yards from the Poppy Line railway station, and well-worth seeking out. The owner's also have another shop (Peter Pan) with more modern stock including remainders etc. - Richard Beaton.
    So many of my childhood memories included a trip to this shop. The wonderful booky smell that hits you as you enter. The treasures hidden and found. My love of reading came from this place. It is best to go there without a specific book in mind - you will leave with many happy hours of reading ahead of you. A 'must' in any trip to Norfolk. - L Stevens 18.04.08.

Riviera Books
9 Market Place
HARLESTON  Norfolk  IP20 9AF
tel: 01379 855123  map
Open: Tuesday - Saturday 10.00 - 4.30, closed Thursday pm.
"Something for everybody, all tastes catered for".

M & A.C Thompson
The Bookshop  1 Town Green
WYMONDHAM  Norfolk  NR18 0PN
Tel: 01953 602244  map
Open: Monday - Friday 10.45 - 4.45 Saturday 10.00 - 5.00 closed all day Wednesday.
General secondhand books including biography, entertainment, fiction and topography.

The Tombland Bookshop
8 Tombland
NORWICH  Norfolk  NR3 1HF
tel: 01603 490000  fax: 01603 760610  e-mail   map
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.00 (4.30 on Saturdays)
Traditional mix of secondhand and antiquarian books. Booksellers of over 30 years experience in a fifteenth century shop in the city centre opposite the cathedral.

Torc Books
9 Hall Road
SNETTISHAM  Norfolk  PE31 7LU
tel: 01485 541188  map
Open: Friday & Saturday 10.00 - 4.00
General secondhand books and bindings.
    Although the owner has more or less retired and is now only open on Fridays and Saturdays, we still managed to find one or two interesting books. - TBG 18.06.08.

Turret House Books
27 Middleton Street
WYMONDHAM  Norfolk  NR18 0AB
tel: 01953 603462  map