According to the Wigtown Book Town Company the following are all bookshops. I was assured that their stock is predominantly books and that they are reliably open, in the summer at least, without prior appointment.

There are other businesses listed on the company website, where you may find books. Anyone thinking about visiting might like to read Harry Bell's Wigtown Trip. Wigtown booksellers respond...more

AA1 Books at Windy Hill (in association with Ming Books)
Unit 3  Duncan Park
WIGTOWN  Wigtownshire  Scotland  DG8 9JD
tel: 01988 402434  e-mail  map
Very large second-hand and new bookshop.

The Book Corner
2 High St
WIGTOWN  Wigtownshire  Scotland   DG8 9HQ
tel: 01988 402010  e-mail  website  map
Open: Monday-Saturday 10.00 - 5.00 Sunday 1.00 - 5.00.
Large general stock on two floors.Specialising in natural history and gardening. Also maintaining a stock of Scottish, fishing,shooting, climbing and much more. Also publish books. We sell art by internationally recognised wildlife artists, and have regular exhibitions of their work.
    Changed hands about two years ago! Still specialises in new and secondhand natural history and gardening,but no longer publishes books or has natural history art exhibitions. - Second Nature 01.04.09.

The Bookshop
17 North Main Street
WIGTOWN  Wigtownshire  Scotland  DG8 9HL
tel: 01988 402499  e-mail  website  map
Scotland's largest second-hand book shop.
    Very large ,comprehensive ,quite good quality stock at reasonable prices.Also stocks new Scottish,mainly local,material. - Second Nature 01.04.09.

The Box of Frogs Children's Bookshop
18 North Main Street
WIGTOWN  Wigtownshire  Scotland  DG8 9HL
tel: 01988 402255  e-mail  map
Two rooms of secondhand children's books.
    Second hand and new children's books. Very friendly and understanding staff who made it a pleasure to visit with a lively 21 month old. - Laura.
    It looks like an ordinary children's shop on entering and if it was busy I can see why people could be forgiven for assuming that it was not a second hand bookshop. The two rooms of children's books are hidden away at the back and could probably do with a notice for newcomers to realise that they are there. However they have an excellent medium sized selection of most types of children's books from annuals through paperbacks to collectable hardbacks. Box of Frogs probably has as many children's books as the rest of Wigtown put together. - Jeremy Briggs.

Byre Books
24 South Main Street
WIGTOWN  Wigtownshire  Scotland  DG8 9EH
tel: 0845 458 3813  e-mail  website  map
Open: Mar-Oct 10.00 - 5.30  Nov-Feb - phone in advance
Folklore, mythology, storytelling; Stage and Screen; Scottish; General.
    Don't be put off by their name, which means a cowbarn, as this is a small to medium sized, well laid out and friendly shop. Set a garden area behind flats, it has a fairly general selection of mainly reference books. - Jeremy Briggs.

M.E. McCarty
13 North Main Street
WIGTOWN  Wigtownshire  Scotland  DG8 9HL
tel: 01988 402062  e-mail  website  map
Open: 10.00 - 5.00
Small general bookshop covering quite a wide range of subjects.
    Much of the stock is ex-library and as such is overpriced. - Second Nature 01.04.09.

The Old Bank Book Shop
8 South Main St
WIGTOWN  Wigtownshire  Scotland  DG8 9EH
tel: 01988 402111  e-mail  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.30, Sundays 12.00 - 5.00.
Now under new ownership our focus will include: fiction, biography, history, politics, international issues, art and design and foreign languages.
    Much improved since our last visit.Large very good quality general stock,nicely displayed and at reasonable prices. - Second Nature 01.04.09.
    Now probably the best shop in Wigtown. - Richard 29.07.09.

Reading Lasses Book Shop
17 South Main St
WIGTOWN  Wigtownshire  Scotland  DG8 9EH
tel: 01988 403266  fax: 01988 403266  e-mail  website  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00
A stock of approximately 20,000 books specialising in women's studies, lesbian & gay studies and social sciences available by visiting the bookshop and by mail order. Online catalogue with abebooks.com.
    Also a cafe. The food may be good value, but the book stock is very highly priced. - Richard 29.07.09.

Transformer
26 Bladnoch
WIGTOWN  Wigtownshire  Scotland  DG8 9AB
tel: 01988 403455  e-mail  map
General interest and academic second hand books

Unit 10 Book Warehouse
Bladnoch Bridge Estate
WIGTOWN  Dumfries and Galloway  DG8 9AB
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.00 - 4.30  e-mail  website  map
GC Books have recently relocated from The Old Bank Book Shop. This has enabled them to expand their range of stock and subjects, which includes, history, theology, Scottish, local history, literature, first editions, and signed volumes.

Web Books
Riverside House  Bladnoch
WIGTOWN   Wigtownshire  DG8 9AB
tel: 01988 402190  e-mail  website  map
100 yards from Bladnoch Distillery. 20,000 books on a wide variety of subjects. Large sections on History, Philosophy, Travel, Poetry, Biography, Topography and Art.