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.

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.

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.