2 Ravens
2 Market Street
KIRKBY STEPHEN  Cumbria  CA17 4QS
tel: 017683 71519  map
Open: Wednesday - Saturday 10.00 - 4.00 & Monday in the summer.
Small general stock and local history and topography.

Beckside Books
31 St Andrews View
PENRITH  Cumbria  CA11 7YF
tel: 01768 895951  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00, Wednesday 10.00 - 4.00. Two floors of general stock. Browsers welcome.

Bookcase
17-19 Castle Street
CARLISLE  Cumbria CA3 8SY
tel: 01228 544560  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00.
Large general stock and specificaly books on Cumbria, literature and natural history.
    A big shop spread throughout a large old building a few minutes walk from Carlisle city centre, towards the castle. From the science fiction & fantasy on the second floor to the children's section in the basement, this Victorian(?) building displays so much of its character that there are times when you actually forget about the books as you walk around, marvelling at their various staircases or stepping into the strong room in the depths of the basement. Yet don't let the building distract you from the book selection which is no let down either as it has very good coverage of most subjects. - Jeremy Briggs

The Book House
Grand Prix Buildings  Main Street
BROUGH  Nr. Kirkby Stephen  Cumbria  CA17 4AY
tel: 017683 42748  e-mail  website  map
Open: Monday & Wednesday - Saturday 10.00 - 4.30.
Wide-ranging general stock with specialities of industrial history, railways, gardening, language & children's books. Free search service. Ample parking. Please telephone if travelling any distance as occasionally I am away at bookfairs.

The Bookseller
77 Main Street
SEDBERGH  Cumbria  LA10 5AB
tel: 015396 20991  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00  early closing Thursday.
Local topography, travel and general stock.

The Bookshop
22 Market Street
KIRKBY STEPHEN  Cumbria  CA17 4QT
tel: 017683 71804  e-mail  website  map
Open: Monday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday 10.00 - 1.00 & 2.00 - 5.00.
A small bookshop established in 1980 with an eclectic stock of new, secondhand and antiquarian books, maps and documents. Local maps and guides. Book finding service and mail order.

Daisyroots Books
Albert Mews  Main Street
GRANGE OVER SANDS  Cumbria  LA11 6AB
tel: 015395 38817  e-mail  website  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 4.00.
An eclectic stock of high quality books, plus the largest collection of paperback fiction in Cumbria. Daisyroots are pioneering a fresh approach to secondhand books, come and experience the difference.

Dales and Lakes Book Centre
72 Main Street
SEDBERGH  Cumbria  LA10 5AD
tel: 015396 20125  map
Multi-dealer bookshop renting shelf space to a number of different booksellers. Shares the space with Sedberg Tourist Information office.
    Situated in a lovely stone building, with the tourist information, book related gifts and merchandise in the first room and the books in the two further rooms. With so many book-dealers sharing the premises, it must be worth a visit! - Jude Haslam.

Dave's Books
Sleddall Hall Antiques Centre  Wildman Street
KENDAL  Cumbria  LA9 6EN
tel: 07831151848  e-mail  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 6.00.
1000's of books at discount prices, many at just £1. New & antiquarian, all subjects covered.

Esoteric Dreams Bookshop
1 St Bridgets Lane
EGREMONT  Cumbria  CA22 2BB
tel: 01946 821686  e-mail  website  map
Open: Tuesday - Saturday 10.00 - 4.00.
Old and new books - children and adults - lots of non-fiction (geology/politics/ religion/history/gay - you name a subject we've got it or we'll get it!!)

Fireside Bookshop
21 Victoria Street
WINDERMERE  Cumbria LA23 1AB
Tel: 015394 45855  e-mail   website  map
Open 7 days 11.00 - 5.00.
General stock of antiquarian, academic and secondhand books, but particularly history and the sciences.

Foundry Books
46 Main Street
SEDBERGH  Cumbria  LA10 5AD
tel: 015396 21620  map
Open:Wednesdy - Sunday 10.00 - 5.00, closed for lunch.
Scarce books on railways, militaria, aviation,engineering and firearms.

Harlings Book Shop
26 Crellin Street
BARROW-IN-FURNESS  Cumbria  LA14 1DU
tel: 01229 824625  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.00.
Mainly paperback fiction.

Norman Kerr Booksellers
Gatehouse Book Shop  The Square
CARTMEL  Grange over Sands  Cumbria  LA11 6PX
Tel: 015395 36247  e-mail  map
Open: Friday & Saturday 1.30 - 4.30, Winter Saturday only.
(The Priory Barn in Priest Lane is also open but by prior appointment only).
A wide ranging general stock of some 10,000 volumes with specialisms in transport & engineering, railways, maritime, Lake District, and rare and collectable books on most subjects. Booksearch and valuations undertaken

Keswick Bookshop
4 Station Street
KESWICK  Cumbria  CA12 5HT
tel: 017687 75535  map
Open: Easter till the end of October, Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00, winter Saturdays only.
General stock and mountaineering.

Kirkland Books
68 Kirkland
KENDAL  Cumbria  LA9 5AP
tel: 0800 0112368  fax: 0800 0112568  e-mail  website  map
Open: Thursday, Friday & Saturday 10.00 - 5.00.
Specialising in the history and topography of Cumberland and Westmorland, Alfred Wainwright, Arthur Ransome, Mountaineering and Railways, plus a general stock. Collectable books over 3 floors with nearby parking. Fine condition collectable books boughts for excellent prices, especially within our specialisms.
    They offer a useful Wainwright bibliography as a free down load on their site. - TBG.

Market Place Books
30 Market Place
COCKERMOUTH  Cumbria  CA13 9NG
tel: 01900 821300  e-mail  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00
Small shop offering a wide range of good quality secondhand books. Cockermouth now has two dedicated secondhand bookshops together with several antique shops and galleries selling books. Welll worth a visit next time you are in the Lake District.

Michael Moon's Bookshop
19 Lowther Street
WHITEHAVEN   Cumbria  CA28 7AL
tel: 01946599010  fax: 01946599010  e-mail  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.00, closed Wednesdays out of season (Jan to Easter).
Very large stock 25000+ volumes price range £1-£1000. Antiquarian and secondhand books on many subjects, specialists + publishers of Cumbrian topography. Finding new homes for old books since 1970. Books purchased for cash almost every day.

The neo: Gallery, Bookshop and Cafe
25-31 Market Place
COCKERMOUTH  Cumbria  CA13 9NH
tel: 01900 829900  e-mail  website  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00.
An increasing selection of out-of-the-ordinary books relating to the arts and humanities, including: secondhand, limited editions, artist's books and small press. Diverse subjects, including: art history, children's books, cultural theory and philosophy, poetry and prose.

Over-Sands Books
The Old Waiting Room  The Station
GRANGE-OVER-SANDS  Cumbria LA11 6EH
tel: 015395 36969  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 11.00 - 5.00 Sunday 1.00 -5.00.
Literature, railways and topography.

Sandell's Bookshop
83 Main Street
SEDBERGH  Cumbria  LA10 5AB
tel: 015396 20125  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.30 -4.30.
Cricket specialist. Also sports, local interest and general books.

Save the Children Bookshop
5 Cornmarket
PENRITH  Cumbria  CA11 7DA
tel: 077 6893 5653  map

Sleepy Elephant
16 Back Lane
SEDBERGH  Cumbria LA10 5AQ
No telephone but you could try 07967 638503  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00  Sunday 12.00 - 5.00. (April - October  Friday - Monday only).
    Sleepy Elephant will be moving to new and larger premises in the Old Chemists Shop at 41 Main Street in September 2005. The new Sleepy Elephant will concentrate on Books on Women's Interests. TBG.

The Tree Bookshop (Summerfield Books)
Main Street
BROUGH  Cumbria  CA17 4AX
Tel: 017683 42263  map
Open: Monday - Friday 9.30 - 4.30  closed Wednesday
Specialist stock of of horticulture, forestry and botanical sciences together with some general gardening.

Westwood Books Ltd
Leisure House  Long Lane 
SEDBERGH  Cumbria  LA10 5AH
tel: 015396 21233  map
Open: 7 days 10:30 - 5:30 in summer. Winter times vary.
Very large stock of new, secondhand and antiquarian books on all subjects. Sitting area & toilet.

Avril Whittle
Whittles Book Warehouse rear of 7-9 Bainbridge Road
SEDBERGH  Cumbria  LA10 5AU
tel: 015396 21770  map
Art and design, textile arts and needlework, all types of handcrafts. The warehouse is only open to visitors by appointment but you can see a selection of her books at the Sleepy Elephant in Main Street.

Henry Wilson Books
61 Main Street
SEDBERGH  Cumbria  LA10 5AB
tel: 015396 21111  e-mail  website  map
Open: Friday and Saturday 10.00 - 5.00, Sunday 10.00 - 4.00.
The shop specialises in antiquarian, second-hand and new books on transport and industrial history.