The Albion Bookshop
44-46, Albion Street
BROADSTAIRS  Kent  CT10 1LX
tel: 01843 862877  map
Open: Wednesday - Saturday 9.00 - 5.30, Sunday 10.30 - 4.30.
Medium size general secondhand stock with a large section of literature and literary criticism.
    The "secondhand department" of a shop selling new books . Vast and rather sprawling - can be difficult to get into some rooms for the piles of books. But helpful staff and pretty good on literature and travel. - Herne.
    Certainly worth a visit, but the piles of new/unshelved stock seem to increase every time I visit, to the detriment of the overall experience - perhaps a sort-out to concentrate on quality over quantity might help? - Henry Middleton 05.02.08

The Aviation Bookshop
31-33 Vale Road
TUNBRIDGE WELLS  Kent  TN1 1BS
tel: 01892 539284  fax: 01892 539597  e-mail   website  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.30
For over 50 years we have stocked literature on the subject of aviation in all its aspects. Parking is available in the multi-story car park opposite the shop. The shop is situated in the centre of town about 200 yards from the main line station: Tunbridge Wells on the Charing Cross Line.

Backroom Bookshop
43 High Street
ROCHESTER  Kent  ME1 1LN  map
tel: 01634 308035
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 6.00 Sunday 10.00 - 5.00
We stock a variety of specilist and popular books.
    A small bookshop which suffers from the curse of narrow aisles - best visited on a quiet day only by persons of slim build. - Henry Middleton 05.02.08

Baggins Book Bazaar
19, High Street
ROCHESTER  Kent  ME1 1PY
tel: 01634 811651  fax: 01634 840591  e-mail   website  map
Open: every day 10.00 - 5.50
Secondhand books in profusion, all subjects. We run a secondhand booksearch service.
    Whether it really is the largest second hand bookshop in the country may be open to debate, but the front part of the shop, which holds the better quality stock is alone always worth visiting in its own right. Behind this the shop goes on and on, over two floors, with a wide selection and volume of stock. I rarely leave empty-handed, but customers would be advised to wrap up well if visiting in winter! - Henry Middleton 05.02.08

Mike Banwell
Unit 17 The Corn Exchange  The Pantiles
TUNBRIDGE WELLS  Kent  TN2 5QJ
tel: 01892 750944  map
Open: Tuesday and Thursday - Saturday 10 - 4.30
    A small shop with a small - but interesting and attractive - stock and a few antiques, located in the Corn Exchange just below the Pantiles. Within 5 minutes walk of Pantiles Books, The Secondhand Bookshop, Hall's and Oxfam. - Richard.

Barely Read Books
18 The Green
WESTERHAM  Kent  TN16 1AX
tel: 01959 565854  map
Very large secondhand stock covering most subjects and particularly Biggles, Blyton and Churchill.
    Open as advertised but it was another of my pet hates: narrow aisles made worse by piles of books on the floor, up to 3 feet high and obscuring half the shelves behind them. I accidentally knocked a book down, carefully replaced it then had the whole pile fall over. When I eventually located my subject it was behind two of the mammoth heaps so I didn't dare move anything and left empty-handed. - Old Erithian.

The Bookmark
15c Rainham Shopping Centre
RAINHAM  Kent  ME8 7HW
tel: 01634 365987  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.30
A general secondhand bookshop stocking everything from bestsellers to academic titles.

Books
168 High Street
DEAL  Kent  CT14 6BQ
tel: 01304 368662  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00.
Secondhand and antiquarian books including the arts and architecture.

Booksharp
22b King Street
GRAVESEND  Kent  DA12 2DU
tel: 01474 561101  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 4.00.
Mainly secondhand paperbacks for readers.

Books & Bygones
52, Hayes Street  Hayes Village
BROMLEY  Kent  BR2 7LD
tel: 020 8462 3550  map
A small general stock of about 2,000 secondhand books.

The Book Palace
32 Palace Street
CANTERBURY  Kent  CT1 2DZ
tel: 01227 470120
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00.
Charity bookshop run entirely by volunteers for benifit of The Scrine Foundation.

The Broadstairs Bookshop
7 Albion Street
BROADSTAIRS  Kent CT10 1LU
tel: 01843 860824  map
Open: ?
    Smaller and more low key shop in the same street (as Albion Books) which had a presentable stock - in much the same areas. - Herne.

The Canterbury Book Shop
37 Northgate
CANTERBURY  Kent  CT1 1BL
tel: 01227 464773  map
Open: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 10.00 - 5.00.
General secondhand and Antiquarian stock, children's, illustrated and typography.
    An excellent, good-quality bookshop. It's a bit of a distance from the city centre, at the far end of Northgate, but well worth the walk. - Henry Middleton 05.02.08

C & M Framing
3 Corner House Buildings  Red Lion Square
HYTHE  Kent  CT21 5BD
tel: 01303 260933  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 4.00, closed Wednesday pm.
A picture framing business with a small stock of secondhand books.

Chaucer Book Shop
6-7, Beer Cart Lane
CANTERBURY  Kent  CT1 2NY
tel: 01227 453912  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00.
Large general stock of quality secondhand and antiquarian books.
    An excellent quality shop on two floors. Aside from any other attractions Canterbury may have to offer, this and the Canterbury Bookshop make the city a very worthwhile stopping point for any passing bibliophile. - Henry Middleton 05.02.08

Falconwood Transport & Military Bookshop
5 Falconwood Parade  The Green
WELLING  Kent  DA16 2PL
tel: 020 8303 8291  map
Open: Thursday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.30.
Specialist transport & military stock.

Stanley Fish & Co
215A Upper Grosvenor Road
TUNBRIDGE WELLS  Kent  TN1 2EG
tel: 01892 546431  e-mail  website  map
Open: Monday - Friday 9.30 - 4.00.
Some 5,000 books on the railways of Britain, North America and the World. Please ring before travelling for directions. We are hard to find, and it gives us a chance to put the kettle on for you.

Halls Bookshop
20-22 Chapel Place
TUNBRIDGE WELLS  Kent  TN1 1YQ
tel: 01892 527842  e-mail  website  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.00.
General secondhand stock and history, children's and antiquarian.
    The most famous secondhand bookshop in Tunbridge Wells, Halls "established 1898". Two floors of antiquarian and secondhand stock, a browser's paradise and knowledgeable staff. - Kim Andrews.
    The Yellow Pages advertisement may be 20 years old but people still walk into the bookshop that featured in it for a brief second and ask for a copy of Fly Fishing, by J. R. Hartley...more  
    Lots of helpful staff large quantity of books on all subjects at reasonable prices. - John F Bacon

The Hospice Bookshop
Dymchurch Road
DYMCHURCH  Kent
tel: ?
Open: 7 days.
    On main through village near Amusement Park. Notice on door shows it as open 7 days a week. Not large but looked interesting. Unfortunately I was passing through after it had closed for the day. Clive Cheeseman 10.09.07.

The Kentish Bookshop
1 Bank Buildings  Ash Road
HARTLEY  Kent  DA3 8EH
tel: 01474 702170  map
Open: see below
Secondhand and antiquarian stock, particularly books on Kent and Nelson.
    Notice in the window gives opening hours as Monday and Tuesday 9.30 - 2.30. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday by appiontment only, Sunday closed. Saturday is missing from the list of days, so presumably it is closed. Needless to say I went on a "wrong" day. Don't you just love these half-hearted bookshop owners? - Old Erithian.

Michael's Bookshop
72 King Street
RAMSGATE  Kent  CT11 8NY
tel: 01843 589500  e-mail  website  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.30
A fairly large general bookshop, about 30,000 books arranged on over 100 bookcases. About half of our stock is secondhand ranging from ordinary paperbacks to collectors items.
    Helpful owner and well organised stock with a good selection of Kent local history, aviation and military - Roger Leverdier 29.04.8.

McConnell Fine Books
The Golden Hind  85 Beach Street
DEAL  Kent  CT14 6JB
tel: 01304 375086  map
Secondhand and antiquarian books including literature, history and books about Kent.

Marrin's Bookshop
149 Sandgate Road
FOLKESTONE  Kent  CT20 2DA
Tel: 01303 253016  e-mail  website  map
Open: Tuesday - Saturday 9.30 - 5.30.
Antiquarian and general second hand books, Kent topography, maps & prints. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and the PBFA.

MR. Books
2 Bank Street
TONBRIDGE  Kent  TN9 1BL
tel: 01732 363000  e-mail  website  map
Open: Tuesday - Saturday 10.00 - 6.00, 8pm Thursday.
Large general stock. Tonbridge, Kent, Sussex. Very large children's and TV annual collection. Sport, modern fiction. Also top of the range Anglepoise lamps. Find me right near the castle in Tonbridge. Also organiser of the Tonbridge Book Fair, on Sunday April 1st and October 28th, 9.30 - 4.00.
    Interesting little “warren” situated in a side street near the castle. Owner very helpful but advises a phone call if travelling a distance as sometimes has to take an hour out. - Clive Cheeseman 15.08.07.

Oxfam Bookshop
51 St Peter's Street
CANTERBURY  Kent  CT1 2BE
tel: 01227 454091  map
    Surprisingly good - Bernard Dixon 22.04.08.

Oxfam Bookshop
34 Gabriels Hill
MAIDSTONE  Kent  ME15 6JJ
tel: 01622 753585  map
    On two floors, well laid out, and does have a high turnover of stock. - Clive Cheeseman.

Oxfam Bookshop
6 Chapel Place
TUNBRIDGE WELLS  Kent  TN1 1YQ
tel: 01892 616269  map

Oxford Street Books.com
20a Oxford Street
WHITSTABLE  Kent  CT5 1DD
tel: 01227 281727  e-mail  website  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 9.00 - 5.00, Sunday 11.00 - 4.00.
General mix of approximately 20,000 secondhand and antiquarian books across all categories. Sensible prices and friendly service.

Pantiles Bookshop
12/14/16 The Pantiles
TUNBRIDGE WELLS  Kent  TN2 5TE
tel: 01892 618191  e-mail  map
Open: Seven days 10.30 - 5.00.
Good general stock. We specialise in a big way on books on or about the County of Kent its villages, towns and people. 10 shelves of railway, lots of cricket, cinema, military, esoteric and topography also ephemera. Wanted to buy: early foreign travel particularly Africa and old cricket and football.
   Very organised, business-like premises with plenty of general interest. - Kim Andrews.

Past Sentence
119 West Street
FAVERSHAM  Kent  ME13 7JB
tel: 01795 590000  map
Open: Monday 10.00 - 2.00 & Tuesday - Saturday 10.00 - 5.00.
Good quality secondhand books bought and sold.

Regal Books
16a, Stone Street
GRAVESEND  Kent  DA11 0NH
tel: 01474 326656  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 8.30 - 5.00.
About 2,500 secondhand and some collectable and antiquarian books.

The Secondhand Bookshop
13 Nevill Street
TUNBRIDGE WELLS  Kent  TN2 5RU
tel. 01892 547005  map
Open: Monday - Saturday 10.00 - 4.30, closed Wednesday.
General secondhand bookshop with a high turnover.
    Friendly and a good range of quality stock. - Kim Andrews.
    Good range especially on topography and very realistic prices. Halls recommended it ! Halls themselves are good for fiction and poetry and elderly owner( ?) was helpful in finding things. - Herne.
    Very friendly owner who has a wide understanding of the book trade. Wide range of books on all subjects with some prices extremely low. - John F Bacon

Wadard Books
6 High Sreet
FARNINGHAM  Kent  DA4 0DG
tel: 01322 863151  map
Open: Tuesday & Thursday - Saturday 10.00 - 6.00.
Secondhand and antiquarian books including cookery, military and local history and topography.