Bookstores in Hexham
Hexham, Northumberland, England has 6 bookstores on the map. That's 6 bookshops mapped around Hexham, each with its own shelves and specialties. The used sections are where the real bargains hide. Give yourself an hour minimum — bookshops are the one errand that always takes longer than planned.
This guide covers every bookstore we could verify in and around Hexham (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Oxfam Bookshop and Waterstones, plus Cogito Bookshop. If a bookshop's missing from Hexham's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Hexham bookstore lineup
6 in Hexham, plus 34 more around Hexham below:
Oxfam Bookshop
Bookstore0.0 km from Hexham
Oxfam Bookshop — Bookstore, found on 10 Battle Hill in Hexham. Also worth knowing about Oxfam Bookshop: it has a website with more detail.
10 Battle Hill, Hexham, NE46 1BB
Waterstones
Bookstore0.1 km from Hexham
Waterstones — Bookstore, found on 33 Fore Street in Hexham. Also worth knowing about Waterstones: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
33 Fore Street, Hexham, NE46 1LU
Phone: +44 1434 604440
Cogito Bookshop
Bookstore0.1 km from Hexham
Cogito Bookshop — Bookstore, found on 5 St Mary's Chare in Hexham. Also worth knowing about Cogito Bookshop: it has a website with more detail.
5 St Mary's Chare, Hexham, NE46 1NQ
Forum Books
Bookstore5.2 km from Hexham
Forum Books is Bookstore on 8 Market Place, Corbridge. Forum Books also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip.
8 Market Place, Corbridge, NE45 5AW
Phone: +44 1434 632931
Forum Bookshop
Bookstore5.3 km from Hexham
Forum Bookshop — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Forum Bookshop: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-17:00; Su 11:00-16:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Corbridge, NE45 5AW
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-17:00; Su 11:00-16:00
Phone: +44 1434 632 931
The Next Chapter
Bookstore21.7 km from Hexham
The Next Chapter is Bookstore on 1 King Street, Hexham.
1 King Street, Hexham, NE48 2AX
What the map tells us about bookstores in Hexham
1 of the 6 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — bookshops keep civilised hours, so the listed ones are usually reliable.
4 have websites listed. Worth a look for events — readings and signings get announced there first.
Most of the bookstores in Hexham list a phone number. Useful for checking whether a specific title is in stock before you visit.
The Hexham bookstore crawl
The efficient Hexham bookstore crawl strings these together: Oxfam Bookshop on 10 Battle Hill, Waterstones on 33 Fore Street, Cogito Bookshop on 5 St Mary's Chare, Forum Books on 8 Market Place, Forum Bookshop, and The Next Chapter on 1 King Street — 6 stops, one logical order.
Bookstore tips for Hexham
The regulars' playbook for Hexham's bookshops:
- Note the shop's specialties at Oxfam Bookshop. Sci-fi, travel, art books, philosophy — every good shop leans somewhere. Find the lean that matches yours.
- Don't skip the small press section at Waterstones. The weird, wonderful stuff lives here. Small presses take the risks the big publishers won't.
- Come back seasonally. Stock turns over with the publishing seasons. The shop you browsed in spring is a different shop by autumn.
- Check for a café corner. A bookshop with coffee is a trap in the best way. Plan accordingly; you won't be leaving soon.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Hexham — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new bookstore in Hexham can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 6, or a bookstore we missed entirely? The map is the source of truth here — one OpenStreetMap edit corrects it for everyone.
We don't list prices — they change constantly and vary by edition. What we list is the where: real shops, verified by real mappers, in alphabetical order with no favourites.
If you run one of the 6 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Worth the trip: more bookstores around Hexham
34 more within about 40 km of Hexham — here are the 15 nearest:
The Next Chapter
Bookstore21.7 km from Hexham
The Next Chapter is Bookstore.
Secondhand Book Shop
Bookstore22.3 km from Hexham
Secondhand Book Shop — Bookstore.
Second hand bookshop
Bookstore24.1 km from HexhamRun by National Trust
Run by National Trust, Second hand bookshop is Bookstore.
Renwick's
Bookstore24.7 km from HexhamRun by National Trust
Run by National Trust, Renwick's is Bookstore.
WHSmith
Bookstore26.1 km from Hexham
WHSmith is Bookstore. WHSmith also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Su,PH 04:00+; it has a website with more detail.
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE13 8BZ
Hours: Mo-Su,PH 04:00+
Waterstones
Bookstore27.7 km from Hexham
Waterstones — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Waterstones: it has a website with more detail.
The Works
Bookstore27.8 km from Hexham
The Works — Bookstore.
Pauline Books & Media
Bookstore30.7 km from Hexham
Pauline Books & Media — Bookstore. Also worth knowing about Pauline Books & Media: it has a website with more detail.
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 5HH
Books for Amnesty
Used bookstore30.7 km from HexhamRun by Amnesty International UK
Run by Amnesty International UK, Books for Amnesty is Used bookstore, found on 92 Westgate Road in Newcastle upon Tyne. Also worth knowing about Books for Amnesty: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 10:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
92 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4AF
Hours: Mo-Sa 10:00-17:00
Forbidden Planet
Bookstore31.0 km from Hexham
Forbidden Planet — Bookstore, found on 49 Grainger Street in Newcastle upon Tyne. Also worth knowing about Forbidden Planet: it has a website with more detail.
49 Grainger Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 5JE
Blackwells
Bookstore31.1 km from Hexham
Blackwells is Bookstore on 141 Percy Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. Blackwells also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
141 Percy Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RS
Waterstones
Bookstore31.1 km from Hexham
Waterstones — Bookstore, found on Blackett Street in Newcastle upon Tyne. Also worth knowing about Waterstones: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:00-19:00; Th 09:00-20:00; Su 11:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Blackett Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7JF
Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-19:00; Th 09:00-20:00; Su 11:00-17:00
Phone: +44 191 2617757
The Works
Bookstore31.1 km from Hexham
The Works — Bookstore, found on Unit 7A3 Team Valley Shopping Park in Gateshead. Also worth knowing about The Works: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 09:00-20:00; Sa 09:00-19:00; Su 11:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Unit 7A3 Team Valley Shopping Park, Gateshead, NE11 0BD
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-20:00; Sa 09:00-19:00; Su 11:00-17:00
Phone: +44 1914 871654
The Works
Bookstore31.2 km from Hexham
The Works — Bookstore, found on 5 Eldon Way in Newcastle upon Tyne. Also worth knowing about The Works: it has a website with more detail.
5 Eldon Way, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7XS
The NewBridge Project
Bookstore32.0 km from HexhamRun by Keano Anton
The NewBridge Project is Bookstore run by Keano Anton on 242 High Street, Gateshead. The NewBridge Project also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as We 13:00-17:00; Th-Sa 12:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
242 High Street, Gateshead, NE8 1AQ
Hours: We 13:00-17:00; Th-Sa 12:00-17:00
Phone: +44 7708 195800
Bookstore listings for Hexham: 6 in Hexham and 34 more nearby mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.