Our bookshop

Thanks to generous donations from our visitors and the local community, the bookshop is full of fantastic titles in every genre you could imagine. There's a wide range of books to suit everyone, pick up a novel to enjoy in the sun, get inspired by a travel guide, find new recipes in our cookery section, and take home some new bedtime stories for the kids.

We've introduced a one-way system to help you ensure social distancing inside the bookshop.

Our volunteers have returned to sort through all our books in the mornings, so the bookshop will open at 12noon during weekdays to allow them to work, and from 10am on weekends.

 
The bookshop is managed by our volunteers and their hard work has been amazing. There's usually a smiling face to welcome you in although at the moment the bookshop will generally be unmanned, so we'd ask you use the honesty box provided or bring your purchases to the Gift Shop and pay by card.

Making a donation 

Unfortunately at the moment we are unable to accept donations to the bookshop, and we thank everyone who has been so generous in the past with their donations, ensuring we have a fantastic range of books and generating over £20,000 directly for conservation work at Castle Ward since it's development in the early 2000s.