Kingsgate Books and Prints
Located under the medieval Kingsgate Arch, this atmospheric shop is filled with drawings, travel prints, engravings (many by local artists), rare antique county maps, and secondhand books.
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Located under the medieval Kingsgate Arch, this atmospheric shop is filled with drawings, travel prints, engravings (many by local artists), rare antique county maps, and secondhand books.
The oldest bookshop in the country (in business since 1729), P&G Wells has numerous books by and about Jane Austen, who had an account here and, in 1817, died almost next door. It also has the region's largest selection of children's books.