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*Open Monday to Saturday 9:30am until 5pm*
The Swanage Bookshop is situated just a hundred yards from Swanage Railway Station on the town's main shopping street.
The shop specialises in new, second-hand and collectible books, as well as in a selection of discount and remaindered books. Books in the discount range include cookery, gardening, transport, art, design, atlases, dictionaries and classic fiction. The shop stocks a huge range of books on local history, Swanage Railway, and the people and places of Purbeck.
You can buy books online through the website or by calling the shop. Gift vouchers also available.
2021 Opening (1 January 2021 - 31 December 2021) | ||
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Day | Times | |
Monday - Saturday | 09:30 | - 17:00* |
Sunday | Closed* |
From the west: the nearest mainline railway station is Wareham (on the London Waterloo to Weymouth line). Catch the number 40 bus from Wareham Railway Station to Swanage Bus/Railway Station (this bus route starts in Poole). At times when the Swanage Railway is running: Travel on the number 30 or 40 bus to Corfe Castle (East Street stop) then catch the steam train from Corfe Castle Station to Swanage. Tel: 01929 425800 or visit their website: www.swanagerailway.co.uk
From the east: Catch the train to Bournemouth Railway Station then transfer to the number 50 bus to Swanage Bus/Railway Station.
To plan your journey by public transport, visit the Traveline website: www.travelinesw.com
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