Edinburgh's oldest bookshop is situated right in the heart of the Old Town. On our three floors you will find anything from the latest bestseller to university textbooks. Visit our Scottish Room for the best selection of Scottish books in the city!
Blackwell currently has over 250 000 titles in stock, a figure that is continually growing as our major departments flourish throughout the year. Our range of books covers everything from american history to pop art, scottish fiction to medical texts, childrens to travel as well as many many more departments that are availale within our 3 floors.
We also have available a varied programme of events that we offer either within the store or in a variety of venues throughout Edinburgh. Some of our past successes and future programs include such names as Alasdair Gray, Lee Child, Gillian Galbraith, Sophie Cooke, Alanna Knight, Steven Pinker, James Meek, Andrew O'Hagan, Martin Clunes and Vic Reeves, in addition to numerous others.
Southside Books
16 meters
This place is a tiny box of a room filled with a few uninspired prints of cards and s...
Richer Sounds, Edinburgh
74 meters
I have used Richer Sounds for many years - both personally and for my business. I hav...
Forbidden Planet International
86 meters
That shop was the killer for our luggage . '3 for 2 on all manga'? Hell yeah! And I ...
Visitor Centre, The University of Edinburgh
320 meters
Friendly staff. I was pleasantly surprised by the diversity of products. Shouldn't be...
B. McCall Barbour
343 meters
This is a rather unusual bookshop, even for a Christian bookshop. The selection on of...
Dead Head
357 meters
Great place to get older comics with so many to look though could get lost all day
Lighthouse - Edinburgh’s Radical Bookshop
359 meters
The perfect place for all your niche literature needs. Small, independent publishers,...
Transreal Fiction
363 meters
If you are a sci-fi or fantasy nerd this bookshop is absolutely heaven. There isn’t m...
Argos Edinburgh North Bridge
368 meters
It's an Argos right? But the waiting time wasn't long (2 min) & the process of "Click...
Avizandum
373 meters
A great law bookshop just down the hill from Greyfriar's Bobby. Lots of other books a...
The Fruitmarket Gallery
443 meters
Small gallery with very interesting exhibitions and great talks and workshops. The ca...
John Kay's Shop
451 meters
This place is full of antique books and objects, as well as lots of modern things. Gl...
WHSmith
508 meters
As it's located in Waverley Station this branch is convenient for buying a newspaper,...
Edinburgh Bargain Stores
519 meters
Nice place very well situated across the road from the crematorium so they must get a... Castle Books
675 meters
Apple Princes Street
678 meters
Excellent customer service from the guys in Apple as per usual. They fixed issues wit...
Barnardo's shop
687 meters
Great bookstore with books at absurdly low prices. Particularly good for art books wh...to add Blackwells Bookshop Edinburgh South Bridge map to your website;
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