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Set in a Victorian train station in the small village of Alnwick in England, Barter Books is a cozy and inviting bookstore with crackling fires in winter and miniature trains still moving around the shelves. Based in a former train station, the store’s architecture is reminiscent of this time with rounded ceilings, decorative lighting, and train-themed accents around the space.
The second-hand bookstore features a variety of categories ranging from poetry and plays, and paperbacks and fiction to biography, business, history, philosophy, gardening, needlework, and transport. The bookstore has a casual café in the winter months that serves specialty coffees and teas and delicious homemade fare, and there is a children’s store with toys to keep the little ones occupied.
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