A List of All 26 Bookshops to Visit in Hay On Wye, Wales

Hay On Wye is probably best known for hosting the Hay Festival, bringing together authors, readers and reviewers alike to this small Welsh village.

I had the pleasure of visiting this village in December last year, as my boyfriend’s family home is conveniently less than an hour’s drive away.

The book town boasts a total of 26 bookstores for its population of 2,000 people. That’s 1 bookstore per 77 people in the small village. Aka, my kind of place.

I wanted to make a list of all the bookshops in the area, if like me, you want to visit and browse every single one. You can find my monthly book reviews here.

You can also explore Hay On Wye visually in my YouTube vlog as I recorded my time there, wandering through many of the bookstores:

26 Bookshops to Visit in Hay On Wye, Wales

1. Richard Booth’s Bookshop

Address: 44 Lion Street, HR3 5AA

2. Addyman Books

Address: 39 Lion Street, HR3 5AA

3. Gay on Wye

Address: 3 Lion Street, HR3 5AA

4. Outcast Books

Address: 15A Broad Street, HR3 5DB

5. The Poetry Bookshop

Address: The Pavement, Lion Street, HR3 5BU

6. Murder & Mayhem

Address: 5 Lion Street, HR3 5AA

7. Clock Tower Books

Address: 5 Market Street, HR3 5AF

8. Hay Cinema Bookshop

Address: Castle Street, HR3 5DF

9. Green Ink Booksellers

Address: Grove House, High Town, HR3 5AE

10. Hay On Wye Booksellers

Address: 13/14 High Town, HR3 5AE

11. North Books

Address: 4 Castle Street, HR3 3DF

12. Francis Edwards

Address: First floor of Hay Cinema Bookshop, Castle Street, HR3 5DF

13. The Addyman Annexe

Address: 27 Castle Street, HR3 3DF

14. The Old Electric Shop

Address: 10 Broad Street, HR3 5DB

15. The Children’s Bookshop

Address: Toll Cottage, Pontvaen, HR3 5EW

16. Haystacks Music & More

Address: Backfold, HR3 5EQ

17. The Hourglass Collection

Address: 2 Broad Street, HR3 5DB

18. Carden Bookseller

Address: The Nursery, Forest Road, HR3 5DT

19. Broad Street Book Centre

Address: 6 Broad Street, HR3 5DB

20. Tom’s Record Shop

Address: 13 Castle Street, HR3 5DF

21. Mostly Maps

Address: 2 Castle Street, HR3 5DF

22. Tangled Parrot

Address: 2 Lion Street, HR3 5AA

23. The Hay Binders

Address: The Blacksmith’s Shop, Lion Street, HR3 5AD

24. The Black Mountains Bindery

Address: Oxford Terrace, HR3 5AH

25. The New Strand

Address: Eardisley, Hereford, HR3 6PW

26. Brecon Books

Address: 11, Lion Yard, Brecon, Powys, LD3 7BA