The Works

Although this shop is often cramped and crowded, you can pick up some real book bargains here. Books are sent here after they fail to sell in regular book shops, meaning you get discounts of up to 80%. They have a good range of paperback fiction, but particularly good are the general interest books such as gardening and cooking. Although the range is very limited (and the standard of books aren’t always great, given that no-​one else wanted to buy them either), you can sometimes find a great book, particularly hardback reference books– for a hugely reduced price. They do also sell art and crafts– blank canvases and paints etc, but I found that it’s cheaper to buy them from somewhere like Home Bargains.