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Blackwell's Books

Founded in 1879, Blackwell's main Oxford shop is a veritable tourist attraction in itself, the vast 10,000-square-foot Norrington Room excavated beneath Trinity College Gardens laying claim to being the largest space dedicated to book sales in Europe. Another 9 speciality branches of this Oxford institution dot the city.

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Address: 48–51 Broad Street
Getting there: opposite the Sheldonian Theatre
Website: bookshop.blackwell.co.uk (opens in a new tab)

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