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Good news! Ian Nicholson can confirm the planned sale of alison’s bookshop will be going ahead this spring.

Completion now looks like Early May!!

Legalities have delayed things a wee bit!

Please keep looking on the alisonsbookshop.co.uk web site for an annoucement of an actual date.

See full article on “Our Story”

9781912054473 Bookshop Tours Of Britain Boland

“Bookshop Tours of Britain” by Louise Boland.

New 4th Edition now available
This is a slow travel guide to Britain, navigating bookshop to bookshop. Visit beaches, castles, coal mines, whiskey distilleries, stately homes and the houses of some of Britain’s best-loved historic writers – plus a host of fantastic bookshops – and find us on Page.123-124!

Also available the new edition of
Bradt’s Slow Travel Guide to the Cotswolds.

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Booktime March & April 2026 Cover

New March/April Edition has just arrived
Available in store now.

FREE

While stocks last.

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Ian will be retiring this Spring and the good news is alison’s bookshop will continue to trade under new ownership.
Please watch this space for exact dates as these are still uncertain.

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Later there will be some reconfiguration of the layout and shelving within the shop to make better use of the musicroom area.
In view of this we are offering some special pre change of ownership deals on stock of printed sheet music and CDs.
Also on our inventory of non-local Ordnance Survey maps.

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2026 OPENING HOURS

Tuesday to Saturday

Open 09.00
Closed by 16.30

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OUR CLEARANCE SALE OF CDs CONTINUES
BUT WE ONLY HAVE A FEW LEFT
Do not miss out!

Mainly Classical but there are a few Jazz & Nostalgia to enjoy!

See details on OUR SHOP and the
Sheet Music & Classical CDs page

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WE HAVE A BROAD SELECTION OF JIGSAW DESIGNS IN STOCK

 

CLICK HERE TO SEE JIGSAWS

We offer a wide choice of designs containing 500, 1000 or 2000 pieces.

 

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WE HAVE LOADS OF GOOD READING SUGGESTIONS

so please browse through our NEW BOOK ARRIVALS

Please take a fresh look at Ian’s Read & Recommended

Our History

Our Shop

Browse through these pages to see many of our wonderful stock items. We update daily to keep up with new arrivals. However there are so many more discoveries to make...

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Ian Contact Collect 3

We have set up a Contact & Collect at the door service so that customers can and buy their books, cards, jigsaws or any other item we stock or can…

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Once Upon A Time A Bookshop

Our Story

Long ago in 1999 a bookshop called alison’s opened on the High Street of the pretty and historic market town of Tewkesbury.

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