Bookshops in Cardiff: list of 15 free CSV

How many bookshops are in Cardiff?

OpenStreetMap lists 15 named bookshops inside the Cardiff city boundary (149 km²), extract of 10 Nov 2026. 80% of the records list a website and 33% a phone number; 3 named bookshops have no website on the public record.

Examples on the list: Bear Island, Book Space Cardiff, BOOKS Plus.

Bookshops in Cardiff at a glance: most are in Castle Quarter (3), Cardiff City Centre (2), Maindy (2); records were last edited between Aug 2020 and Oct 2026; chain names include The Works; BOOKS Plus and Caban list a business phone.

Edited on the map in the 90 days before the extract: 4 records, including Book Space Cardiff, Forbidden Planet International, The Works, Waterstones.

15named bookshops

80%list a website

3no website listed

11neighbourhoods

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Data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, extract of 10 Nov 2026. The CSV is under the same licence.

3 with no website3 non-chain, edited since 2022.Filter to them
11 non-chain4 chain branches set aside; the biggest brand is The Works (2).Non-chain only
3 in Castle QuarterPlan a territory by neighbourhood or postcode.Only Castle Quarter

All 15 bookshops, A to Z

on the map recordmissing from the record

Bookshops in Cardiff, OpenStreetMap extract of 10 Nov 2026.
Business	Street and area	Website	Phone
B
Bear Island	Cardiff City Centre, no street on record
Book Space Cardiff	26A Crwys Road, Cathays	bookspacecardiff.co.uk
BOOKS Plus	The Concourse, University Hospital Of Wales, Heath		+44 29 2075 2800
Butler's Books	Llandaff, no street on record	insolecourt.org
C
Caban	169 King's Road, Pontcanna	cabancanna.cymru	+44 29 2034 2223
Cant a Mil	11 Whitchurch Road, Maindy		+44 29 2021 2474
F
Forbidden Planet International	5 Duke Street, Castle Quarter	forbiddenplanet.co.uk
O
one2twonot edited since 2022	122 Whitchurch Road, Maindy	heathchristianbookshop.com
S
Shelf Life	188 Cowbridge Road East, Canton	shelflifebookshop.com
T
TGJones	Queen Street, Canal Quarter	tgjonesonline.co.uk
The Works	Tongwynlais, no street on record	theworks.co.uk
The Works	Castle Quarter, no street on record	theworks.co.uk
Troutmark Booksnot edited since 2020	39-43 Castle Arcade, Castle Quarter	troutmarkbooks.com	+44 2920 382 814
W
Waterstones	Cardiff City Centre, no street on record	waterstones.com
Wellfield Bookshopnot edited since 2021	16 Wellfield Road, Roath	wellfieldbookshop.weebly.com	+44 2920 483106

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Bookshops in Cardiff with no website listed

3 of 11 named non-chain bookshops.

Bear IslandCardiff City Centre
BOOKS PlusThe Concourse, University Hospital Of Wales, Heath, phone listed
Cant a Mil11 Whitchurch Road, Maindy, phone listed

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Where they are

Map of the 15 bookshops inside the Cardiff boundary; most sit around Castle Quarter, Cardiff City Centre, Maindy. — website listedno website, or social page only

By neighbourhood

Black: website listed.

By postcode district

CF103
CF142
CF242

Chains and non-chain businesses

27% of the records are branches of a chain or brand; 11 are not.

The Works2

What the records hold

15 map records.
Field	Records	Share
Street address	10	67%
Website (own site)	12	80%
Phone on file	5	33%
Email on file (not shown)	3	20%
Opening hours	9	60%
Chain or brand branch	4	27%
Edited since January 2024	12	80%

Half the records were last edited in Jan 2026 or later.

Why other sites show a different number

Coverage. 15 mapped; Google Maps holds more.
Boundary. 149 km² (map); metro searches count more.
Names. 4 branches each count once.

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Bookstores in other cities

City	Named	Website listed
Bookshops in London	324	58%
Bookshops in Edinburgh	57	72%
Bookshops in Bristol	29	41%
Bookshops in Glasgow	27	63%
Bookshops in Manchester	24	42%
Bookshops in Birmingham	24	44%
Bookshops in Sheffield	22	45%
Bookshops in Leeds	18	60%
Bookshops in Belfast	14	21%
Bookshops in Liverpool	12	46%

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Questions

How many bookshops are there in Cardiff?

At least 15: that is how many OpenStreetMap has inside the Cardiff city boundary, 15 with a name (extract of 10 Nov 2026). 4 are chain branches. Google Maps usually lists more, because more owners add themselves there.

Which part of Cardiff has the most bookshops?

Castle Quarter (3), then Cardiff City Centre (2) and Maindy (2). 11 neighbourhoods have at least one.

How many bookshops in Cardiff have no website?

3 of the 15 named bookshops have no website on their map record; 3 of them are not chain branches.

How do I get phone numbers and emails for bookshops in Cardiff?

Run Google Maps Business Lead & Email Finder with the search "bookshops in Cardiff, United Kingdom". One run costs about $0.41 to $0.52 ($0.40 start fee (4 GB run) included), plus platform usage, for 15 to 120 rows.

Sources

OpenStreetMap extract for Cardiff, checked 2026-11-10
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Google Maps Business Lead & Email Finder on the Apify Store, checked 2026-11-13

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