Bookshops in Edinburgh: list of 57 free CSV

How many bookshops are in Edinburgh?

OpenStreetMap lists 57 named bookshops inside the Edinburgh city boundary (272 km²), extract of 7 Nov 2026. 72% of the records list a website and 33% a phone number; 16 named bookshops have no website on the public record.

Examples on the list: Amnesty Bookshop, Argonaut Books, Armchair Books.

Bookshops in Edinburgh at a glance: most are in Old Town (7), Stockbridge (5), West End (5); the busiest streets are Portobello High Street, Portobello (3) and Raeburn Place, Stockbridge (3); records were last edited between Sep 2020 and Nov 2026; chain names include The Works and Waterstones; Argonaut Books and Blackwells list a business phone.

Edited on the map in the 90 days before the extract: 28 records, including Armchair Books, The Works, Amnesty Bookshop, Blackwells.

57named bookshops

72%list a website

16no website listed

27neighbourhoods

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Data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, extract of 7 Nov 2026. The CSV is under the same licence.

16 with no website12 non-chain, edited since 2022.Filter to them
40 non-chain17 chain branches set aside; the biggest brand is The Works (4).Non-chain only
7 in Old TownBusiest street: Portobello High Street, Portobello (3). Plan a territory by neighbourhood or postcode.Only Old Town

47 of the 57 bookshops, A to Z

on the map recordmissing from the recordPicked from 23 neighbourhoods; filter below to search all 57

Bookshops in Edinburgh, OpenStreetMap extract of 7 Nov 2026.
Business	Street and area	Website	Phone
A
Amnesty Bookshop	12 Roseneath Street, Sciennes
Argonaut Books	15-17 Leith Walk, Leith	argonautbooks.co.uk	+44 131 259 7816
Armchair Books	74 West Port, Tollcross
B
Blackwells	Currie, no street on record
Book Lovers Bookshop	5 Melville Terrace, Sciennes	bookloversbookshop.co.uk
Bookspeed Wholesalersnot edited since 2020	16 Salamander Yards, Leith Links	bookspeed.com	+44 131 467 8100
C
Choose BooksIndependent	126 Newhaven Road, Bonnington	instagram.com social page
Cornerstone Bookshop	Princes Street, West End
E
Edinburgh Books	145-147 West Port, Tollcross
Edinburgh Community Bookshop	179-181 Great Junction Street, Leith
Evangelical Books	16 North Bank Street, Old Town	evangelicalbooks.com
F
Fab 288	288 Portobello High Street, Portobello
Ferry Fair Bookshop	South Queensferry, no street on record
Forbidden Planet	40-41 South Bridge, Old Town	forbiddenplanet.co.uk	+44 131 558 8226
Fruitmarket Bookshop	45 Market Street, Old Town	fruitmarketbookshop.myshopify.com	+44 131226 8181
G
Ginger and Pickles	51 St Stephen Street, Stockbridge	gingerandpicklesbookshop.com
Golden Hare Books	68 St Stephen Street, Stockbridge	goldenharebooks.com
J
John Kay's	8 Victoria Street, Old Town	oldtownbookshop-edinburgh.co.uk	+44 131 225 9237
L
La Belle Adventure	225 Leith Walk, Pilrig	labelleadventure.com
Lighthouse Bookshop - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop	43 West Nicolson Street, Southside	lighthousebookshop.com
M
Main Point Books	77 Bread Street, Tollcross
McNaughtan's Bookshop	Broughton, no street on record	mcnaughtansbookshop.com	+44 131 556 5897
O
Oxfam Bookshop	Morningside Road, Morningside	oxfam.org.uk
P
Peter Bell Books	68 West Port, Tollcross	peterbell.net
PortaLibri	167-171 Portobello High Street, Portobello	tillsbookshop.co.uk	+44 131 574 6940
Pudding & Stories	135 Comiston Road, Comiston
R
Rare Birds Book Shop	13 Raeburn Place, Stockbridge	rarebirdsbooks.com
RIAS Bookshop	15 Rutland Square, West End	bookshop.rias.org.uk
Robert Murray Stamp Shop	5-6 Inverleith Gardens, Trinity	stamp-shop.com	+44 131 552 1220
S
Shelter Scotland BookshopShelter	106A Raeburn Place, Stockbridge	scotland.shelter.org.uk
St Columba's Hospice Bookshop	14-15 Brandon Terrace, Canonmills		+44 131 551 2771
St Pauls Bookshop	Broughton, no street on record
T
The Bethany Bookshop	Hillside, no street on record	bethanychristiantrust.com
The Bookshop by WHSmithWHSmith	Old Town, no street on record
The Cookbook Shop	Hillside, no street on record	thecookbookshop.co.uk
The Edinburgh Bookshop	176 Bruntsfield Place, Bruntsfield	edinburghbookshop.com	+44 131 447 1917
The Gently Mad Book Shop & Bookbinder	Canonmills, no street on record	thegentlymad.co.uk	+44 131 261 6028
The Next Chapter	10 William Street, West End	thenextchapter.org	+44 131 467 4044
The Portobello Bookshop	46 Portobello High Street, Portobello	theportobellobookshop.com	+44 131 629 6756
The Works	South Gyle, no street on record	theworks.co.uk
Tills Bookshop	1 Hope Park Crescent, Southside		+44 131 667 0895
Topping & Company Booksellers	2 Blenheim Place, Broughton	toppingbooks.co.uk	+44 131 546 4202
Transreal	46 Candlemaker Row, Old Town	transreal.co.uk
Typewronger Books	22 Bruntsfield Place, Bruntsfield	typewronger.com	+44 772 105 8861
W
Waterstones	Fort Kinnaird, Niddrie	waterstones.com
WHSmith	Ratho Station, no street on record
Wild Fungarium	13 Randolph Place, West End	wildfungarium.com

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Bookshops in Edinburgh with no website listed

12 of 40 named non-chain bookshops; 11 below, the rest in the filter or the CSV.

Amnesty Bookshop12 Roseneath Street, Sciennes
Armchair Books74 West Port, Tollcross
BlackwellsCurrie
Cornerstone BookshopPrinces Street, West End
Edinburgh Books145-147 West Port, Tollcross
Edinburgh Community Bookshop179-181 Great Junction Street, Leith
Fab 288288 Portobello High Street, Portobello
Ferry Fair BookshopSouth Queensferry
Pudding & Stories135 Comiston Road, Comiston
St Pauls BookshopBroughton
Tills Bookshop1 Hope Park Crescent, Southside, phone listed

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Where they are

Map of the 57 bookshops inside the Edinburgh boundary; most sit around Old Town, Stockbridge, West End. — website listedno website, or social page only

Busiest streets

Portobello High Street, Portobello3
Raeburn Place, Stockbridge3
West Port, Tollcross3

By neighbourhood

Black: website listed.

15 more neighbourhoods in the filter above.

By postcode district

EH36
EH15
EH104
EH153
EH23
EH63
EH72

Chains and non-chain businesses

30% of the records are branches of a chain or brand; 40 are not.

The Works4
Waterstones4
Oxfam Bookshop3
WHSmith3

What the records hold

57 map records.
Field	Records	Share
Street address	44	77%
Website (own site)	40	70%
Social or directory page only	1	2%
Phone on file	19	33%
Email on file (not shown)	6	11%
Opening hours	37	65%
Chain or brand branch	17	30%
Edited since January 2024	52	91%

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

Why other sites show a different number

Coverage. 57 mapped; Google Maps holds more.
Boundary. 272 km² (map); metro searches count more.
Names. 17 branches each count once.

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Or search by postcode district (7 searches)

bookshops in EH3, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
bookshops in EH1, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
bookshops in EH10, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
bookshops in EH15, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
bookshops in EH2, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
bookshops in EH6, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
bookshops in EH7, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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Bookstores in other cities

City	Named	Website listed
Bookshops in London	324	58%
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 Cardiff	15	80%
Bookshops in Belfast	14	21%
Bookshops in Liverpool	12	46%

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Questions

How many bookshops are there in Edinburgh?

At least 57: that is how many OpenStreetMap has inside the Edinburgh city boundary, 57 with a name (extract of 7 Nov 2026). 17 are chain branches. Google Maps usually lists more, because more owners add themselves there.

Which part of Edinburgh has the most bookshops?

Old Town (7), then Stockbridge (5) and West End (5); the busiest street is Portobello High Street, Portobello (3). 27 neighbourhoods have at least one.

How many bookshops in Edinburgh have no website?

16 of the 57 named bookshops have no website on their map record; 12 of them are not chain branches. Another 1 list only a social media page as their website.

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

Run Google Maps Business Lead & Email Finder with the search "bookshops in Edinburgh, United Kingdom" plus 1 neighbourhood searches such as "bookshops in Old Town, Edinburgh, United Kingdom". One run costs about $0.46 to $0.64 ($0.40 start fee (4 GB run) included), plus platform usage, for 57 to 240 rows.

Sources

OpenStreetMap extract for Edinburgh, checked 2026-11-07
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Google Maps Business Lead & Email Finder on the Apify Store, checked 2026-11-13

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