Bookshops in Glasgow: list of 27 free CSV

How many bookshops are in Glasgow?

OpenStreetMap lists 27 named bookshops inside the Glasgow city boundary (176 km²), extract of 7 Nov 2026. 63% of the records list a website and 15% a phone number; 10 named bookshops have no website on the public record.

Examples on the list: Aye-Aye Books, Bigglestones, Caledonia Books.

Bookshops in Glasgow at a glance: most are in Blythswood Hill (3), Glasgow Cross (3), St Enoch (3); records were last edited between Jan 2012 and Oct 2026; chain names include Waterstones and The Works; Caledonia Books and Thistle Books list a business phone.

Edited on the map in the 90 days before the extract: 4 records, including Waterstones, Waterstones, Waterstones, Waterstones.

27named bookshops

63%list a website

10no website listed

16neighbourhoods

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

10 with no website6 non-chain, edited since 2022.Filter to them
18 non-chain9 chain branches set aside; the biggest brand is Waterstones (5).Non-chain only
3 in Blythswood HillPlan a territory by neighbourhood or postcode.Only Blythswood Hill

All 27 bookshops, A to Z

on the map recordmissing from the record

Bookshops in Glasgow, OpenStreetMap extract of 7 Nov 2026.
Business	Street and area	Website	Phone
A
Aye-Aye Books	123 Allison Street, Strathbungo	aye-ayebooks.com
B
Bigglestones	Merchant City, no street on record
C
Caledonia Books	483 Great Western Road, Hillhead	caledoniabooks.co.uk	+44 141 334 9663
Calton Books	159 London Road, Glasgow Cross	calton-books.co.uk
Category Is Books	34 Allison Street, Strathbungo	categoryisbooks.com
Comhairle nan Leabhraichean	32 Mansfield Street, Partick
Cooper Hay Rare Books	Blythswood Hill, no street on record
F
Forbidden Planet	Sauchiehall Street, Blythswood Hill	forbiddenplanet.co.uk
G
GmhBnot edited since 2012	City Centre, no street on record
Good Press	32 St Andrew's Street, Glasgow Cross	goodpress.co.uk
H
Hyndland Books	143 Hyndland Road, Hyndland
K
Księgarna	Parkhead, no street on record
M
Magazine Appreciation Society	Glasgow Cross, no street on record
O
Oxfam Bookshop	5 Royal Exchange Square, City Centre	oxfam.org.uk
P
Pauline Books & Media	36 St Enoch Square, St Enoch	paulineuk.org
T
The Works	St Enoch, no street on record	theworks.co.uk
The Works	Priesthill, no street on record	theworks.co.uk
The Works	Parkhead, no street on record	theworks.co.uk
Thistle Booksnot edited since 2022	55 Otago Street, Hillhead	thistlebooks.co.uk	+44 141 334 8777
U
Unity Books	69 Dixon Road, Crosshill	unitybooks.co.uk
V
Voltaire and Rousseau	12 Otago Lane, Park District	voltaireandrousseaubooks.com	+44 141 339 1811
W
Waterstones	Priesthill, no street on record
Waterstones	Garthamlock, no street on record
Waterstones	St Enoch, no street on record	waterstones.com
Waterstones	351-355 Byres Road, West End	waterstones.com	+44 141 357 4759
Waterstones	153-157 Sauchiehall Street, Blythswood Hill	waterstones.com
Y
Young's Interesting Booksnot edited since 2020	Shawlands, no street on record

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Bookshops in Glasgow with no website listed

6 of 18 named non-chain bookshops.

BigglestonesMerchant City
Comhairle nan Leabhraichean32 Mansfield Street, Partick
Cooper Hay Rare BooksBlythswood Hill
Hyndland Books143 Hyndland Road, Hyndland
KsięgarnaParkhead
Magazine Appreciation SocietyGlasgow Cross

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Where they are

Map of the 27 bookshops inside the Glasgow boundary; most sit around Blythswood Hill, Glasgow Cross, St Enoch. — website listedno website, or social page only

By neighbourhood

Black: website listed.

4 more neighbourhoods in the filter above.

Chains and non-chain businesses

33% of the records are branches of a chain or brand; 18 are not.

Waterstones5
The Works3

What the records hold

27 map records.
Field	Records	Share
Street address	15	56%
Website (own site)	17	63%
Phone on file	4	15%
Email on file (not shown)	3	11%
Opening hours	16	59%
Chain or brand branch	9	33%
Edited since January 2024	22	81%

Half the records were last edited in Aug 2025 or later.

Why other sites show a different number

Coverage. 27 mapped; Google Maps holds more.
Boundary. 176 km² (map); metro searches count more.
Names. 9 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 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 Glasgow?

At least 27: that is how many OpenStreetMap has inside the Glasgow city boundary, 27 with a name (extract of 7 Nov 2026). 9 are chain branches. Google Maps usually lists more, because more owners add themselves there.

Which part of Glasgow has the most bookshops?

Blythswood Hill (3), then Glasgow Cross (3) and St Enoch (3). 16 neighbourhoods have at least one.

How many bookshops in Glasgow have no website?

10 of the 27 named bookshops have no website on their map record; 6 of them are not chain branches.

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Sources

OpenStreetMap extract for Glasgow, checked 2026-11-07
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