Bookshops in Manchester: list of 24 free CSV

How many bookshops are in Manchester?

OpenStreetMap lists 24 named bookshops inside the Manchester city boundary (115 km²), extract of 7 Nov 2026. 42% of the records list a website and 29% a phone number; 14 named bookshops have no website on the public record. The biggest clusters are around City Centre (13).

Examples on the list: Alexandria Library, Arndale Book Exchange, Blackwells.

Bookshops in Manchester at a glance: most are in City Centre (13), Ancoats (2), Rusholme (2); records were last edited between May 2014 and Oct 2026; chain names include The Works and Waterstones; E.J. Morten Booksellers and Paramount Books list a business phone.

Edited on the map in the 90 days before the extract: 7 records, including Blackwells, The Works, Travelling Man Comics, Waterstones.

24named bookshops

42%list a website

14no website listed

10neighbourhoods

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

14 with no website10 non-chain, edited since 2022.Filter to them
17 non-chain7 chain branches set aside; the biggest brand is The Works (3).Non-chain only
13 in City CentrePlan a territory by neighbourhood or postcode.Only City Centre

All 24 bookshops, A to Z

on the map recordmissing from the record

Bookshops in Manchester, OpenStreetMap extract of 7 Nov 2026.
Business	Street and area	Website	Phone
A
Alexandria Library	247 Wilmslow Road, Rusholme
Arndale Book Exchange	11 Shudehill, City Centre
B
BlackwellsBlackwell's	Oxford Road, Chorlton-on-Medlock	blackwells.co.uk
Bugbear Books	City Centre, no street on record
C
Chapter One	19 Lever Street, City Centre	chapteronebooks.co.uk
Chorlton Book Shop	506 Wilbraham Road, Chorlton-cum-Hardy	chorltonbookshop.co.uk
E
E.J. Morten Booksellers	Warburton Street, Didsbury		+44 161 445 7629
F
Fourth Church of Christ, Scientistnot edited since 2022	42 Peter Street, City Centre
H
House of Books and Friends	53 King Street, City Centre	houseofbooksandfriends.com
I
Islamic Life	4 Wilmslow Road, Victoria Park
M
Magma	22 Oldham Street, City Centre	magmabooks.com
P
Paramount Books	25-27 Shudehill, City Centre		+44 161 834 9509
Q
Queer Lit	27 Great Ancoats Street, Ancoats
S
St Denys Bookshopnot edited since 2014	City Centre, no street on record
T
The Works	City Centre, no street on record
The Works	Manchester Fort Shopping Park, Cheetham Hill	theworks.co.uk	+441618 322756
The Works	Wythenshawe, no street on record	theworks.co.uk
Travelling Man Comics	4 Dale Street, City Centre	travellingman.com	+44 161 237 1877
U
Unitom	1a Stevenson Square, Ancoats		+44 7496 267 160
W
Waterstone	16 St. Ann Street, City Centre
Waterstones	City Centre, no street on record	waterstones.com	+44 161 832 8563
Waterstones	91-93 Deansgate, City Centre	waterstones.com	+44 161 837 3000
WHSmith	Woodhouse Park, no street on record
World of Islam	Rusholme, no street on record

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Bookshops in Manchester with no website listed

10 of 17 named non-chain bookshops; 8 below, the rest in the filter or the CSV.

Alexandria Library247 Wilmslow Road, Rusholme
Arndale Book Exchange11 Shudehill, City Centre
E.J. Morten BooksellersWarburton Street, Didsbury, phone listed
Islamic Life4 Wilmslow Road, Victoria Park
Paramount Books25-27 Shudehill, City Centre, phone listed
Queer Lit27 Great Ancoats Street, Ancoats
Unitom1a Stevenson Square, Ancoats, phone listed
World of IslamRusholme

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Where they are

Map of the 24 bookshops inside the Manchester boundary; most sit around City Centre, Ancoats, Rusholme. — website listedno website, or social page only

By neighbourhood

Black: website listed.

By postcode district

Chains and non-chain businesses

29% of the records are branches of a chain or brand; 17 are not.

The Works3
Waterstones2

What the records hold

24 map records.
Field	Records	Share
Street address	17	71%
Website (own site)	10	42%
Phone on file	7	29%
Email on file (not shown)	3	13%
Opening hours	10	42%
Chain or brand branch	7	29%
Edited since January 2024	20	83%

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

Why other sites show a different number

Coverage. 24 mapped; Google Maps holds more.
Boundary. 115 km² (map); metro searches count more.
Names. 7 branches each count once.

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Paste these 2 searches into Search phrases, one per line; the neighbourhood searches catch businesses a citywide search misses.
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Set Maximum leads to 300.
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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 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 Manchester?

At least 24: that is how many OpenStreetMap has inside the Manchester city boundary, 24 with a name (extract of 7 Nov 2026). 7 are chain branches. Google Maps usually lists more, because more owners add themselves there.

Which part of Manchester has the most bookshops?

City Centre (13), then Ancoats (2) and Rusholme (2). 10 neighbourhoods have at least one.

How many bookshops in Manchester have no website?

14 of the 24 named bookshops have no website on their map record; 10 of them are not chain branches.

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

Run Google Maps Business Lead & Email Finder with the search "bookshops in Manchester, United Kingdom" plus 1 neighbourhood searches such as "bookshops in City Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom". One run costs about $0.42 to $0.64 ($0.40 start fee (4 GB run) included), plus platform usage, for 24 to 240 rows.

Sources

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

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