Heygates Bookshop
Heygates Bookshop
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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Monday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
About
Established in 1968, Heygates Bookshop relocated to its new larger premises at Bognor Regis Railway Station in 2021. Offering almost 250,000 preloved and new books, antiquarian books, modern first editions, comics and annuals.
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FarAway687205
1 contribution
Aug 2023 • Family
Great shop, found an amazing selection of books, a real treasure trove.
Owner was friendly and encouraged my daughter to read the book she selected.
Owner was friendly and encouraged my daughter to read the book she selected.
Written 19 August 2023
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We are so glad you enjoyed your visit to our bookshop and hope to welcome you back one day soon. Also, thank you so much for taking the time to leave us a review, we really do appreciate it.
Written 28 August 2023
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Peffer1981
Bognor6 contributions
Apr 2023 • Family
Lovely book shop . Owner is really friendly and helpful. Lots of hidden gems to be found and some randomness round every corner
Written 22 April 2023
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Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us a review, we really do apprichate it. We are glad that you enjoyed your visit, and we hope to welcome you back one day soon.
Written 28 April 2023
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RSS186338
London, UK4 contributions
Apr 2023 • Family
We just had a lovely time in this bookshop while in Bognor Regis for my son’s rugby tour.. my 13-year-old daughter had a long and enjoyable conversation about all things Harry Potter with the owner. We also got a couple of great books each too. thank you ☺️
Written 15 April 2023
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We are so glad that you enjoyed your visit, and be sure that we REALLY enjoyed the conversation about Harry Potter as well. Thank you for taking the time to wite us a review, and also for your kind words, we really do apprichate it, and hope that we will be able to welcome you back soon.
Written 28 April 2023
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Lisa W
Arklow, Ireland13 contributions
Jan 2023 • Solo
OMG if I could live in this shop I would! It's so rare these days to find a good bookstore, but to find one where I feel at home is rare. If you're a true book lover, enjoy browsing through countless shelves, and rooms, with every possible subject matter, then this is your place. The owner is brilliant, and I enjoyed the conversation as well as the tips on authors and books I may have never have stumbled across was a joy in itself. Thank you for finishing off my trip back home with a flourish, next time I'm over I'll be in to stock up. Now if you fancy opening a sister store in Ireland let me know I'll be there.
Written 3 January 2023
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Dear Lisa, thank you SOOOOO much for leaving us such a lovely review, we really do appreciate it. We are so glad that you enjoyed your visit to us, and hope that we will be able to welcome you back some day. As for sister stores......... never say never.
Written 27 February 2023
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Lisa T
8 contributions
Aug 2022
Really good bookshop, spent a lovely hour or so mooching about, owner was witty and helpful but let us just browse.
Written 21 August 2022
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We are so glad that you enjoyed your visit to our shop, and hope that we will be able to welcome you back one day.
Thank you for the 5 DOT rating also for taking the time to leave us a review, we really do appreciate it.
Written 30 August 2022
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Karl B
6 contributions
Aug 2022 • Family
Discovering this fantastic bookshop was one of the highlights of my week away in Bognor Regis with the clan. Such spaces are a dying breed. The selection of new, preloved and antiquarian books is vast, the unmistakable smell of Lignin brings the sense of nostalgia. My wife, son, daughter and myself all returned home with books of interest catering to our differing tastes, Equine, Feline, Aviation and History. The proprietor was engaging, informative and polite. The kids were also given the opportunity to push their luggage through into Platform 9 & 3/4 with it being The Magic of Books Day! If you like your books I thoroughly recommend paying Heygates Bookshop a visit next time you are in Bognor Regis.
Written 7 August 2022
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Thank you so much for taking the time to write us such a lovely review, we really do appreciate it. We are so glad tat you enjoyed your visit to our shop, and Platform 9 3/4, and hope that we can welcome you back one day in the future.
Written 11 August 2022
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Kim A
11 contributions
Jul 2022 • Friends
What a find! This shop is in my hometown and…embarrassingly I had never been till last week. I saw it had won an award from muddy stilettos and brought my very bookish friend along. Well. Needless to say I lost her for a good half an hour in the atmospheric isles of books, new, preloved and even audiobooks. Not just an intimidating collection of cannon books, nay nay, a huge selection of books, including kids books, puzzles and an easy reading section. Plus a lovely collection of non fiction books, and a quaint courtyard to boot.
I’d recommend a chat with the informed, interested and enthusiastic owner, and definitely a hot chocolate too. They even take secondhand books off your hands, which gets you money off purchases in store. Plus if you get carried away, sturdy bags for life are available behind the counter. They’ve thought of everything.
I also attended the event this weekend where they had a children's author in to read a book, and sign them, with colouring and stickers available, plus they decked the place out for a Harry Potter themed day. It was great, they even had the platform 9 and 3/4 trolley in the wall which is just fabulous given its railway station location.
Over all - a welcoming, atmospheric, generous place, not stuck up, smells great and lovely friendly staff. Thoroughly deserving of an excellent review. I’ll be frequenting this place for sure.
I’d recommend a chat with the informed, interested and enthusiastic owner, and definitely a hot chocolate too. They even take secondhand books off your hands, which gets you money off purchases in store. Plus if you get carried away, sturdy bags for life are available behind the counter. They’ve thought of everything.
I also attended the event this weekend where they had a children's author in to read a book, and sign them, with colouring and stickers available, plus they decked the place out for a Harry Potter themed day. It was great, they even had the platform 9 and 3/4 trolley in the wall which is just fabulous given its railway station location.
Over all - a welcoming, atmospheric, generous place, not stuck up, smells great and lovely friendly staff. Thoroughly deserving of an excellent review. I’ll be frequenting this place for sure.
Written 31 July 2022
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Thank you soooooo much for taking the time to leave us such a lovely review. Thank you also for your very kind words, we really do appreciate them.
We are thrilled that you enjoyed your visit to us, and hope that we can welcome you back soon for further chats about books and the world in general.
T
Written 2 August 2022
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Peffer1981
Bognor6 contributions
Jun 2022 • Couples
The guys who run it were so helpful when we asked them if they had any books by a certain publisher, from a certain era , illustrated by a certain artist! And they came through! Thanks so much. Oh and they love dogs 🐕
Written 4 July 2022
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Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us a review, we really do appreciate it. We were glad that we were able to help you with your enquire, and even find exactly what you were looking for, and hope that we can welcome you and your dog back one day soon.
Written 25 July 2022
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Laura R
1 contribution
May 2022 • Business
went over to book shop to support a client on there holiday, the shop owner was FANTASTIC. lovely guy and had a good laugh. he has an AMAZING collection and well kept store. we could of spent hours in there :)
Written 25 May 2022
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Thank you so much for your kind words and lovely review, we seriously love that you and so many of our visitors take the time to leave them, and hope that we will be able to welcome you back some day.
Written 25 July 2022
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Emma
Newbury, UK20 contributions
Apr 2022 • Solo
The owner was very talkative and happy to help with recommendations or let me browse. An amazing selection of books, although of the series I wanted to buy the first book wasn’t available. Overall, a brilliant shop and service.
Written 11 April 2022
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Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us a review, it really is most kind of you. If you should visit us again, we hope to be able to help you locate the exact book your looking for (fingers crossed), or at least recommend an alternative read whilst your still looking.
Written 25 July 2022
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- Heygates Bookshop is open:
- Mon - Sat 10:00 - 17:00
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