The Works

A great place for books…and, some way cheaper than Amazon!
Smack bang in the city centre and full of books, small toys, puzzles and crafts.
Very good value for money too.
Put down your tablets, phone and laptops and get creative! Or wind down and quietly read be it learning, fiction and nonfiction.
Learn to draw or paint it’s got lots of choices.
Go on! Do something different!

My favourite place on Earth! SUCH a variety, always stocked up!! Staff are always very kind, fun and smiling!! Probably think I am crazy because always when I walk in I come out with around 20 books. :D I have a channel where I review books I have read and also do so on GoodReads and thanks to this place I can actually afford to buy and read so many different brilliant works!! :)
Will always be back!! <3

Love this shop! Very conveniently placed in the city centre. It's a reasonable sized shop with a good mix of craft stuff, books, kids books and crafty items. Don't forget the kids toys, stationery, gifts oh and they now do birthday cards! There isn't a lot you can't get, no clothes or shoes! Good for click and collect too.

A great place to buy some more Christmas presents if you are after books, games, arts and craft items and much more at very reduced prices. All the tills were being manned so the queue went thru pretty quickly too. Friendly And helpful staff. This shop is one that you'll visit time and time again.

This is a brilliant little shop for discounted books, they have a good variety of novels by many different authors and encompassing several genres along with some [auto]biographies plus historic and fact based books. They stock a wide range of stationery and art supplies, both with basic and more luxury or professional lines. There's a selection of children's toys, some DVD's, plus plenty of "knick-knacks" such as humorous door and window signs, seasonal, family, horoscope and animal themed mugs and badges, novelty keyrings, telescopic back scratchers, fly swatters and selfie sticks, hand held squeezie stress relievers and others too numerous to mention here. They have their own loyalty card scheme whereby you earn points each time you shop there and can save them up to be redeemed against future purchases which is amazing considering how low the prices are to begin with.
I'm an avid reader/book collector and I absolutely love The Works for their fantastic 3 for £5 mix and match book deal which has enabled me to expand the collections I have by several popular authors (including Ian Rankin, Michael Connelly, Kathy Reichs and Alex Gray) for a fraction of what it should have cost. I always enjoy browsing their selection of sports related books as I'm a massive fan of Formula One and I've found some really great F1 bargains amongst the sports titles. I also like to check out their special offers on book series/author collections having previously got a great deal on a collection of Jo Nesbo novels plus books 1 - 4 of the Dexter series by Jeff Lindsey.
All in all The Works is the ideal place to go for anyone who is interested in the type of products they sell as you will always find something you like for a genuine bargain price. Five stars! *****

Hand sanitiser on the door. 20 birthday cards for £1- bargain! This shop is a bit cramped and hard to move round the craft area AND social distance but that's why I went Christmas shopping at the beginning of October before the crowds start

They have cheap art supplies which is ideal for me, they also have a wide variety of toys, books, gifts, crafting supplies, notebooks and pencils. Very colourful store and they often have stuff on sale as well!

They have an amazing range of books, crafts, stationery, etc. As well as lots of other items. I always find something interesting to buy - at the best prices!

A lovely jumble of things you may find in WHSMITH, Smiggle, or Waterstones, but at a fraction of the price. Father Xmas would be lost without this place

Lots of interesting good priced things to buy here. Arts and crafts books storage boxes and so 9n

Great for kids gifts, and adult reading books, thrillers etc which are great value for money.

Very good shop for creative people, or those, who are looking for practical kind of presents.

Great shop always unusual things on sale staff really pleasant and helpful

Truly, truly... This place had the full works.

Well Stocked, great bonus card, friendly welcome. Very enjoyable.

Friendly staff and good prices.

Love this place great for birthday presents and at cheap prices.

Good shop and excellent experiences with staff even when issue occurred

Great selection including Peppa Pig stuff. Go here before Peppa Pig World

Lovely mix of books amd other bits