A close-up of Blackwell's entrance

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Blackwell’s

Top choice in Oxford


The most famous bookshop in the most studenty of cities, Blackwell’s is, with its vast range of literature, treatises and guilty pleasures, a book-lover’s dream. Be sure to visit the basement Norrington Room, an immense inverted step pyramid, lined with 3 miles of shelves, hailed in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest book-selling room in the world.