Our set opening hours to start with will be:

Tuesday - 2pm to 5.30pm

Friday - 11.30am to 7pm

Saturday - 11.30am to 7pm

We are also often open on other days and times which we announce on our social media pages.

The Hidden Bookshop

@ The Printers Shop

Iddesleigh

Winkleigh

Devon

EX19 8BG

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There is one step up to access our shop. It is approximately 140mm in height. We have a portable accessibility ramp that we can use for wheelchairs, mobility scooters and pushchairs. The width of our door is: 710mm. Our lovely shop building is very old and petite, so once inside turning can be quite tight but we will try our very best to accommodate our customers. Please do ask if you need any assistance.

Parking is free on the roads around the village but please do park with consideration to our local residents and please kindly do not park in front of our shop as access is needed at all times... we won't be able to keep it full of books if we can't get in!

Iddesleigh is on The Tarka Trail.

The number 648 bus is operated by Taw ans Torridge via Okehampton runs on a Thursday an arrives at the village green at 13:22 hours. However, you will have to arrange alternative transport home again as there are no further buses that day unless you would like to stay for a week!

We love dogs but unfortunately due to the small size of our shop please may we kindly ask that they wait outside due to health and safety reasons. If you have a guide dog or an assistance dog then please do let us know and we will try our very best to accommodate them.

There are some beautiful walks around Iddesleigh but please do remember to keep your dog/s on a short lead/s due to the wonderful farm animals, wildlife and birds that you may encouter on your walks.

The nearest dog bin is on the green by the red telephone box.

There are toilets inside The Duke of York Inn which is directly opposite us. "The Duke" is open from 11am everyday.

Please note that to access the toilets there are three external steps and one internal step. There are no disabled toilets.

Our goal is to have something for everyone. We sell new and pre-loved books in our shop and online and also audiobooks and ebooks online.

We can source books for you and you can also pre-order new releases from us too.

Yes, you can use your National Book Tokens in our shop. We also sell them too, they make great gifts!

Exclusively available in independent bookshops, Booktime magazine is a free magazine all about books, reviews, author interviews, competitions and more.

It features new books published during the two months each edition covers, from adult fiction and non-fiction to children’s and YA, and there is also a digital edition.

You can pick up your free copy of Booktime from The Hidden Bookshop (subject to availability).

The famous Duke of York Inn is directly opposite us and open from 11am, 7 days a week. It is the perfect place to stop for a delicious meal and a refreshing drink... there is often a welcoming fire roaring and outside there are stunning views of Dartmoor or a pretty beer garden at the rear. "The Duke" also offer accommodation.

St James' Church is next to us and here is where you will find, in the churchyard, the gravestone of James Ravilious, who is remembered as a photographer who "loved this countryside and its people".

The Northcott Hall is a short walk down the road.

"here is where the clock that has stood always at one minute past ten, hangs a small dusty painting of a horse." War Horse - Michael Morpurgo

Parsonage Farm has been farmed by the same family for nearly 100 years and is the farm around which the book War Horse by Michael Morpurgo was set, along with the parish of Iddesleigh.

​It was also once home to Revd John ‘Jack’ Russell, first breeder of the terriers to which he gives his name.

You can explore War Horse Valley – its farming history, its people and its Wartime stories and of course the place where the story of Joey and Albert was born and finish off your visit with a lovely cream tea.

If you have any pre-loved books that you would like to sell or donate then please contact us via the form on this page with a photograph of the spines, the condition and ISBN's.

Please bear in mind that we are a very petite shop and we have to be very selective of our stock due to space limitations.

Please may we ask that you kindly do not leave any book donations outside the shop.

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