A great place to buy a magazine as they have a huge range. They also have a good range of…read morestationary,photo albums, diaries and things like that, and you can often pick up some bargainous DVDs! They often sell them off for a couple of quid. They quite often have reduced sweets as well. Same with books, you can often get them at a good price. There is usually a queue in here, but thats the only drawback.

This is a very Lewes Shop, luxurious and rich paint, beautiful, intellectual and interesting…read morecollectors items, and well laid out and tidy. If your looking for a second hand place that is like the 15th century bookshop, ramshackle and ridiculously quaint, this is not the type of place. This is for serious collectors who have nice clean houses with a few choice things (maybe?), not for mad old bag ladies, which you could imagine cram into the 15th century bookstore in droves. I saw some beautiful leatherbound classics, as well as some interesting art books. There was a book here that was going for £600. Now come on!

This is the most classic of bookshops- as the name suggests it has beautiful bow windows- an…read moreelegant dark red frontage, wooden floors, wooden floor to ceiling bookshelves and row after row of leather bound, cloth bound, dust-covered classic books, first editions and rare books. It has a hushed and reverent feel to it when you first walk in, but quickly as you scan through the books you realise that there are all kinds of books here- all second-hand and prime condition- but not all out of reach. You can't go in and find any number of books for a few pounds but you can buy a great hardback first edition of an Anita Loos, Paul Auster, Ian McEwan or an art book for between £10 and £20. Or...you could spend several hundred (even thousands) on a rare and/or old book.

This stationers- they have more stationery than books in this branch- is quite a nice break from…read moreall the hand crafted, limited edition statiobery in the rest of Lewes. This place sells your more mundane pens, notebooks, calendars, cards, and sometimes that it what you want-some straightforwardness. It's also cheaper than other Lewes sources so if you want to save a little check this place out.

This is an amazing second-hand bookshop, which takes its name from the wonderful 15th-century…read morebuilding in which it is housed. They have an enormous stock, specialising in children's books (although they still have thousands of books on other subjects). The owners are friendly, helpful and very knowledgeable, and also handle enquiries over the web.

I can't help but take reference with Lois' complaint regarding the condition of the books within…read morethe Fifteenth Century Bookshop; while I do agree, I feel it is necessary to point out that not many 50 year old books can be found in perfect condition. I personally love this shop, I'm not a hugely avid reader, but this shop has so much character and purpose, that I much prefer it to the uniform Waterstones that sits in every UK High Street. As already mentioned, the shop specialises in older books, normally of a rare breed. If you are a reading enthusiast, or book collector, this shop will be your haven.

These poor guys lost 50% of their stock and suffered horrendous water damage in the floods of 2000…read morebut have successfully pulled things back on track with the help of an excellent online ordering service backing up the friendly and cozy shop. They specialise in military history books from before and after the two World wars. I've bought a couple of things from here and they really are interesting and educational at the same time. In my opinion, its a lot better going to a proper bookshop than lurking around on Amazon.

My word, if ever there was a bookshop for boys this was it. Tanks, planes, race cars, steam engines…read moreand several volumes by Jeremy Clarkson, ha haaaaah wonderful if they sold airfix kits and cap guns they would be well away. As it says on the front these folks are military history specialists, but that's not all they cover here, while you may be hard pushed to find a section on trash paperback romance novels there are a few reference sections that ladies might find interesting. God knows I don't want to draw stereotypes, but the selection of girls that would find what the Lewes Book Centre has to offer interesting is definitely going to be smaller than that of the boys. The folks that work here seem a little odd but in my experience that's par for the course for anyone who has a little too much to do with military history. Come, spend a few hours browsing, leave with a manual for a Sherman tank and wonder why you don't know more about heavy artillery.

The ill named Station Bookshop is actually more of a newsagents; they do have two little…read morewheelie-stands of books, but by far the most shelf space in this dimly lit grey shop is given over to magazines and snacks. They do have quite a wide selection of magazines, and they also have several stands of greetings cards. That, combined with the florists Miss Bloomsbury which also inhabits the station building mean that Lewes station is fairly well-equipped to provide you with some last minute presents - providing you need them before 5.30pm. The woman who runs the Station Bookshop is quite grumpy, but I'm not surprised because the low neon lighting in the shop is rather depressing. Basically, it's not lovely, but is useful if you want some water or a paper before you hop on a train.

A beautiful family run bookshop. Lots of old books that you…read morewont find anywhere else. Its nicely laid out for you to spend most of your morning looking through the huge selection

Cafe has gone. Far too much space for children's stuffed toys. chard…read morecharge 25p for a paper bag to hold some expensive greetings cards. Now only worth visiting to choose books to order on amazon

I went in here looking for a nice new dinosaur book for my grandsons and while looking I noticed…read morethat they served drinks and grandmas getting a bit old so I needed a nice drink and a rest. I sat down and drank my drink and took of my back brace being careful that I didn't flash everyone my nipples. As I was sitting here I kept getting weird glares so I got up and limped to go find my grandsons some new books.I found the perfect one and as I reached up my back snapped and I couldn't move I had to take my t-shirt off because I needed my back brace back on. As I was trying to get my back brace back I got kicked out because I was walking around the shop half naked. End of the story is I didn't get my back brace or t-shirt back and I didn't get my poor grandsons books.