Nice little sweetshop and newsagent, sells all manner of newspapers and magazinesread more

From the owner: Local family newsagents delivering to all of wivenhoe ups acess pointread more

Amazing little shop. Sells newspapers, magazines and a great selection of cards, actual cards you…read morewould want to buy, not the cheesy ones. They have a small, but good selection of small gifts. They sell tourist memorabilia, maps, postcards, and crabbing gear. We bought a cute birthday present for my daughter's friend, magazines and crabbing gear all in small one shop. Staff were helpful, giving us crabbing locations.

Ok, I'm an actor and I love going into old book shops to try and find plays that you don't usually…read moresee. Here I was in a kind of trancey state as I saw so many my brain couldn't compute it straight away. I was sat on the floor of this antiquarian book shop with a pile of books I wanted around me in piles of 'yes', 'no' and 'maybe', taking into account that money is something actors like to keep hold of as we don't know where the next lot is coming from. So when I had calculated to the penny the amount I had to pay, the owner totted it up and then gave me money off as I had bought so much. Fan-flippin'-tastic says I! Part of me didn't want to tell you all about this shop, but part of me wants to shout about it from the rooftops.

Just to clarify, paulsock is actually reviewing the shop called (and owned/run by) James Hayward in…read moreHalesworth, which is a five-star second-hand book store. The Halesworth Bookshop is also excellent, but only sells new books.