A lovely little shop with a great selection of Christian books, cards and gifts. Mostly…read morepop-evangelical so not necessarily my cup of tea, but well worth a visit if you're in the village, especially as it has the post office and a coffee shop in there too. Made all the better by friendly and helpful staff.

Way Inn is basically the shop behind the Post Office in Berkhamsted. It's small and sells…read moreenvelopes, stationary and other Post-Office type things. There is also a cafe upstairs that is Christian in its theme. My criticism of the shop would be that it is too small and lacks anything unique to set it apart from any other stores. I think it only survives due to catching footfall from the Post Office, and if it's just envelopes or pens your after, the Way Inn will serve you well. I wouldn't really recommend going in to get anything else though, as your choice is fairly limited.

Situated on Sloughs highstreet, opposite Queensmere shopping centre…read more This is a Good sized store. The staff are helpful and friendly and it stocks a wide selection of magazines/books/stationery and some other items such as CDs DVDs etc.

I Like this WHSmith. It may only have one floor but it is big enough to fit everything you need…read more You'll find the post office at the back, and everything else is arranged as you would expect it to be. What I like in particular is that there are always great discounted deals near the counter. I like that they have employed older people to work at the tills, they are extrememly friendly and the people working on the floor are very helpful and knowledgable. I visit WHSmith regularly for stationary despite there being cheaper alernatives because of the above reasons and the great quality.

W H Smith in Berkhamsted has an ideal location right on the high street. It occupies the ground…read morefloor and basement of the building which makes it surprisingly large. Unfortunately I find the shop can sometimes be a little dirty and the service not amazing. This experience has been fairly typical of visits into W H Smiths around the country though, so is not anything unique about the Berkhamsted branch. There's not a lot you can buy in W H Smith that you can't get elsewhere, with more choice, but the magazine section is large, which is probably the highlight of the store.

Good selection of magazines etc but store always seems cluttered and difficult to manouvre around…read moreespecially if you have a pram. Staff not particularly friendly and a bit overkeen to sell you their half price chocolate!

This is a beautiful tucked away antique and second hand bookshop…read more It is so full of books that it can be a bit hard to know where to start, but the owner is lovely and extremley helpful, should you want something specific. There are a lovely combination of really beautiful old books, second hand bokos to read, and prints of the Thames and Henley.

Tis is what a bookshop should be…read more Brilliant owner with fantastic customer service, staff know locals names and a nice selection of books. There is a great range for kids, adults, garners, teenagers, designers... the list goes on. Come here for your books, and if you cannot find it speak with the owner. They may be able to order it for you.

WHSmith is somewhere I like to browse - read the latest magazines without being tutted, any cheap…read morecookbooks on offer, greeting cards, stationery sales, theatre tokens when I'm not feeling inspired for presents. It does fall a little between several stools in that I prefer to go to a specialist bookstore or music shop for these items. I do like the makeover that the WHSmith shops have gone through. There has also been a change in their working practices - if a queue starts to form, more staff are summoned to the tills immediately with a bell. This branch also has a major bonus - a post office in the store. I frequently buy cards and presents to post overseas and it's so convenient to be able to get the stamps at the same time. What's more - you can pay for WHSmith shop items at the post office tills to save you queueing up twice.

Like Mary J Blige said "let me break it down if you don't get it."…read more One star for having a post office in the back of the store. I was in dire need of stamps to mail out postcards for friends!! Fucked up majorly by not sending them out from Dublin but figured the UK was still a good option. One star for having the "Merlin" books. If you have to ask, then you won't get it anyway. One star for having the "Merlin" sticker collection book. One star for actually having packets of stickers that aforementioned sticker book needs. One star for the two employees that dealt with this eccentric American's need to get all sorts of "Merlin" memorabilia! Thanks WHSmith for being so fucking awesome! P.S. The post office is in the back of the book shop, so don't be discouraged if you don't see it right away. For a tourist like me it was better purchasing stamps here rather than at a souvenir shop because it was cheaper and more efficient (I don't need to spend £1 on a stamp to mail out a postcard that costs 25p). P.P.S. The book shop is a little smaller than you're average Barnes & Noble or Borders. In fact I think there was a Borders around Oxford St but has since been closed down (iPhone put one on the map for me, but my eyes found no such neon signage!).

West End Lane Books is everything a book store should be. The only trouble is they were playing Bob…read moreDylan when I arrived. I can not stand Bob Dylan. This store had a nice artsy sort of selection of the type of books people read who live in the NW postcodes, meaning NW3,NW5, NW6. I think this is not a bad thing at all. W.E Lane Books also had an impressive sale selection. I found the Modern Jewish Girl's Guide to Guilt reduced from 15.99 to 5.99. You look around and see Penguin Titles mugs and 5 pounds of the Mighty Boosh Book (not sure if this is a desirable book to acquire or not, you decide). The staff also shows your their favourites, in a section. A good shop but can the Dylan. Yikes!

Really top-notch bookstore. I used to stop in all the time when I lived around the corner, and was…read morejust back in yesterday. It's not big, but not too tiny, and is independently owned and operated. They carry all the latest fiction and non-fiction, and not just the best-sellers, either. They do special topical displays. Yesterday was a rack of about 10 books about finance and the global economic crisis. They have a large section of Jewish books, catering to the local demographic. Their sale/discount section is one of the best I've seen. It's a couple of shelves near the back, and one right under the cash counter, but they're not the typical cheapo books you see in those sorts of bins. I picked up books like The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lost-Search-Six-Million/dp/0007251939/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223300537&sr=8-1) (marked from £25 down to £9), The Rolling Thunder Logbook (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rolling-Thunder-Logbook-T-Bone-Burnett/dp/1860746403/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223300586&sr=1-1) (£14 down to £7), A Hedonist in the Cellar: Adventures in Wine (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hedonist-Cellar-Adventures-Wine/dp/0747588465/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223300656&sr=1-2) (£14 down to £7, I think), and more.

A nice little newsagent. Along with the usual newspapers, magazines and basic groceries, there is…read moreall the stationary, postal supplies and greetings cards you'd expect of a post office. There's also ornaments and kids toys on sale - if you can't find something in Sainsbury's then just pop across the car park to Major as they will likely have it. Major also run a dry cleaning service and have a Johnson's estate agent in house, they also previously had a video rental but got rid of this. The family that run it are lovely people, all the locals affectionately call the couple Mr and Mrs Major.

This is a very huge shop with few stuff in basement…read more They sell a wide range of newspapers, magazines, stationery, books and entertainment products and gifts. The books are always on offer. They have even a facility of ordering for the books which are not currently available on shelf. Recently they have introduced a privilege club and offer monthly money off vouchers to its members. The lift in this store is so small that it is very difficult to accommodate a buggy. Staff is friendly and helpful.

A decent sized stationary and bookstore in the Arndale Centre. It's generally a bit untidy, and…read morethere seems to be an inordinate number of magazines available, however, if you know the book you want you can always order it in specially. Downstairs you can find the childrens' book section as well as a decent map and travel section. Overall the fiction and literature is basically non-existent except for the current best sellers. Basic stationary can also be found here