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Topping & Company to open ‘largest independent bookshop in the country’ in York
Independent booksellers Topping & Company will open a new bookshop over multiple floors in central York in autumn 2025.
At just under 6,000 square feet, it is set to become “the largest independent bookshop in the country”.
It becomes the fifth bookshop for Topping & Company, which in 2021 relocated the Bath bookshop to the Georgian building in York Street, and in 2019 opened the Edinburgh bookshop in a Grade A-listed William Playfair building. The St Andrews bookshop has also recently doubled in size, while the Ely bookshop celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2022.
The new home for Topping & Company is a "historic building” dating back to 1860, on the corner of Museum Street and Blake Street, with "spectacular views of the west front of York Minster" from the first floor.
The shop will feature handcrafted bookcases, rolling library ladders and space for 75,000 titles. Complementary pots of fresh tea and coffee will be offered to customers, who will also be able to join reading groups and get expert recommendations from the booksellers.
The York bookshop will also host a range of author events, with the opening programme to be announced next year.
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