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Scarthin Books
The Promenade
Cromford
Matlock
Derbyshire
DE4 3QF

01629 823272
nickscarthin@gmail.com

Opening Times

BOOKSHOP

9-6pm Mon-Sat

10-6pm Sun

Closed on XMAS Day & Boxing Day
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CAFE

10-5pm

(12-3pm hot food)

Parking

Don't be put off by the tucked-away location of the bookshop - there are places to park if you know where to find them:

- along the Prom (free)
- Market Place (free)
- Water Lane (free)
- Cromford Mill
- Cromford Canal

No Dogs Policy (June 2019)

Following several unfortunate incidents and an ever-growing canine population in our corridors, we have decided, with some regret, that it is time to revert to the practice of only a few years ago of asking our customers not to bring dogs into the bookshop.

This policy change has been hard for our staff to
agree, but we think it is the right course of action.

Assistance Dogs are, of course, exempt.

RSS Dave Mitchell’s Tessellations

  • Putting Australia in the Shade; A Lattice Labyrinth employed to Spectacular Effect 13/10/2020
  • A Birthday Card for the 1 in 1500 of us born on 29th. February 03/01/2020
  • March Fools’ Day (Brexit Day) 29th. March 2019 18/01/2019

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PRESS From the GUARDIAN ONLINE’s list of the ‘World’s 10 Best Bookshops‘, with Scarthin Books at number six…. and one of your Favourite Independent Bookshops

6) Scarthin’s in the Peak District – “Of course, others might prefer the altogether more earthy beauty of a shop like Scarthin Books in the Peak District. Scarthin’s has been selling new and second-hand books since the mid-1970s. It has rooms full of new and old books, a delightful café and what can best be described as a small exhibition of curiosities on the first floor. It is a bookshop so beloved, that it advertises local guest and farmhouses on its websites where devotees can stay overnight”. (© 2013 Guardian News and Media Limited).


Order Scarthin Vouchers (any denomination)

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The Art Room, Scarthin Books, 2017 ~ this image is available to purchase as a postcard, for sale in the shop at £0.40p


Café Philosophique

Around the year 1993 it became fashionable in Paris to hold semi-formal philosophical discussions in cafés and so the term Cafe Philosophique was born. At this time, Evan Rutherford, the Mad Potter of Wirksworth or Professor of Green Hill was giving a series of basic philosophy lessons to Scarthin Books’ Mitchell family and friends in their home. When we opened the Scarthin Books Café, we decided to follow the Parisian lead and to go public in the Café. Thus was born our own Scarthin Books Café Philosophique.

There’s a nominal charge to cover food and some advertising costs. The meetings are advertised by means of posters and the website in addition to a mailing list. We have never sought outside professional or paid speakers; it has been abundantly proved that many members of our own shifting group have at least one lecture to a very high standard inside them – perhaps based on revived university studies, on a dissertation or, more often, on an intense personal interest. Other speakers have been found through personal networks and recommendations. Over the years attendance has waxed and waned – from as few as six to as many as thirty six at Scarthin evenings; twelve to twenty is more normal and more comfortable.

To find out more, click HERE 


XL+ Years of XLence

Quae quaeris tulisti – that which you seek you bear with you

 

Pat Mitchel – 1948-2019 – Click here to read the obituary

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We are now open as usual…

FULL GUIDELINES —–> CLICK HERE

You can also order from us in the following ways:

1) via our own New Books Ordering Website (new releases & selected titles) – CLICK HERE

2) via the new Bookshop .org platform, from which we receive a commission – CLICK HERE

3) by contacting us directly to arrange ordering and posting out your books – nickscarthin@gmail.com – 01629 823272

Book Tokens

We sell and accept both NATIONAL BOOK TOKENS and our very own SCARTHIN VOUCHERS (of any denomination). We can even post them out to you, free of charge

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