PlacesLocals’ pickIndie shopsKingsmead

Mr B’s Emporium

A bookshop with a reading service: you talk about what you like and the staff build you a stack.

Category
Indie shops
Area
Kingsmead
Where
14 John Street, BA1 2JL
Opening
Daily, shop hours
Price
££
Best time
Weekday afternoon
What’s on
Listings here
Website
mrbsemporium.com
The shopfront of Mr B's Emporium bookshop on John Street, Bath

Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Where

Where it is

The larger pin is Mr B’s Emporium. The smaller ones are other places within about 15 minutes on foot.

51.38350, -2.36233 · Open in a map

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Nearby

Near this

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Kept by handChecked Source: mrbsemporium.com

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