Est’d 2007, Beckside Books is a 2nd hand and antiquarian bookshop tucked away in a central but quiet part of the historic town of Penrith, N.Cumbria, just 5 minutes from the Lake District national park. The 18th century listed building has housed a bookshop of one sort or another for 30 of the last 43 years.

However, originally it was part of a terrace with small yards at the rear and then went on to become the bus drivers’ restroom before the bus station was relocated.