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At Winstone’s we are unashamedly passionate about books and reading, we are stuffed to the gills with books stocking over 6,000 titles. If you can’t find the book you're looking for then we can order any British book in print - most titles are delivered to store within 24 hours.
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8 Cheap Street, DT9 3PX, Sherborne, United Kingdom
- 01935 816128
- winstonebooks.co.uk
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Tickets never arrived!!
6 May 2025
Reply from Winstone's Books
Good morning Mr Pond. We don't ship tickets , your name goes onto the guest list and we send a confirmation email of your purchase. I appologise for the confusion and we will make this much clearer on the website for future purchases. We hope to welcome you back soon.
Brilliant customer service
Brilliant customer service, the book was nicely (and environmentally friendly) packed. Happy support independent bookshops.
9 May 2025
Excellent service.
Great company. All well thanks. Well packed. Love your wrapping paper!
22 April 2025
Reply from Winstone's Books
Glad you were happy with your order, see you next time!
Recommended 👍
22 April 2025
Very well presented
Delivered very promptly. I only ordered a county map book but even this was gift wrapped. Other packaging was very good.
20 March 2025
Reply from Winstone's Books
Glad you were happy with your order and thanks for taking the time to write such a positive review!
Excellent customer service
Excellent customer service. So helpful and went above and beyond by delivering a gift card to my friend as I live many miles away. A great shop with excellent customer service- I wished I lived closer so I could pop in for a browse xx
25 February 2025
Reply from Winstone's Books
So glad we could help and thanks for taking athe tiome to post such a lovely review!
Excellent condition and swift delivery.
11 February 2025
Reply from Winstone's Books
Glad you were happy with your order and thanks for taking the time to post a review!
The Ravenous book subscription was a…
The Ravenous book subscription was a gift which was very much appreciated. It will be exciting to see which titles arrive!
31 January 2025
Well packaged and super buy. Good experience. …
Well packaged and super buy although on your website it did say it was a paperback and I had specifically looked for this. However it is a great book!
30 January 2025
Reply from Winstone's Books
Hi Jennifer. Thanks for shopping with us and thanks for taking the time to leave a review. Apologies for the hardback/ paperback issue. I don't think that's ever been available in paperback so not sure where that rogue piece of information came from. Thanks for pointing it out, I've ammended the website for future purchasers!
Excellent!
Winstone’s service and delivery were excellent. I will certainly buy from them in the future.
25 January 2025
Reply from Winstone's Books
Many thanks for your support Terasa, best wishes Wayne
Excellent Customer Service
Preordered a book with them and when the book arrived it was so beautifully packaged it was a great experience to open it! Ran into a small problem with my order but their customer service was outstanding and was sorted so fast! Would absolutely recommend and I will definitely order with them again!!
25 January 2025
Unprompted review
Reply from Winstone's Books
Apologies for the hiccup and thank you for taking the time to write such a lovely review!
Great experience
Great experience nice quick delivery well packaged, book even nicely wrapped, excellent service, couldn't be happier
9 January 2025
Reply from Winstone's Books
Thanks for ordering with us and for taking the time to write such a lovly review!
Reply from Winstone's Books
Thanks for ordering with us and for taking the time to write such a lovly review!
Great personal service
Buying a 'Ravenous Subscription' for our daughter's birthday, the team were really helpful setting this up & even delivered the paperwork locally on her birthday!
4 January 2025
Reply from Winstone's Books
Thank you Mr Roberts, we hope your daughter loved the gift. Best wishes Tina
Great books by the Sea
The Staff are all helpful, cheerful and polite. It’s a wonderful shop that is always a delight to visit.
30 December 2024
Reply from Winstone's Books
Really pleased you enjoy shopping with us and thanks for taking the time to post such a lovely review!
Community connection
It’s always pleasing to know that Winstone’s maintain a wonderful sense of connection with their community and are always ready to help
19 December 2024
Reply from Winstone's Books
Morning David, glad to help and thanks for taking the time to post such a lovely review!
Phenomenal service
Phenomenal service. Winstone’s staff went out of their way to get a Christmas gift to my goddaughter on time - by hand delivering it! Reinforced to me the value of supporting independent retailers. Thank you!
17 December 2024
Reply from Winstone's Books
Glad you were happy with the service and thanks for taking the time to post such a lovely review!
Excellent personal service
It was wonderful to have a kind human being at the end of a phone when I had a query - someone who knew exactly what was going on at a busy time of the year and was able to efficiently put my mind at rest. Excellent personal service - would thoroughly recommend.
18 December 2024
Reply from Winstone's Books
Glad we were able to help and thanks for taking the time to post such a lovely review!
Easy to order from comprehensive website
Ordered two of the puzzles from the outstanding range at Winstones in Sherborne from my home in New Zealand, really easy website to follow and both families received their gifts promptly for Christmas. Thank you
8 December 2024
Reply from Winstone's Books
Thank you Geraldine for your supportive review, I am glad your family got their puzzles, Merry Christmas to you and best wishes Wayne
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