Hay Cinema Bookshop

Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog


Hay's oldest and one of its biggest bookshops, this converted cinema is jam-packed with books on all manner of obscure subjects. There's also an antiquarian department and plenty of foreign-language titles.


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