Why Travelers Notice It
Richard Booth's Bookshop at a glance
Use the floor guide to target the sections that matter, then check the Brook Street cinema schedule before the small screen sells out.
The Lion Street shop carries new, secondhand, and out-of-print books alongside art materials, craft supplies, cards, and gifts. Around the corner, its independent cinema programs current films, classics, event cinema, and private screenings.
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What to book, try, order, see, or ask for
- Why travelers should care: The Lion Street shop carries new, secondhand, and out-of-print books alongside art materials, craft supplies, cards, and gifts. Around the corner, its independent cinema programs current films, classics, event cinema, and private screenings.
- What to book, try, order, see, or ask for: Browse the floor plan before visiting, check recent secondhand acquisitions, and reserve a cinema ticket from the current schedule. Ask in advance about book buying appointments, wheelchair cinema spaces, or a private screening.
- Best for: Readers, collectors, families, comic and manga fans, art and craft shoppers, filmgoers, rainy-day visits, travelers seeking Hay's book-town story, and groups considering a private screening.
- What makes it worth the stop: The business connects the shop founded by Hay's book-town pioneer with a modern independent cinema, creating a daytime browsing stop and an evening ticketed experience under one name.
- Neighborhood note: Lion Street bookshop quarter, with the cinema entrance on Brook Street
- Booking note: Book prices vary and secondhand stock changes. Cinema prices appear on each listing, concessions apply to children under 14, and the cinema states that it adds no booking fee. Tickets bought in the shop cannot be returned or exchanged; optional protection is available through the online ticket platform.
- Scouting status: This is an unpaid Scouting Pick. Off Beat Pathfinder has not marked it as paid, claimed, or Pathfinder Verified yet.
Plan The Visit
Check before you go
Address: 44 Lion Street, Hay-on-Wye, Hereford HR3 5AA
The bookshop lists opening from 09:30 to 17:30 Monday through Saturday and 11:00 to 17:00 Sunday, with named holiday closures. The cinema uses a separate Brook Street entrance and unallocated seating. Advance booking is sensible for the 48-seat screen. In-person cinema sales open at the bookshop during shop hours or at the cinema 45 minutes before a show. Reserve wheelchair spaces when booking and check each film's age rating.
Book prices vary and secondhand stock changes. Cinema prices appear on each listing, concessions apply to children under 14, and the cinema states that it adds no booking fee. Tickets bought in the shop cannot be returned or exchanged; optional protection is available through the online ticket platform.
Scouting Pick Notice
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