Have you discovered the STANSTED PARK FOUNDATION CHARITY BOOKSHOP in the heart of Stansted’s wonderful Garden Centre, opposite the Gardener’s Kitchen café? It’s a lovely place to find that book you’ve been looking for at a bargain price – or simply if you need to relax when you feel that life is getting a bit too hectic and you need to chill out. Visitors, browsers and buyers are all equally welcome.
The book shop is run entirely by helpful volunteers who come from a variety of backgrounds including teaching, the Civil Service and the Library sector. It was started ten years ago and after its recent refurbishment, is now one of the largest and most attractive shops of its kind in the Southeast.
The shop stocks a wide variety of fiction in both paperback and hardback formats, and non-fiction books in many different categories - something to please everyone. A wide variety of themed displays are updated regularly to celebrate Sporting or Historical dates; Gardening; Art; Cooking and Local History as well as a host of other subjects.
If you are a book addict, or just looking for something to read on your holiday, it’s an excellent place to come and, hopefully, discover just what you’re looking for. Requests for books can also be taken and the volunteers will look out for them for you.
You can also donate books in person as the shop is staffed seven days a week, usually in the mornings, by volunteers who can be identified by their distinctive green aprons. Alternatively, books can be left at the Book Donations Point.
So when you next visit the Garden Centre for a day out, or to stock up on your gardening needs, or to enjoy a coffee and cake, please come and find us - we will be delighted to meet you.