Books onthe Walls

Books on the Walls opened at 2 City Walls in Chester in March 2025, selling new books across fiction and non-fiction alongside vinyl records, CDs and cassettes from a shared counter built into the shop's raised position on the city walls. The shop also serves coffee, craft beer, cider and a short cocktail list, with snacks available for customers who want to stay and read. A programme of events runs through the week, including author talks, poetry readings and a regular Wednesday craft session, and the stock includes a section for authors and publishers from Chester and the wider North West. Local artists' work is displayed and sold alongside the books and records. The shop sits on Chester's medieval walls near the city centre, in a building shared with other independent traders. It is a newly registered independent business rather than a branch of any wider chain, run as a single shop with opening hours running into the early evening seven days a week.