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Independent shop · Skerrow Bridge · since 2014

Records,
books & zines.

Vinyl, secondhand paperbacks, small-press zines and riso prints, all on the wall at 14 Rushlight Yard. Browse the covers here, then ask about any sleeve by mail.

Browse the coversOrder by mail
A fanned stack of square record covers in grey, red, paper and black
Free listening boothWe buy records and booksPostage £3.50 UKMail order across the UK and Europe

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New on the wall.

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What is on the shelves

Four shelves, one small room.

  • Vinyl

    1,400

    Records in stock, new and used, sorted by label as well as artist.

  • Books

    2,000

    Secondhand paperbacks, fiction, poetry and field guides to the valley.

  • Zines

    60

    Makers on the zine table, many of them local, all of them printed by hand.

  • Prints

    40

    Riso and screen prints, most signed by the person who pulled them.

What people say at the till.

Found a 1974 Penguin I had been hunting for a decade, and the person at the till knew the author.

— Imogen P., Carrick Fold

Ordered a zine by mail on Monday. A reply came on Tuesday with the postage, and it arrived in card.

— Callum T., mail order

Can’t come in?

Ask by mail.

We post records, books, zines and prints across the UK and to much of Europe. Send an enquiry and we reply with the total.

Send an enquiry

  1. Pick a cover from the shop, or tell us what you are after.

  2. Send an enquiry with the title and any condition questions.

  3. We reply within two working days with the total and postage.

  4. Pay by bank transfer and we post it, wrapped in card.

Coming up in Skerrow Bridge

Listen, swap, sign.

All events ↗

  1. Thursday · 19:00

    Listening club

    Bring one record you love and we play it on the big system. The B-side gets its turn, always.

    Free · twenty seats

  2. Saturday · 11:00–14:00

    Zine swap table

    Bring up to ten copies to trade. We keep a list of who has swapped with whom, so you go home with something new to read.

    Free to join

  3. Saturday · 15:00

    Ruth Aldine reads from The Salt Ledger

    A reading in the back room. The £3 goes against a copy of the book, and Ruth signs the title page if you bring one.

    £3 entry, taken off the book

Find the shop

Come and flip the crates.

14 Rushlight Yard, Skerrow Bridge, QS4 9PQ

01632 960 816

Plan your visit ↗

Opening hours

Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat 10:00–18:00 · Thu 10:00–20:00 · Sun 12:00–16:00 · Mon closed

Holds and special orders: call us, or write to hello@secondpress.example.com.