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- Area:
- City Centre
- Phone:
- 0161 837 3000
- Open Times:
- Open 9am-8pm Mon-Fri; 9am-7pm Sat; 11am-5pm Sun
- Travel:
- Metrolink Market Street or St Peter’s Square/ City Centre buses/Victoria rail
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Waterstone’s
91 Deansgate
Committed bibliophiles may sigh for the good old days of musty corridors, rickety library steps and personal recommendations; yet Waterstones reigns supreme on high streets up and down the country. Its Deansgate store (another one opened last year in the Arndale extension) is a vast temple to the published word, and has a particularly good arts section. There’s a quiet café, helpful staff, and three large floors of shiny, ink-scented stock to get lost in.



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