About Us

Here is an old view of the shop as G. Archer, painters (from photo in Thomas & Lewis, Blaenafon Through the Years in Photographs Volume 2). If anyone has older photos of the shop we would be delighted to see them.

Browning Books opened on 28th June 2003, World Heritage Day, as one of the founding members of what was Blaenavon Book Town. For the proprietors this was a move onwards from the specialist children's book shop which Stephanie started in Abergavenny on returning from decades living overseas.

The range of books in the shop has been influenced by our having lived, and brought up children, in the Netherlands, Brasil, Belgium and Japan. Our view on life and culture is rather broad.

Stephanie is a Blaenavon girl by origin and Andrew, whose mother came from the town, has always been fascinated by the local area and its industrial history.

Why the name "Browning Books"? It fits well with Broad Street and Blaenavon, and it was Stephanie's great grandfather, Lewis Browning, who wrote the first history of the town.

last modified:  2008-10-29

Apologies that some pages are missing from the web site while it is being rebuilt.

33 Broad Street, Blaenavon, Torfaen
telephone: 01495 790 089
email: info@browningbooks.co.uk

Normal opening hours
10am to 5 pm
Tuesday - Saturday

or by appointment.

 We deal in new, out of print and second hand books, covering a wide range of topics. Our specialities are:

local titles, subjects, maps & guides
transport and industrial items
childrens books / llyfrau plant
rapid ordering service for new books of any type
book search for out of print items
cards
complimentary gift wrapping service
customer loyalty scheme
Book Tokens sold and exchanged

Come in to browse, buy, order, consult, sell, seek inspiration or rejuvenation.