The shop, the staff and the events… bringing life to our community.
Cambridgeshire
A Jewel on our High Street!
Amazing, we have been open 13 years, what a great achievement! We are open 7 days a week.
Check out our local Events and those of the local performing arts venue, The Commemoration Hall where lots of our events are run.
Here is Guy who owns the shop with his brother Adam. Mum, Angela organises the events.
Niche Comics Bookshop is family owned and has a strong sense of community with lots of events. We often have students for work experience and welcome volunteers to help run activities with us. Niche Comics Bookshop is an inclusive, diverse, accepting and welcoming safe space for EVERYONE.
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The shop was built in 1573 and is a beautiful half timbered building on the High Street with a plaque awarded by the Civic Society. As well as two floors of products there is also a courtyard garden for customers to enjoy with plenty of places to sit and browse throughout the shop. Two rooms of books for children and a second hand selection upstairs.
We do lots of events at local schools too.
Adam sorts out the Games Workshop and other tabletop/roleplaying/board games include Magic the Gathering, the Pokemon cards rarely stays for long. Guy is passionate about books, films, music, history…. he is a trustee of the performing arts venue up the street and belongs to Huntingdon Drama Group.
National Book Tokens and our gift cards are always available.Our stock changes weekly as new titles and products are added to our shelves so it is always worth giving us a call if you have a particular requirement.
Opening times:
- Monday to Friday 11 am – 5:30 pm
- Saturday 9:00 am – 5:30 pm
- Sunday 11:00 – 4:00 pm
Nearest parking: Princes Street Car Park, a short walk to St Mary’s Street towards the church. Turn right on the High Street and we are next to the Samuel Pepys pub.
Niche Comics Bookshop, 147 High Street, Huntingdon, Cambs PE29 3TF
We win awards!
We have been here in this Tudor shop since 2011. Adam was 24 and Guy 21 when we first opened our doors. We wanted to have a welcoming space for everyone to feel safe, relaxed and to be themselves, chatting about their interests and a friendly shopping experience.
Here are some of our proudest moments: