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Castlegate Books is an independent bookshop in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire.

Please select any book category to see a selection of titles available to buy online. We will be adding many more books to the site over the coming weeks including descriptions and cover images.

We have a loyalty scheme, sell and redeem National Book Tokens, offer an out of print and special orders service and hold regular events.

If you are looking to buy ebooks or dvds, please click on the relevant menu option above. 

We offer FREE DELIVERY on all UK orders.

Featured Products From Our Online Store ...

Threshing Days
Our Price: £9.99
I am sure there is nobody more competent to write a book about threshing days than my brother William. He has a lifetime of experience,  from ea...
The Troubled Man
Our Price: £6.99
Every morning retired naval officer Hakan von Enke takes a walk in the forest near his apartment in Stockholm. Then, one day he fails to come home...

On The Slow Train Again
Our Price: £7.99
Michael Williams has spent the past year travelling along the fascinating rail byways of Britain for this new collection of journeys. Here is the ...
The Yellow Book 2012
Our Price: £9.99
Published annually in February by The National Gardens Scheme (NGS), The Yellow Book has detailed listings of thousands of gardens open for visiti...

The Philosophical Life
Our Price: £13.99
Before the good life was reduced to ten easy steps, philosophers offered arresting answers to the most fundamental questions about who we are and ...
Spot Goes To The Library
Our Price: £4.99
Spot loves reading! Join Spot in this new storybook by Eric Hill as he visits the library for the first time, listens to a story and borrows lots ...

The Orchard Book of Nursery Rhymes
Our Price: £12.99
This bestselling collection of classic nursery rhymes includes favourites such as 'Pat-a-Cake', 'Rock-a-Bye Baby', 'Baa, Baa, Black Sheep' and 'Hu...
Elizabeth the Queen
Our Price: £6.99
This is an intimate portrait of Her Majesty the Queen. As we celebrate her Diamond Jubilee, this brand new biography of Queen Elizabeth II is the ...

Felling the Ancient Oaks
Our Price: £26.00
A stunning visual record of our most spectacular and scenic country estates that were broken up for sale and lost for ever A sweeping country esta...
Birdsong
Our Price: £7.99
A novel of overwhelming emotional power, "Birdsong" is a story of love, death, sex and survival. Stephen Wraysford, a young Englishman, arrives in...

The Birth of Modern Britain
Our Price: £9.99
From the author of 'Britain BC', 'Britain AD' and 'Britain in the Middle Ages' comes the fourth and final part in a critically acclaimed series on...
The Knights Templar
Our Price: £14.99
'It is becoming more and more important to add truth to the plethora of distortion that surrounds the Knights Templar. The Order's spiritual leg...

Super Simple Spanish
Our Price: £4.99
Basic and Essential Words
Go Ask The River
Our Price: £12.99
Features the story of the great female poet Hung Tu, who flourished in the ninth century during one of the great periods of Chinese literature. Se...

The Snow Child
Our Price: £13.99
A bewitching tale of heartbreak and hope set in 1920s Alaska. Jack and Mabel have staked everything on making a fresh start for themselves in a ho...
The Theory That Would Not Die
Our Price: £17.99
Drawing on primary source material and interviews with statisticians and other scientists, "The Theory That Would Not Die" is the riveting account...