Needful Things

Needful Things Two floors of amazing books, fabulous fashion, collectable curiosities and music for all tastes.

Just to get it out of the way, no we don't sell eclipse glasses. My advice to not hurting your eyes this evening is to c...
12/08/2026

Just to get it out of the way, no we don't sell eclipse glasses. My advice to not hurting your eyes this evening is to come into Needful, buy a wonderful book and go to bed early with a jaffa cake or two (who gets the reference?) and Bonnie Tyler on the stereo.

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Open today (bet you forgot we are open on Wednesdays now) and Thursday 11-4 We will, however, be closed Friday and Satu...
08/07/2026

Open today (bet you forgot we are open on Wednesdays now) and Thursday 11-4 We will, however, be closed Friday and Saturday (10-11 July) as we are off gallivanting. Clue as to where we are going in the shop window. Don't miss us too much. We will see you next week if we survive the heat 🥵

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Tempestuous day to be in a bookshop. Now that's a long word, that's what happens when you're in a bookshop. Osmosis. See...
26/06/2026

Tempestuous day to be in a bookshop. Now that's a long word, that's what happens when you're in a bookshop. Osmosis. See, there's another one. Anyway when you walk through the storm, hold your head up high, or you might go right past! And you wouldn't want to miss all this.

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Happy Pride everybody! If you happen to be in the square today, we are open and we have a tombola going on. And lovely t...
13/06/2026

Happy Pride everybody! If you happen to be in the square today, we are open and we have a tombola going on. And lovely things to buy, including a limited run of colourful Scream linos. Haway along.

Lovely day to be in a bookshop. Well, just a bit of a drizzle but it still counts. Thought we would do a few FAQs for th...
06/06/2026

Lovely day to be in a bookshop. Well, just a bit of a drizzle but it still counts. Thought we would do a few FAQs for those of you seeing us on Hartlepuddle FB pages.

Yes, Hartlepool has a bookshop.
We have been here about 5 years now.
We are on Church Square, near Christ Church (which is an art gallery and very much worth a visit) and also near the Spoons.
Yes, we have an upstairs.
Yes, you can go upstairs.
Yes, we accept donations of books (and anything else you might like to give).
Yes, we would love to see you.

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Possibly a lovely day to be in a bookshop, weather can't seem to make up its mind. But isn't everyday a lovely day to be...
02/06/2026

Possibly a lovely day to be in a bookshop, weather can't seem to make up its mind. But isn't everyday a lovely day to be in a bookshop, particularly this one. Just look at all the lovely books. Look at them. Just sitting there looking booky and waiting for you to buy them. And lots of nifty gifty things, too. Don't know how you can possibly stay away.

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Lovely Wednesday to be in a bookshop. Yes, it's true, open today 11-4 (usual address 😉) because we were closed on Monday...
06/05/2026

Lovely Wednesday to be in a bookshop. Yes, it's true, open today 11-4 (usual address 😉) because we were closed on Monday. And also to see how it goes. Pop in and be part of the experiment, if we are busy we might open on more Wednesdays. Lots of lovely brac-a-bric in store as well as a million trillion wonderful books. Probably.

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Open today, Saturday 2nd May (where did April go?) but closed on Monday for the bank holiday. I know you will all be at ...
02/05/2026

Open today, Saturday 2nd May (where did April go?) but closed on Monday for the bank holiday. I know you will all be at Seaton instead. Nearly finished our move around now, haway in for a look, you won't recognise the place. We now have a counter! New features include, leaning tower of big books (aka miscellaneous fiction), A-Z wall of general fiction, sofa to relax and peruse the knitting patterns, Dolores looking stunning and all the trinket vendor's wares on display downstairs. We are spoiling you.

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Sorry it's not a lovely day to be in a bookshop, look at that blue sky! But maybe pop in anyways, huh? Open today (2nd A...
02/04/2026

Sorry it's not a lovely day to be in a bookshop, look at that blue sky! But maybe pop in anyways, huh? Open today (2nd April) 11-4 but closed Friday and Monday. Hopefully we will get more of our sorting and moving round done and be slightly less hazardous soon. Thanks for bearing with us during our transformation, it will be lovely when it's finished. In the meantime, books.

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23 Church Square
Hartlepool
TS247EU

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 4pm
Tuesday 11am - 4pm
Wednesday 11am - 4pm
Thursday 11am - 4pm
Friday 11am - 4pm
Saturday 11am - 4pm

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