Quill and Quire

Book news

« Back to
Quillblog

Notting Hill bookstore to close

Fans of schmaltzy romances will be saddened to read that the Travel Bookshop in West London is closing in two weeks.

The 32-year-old store, which still draws in lovestruck tourists, is best known from its appearance in the 1999 Hugh Grant“Julia Roberts rom-com Notting Hill.

Owned by European Estates Plc, the shop has been up for sale since May, when a spokesperson for the company told thebookseller.com: “His [the owner’s] adult children have indicated that they would rather not follow him into the business and so he feels that the continuance of the trade would be best served by selling it on for a new generation to look after one of London’s iconic and special bookshops.”

Although the Travel Bookshop is closing, we still have this famous scene to remember it by: