Broad Street · Oxford

Norrington Room Record

Find the bookshop room that once held the Guinness World Record for most shelving in one room.

• ⏱ 15 min
• 💷 £0
• 🥾 Easy

Beneath Blackwell's on Broad Street is the Norrington Room — a vast underground cavern of books that once held a Guinness World Record for the most shelving of any bookshop room on Earth.

What you’ll do

1. 1Head to Blackwell's
2. 2Go underground
3. 3Prove it

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