A Northumberland bookshop has been named one of the most beautiful in Europe.
Barter Books in Alnwick inhabits what was once Alnwick's Railway Station, and is one of the most unique bookshops there is. It is said to attract around 350,000 visitors each year, and while many come to pick up a book or four, others come to soak up the relaxed atmosphere of the café in the building's former waiting room.
It also has an ice cream parlour and open fireplaces, while model trains run overhead on a railway which has a mural of famous literary characters as a backdrop. Barter Books' uniqueness means that it's popular on social media too - a survey by The Knowledge Academy using Instagram data put the shop as the sixth most picturesque in Europe with 17,359 hashtags.
