Heffer’s is a fantastic bookshop and I hope it will keep it’s name. So many people past and present book lovers and buyers like me have been coming to Cambridge for the sole purpose of shopping in Heffer’s bookshop. Please keep the quality of customer...More

Heffers is the Cambridge University bookshop (albeit recently taken over by Blackwells, the university bookshop of that other place) par excellence. The present reincarnation is a modern capacious place with novels plays and poems above, a CD shop below and a children’s bookshop to the...More

Love that the name of the business puts an emphasis on the people not the building...seller! Visited the shop in search of a specific book and they had it. The staff were most helpful. I would have been content just to wander the store, reading...More

Heffers is a pleasure to visit: staff are friendly, happy to assist and chat about your interests without ever resorting to a 'hard sell.' We would like to thank Richard Reynolds, Heffers Crime Fiction expert, who encouraged us to go to the Golden Age of...More

Staff were pleasant and helpful. Good general bookshop and prices. Also great for buying tourist guide books. Selection of guides including some walking tours and the maps were much cheaper than the official tourist info office.

Huge collection of books & really nice layout to the store. Plenty of harder to find 'indie' stuff too, like e.g. comics I've never heard of and a big collection of feminist books in the gender studies section. If you're into board games they have...More

From the moment you enter until leaving, the staff make you feel so welcome. Knowledgable and friendly they make book browsing an absolute joy. The shop itself has a great atmosphere, and extensive range of books, cds, dvds etc.. They also hold regular book launch...More