Tatton Park Charitable Trust’s Preloved Bookshop celebrates its first birthday!

Tatton Park Charitable Trust has hailed the first year of trading at its bookshop in the Stableyard, Tatton Park as a “massive success.” The Book Shop has sold over 10,000 books and contributed over £20,000 to the Trust in its first year.  Mike Ward, trustee of TPCT has spearheaded the project which has created another visitor attraction for the park as well as raising revenue for the Trust.  The funds are spent on conservation projects, programmes to inspire children and young people, increasing accessibility, enhancing the 1,000 acres of historic parkland, and supporting the historic farm and its work with rare breeds. Steve Wilkinson, Chair of the trustees said, “We’re excited about the progress the shop has made and can see it being an important way to contribute to Tatton going forward.  We appreciate the support we’ve had from Cheshire East in getting this off the ground”.

Run by a team of dedicated volunteers

The whole enterprise is run and supported by its volunteers.  As Mike Ward commented, “We have developed a fantastic team of over 20 volunteers whose passion, spirit and energy bring the whole thing to life.  The bookshop wouldn’t exist without them.  We’re grateful too to our book donors including Cheshire East Libraries who have provided us with such high-quality stock.” Books can be donated to the shop by taking them into the drop off point next to the shop in the Stableyard at Tatton, leaving them at Knutsford Methodist Church, or of course handing them to one of the volunteers in the shop itself.

A wide range of books to choose from

Thanks to its wide donor base, the shop has several thousand books in stock.  There is something for all tastes from childrens’ books to popular fiction as well as more unusual vintage textbooks. So, the next time you visit Tatton Park, it’s worth taking a few minutes to check out what’s new in the bookshop, you might be surprised!