Waterstones Darlington & Café W

Write a poem with the theme of 'Autumn'.
You have until 5pm on 4th of October to bring it into the shop and be in for a chance to win a copy of Michael Rosen's "What is Poetry?"

Find the ghosts that are haunting Waterstones bookshop. They've hidden themselves around the children's books.
There are sweets as a reward for hunting them all down!

Come into the shop with a Halloween hat you've designed and made.
Prize for the best hat.

Join us when Karen Langtree and one of the Knights join us once more.

Design your scariest, grossest, funniest monster.
Does it have loads of teeth, eyes, boils, or feet?
Draw it and let us all see.

Join us daily at 2pm for a spooky story in the run up to Halloween and beyond.

Be the first to try our new Autumn drinks! An amazing Spiced Pumpkin Latte, and a lush Mumbai Chai Latte (don't worry, the dancing gingerbread skeletons are friendly!) #waterstones #cafew #cornmillcentre #autumnleaves #chailatte

Newt left his suitcase open and some Beasts have escaped.
How many can you find?
And where has Niffler hidden?
... (We will give sweets out to those who find him)
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Every day at 3pm join us for from stories from Beedle the Bard

Show your support for your favourite Hogwart's House by dressing in your house colours, and see which House the staff belong in.

Draw a Fantastic Beast!
It can be one from the book, film or just from you imagination!
Our favourite will win a prize.

‪Win our window standee. Pre-order your copy of Crimes of Grindelwald by Friday 16th November to be in with a chance to win Newt!‬

Our cafe is open till 5.30pm, come and try this ridiculously amazing salted caramel chocolate brownie. We think it's the stickiest thing you could ever eat! 😍

Quick! Start counting! It's our annual stocktake today and we will be closing our first floor earlier than normal. But do not fear, the cafe will be open as usual!

***UPDATE***We are back online! Thank you for your patience ***UPDATE***
Unfortunately we are having some IT issues this morning. We are working hard to get these resolved but we are currently unable to answer phone calls or emails. Please keep an eye on this page for further updates.

We're not just coffee and cake, join us for lunch too!
Wonderful soups and hand crafted toasties and sandwiches here too. Yum!

For those who’ve been waiting, we finally have copies of The Whole of the Moon. Get down before they’re all gone!

Come into the store to celebrate Roald Dahl Day 2018 on the 13th of September.
There will be lots of activities; colouring in, quizzes, and more.
The theme is Incredible Creatures.
... On Saturday 15th of September bring in your model of one of Dahl's creatures or dress up as your favourite creature. There will be a prize for the best costume.
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super lovely staff, got me to the exact book I'd been looking for ☺️

seriously excellent service!!!!

#fussyteadrinker

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ordered a book yesterday, it arrived today. Quicker and cheaper than Amazon

friendly surroundings reasonable prices nice coffee.

Wonderful book shop with great staff - and a lovely cafe upstairs! What more could one want? 5 stars!

Took my 3 year old granddaughter, excellent value for money and had a table of toys to play with 😃

Popped upstairs to the cafe. Had a pot of breakfast tea and a generous slice of lemon and ginger cake. Damn it was good. I'll have to go back for more now.....

One of my favourite places to meet up with friends or drink coffee on my own. Lovely atmosphere, friendly staff and delicious beverages and snacks.

My most favourite place. The possibility to read and find new good books while having a cup of coffee is the key for me. Plus it has a lovely kids section, so my little monkeys don't disturb me there.

Lovely soup, really tasty fresh bread and sandwiches, really friendly staffn

Lovely little place for a cuppa ..... surrounded by my favourite things 📚📚 !!

Lovely cafe, great coffee and cakes. Helpful staff.

Great shop load's of good books and friendly staff

Great coffee, good atmosphere, and loads of books.

Fab Christmas hot chocolates from the cafe upstairs; friendly and helpful staff, even in the Christmas chaos 😊

Coffee, books and perfect staff...what more do you want???

Brilliant Staff, Great book selection and fantastic cafe. Love it!

Brill space to relax, enjoy a super coffee and gluten free cakes.



Staff are friendly and efficient.



Well worth a visit, children love it too.

It has been my first time visiting the cafe, it is a relaxing environment and I enjoyed the tart I had it was the salted caramel chocolate tart and was really rich in flavour and texture I felt it may of been slightly better if chilled. Whilst here I choose to try the lose leaved tea also it being one of my favourite things, how ever I have to admit I was slightly disappointed as the water they used was much to hot for the tea leaves what gives tea an odd after taste. As the leaves become scorched it might not be as noticeable to some one whom dose not commonly drink teas out side of teatly and typhoo. Over all the peaceful atmosphere in a quiet visit it was rather relaxing and I do hope to come agein to try other things.

super lovely staff, got me to the exact book I'd been looking for ☺️

seriously excellent service!!!!

#fussyteadrinker

�����

ordered a book yesterday, it arrived today. Quicker and cheaper than Amazon

friendly surroundings reasonable prices nice coffee.

Wonderful book shop with great staff - and a lovely cafe upstairs! What more could one want? 5 stars!

Took my 3 year old granddaughter, excellent value for money and had a table of toys to play with 😃

Popped upstairs to the cafe. Had a pot of breakfast tea and a generous slice of lemon and ginger cake. Damn it was good. I'll have to go back for more now.....

One of my favourite places to meet up with friends or drink coffee on my own. Lovely atmosphere, friendly staff and delicious beverages and snacks.

My most favourite place. The possibility to read and find new good books while having a cup of coffee is the key for me. Plus it has a lovely kids section, so my little monkeys don't disturb me there.

Lovely soup, really tasty fresh bread and sandwiches, really friendly staffn

Lovely little place for a cuppa ..... surrounded by my favourite things 📚📚 !!

Lovely cafe, great coffee and cakes. Helpful staff.

Great shop load's of good books and friendly staff

Great coffee, good atmosphere, and loads of books.

Fab Christmas hot chocolates from the cafe upstairs; friendly and helpful staff, even in the Christmas chaos 😊

Coffee, books and perfect staff...what more do you want???

Brilliant Staff, Great book selection and fantastic cafe. Love it!

Brill space to relax, enjoy a super coffee and gluten free cakes.



Staff are friendly and efficient.



Well worth a visit, children love it too.

It has been my first time visiting the cafe, it is a relaxing environment and I enjoyed the tart I had it was the salted caramel chocolate tart and was really rich in flavour and texture I felt it may of been slightly better if chilled. Whilst here I choose to try the lose leaved tea also it being one of my favourite things, how ever I have to admit I was slightly disappointed as the water they used was much to hot for the tea leaves what gives tea an odd after taste. As the leaves become scorched it might not be as noticeable to some one whom dose not commonly drink teas out side of teatly and typhoo. Over all the peaceful atmosphere in a quiet visit it was rather relaxing and I do hope to come agein to try other things.

super lovely staff, got me to the exact book I'd been looking for ☺️

seriously excellent service!!!!

#fussyteadrinker

�����

ordered a book yesterday, it arrived today. Quicker and cheaper than Amazon

friendly surroundings reasonable prices nice coffee.

Wonderful book shop with great staff - and a lovely cafe upstairs! What more could one want? 5 stars!

Took my 3 year old granddaughter, excellent value for money and had a table of toys to play with 😃

Popped upstairs to the cafe. Had a pot of breakfast tea and a generous slice of lemon and ginger cake. Damn it was good. I'll have to go back for more now.....

One of my favourite places to meet up with friends or drink coffee on my own. Lovely atmosphere, friendly staff and delicious beverages and snacks.

My most favourite place. The possibility to read and find new good books while having a cup of coffee is the key for me. Plus it has a lovely kids section, so my little monkeys don't disturb me there.

Lovely soup, really tasty fresh bread and sandwiches, really friendly staffn

Lovely little place for a cuppa ..... surrounded by my favourite things 📚📚 !!

Lovely cafe, great coffee and cakes. Helpful staff.

Great shop load's of good books and friendly staff

Great coffee, good atmosphere, and loads of books.

Fab Christmas hot chocolates from the cafe upstairs; friendly and helpful staff, even in the Christmas chaos 😊

Coffee, books and perfect staff...what more do you want???

Brilliant Staff, Great book selection and fantastic cafe. Love it!

Brill space to relax, enjoy a super coffee and gluten free cakes.



Staff are friendly and efficient.



Well worth a visit, children love it too.

It has been my first time visiting the cafe, it is a relaxing environment and I enjoyed the tart I had it was the salted caramel chocolate tart and was really rich in flavour and texture I felt it may of been slightly better if chilled. Whilst here I choose to try the lose leaved tea also it being one of my favourite things, how ever I have to admit I was slightly disappointed as the water they used was much to hot for the tea leaves what gives tea an odd after taste. As the leaves become scorched it might not be as noticeable to some one whom dose not commonly drink teas out side of teatly and typhoo. Over all the peaceful atmosphere in a quiet visit it was rather relaxing and I do hope to come agein to try other things.