Oxford Bookstore
অক্সফোর্ড বুকস্টোর
A Park Street bookshop that has been open since 1920.
About Oxford Bookstore
The Oxford Bookstore has stood on Park Street since 1920. It is an English-language bookshop with a tea bar upstairs and a steady programme of readings and launches, and it is a founding venue of the city’s literary festivals.
Why visit
Browse at leisure, then read your purchase over tea upstairs.
What to see and do
- The long ground-floor book hall
- The tea bar on the mezzanine
Plan your visit
- Area
- Park Street, Central Kolkata
- Nearest landmark
- Park Street
- Best time
- Afternoon or evening. October to March is the most comfortable time of year.
- Time needed
- About 40 minutes
- Cost
- Free
- Entry
- Open to everyone: a street, ghat, market or park you can walk into.
- Metro
- Park Street (Blue Line)
- Walking
- Little walking
- Photography
- Photography is fine with some care.
Nearby and related places
- Flurys: The 1927 tea room on Park Street.
- Park Street: The city’s dining street, and its Christmas street.
- South Park Street Cemetery: A walled garden of obelisks and pyramids, opened in 1767.
- Shiraz Golden Restaurant: A 1941 biryani house at the Mullick Bazar crossing.
- Indian Museum: India’s oldest and largest museum, founded in 1814.
- New Market (Hogg Market): A Victorian market hall of 1874 with a clock tower.
More guides
- Places in Park Street
- Markets and shopping streets
- Free places to visit in Kolkata
- Classic food stops and sweet shops
- Things to do on a rainy day
- Places near a metro station
- All places to visit in Kolkata
Last checked on 2026-10-02. Each place was checked to exist and its position confirmed. Timings, closing days and ticket prices are shown only where known and can change: confirm before you travel.