Things to do - Hay-on-Wye
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The famous town of Hay-on-Wye is 6 miles North West of Dorstone, and is very famous as a “book town” and for its annual literary festival. Hay-on-Wye is the UK's mecca for bibliophiles, boasting "thirty major bookshops" (according to its Tourist Information Bureau). Most sell second-hand books. Since 1988, Hay-on-Wye has been the venue for a literary festival, sponsored by The Guardian newspaper, which draws a claimed 80,000 visitors over ten days at the beginning of June to see and hear big literary names from all over the world.