Brockhampton Press was a British publishing company, based in Leicester.

Children's books

Originally specialising in children's books, from about 1940, Brockhampton Press published the

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comic book series, many of Enid Blyton's story collections (such as The Secret Seven), many of

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titles, much of the Ian and Sovra series by

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, the Cherry books by Will Scott, and Scottish author Nigel Tranter's children's books. It also published series of children's books, including the Hampton Library and the Super Hampton Library.

Non-fiction series

In the 1990s the Brockhampton Press published a number of non-fiction and reference series aimed at the popular market, such as The Brockhampton Library and the Brockhampton Reference series.

Military history

Brockhampton Press is now an imprint of

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books, including works by

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