SCHEDULE 13D 
 
Amendment No. 3 
Brookstone Inc. 
common stock  
Cusip # 114537103 
Filing Fee: No 


Cusip # 114537103 
Item 1:	Reporting Person - FMR Corp. - (Tax ID:  04-2507163) 
Item 4:	PF 
Item 6:	Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
Item 7:	156,187 
Item 8:	None 
Item 9:	447,687 
Item 10:	None 
Item 11:	620,091 
Item 13:	8.25% 
Item 14:	HC 


PREAMBLE 
 
	The filing of this Schedule 13D is not, and should not be deemed to be, 
an admission that such Schedule 13D is required to be filed.  See the 
discussion under Item 2. 
 
Item 1.	Security and Issuer. 
 
	This statement relates to shares of the common stock, $0.00 par value 
(the "Shares") of Brookstone Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company").  
The principal executive offices of the Company are located at Vose Farm Road, 
Peterborough, NH  03458. 
 
Item 2.	Identity and Background. 
 
	This statement is being filed by FMR Corp., a Massachusetts Corporation 
("FMR").  FMR is a holding company one of whose principal assets is the 
capital stock of a wholly-owned subsidiary, Fidelity Management & Research 
Company ("Fidelity"), which is also a Massachusetts corporation.  Fidelity is 
an investment advisor which is registered under Section 203 of the Investment 
Advisors Act of 1940 and which provides investment advisory services to more 
than 30 investment companies which are registered under Section 8 of the 
Investment Company Act of 1940 and serves as investment advisor to certain 
other funds which are generally offered to limited groups of investors (the 
"Fidelity Funds").  Fidelity Management Trust Company ("FMTC"), a wholly-owned 
subsidiary of FMR Corp. and a bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, serves as trustee or managing agent for 
various private investment accounts, primarily employee benefit plans and 
serves as investment adviser to certain other funds which are generally 
offered to limited groups of investors (the "Accounts").  Various directly or 
indirectly held subsidiaries of FMR are also engaged in investment management, 
venture capital asset management, securities brokerage, transfer and 
shareholder servicing and real estate development.  The principal offices of 
FMR, Fidelity, and FMTC are located at 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, 
Massachusetts 02109. 
 
	Edward C. Johnson 3d owns 24.9% of the outstanding voting common stock 
of FMR.  Mr. Johnson 3d is Chairman of FMR Corp.  The business address and 
principal occupation of Mr. Johnson 3d is set forth in Schedule A hereto. 
 
	Fidelity Ventures Associates, Inc. (FVA), incorporated on March 29, 
1978, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR Corp.  FVA is a corporation engaged 
in venture capital investing and is the managing general partner of a 
partnership called Fidelity Venture Associates Limited (FVAL). 
 
	The Shares to which this statement relates are owned directly by six of 
the Fidelity Funds, twelve of the Accounts, by Fidelity Ventures Associates 
through FVAL, . 
 
	The name, residence or business address, principal occupation or 
employment and citizenship of each of the executive officers and directors of 
FMR are set forth in Schedule A hereto. 
 
	Within the past five years, none of the persons named in this Item 2 or 
listed on Schedule A has been convicted in any criminal proceeding (excluding 
traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or has been a party to any civil 
proceeding and as a result thereof was or is subject to any judgment, decree 
or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating 
activities subject to federal or state securities laws or finding any 
violations with respect to such laws. 
 
Item 3.	Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration. 
 
	The Fidelity Funds which own or owned Shares purchased in the aggregate 
874,100 Shares for cash in the amount of approximately $12,808,141, including 
brokerage commissions.  The Fidelity Funds used their own assets in making 
such purchase and no part of the purchase price is represented by borrowed 
funds.  Proceeds from 582,600 Shares sold aggregated approximately $6,869,611.  
The attached Schedule B sets forth Shares purchased and/or sold since November 
12, 1994. 
 
	The Accounts of FMTC which own or owned Shares purchased in the 
aggregate 257,587 Shares for cash in the amount of approximately $4,177,999, 
including brokerage commissions.  The Accounts used their own assets in making 
such purchase and no part of the purchase price is represented by borrowed 
funds.  Proceeds from 101,400 Shares sold aggregated approximately $1,243,845.  
The attached Schedule B sets forth Shares purchased and/or sold since November 
12, 1994. 
 
Item 4.	Purpose of Transaction. 
 
	The purpose of Fidelity, FVA, FVAL and FMTC in having the Fidelity Funds 
and the Accounts purchase Shares (see Item 5 below) is to acquire an equity 
interest in the Company in pursuit of specified investment objectives 
established by the Board of Trustees of the Fidelity Funds and by the 
investors in the Accounts. 
 
	Fidelity, FVA, FVAL and FMTC, respectively, may continue to have the 
Fidelity Funds and the Accounts purchase Shares subject to a number of 
factors, including, among others, the availability of Shares of sale at what 
they consider to be reasonable prices and other investment opportunities that 
may be available to the Fidelity Funds and Accounts. 
 
	Fidelity, FVA, FVAL and FMTC, respectively, intend to review 
continuously the equity position of the Fidelity Funds and Accounts in the 
Company.  Depending upon future evaluations of the business prospects of the 
Company and upon other developments, including, but not limited to, general 
economic and business conditions and money market and stock market conditions, 
Fidelity may determine to cease making additional purchases of Shares or to 
increase or decrease the equity interest in the Company by acquiring 
additional Shares, or by disposing of all or a portion of the Shares. 
 
	Neither Fidelity nor FMTC has any present plan or proposal which relates 
to or would result in (i) an extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a 
merger, reorganization, liquidation, or sale of transfer of a material amount 
of assets involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) any change in 
the Company's present Board of Directors or management, (iii) any material 
changes in the Company's present capitalization or dividend policy or any 
other material change in the Company's business or corporate structure, (iv) 
any change in the Company's charter or by-laws, or (v) the Company's common 
stock becoming eligible for termination of its registration pursuant to 
Section 12(g)(4) of the 1934 Act. 
 
Item 5.	Interest in Securities of Issuer. 
 
	Although Item 5 assumes that FMR, Fidelity, FMTC, and FVA, FVAL, 
beneficially own all 620,091 Shares, reference is made to Item 2 for a 
disclaimer of beneficial ownership with respect to the securities which are 
"beneficially owned" by the other corporations. 
 
	(a)	FMR beneficially owns, through Fidelity, as investment advisor to 
the Fidelity Funds, 291,500 Shares, or approximately 3.88% of the outstanding 
Shares of the Company, and through FVA and FVAL, 172,404 Shares or 
approximately 2.29% of the outstanding Shares of the Company, and through 
FMTC, the managing agent for the Accounts, 156,187 Shares, or approximately 
2.08% of the outstanding Shares of the Company.  Neither FMR, Fidelity, FMTC, 
nor any of its affiliates nor, to the best knowledge of FMR, any of the 
persons name in Schedule A hereto, beneficially owns any other Shares.  The 
combined holdings of FMR, Fidelity, FVA, FVAL, and FMTC, are 620,091 Shares, 
or approximately 8.25% of the outstanding Shares of the Company. 
 
	(b)	FMR, through is control of Fidelity, investment advisor to the 
Fidelity Funds, and the Funds each has sole power to dispose of the Shares.  
Neither FMR nor Mr. Johnson has the sole power to vote or direct the voting of 
the 291,500 Shares owned directly by the Fidelity Funds, which power resides 
with the Funds' Boards of Trustees.  Fidelity carries out the voting of the 
Shares under written guidelines established by the Funds' Board of Trustees.  
Fidelity Ventures Associates, Inc. has sole voting power over the 172,404 
Shares held by Fidelity Ventures Associates Limited.  FMR, through its control 
of FMTC, investment manager to the Accounts, and the Accounts each has sole 
dispositive power over 156,187 Shares and sole power to vote or to direct the 
voting of 156,187 Shares, and no power to vote or to direct the voting of 0 
Shares owned by the Accounts.   
 
	(c)	Except as set forth in Schedule B, neither FMR, or any of its 
affiliates, nor, to the best knowledge of FMR, any of the persons named in 
Schedule A hereto has effected any transaction in Shares during the past sixty 
(60) days. 
 
Item 6.	Contract, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With 
Respect to Securities of the Issuer. 
 
	Neither FMR nor any of its affiliates nor, to the best knowledge of FMR, 
any of the persons named in Schedule A hereto has any joint venture, finder's 
fee, or other contract or arrangement with any person with respect to any 
securities of the Company. 
 


Item 7.	Material to be Filed as Exhibits. 
 
	Not Applicable. 
 
	This statement speaks as of its date, and no inference should be drawn 
that no change has occurred in the facts set forth herein after the date 
hereof. 
 
Signature 
 
	After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I 
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and 
correct. 
 
						FMR Corp. 
 
 
 
DATE:	December 19, 1994	By:	/s/Arthur Loring			 
	Arthur Loring 
	Vice President-Legal 
 
 
	Fidelity Ventures Limited 
	Fidelity Venture Associates, Inc. 
	(Managing General Partner) 
 
 
 
	By:				 
	John J. Remondi 
 


SCHEDULE A 
 
	The name and present principal occupation or employment of each 
executive officer and director of FMR Corp. are set forth below.  The business 
address of each person is 82 Devonshire Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, 
and the address of the corporation or organization in which such employment is 
conducted is the same as his business address.  All of the persons listed 
below are U.S. citizens. 
 
POSITION WITH 
									PRINCIPAL 
NAME	FMR CORP.	OCCUPATION 
 
Edward C. Johnson 3d	President,	Chairman of the 
Director, CEO	Board and CEO, FMR 
Chairman & 
Mng. Director 
 
J. Gary Burkhead	Director	President-Fidelity 
 
Caleb Loring, Jr.	Director,	Director, FMR 
	Mng. Director 
 
James C. Curvey	Director, 	Sr. V.P., FMR 
	Sr. V.P. 
 
William L. Byrnes	Vice Chairman	Vice Chairman, FIL 
Director & Mng. 
Director 
 
Robert C. Pozen	Sr. V.P. & Gen'l	Sr. V.P. & Gen'l 
	Counsel	Counsel, FMR 
 
Mark Peterson	Exec.	Exec. 
V.P.-Management	V.P.-Management 
Resources	Resources, FMR 
 
Denis McCarthy	Sr. Vice Pres. - 	Vice Pres., Chief 
Chief Financial	Financial Officer, 
Officer	FMR 
 


SCHEDULE B 
 
 
Brookstone Inc. 
 
One Fidelity Fund(s) purchased Shares since November 12, 1994 at the dates and 
at the prices set forth below.  The transactions were made for cash in open 
market transactions or with other investment companies with the same or an 
affiliated investment advisor. 
 
	DATE	SHARES	PRICE 
 
	11-21-94	2,500	13.75 
	11-22-94	27,500	13.50 
 


SCHEDULE B 
 
 
Brookstone Inc. 
 
Six Fidelity Fund(s) sold Shares since November 12, 1994 at the dates and at 
the prices set forth below.  The transactions were made for cash in open 
market transactions or with other investment companies with the same or an 
affiliated investment advisor. 
 
	DATE	SHARES	PRICE 
 
	11-16-94	2,500	14.25 
	11-22-94	27,500	13.50 
	12-01-94	1,000	13.50 
	12-02-94	5,000	13.25 
	12-09-94	10,000	12.25 
	12-13-94	2,500	12.13 
	12-14-94	88,700	7.16 
	12-15-94	60,000	6.86 
	12-16-94	30,000	6.83 
 


SCHEDULE B 
 
 
Brookstone Inc. 
 
One Account(s) purchased Shares since November 12, 1994 at the dates and at 
the prices set forth below.  The transactions were made for cash in open 
market transactions or with other investment companies with the same or an 
affiliated investment advisor. 
 
	DATE	SHARES	PRICE 
 
	12-02-94	1,000	13.75 
 


SCHEDULE B 
 
 
Brookstone Inc. 
 
Two Account(s) sold Shares since November 12, 1994 at the dates and at the 
prices set forth below.  The transactions were made for cash in open market 
transactions or with other investment companies with the same or an affiliated 
investment advisor. 
 
	DATE	SHARES	PRICE 
 
	11-23-94	2,500	13.25 
	11-28-94	2,500	13.50 
	12-01-94	1,000	13.50 
	12-13-94	2,500	12.13 
	12-14-94	8,700	7.59