Best places: Childrens book stores in United Kingdom

Independent shop offering a vast range of books across all genres, plus board games, music & gifts.

Leading specialist store stocking maps, guidebooks & travel writing, plus stationery & gifts.

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👍👍 Fantastic from start to finish. Wonderful welcome from staff. A really immersive and engaging experience for children. Beautifully planted garden with fantastic play areas. We also loved 'adopt a book'. Highly recommend a visit.

Venue conceived as an interactive story trail, with an outdoor story garden including a spacecraft.

👍👍 Oh! What a wonderful place. Will make a regular visit from now on. Please keep this institution going.

Converted 7-storey Victorian warehouse and book shop, staging creative exhibitions and events.

👍👍 From across the pond, I will say the service I received from Alys and Mel was extraordinary!! I was eager to send a particular book to a friend in Wales but the logistics and cost of sending it from the US made my idea seem impossible. That’s when I discovered this lovely little book store with the...

👍👍 This place is amazing! Incredible vision to equip the church with good books.

🫤 I used to shop a lot in this lovely gift shop, but a few days ago, I was very disappointed with the customer service there. When I used to shop there, all staff were very nice, I had a great experience. However, there is a new asian lady working here (I am asian myself) and when I was buying a candl...

👍👍 I had my daughters 5th birthday party here. Michelle and the team were absolutely fantastic. Nothing was too much trouble and the afternoon tea was great. Michelle prepared crafts for the children and (in replacement of party bags) found suitable books for a variety of ages within my budget. Nice at...

👍 19/04/23:great little shop that sells a good selection of Jellycats, amongst other stationery supplies and toys. Our boy loves nothing more than Jellycats, so we had to get him another one. Creating original and innovative soft toys in London since 1999, Jellycat continues to combine luxurious fabr...

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👍👍 Beckside Books is a hidden treasure: I'm almost reluctant to share it. It covers two floors so what seems like a tiny shop unfolds to reveal more and more books. It even has a little reading snug upstairs where you can make a drink for a donation.