New stationery has a particular kind of pull — there’s something about a fresh notebook, a beautiful pen, or a perfectly designed desk accessory that feels like a small reset. Whether you’re kitting out a home office, hunting for a gift, or just treating yourself, London has some brilliant stationery shops worth making the trip for. Here are ten of the best.
1. Liberty
Liberty is best known for luxury fashion and beauty, but it also produces and stocks a genuinely beautiful range of stationery. Look out for gift wrapping paper and bags in the brand’s iconic floral prints, leather-bound embossed notebooks and photo albums, brass and copper desk accessories, and a well-chosen edit of stationery from the best paper goods makers around. It’s the kind of stationery that makes a genuinely good gift — or a very convincing treat for yourself.
Address: Regent Street, Carnaby, London W1B 5AH
Website: libertylondon.com
2. Present & Correct
Present & Correct is a stationery lover’s dream, with an emphasis on minimal and retro design. If you’re after something that’s both functional and genuinely beautiful to look at, this is the place. Check out the pick and mix vintage erasers, multicoloured masking tape, and Viarco pencils. It’s the kind of shop where you go in for one thing and come out with five.
Address: 23 Arlington Way, Clerkenwell, London EC1R 1UY
Website: presentandcorrect.com
3. Papersmiths
Modern stationers Papersmiths started out in Bristol and has become one of London’s go-to destinations for well-designed paper goods. Their two London stores — in Shoreditch’s Boxpark and on Pavilion Road in Chelsea — are stocked with greeting cards, diaries, planners, pens from Kaweco and Caran d’Ache, and an excellent edit of notebooks and creative supplies. Great for gifts, and even better for browsing.
Addresses: Unit 7 Boxpark, 2–10 Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch, E1 6GY; 170 Pavilion Road, Chelsea, SW1X 0AW
Website: papersmiths.co.uk
4. iyouall
East Dulwich lifestyle store iyouall stocks stationery from Japanese brands Hightide and Midori alongside a broader edit of Scandinavian homeware from HAY, Ferm Living and Normann Copenhagen. Think utilitarian notebook cases, quality writing tools, and a thoughtfully curated selection of playful greeting cards. The two-floor store is set up to browse properly — worth the trip south of the river.
Address: 48 East Dulwich Road, London SE22 9AX
Website: iyouall.com
5. Quill
Quill offers a gorgeous selection of luxury stationery: personalised notebooks, handmade leather pencil cases, brass paperclips, and fountain pens. They also run sell-out calligraphy workshops for beginners and intermediates, and offer a handwritten calligraphy service for wedding invitations and place cards. If you want stationery that feels genuinely considered, this is your place.
Address: 37 Amwell Street, London EC1R 1UR
Website: quilllondon.com
6. Choosing Keeping
Choosing Keeping began on Columbia Road in 2012 and has since moved to a central spot near Covent Garden — perfect for a browse after a stroll through Seven Dials. The shop elevates stationery to something close to an art form, with a beautiful selection of fountain pens in various metals and finishes, notebooks, pretty wrapping paper, novelty paper clips, and glass paperweights. Everything is displayed with care and the edit is genuinely discerning.
Address: 21 Tower Street, London WC2H 9NS
Website: choosingkeeping.com
7. The Conran Shop
The Conran Shop’s flagship in Sloane Square is best known for furniture and beautiful things for the home, but it also stocks a well-chosen selection of stationery items — desk accessories, diaries, notebooks, and pens — that make excellent gifts. The kind of thing you pick up alongside a candle and a throw and feel very pleased about.
Address: 16 Sloane Square, Chelsea, London SW1W 8ER
Website: theconranshop.com
8. Mount Street Printers
If you’re after bespoke stationery with classic, elegant design, Mount Street Printers is the destination. The shop uses traditional printing techniques — letterpress, foil blocking, copperplate stamping — to create custom invitations, correspondence cards and letterheads. There’s also a selection of off-the-shelf stationery and leather notebooks and accessories for those who want something beautiful without the wait.
Address: 4 Mount Street, London W1K 3LW
Website: mountstreetprinters.com
9. House of Hackney
House of Hackney is known for its bold printed textiles and wallpaper — and it also produces a range of stationery including notebooks, cards, and pencil cases in the brand’s most popular prints. The flagship has moved from Shoreditch High Street into a spectacular four-storey Victorian clergy house near Old Street, making the trip itself part of the experience. Well worth a visit even if stationery is just part of what you’re after.
Address: St Michael’s Clergy House, Mark Street, London EC2A 4ER
Website: houseofhackney.com
10. Monocle
From the team behind Monocle magazine, this small but very well-edited Marylebone shop stocks luxury designer lifestyle items including Caran d’Ache pens, linen pocket notebooks, and oak and brass paperweights. The shop has a precise, considered aesthetic that extends to everything it carries — if you like your stationery to feel properly considered, this is the place.
Address: 2 George Street, Marylebone, London W1U 3QS
Website: monocle.com
