5 Stationery Shops in London to Brighten Up Your English Studies

September is back-to-school season, the perfect time to make studying English a little less gloomy. Unless, of course, that’s your vibe – goths deserve nice notebooks, too.

Whether you prefer something functional and simple or classic and luxurious, there are tonnes of aesthetic stationery shops around London to help liven up your English practice and hopefully inspire you to open that grammar book a little bit more. Because who said nice pens can’t change lives?

So, without further ado, here are five of the best stationery shops in London to make your study time even more productive 📝🪄

Choosing Keeping, Covent Garden 🖋️

If you need more of a proper pick-me-up than a practical stationery haul, head to Choosing Keeping to browse a curated selection of exceedingly beautiful stationery in even more beautiful, old-world surroundings.

This is where you pay £15 for a pen you’ve fallen in love with, not where you come to stock up on essentials. Great for pretending you’re Bridgerton’s Lady Whistledown shopping for supplies – and not drilling the subjunctive mood for the fifth time.

Note: High-society scandals not included; you’ll have to seek those out yourself.

London Graphic Centre, Covent Garden🎨

If you need to leave a shop with ten notebooks in hand just to feel something, this is the place for you.

London Graphic Centre is a huge, artsy one-stop store for pretty much anything you might need, from mechanical pencils and self-erasing pens to journals and art supplies.

In fact, London Graphic Centre began as a specialist art shop, so it’s the perfect place to indulge in your creative pursuits when you’re not studying. Or for ‘studying’ by illustrating your vocabulary lists. We don’t judge.

Present & Correct, Bloomsbury📒

This one’s for the Type A learners.

This quirky, design-led shop stocks new and vintage stationery that could organise even the most scatterbrained among us just by staring at the shop layout. If you love geometry, Present & Correct is for you.

And if you don’t, it might just inspire you to be more present in your English studies (and therefore correct, hopefully).

Waterstones, Gower Street📚

You might have already heard of the UK’s biggest bookshop, but the branch on Gower Street is extra special. Located next to University College London, it’s a great spot for ESL students to find textbooks, stationery supplies, and a cosy place to study all in one place.

The Gower Street shop has a dedicated Learning English section upstairs, as well as an art shop, Ryman, and a café. Spend a day here, and you’ll leave transformed – and a little bit more caffeinated.

MUJI, Oxford Street 📎

What better place to organise your studies than at the Japanese queen of minimalism?

MUJI might look basic, but that’s the point. Everything is simple, inexpensive, and, most importantly, super functional. There are MUJI stores all over London, but the Oxford Street branch stocks one of the most comprehensive ranges of MUJI stationery staples.

Psst – don’t leave without grabbing a few snacks on your way out, too. Because a day of studying calls for a few matcha chocolate-covered strawberries (which will look great next to all your new stationery, by the way).

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