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Frequently Asked Questions

Planning A Visit

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Black Stories Matter

Seven Stories in the Community

I'll Tell You A Story

Authors into Schools

About Seven Stories

Where Stories Come From

Reading with Pride

Grief and Loss Bookpack

Elmer and Friends: The Colourful World of David McKee Exhibition

Current Vacancies

Seven Stories acquires the archives of John Agard and Grace Nichols

Towards a new Collections Gallery

Learning and Education at Seven Stories

Touring Exhibitions

Opening Times

After nearly five months of closure, we are delighted to be opening our doors to visitors again. In order for us to test new systems, we’re undertaking a phased reopening and trialling new opening days and times. Our lovely bookshop and coffee shop, located at street level, will be open Thursday to Sunday 11am to 1.30pm and 2pm to 4pm as well as our Cafe on Level 2. We'll be closing each day for 30 minutes to allow time to clean areas open to the public.

Admission to the street level of Seven Stories and our Cafe is free.

We want to make a visit to Seven Stories as enjoyable as possible. This means we have made some changes. We know that you will have lots of questions so we’ve tried to answer as many as we can in our Frequently Asked Questions.

We have acquired Visit Britain’s ‘We’re Good to Go’ industry standard mark which means that we have followed government and industry COVID-19 guidelines, have a Risk Assessment in place and a process to maintain cleanliness and aid social distancing.

We can’t wait to welcome you back to Seven Stories. As an independent charity, every purchase in our bookshop and cafe area helps support Seven Stories in these challenging times.

Your commitment to our charity allows us to do what we love best - working with children's books to create playful and profound experiences for children and young people to enjoy. Being closed for such a prolonged period means that we are set to lose up to £250,000 projected income this year. If you are able to support us with a donation you can do so here. Thank you.

Type	Single	Annual
Baby (up to 12 months)	FREE	FREE
Toddler (1-3 years)	£2.50	£9.00
Child (4-16)	£6.60	£21.00
Adult	£7.70	£26.00
Adult & Toddler	---	£30.00
Family	£23.10	£65.00
Family +	£27.50	£70.00
Concession	£6.60	£21.00
Concession Family	£18.70	£45.00

Family Arts Standards

Seven Stories adheres to the national Family Arts Standards.