While our building is closed, we're hosting play, crafts, bookshop and storytelling fun in a space in the Stratford Centre. Pop in to the pop up anytime between 10am-5pm or book a timed storytelling event.
Discover’s building on Stratford High Street is undergoing some exciting building work (find out more here) and will reopen on 20 June. To keep the play and stories going, we’re opening a temporary pop up space in Stratford Centre. Join us for crafts, play, stories and books.
Discover Pops Up! will be open every day from 10am – 5pm
Every day until Sunday 14 June
Spoon puppet trees
Stories
LEGO brick wall
Storytelling space
We love Newham wall
Bookshop
Where
Discover Pops Up! at Stratford Centre is located 5 minutes walk from Discover’s home on Stratford High Street, and 4 minutes walk from Stratford station and bus station. We’re located at the heart of the shopping centre, opposite Costa Coffee.
Unit 14
Stratford Centre
54a Broadway
Stratford
E15 1XA
What you can do here
Our pop up space is a place for families to take time out for stories, crafts and play. You can visit the space for free – or book paid tickets for our cosy storytelling sessions for 0-5 year olds.
- Create your own spoon puppet
- Add yourself to our map of Newham
- Cosy up with a book
- Build your best creations on our LEGO brick wall
- Listen to stories
- Create your own stories
- Browse our beautiful bookshop
Interactive, sensory storytelling sessions – aimed at 0-5 year olds:
These are events are ticketed, priced at £2-£4. Our rolling programme of storytelling includes our super-popular Baby Storytelling (with toys and stay-and-play) and some of the best of our sensory, interactive 0-5 Storytelling sessions:
- 22 May – 14 June: That’s Not My Dinosaur
May Half Term crafts and workshops — aimed at 3+ year olds:
Our Out of the Box season celebrates imagination and transformation, turning everyday recycled materials into playful worlds, characters and stories. These events are ticketed, priced at £5 for children and free for adults:
Need to know
- Entry to Discover Pops Up! is free – with storytelling sessions in our cosy, dedicated story space priced between £2-£4.
- Discover Pops Up! is currently cash free – we only accept card payments.
- Our Pop Up Bookshop is open to everyone, but all play areas and storytelling sessions are only for adults accompanied by children (and children accompanied by adults).
- Capacity to the space is limited and admittance will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Ticketed storytelling sessions can be booked in advance on our website or on the day in the space – these are small sessions with very limited capacity, please do book before visiting if you can, to avoid disappointment. Tickets will be on sale up to two weeks in advance.
- We have buggy parking, baby change and a quiet space for breastfeeding. Full toilet facilities are available close by in Stratford Centre.
