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Every soft toy repairer we hold

4 of the 77, with a phone number where they publish one.

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How you hand it overIn person By post

If it cannot waitHas said it will consider a rush 4They said it, not us. Each row quotes the words, because a bedtime deadline and an insurance claim are not the same promise.

What it needsMending and seams 4 Full restoration 4 Cleaning on its own 4 Restuffing 3 Eyes and noses 4 Joints 4 Fur restoration 2 Smell and sanitising 1 Fire, flood and smoke 1

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3 of 4 have an address on a public map. 1 works by post, or from home with nothing published. Show both countries

They Shout Hello
Katherine, working from home in Leyton E10, repairing soft toys and re-upholstering fabric rocking horses. She takes only a few toys at a time and most go back within days, and in winter, when the heating is on and things dry quickly, an uncomplicated repair can be done the same day if you drop it early and collect before bedtime. Almost nothing else in the UK offers that.
Leyton
Said openquoted about a week thenread off their site yesterday
As much or as little as you ask · Open 5 days a week
If it cannot wait “drop off early morning and collect just before bedtime, in the winter months”
63 Colchester Road, London, E10 6HB, EnglandTheir site
Droplet
A London dry cleaner with six branches and a published soft toy cleaning price list by size, from 15.95 to 69.95 pounds. Free collection and delivery, same-day and 24-hour turnarounds, and everything done in house rather than sent out. Cleaning only, though they do repairs and alterations on clothing.
London
Said openquoted about a week thenread off their site yesterday
If it cannot wait “same-day service”
SW19 6NL020 7831 7677 info@dropletuk.com
Cheekyhandmades
A Walthamstow sewing studio that also takes in soft toy repairs, standing in for a more specialist repairer and passing the hardest jobs on to her. It covers washing, restuffing, seams, patching, joints, paw pads, eyes, noses and full linings, with published guide prices and every toy assessed in person before a quote.
Walthamstow, London
Open 6 days a week
If it cannot wait “toys that cannot be apart from their owners for long”
13 Thorpe Crescent, Walthamstow, London, E17 5BYcheekyhandmades@gmail.com
Laura's Doll Hospital
Laura, who has written the clearest explanation of the process of any listing here. She prices every task separately so you can choose by budget, asks about deadlines up front, tells you there is usually a short waiting list, and says outright that she knows it feels daunting to hand your doll to a stranger.
Said waiting listread off their site yesterday
As much or as little as you ask
If it cannot wait “a specific deadline or occasion”
Their site

How this list was built

Every entry was read off the business's own public pages. 0 of the 4 look untouched for years: a copyright several years old, a shop promising to reopen on a date that has passed, a page booked through a year that is over. We do not name which, because we have not asked any of them and being publicly guessed at is not something you should take from a stranger.

That rate depends on how you look. Businesses found by search alone are flagged at 38%; those found through trade lists and associations, 18%. Search rewards an old site with old links, so a list built only from search carries twice as many ghosts as one built from the trade itself.