Forbidden Planet, Dublin
Forbidden Planet is a bookshop at 5-6 Crampton Quay in Dublin, County Dublin, 370 m south of the centre. The Best Barber, Twist and Riverside are within 20 m.
Opening hours
10:00 to 19:00
Weekly schedule
| Monday | 10:00 to 19:00 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 10:00 to 19:00 |
| Wednesday | 10:00 to 19:00 |
| Thursday | 10:00 to 19:00 |
| Friday | 10:00 to 19:00 |
| Saturday | 09:30 to 19:00 |
| Sunday | 11:00 to 18:00 |
| Public holidays | 11:00 to 18:00 |
Public holiday hours take precedence over the usual week.
Source: OpenStreetMap.
- Kind
- Bookshops
- Address
- 5-6 Crampton Quay
- From the centre
- 370 m south, in a straight line
- Phone
- +353 1 671 0688
- Website
- forbiddenplanet.co.uk
- Run by
- Forbidden Planet International
- Wheelchair
- Recorded as not accessibleOne tag covering the whole place. It does not say whether the entrance, the inside, the toilets or the route to the door are step free, and this page will not say so either.
- Parking
- Fleet Street Car Park, 110 m away
- Bus stop
- stad bus go Caisleán an Bharraigh, 10 m away
Getting to Forbidden Planet
About these directions
Public transport times come from National Transport Authority. Timetables cover 2026-09-18 to 2027-09-19. These are scheduled services; check with the operator for cancellations and changes before travelling.
Walking and driving times are estimates. A town search starts at its centre; choose your location or a point on the map for a more precise starting point. Eircode search is not available.
How journey planning worksDestination, access and nearby stops
Forbidden Planet is in Dublin, County Dublin. Routes here end at the building the map records for it. Which door is the way in is not something the map says. Fleet Street Car Park is 110 m away and the map records it as open to the public.
The nearest scheduled stop is Crampton Quay (330), 20 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.
- Crampton Quay 20 m
buses 707, 761, 763, 721, 853 and 660Scheduled departures from this stop
- Aston Quay 30 m
buses 37, 70, 860 and 704xScheduled departures from this stop
- Bachelors Walk 80 m
buses 115, 115X, 707, 115C, 845 and 704x among othersScheduled departures from this stop
- Wellington Quay 120 m
buses 115, 126, 120, 115X, 126X and 120B among othersScheduled departures from this stop
- Westmoreland Street 190 m
buses E1, E2, F1, 13, F2 and F3 among othersScheduled departures from this stop
Getting to Dublin covers the journeys into the town itself.
Events nearby
Not at Forbidden Planet. These are at other venues within a few hundred metres of it.
- 15 to 28 September 2026TicketedRounds of ThoughtKitty O'Shea's
- From 11 November 2025. Closing date to be confirmedFree entryLive Aid ExhibitionNational Photographic Archive
- 23 to 27 September 2026TicketedIFI Documentary Festival 2026Irish Film Institute
- 4 August to 30 September 2026Free entryTemple Bar 35 - Summer ProgrammeTemple Bar
Within a short walk
What else the map names within four hundred metres of Forbidden Planet, on Crampton Quay and around it.
- The Best Barber10 mHairdressers
- Irish Citylink20 mTicket
- Euronet20 mCash machines
- McKenna Distributors Ltd.30 mElectrical
Also on Crampton Quay
Crampton Quay carries 2 of the places the map names in Dublin.
Other bookshops in Dublin
Nearest to Forbidden Planet first, and the figure beside each one is how far it is from Forbidden Planet, in a straight line. Same point, same measure.
- Books Upstairs310 mD'Olier Street
- Eason310 mO'Connell Street
- Connolly Books320 mEssex Street East
- The Secret Book & Record Store350 mWicklow Street
- Sound Cellar400 mNassau Street
- Library Shop430 mLibrary Square
- City Assembly House Bookshop460 mWilliam Street South
- Sub-city Comics460 mMary Street
- The Gutter Bookshop480 mCow's Lane
- Temple Bar bookshop490 mCow's Lane
- Clarendon Medical490 mClarendon Street
- Hodges Figgis500 mDawson Street
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Where this comes from
- From the map
- The name, the kind of place, the address where the record carries one, and any website, phone or opening hours shown as recorded on the map are tags on OpenStreetMap node/2423983581, and can be corrected there.
- Worked out here
- Every distance, the nearest road where the record has no address, which car park and which stop are nearest, and the order of the lists are this site’s own calculations from those records. Distances are straight lines between two points, not walks along the footpaths, and the map will route the real walk on request. A mistake in any of this is a mistake here rather than on the map.