Charity shops by city
4536 charity shops and second-hand bookshops across the UK, mapped city by city for book hunters. Pick a city, plan a route, fill a tote bag.
London
896 shops
Bristol
162 shops
Edinburgh
151 shops
Birmingham
148 shops
Manchester
129 shops
Glasgow
118 shops
Nottingham
113 shops
Bournemouth
106 shops
Newcastle upon Tyne
103 shops
Sheffield
100 shops
Leeds
99 shops
Brighton
86 shops
Liverpool
78 shops
Norwich
72 shops
Southampton
69 shops
Portsmouth
68 shops
Plymouth
63 shops
Leicester
62 shops
Cardiff
60 shops
Stockport
58 shops
Belfast
55 shops
Derby
52 shops
Oxford
49 shops
Worthing
49 shops
Bolton
48 shops
York
48 shops
Cheltenham
47 shops
Preston
47 shops
Bath
46 shops
Blackpool
42 shops
Cambridge
42 shops
Lancaster
42 shops
Exeter
39 shops
Aberdeen
38 shops
Middlesbrough
37 shops
Bradford
36 shops
Dundee
36 shops
Eastbourne
36 shops
Ipswich
36 shops
Coventry
35 shops
Poole
35 shops
Reading
35 shops
Shrewsbury
35 shops
Swindon
34 shops
Colchester
33 shops
Hull
31 shops
Newport
31 shops
Northampton
31 shops
Halifax
30 shops
Milton Keynes
30 shops
Chelmsford
29 shops
Swansea
28 shops
Wakefield
28 shops
Durham
27 shops
Luton
27 shops
Warrington
27 shops
Chester
25 shops
Gloucester
24 shops
Worcester
24 shops
Huddersfield
23 shops
Lincoln
23 shops
Stoke-on-Trent
23 shops
Southend-on-Sea
21 shops
Sunderland
21 shops
Inverness
19 shops
Rotherham
19 shops
Truro
19 shops
Canterbury
18 shops
Carlisle
18 shops
Wolverhampton
18 shops
Doncaster
17 shops
Salisbury
17 shops
Wrexham
17 shops
Stirling
16 shops
Guildford
15 shops
Hastings
15 shops
Aberystwyth
14 shops
St Albans
14 shops
Wigan
14 shops
Winchester
10 shops
Why charity shops are the best book hunting there is
Every charity shop shelf is stocked by donation, priced to move, and re-shelved constantly — which makes it the least predictable and most rewarding bookshop format in the country. The same shelf can hold airport thrillers, a Booker winner, and an out-of-print favourite someone finally let go of. The catch is volume: reading a few hundred spines shop after shop is where good intentions go to die. That's the bit Spines takes off your hands — photograph the shelf and it identifies every book, pulls ratings, and flags the ones that match your taste. If you're new to the hunt, start with our guide to finding good books in charity shops.
Hunt smarter in any of them
Spines reads a whole shelf from one photo and shows you which books are worth grabbing — tailored to your taste. Free to try.
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