Charity shops in Chelmsford
29 charity shops and second-hand bookshops within 6 km of Chelmsford city centre, sorted nearest first — 21 charity shops plus 8 book and second-hand shops.
Chains with multiple branches here: Oxfam (2) · British Heart Foundation (2) · Barnardo (2) · RSPCA (2)
Charity shops
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0.2 km
Chelmsford 4 Good
22, Market Road, Chelmsford
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0.2 km
Oxfam
6, Market Road, Chelmsford
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0.2 km
Chelmsford Community Bookshop
4, Market Road, Chelmsford
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0.3 km
British Heart Foundation
24, High Chelmer, Chelmsford
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0.3 km
Havens Hospices
13, Exchange Way, Chelmsford
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0.6 km
British Heart Foundation
50, High Street, Chelmsford
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0.6 km
Cancer Research UK
217, Moulsham Street, Chelmsford
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0.7 km
Farleigh Hospice
202, Moulsham Street, Chelmsford
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0.7 km
Age UK
30, Moulsham Street, Chelmsford
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0.7 km
RSPCA
178, Moulsham Street, Chelmsford
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1.3 km
The Salvation Army
108, Byron Road, Chelmsford
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1.7 km
Farleigh Hospice
257, Broomfield Road, Chelmsford
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1.8 km
St Johns Ambulance
2, Melbourne Avenue, Chelmsford
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2.2 km
Farleigh Hospice
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2.2 km
Barnardo's
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2.3 km
RSPCA
48, Trent Road, Chelmsford
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2.6 km
Barnardo's
Village Square, Chelmsford
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3.9 km
Farleigh Hospice
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4.3 km
Friends at Broomfield Hospital
Court Road, Chelmsford
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4.3 km
Friends at Broomfield Hospital
Court Road, Chelmsford
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5.6 km
Farleigh Hospice
5, Butterfield Road, Chelmsford
Bookshops & second-hand
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0.3 km
The Works
27-28, High Chelmer, Chelmsford
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0.4 km
Oxfam Bookshop
94, High Street, Chelmsford
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0.5 km
Waterstones
76, High Street, Chelmsford
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0.5 km
Foyles
86, Bond Street, Chelmsford
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0.7 km
CFY Book Shelf
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0.7 km
The Works
The Meadows, Chelmsford
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0.7 km
Chelmsford Furniture Project
5, Baddow Road, Chelmsford
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3.5 km
Friends of Hylands
Book hunting in Chelmsford
The list above is sorted by distance from the centre, which is also a decent route plan: cluster your visits, start with the shops nearest each other, and save the outliers for days you're passing anyway. Charity shops re-shelve constantly — most put new donations out every day or two — so a shop that was quiet on Saturday can be a different shop by Wednesday. Weekday mornings beat weekend afternoons, and it's always worth asking a volunteer when the book trolley comes out.
If you want the odds on your side, read our guides to finding good books in charity shops and spotting the books worth grabbing before you set out.
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Nearby: Charity shops in Southend-on-Sea · Charity shops in Colchester · Charity shops in London · Charity shops in St Albans
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