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Charity shops in Colchester

33 charity shops and second-hand bookshops within 8 km of Colchester city centre, sorted nearest first — 23 charity shops plus 10 book and second-hand shops.

Chains with multiple branches here: RSPCA (2)

Charity shops

  • The Lawrence Walker Gallery

    24, Priory Walk, Colchester

    0.1 km

  • Bridge Way Charity

    6, Priory Walk, Colchester

    0.1 km

  • British Heart Foundation

    24a, Long Wyre Street, Colchester

    0.1 km

  • PDSA

    38, Long Wyre Street, Colchester

    0.1 km

  • Sense

    42, Long Wyre Street, Colchester

    0.2 km

  • Friends Of St Helena Hospice

    Culver Street East, Colchester

    0.2 km

  • Emmaus

    8-13, Osborne Street, Colchester

    0.3 km

  • The Salvation Army

    122, High Street, Colchester

    0.3 km

  • East Anglia's Children's Hospices

    124, High Street, Colchester

    0.3 km

  • Dogs Trust

    4-5, Trinity Street, Colchester

    0.4 km

  • St Helena

    Sir Isaac's Walk, Colchester

    0.4 km

  • Oxfam

    33, St Johns Street, Colchester

    0.4 km

  • Age UK

    9, Crouch Street, Colchester

    0.6 km

  • St Helena Furniture Shop

    80, Magdalen Street, Colchester

    0.7 km

  • Sense

    41, Crouch Street, Colchester

    0.7 km

  • St Helena Clearance Shop - Magdalen Street

    95-97, Magdalen Street, Colchester

    0.7 km

  • St Helena Hospice

    69, Crouch Street, Colchester

    0.8 km

  • RSPCA Essex North East Branch

    116, Harwich Road, Colchester

    1.4 km

  • Colchester Childrens' Charity Appeal

    2.2 km

  • Colchester Cat Rescue

    100, The Commons, Colchester

    2.8 km

  • RSPCA

    54, Prettygate Road, Colchester

    2.9 km

  • St Helena Hospice

    4.3 km

  • Barnardo's

    Unit 3 Stanway Retail Park, Peartree Road, Colchester

    4.3 km

Bookshops & second-hand

  • Millie & Marbels

    46, Long Wyre Street, Colchester

    0.2 km

  • Red Lion Books

    125, High Street, Colchester

    0.3 km

  • The Colchester Bookshop

    7, Trinity Street, Colchester

    0.4 km

  • Waterstones

    High Street, Colchester

    0.5 km

  • Dusty's

    83, Magdalen Street, Colchester

    0.7 km

  • House of Joy

    37, Crouch Street, Colchester

    0.7 km

  • As New

    145-147, Military Road, Colchester

    1.2 km

  • Waterstones

    3.3 km

  • Colne Bookshop

    51, High Street, Wivenhoe

    5.3 km

  • Wivenhoe Bookshop

    23, High Street, Wivenhoe

    5.3 km

Book hunting in Colchester

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 Ipswich · Charity shops in Chelmsford · Charity shops in Southend-on-Sea · Charity shops in Cambridge

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