Charity shops in Ipswich
- 35 shops
- 34 charity
- 1 book & second-hand
- 3 walking routes
- within 8 km of the centre
In Ipswich, the biggest run centres on Cancer Research UK, 7 shops in a 6 minute walk. Salvation Army has 3 branches across the city, more than any other chain. A second run built around Cancer Research UK covers another 7 shops in 12 minutes. Ipswich has 34 shops in total.
Chains with several branches: Salvation Army (3) · Cancer Research (2) · RSPCA (2)
Book-hunting routes
3 routesShops a few minutes' walk apart, in walking order. Do a run in one go and the outliers another day.
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Cancer Research UK and 7 more8 shops
Cancer Research UK → Suffolk Mind → Ipswich Outreach → Cats Protection → 4 more
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The Salvation Army and 6 more7 shops
The Salvation Army → RSPCA → St Elizabeth Hospice → Sense → 3 more
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The Salvation Army and 2 more (part 2)3 shops
The Salvation Army → 2nd Time Around → St Elizabeth Hospice
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St Elizabeth Hospice Charity shop
Dogs Head Street · IP4 1AD
Mon–Sat 09:30–16:30 · The Salvation Army and 6 more · stop 3
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The Fair Trade Shop Charity shop
Upper Brook Street · IP4 1EB
Cancer Research UK and 7 more · stop 7
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The Salvation Army Charity shop
London Road · IP1 2EJ
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Living Water Charity shop
Dickens Road · IP2 0JW
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Maidenhall Residents Association and Community Shop Charity shop
Maidenhall Green
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Emmaus Charity shop
Dales Road · IP1 4JY
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Suffolk Animal Rescue Charity shop
Felixstowe Road · IP3 8EB
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Sense Charity shop
Meredith Road
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St Elizabeth Hospice Charity shop2.9 km
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The Salvation Army Charity shop3.3 km
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St Elizabeth Hospice Charity shop
Heath Road · IP4 5RZ
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The Children's Society Charity shop
Hening Avenue · IP3 9QJ
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Barnardo's Charity shop
Hening Avenue · IP3 9QJ
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Book hunting in Ipswich
Nearest-first is a decent route plan on its own: cluster your visits, start with the shops closest to 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.
9 of the shops here have their opening hours on record, and 3 of those open on Sundays. Where no hours are listed, nobody has recorded them yet. 1 of the 35 are general second-hand shops.
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.
Donating books in Ipswich
34 of the shops here are charity-run and take book donations during opening hours. If you pay UK income tax, filling in a Gift Aid form at the till lets the shop claim an extra 25% on whatever your books sell for, at no cost to you. Shops pay to dispose of what they cannot sell, so a bad donation costs the charity money. The test before you pack a bag: would someone buy this today? Recent fiction, classics, cookery and children's books move. Old textbooks, out-of-date travel guides and anything damp or mouldy do not.
Our guide to where to donate books covers which shops suit which books, and what to do with a whole house clear-out.
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Nearby: Charity shops in Colchester· Charity shops in Chelmsford· Charity shops in Southend-on-Sea· Charity shops in Norwich· Charity shops in Cambridge· Charity shops in Canterbury
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