Charity shops in Southend-on-Sea
- 18 shops
- 16 charity
- 2 book & second-hand
- 2 walking routes
- within 8 km of the centre
High Street's run adds up to 7 shops in a 12 minute walk, the biggest stretch in Southend-on-Sea, and the street itself carries 5 shops. Hamlet Court Road holds 3 shops and its own run of 4 in 13 minutes, including Books-on-Sea. Southend-on-Sea has 18 shops in total, 2 of them bookshops.
Book-hunting routes
2 routesShops a few minutes' walk apart, in walking order. Do a run in one go and the outliers another day.
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High Street run7 shops
Cancer Research UK → The Salvation Army → Havens Hospices → Books-on-Sea → 3 more
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Hamlet Court Road run4 shops
Sue Ryder → Oxfam → Mind → Samaritans
· ~13 min
Showing 18 shops
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Southend Mencap Charity shop
London Road · SS1 1PG
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Sue Ryder Charity shop
Hamlet Court Road run · stop 1
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Leigh Gallery Books Second-hand bookshop
Leigh Road · SS9 1JQ
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Havens Hospice Charity shop4.1 km
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Air Ambulance Charity shop5.0 km
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RSPCA Charity shop
West Road · SS3 9DS
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Havens Hospice Charity Shop Charity shop7.2 km
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Friends of lions Charity Shop Charity shop7.2 km
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Book hunting in Southend-on-Sea
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.
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 Southend-on-Sea
16 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 Chelmsford· Charity shops in Canterbury· Charity shops in Colchester· Charity shops in London· Charity shops in Ipswich· Charity shops in St Albans
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