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Charity shops in Swansea

28 charity shops and second-hand bookshops within 8 km of Swansea city centre, sorted nearest first — 20 charity shops plus 8 book and second-hand shops.

Chains with multiple branches here: Cancer Research (2) · Barnardo (2) · RSPCA (2)

Charity shops

  • Wales Air Ambulance

    Swansea

    0.1 km

  • Marie Curie

    0.1 km

  • Cancer Research Wales

    0.1 km

  • Greyhound Rescue Wales

    0.1 km

  • RSPCA

    0.1 km

  • British Red Cross

    29, Union Street, Swansea

    0.2 km

  • Barnardo's

    0.3 km

  • British Heart Foundation

    0.4 km

  • Mind

    1.0 km

  • Cats Protection

    85, Bryn-y-mor Road

    1.2 km

  • CiSS

    1.7 km

  • Local Aid

    1.7 km

  • Samaritans

    67, Uplands Crescent

    1.7 km

  • Barnardo's

    4.5 km

  • Cancer Research UK

    4.7 km

  • The Pettifor Trust

    5.2 km

  • Wales Air Ambulance Charity

    11, Newton Road, Swansea

    6.4 km

  • Cats Protection

    135, Mumbles Road

    6.4 km

  • Tenovus

    6.4 km

  • RSPCA

    27, Newton Road, Swansea

    6.4 km

Bookshops & second-hand

  • Oxfam Bookshop

    0.1 km

  • Christian Bookshop

    Swansea Market, Swansea

    0.3 km

  • Waterstones

    17, Oxford Street

    0.3 km

  • The Works

    16, The Quadrant Shopping Centre, Swansea

    0.3 km

  • Siop Tŷ Tawe

    9, Christina Street, Swansea

    0.4 km

  • Clippers

    2.8 km

  • Cover to Cover

    58, Newton Road

    6.5 km

  • WHSmith

    7.4 km

Book hunting in Swansea

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 Cardiff · Charity shops in Newport · Charity shops in Aberystwyth · Charity shops in Bristol

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