Charity shops in Swansea
- 26 shops
- 21 charity
- 5 book & second-hand
- 4 walking routes
- within 8 km of the centre
Swansea's biggest run starts at Wales Air Ambulance, 6 shops in 7 minutes. Cancer Research and RSPCA both have 2 branches across the city. The Newton Road run covers 5 shops in 9 minutes. Swansea has 26 shops in total.
Chains with several branches: Cancer Research (2) · Barnardo's (2) · RSPCA (2)
Book-hunting routes
4 routesShops a few minutes' walk apart, in walking order. Do a run in one go and the outliers another day.
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Wales Air Ambulance and 5 more6 shops
Wales Air Ambulance → Cancer Research Wales → Oxfam Bookshop → Marie Curie → 2 more
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YMCA and 5 more6 shops
YMCA → British Red Cross → Christian Bookshop → British Heart Foundation → 2 more
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Newton Road run5 shops
Wales Air Ambulance Charity → Tenovus → RSPCA → Cats Protection → 1 more
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CiSS and 2 more3 shops
CiSS → Samaritans → Local Aid
· ~3 min
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Marie Curie Charity shop
Wales Air Ambulance and 5 more · stop 4
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Cancer Research Wales Charity shop
Wales Air Ambulance and 5 more · stop 2
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Oxfam Bookshop Second-hand bookshop
Wales Air Ambulance and 5 more · stop 3
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Barnardo's Charity shop
YMCA and 5 more · stop 6
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British Heart Foundation Charity shop
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:30 · YMCA and 5 more · stop 4
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Siop Tŷ Tawe Second-hand bookshop
Christina Street · SA1 4EW
Tue–Fri 10:00–14:00,14:30–17:00 · YMCA and 5 more · stop 5
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Mind Charity shop1.0 km
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Cats Protection Charity shop
Bryn-y-mor Road
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CiSS Charity shop
CiSS and 2 more · stop 1
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Local Aid Charity shop
CiSS and 2 more · stop 3
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Clippers Second-hand shop2.8 km
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Barnardo's Charity shop4.5 km
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Cancer Research UK Charity shop4.7 km
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The Pettifor Trust Charity shop5.2 km
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Wales Air Ambulance Charity Charity shop
Newton Road · SA3 4AR
Mon–Sat 09:30–16:30 · Newton Road run · stop 1
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Tenovus Charity shop
Newton Road run · stop 2
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Book hunting in Swansea
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.
3 of the shops here have their opening hours on record, and 1 of those open on Sundays. Where no hours are listed, nobody has recorded them yet. 1 of the 26 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 Swansea
21 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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