Illustration of a thrift store window in Surrey

Thrift stores in Surrey

  • 14 shops
  • 2 thrift
  • 12 used books & secondhand
  • 1 walking route
  • within 8 km of downtown

Surrey has 14 thrift stores and secondhand shops within 8 km of downtown, with no used bookstore in that radius. The Columbia Street run takes in The Salvation Army, Grand Central Consignment and Bases Family Thrift Store, 3 shops in about 11 minutes on foot. Value Village and Salvation Army each run 2 branches in the city. Vancouver is 22 km away, Abbotsford 43 km and Nanaimo 79 km.

Showing 14 shops

  1. MCC Thrift Store Secondhand store
    0.6 km
  2. Pound Picks Secondhand store

    Columbia Street

    Mon–Sat 10:00–19:00

    4.3 km
  3. Value Village Secondhand store

    Mon–Sun 09:00–22:00

    4.5 km
  4. Talize Thrift Store Secondhand store

    88 Avenue · V4C 3C8

    4.5 km
  5. The Salvation Army Thrift store

    Columbia Street · V3M1B5

    Mon–Sat 10:00–20:00 · Columbia Street run · stop 1

    4.6 km
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  7. Grand Central Consignment Secondhand store

    Carnarvon Street

    Sun–Tue 12:00–15:00 · Columbia Street run · stop 2

    4.7 km
  8. Bases Family Thrift Store Secondhand store

    Columbia Street

    Mon–Fri 10:00–16:00 · Columbia Street run · stop 3

    5.0 km
  9. The Salvation Army Thrift store

    Scott Road

    5.5 km
  10. New To You Thrift Shop Secondhand store

    Sixth Avenue · V3M 2B3

    Tue–Sat 10:00–17:00

    5.8 km
  11. McBride Boulevard

    5.8 km
  12. St. Barnabas Thrift Store Secondhand store

    Wed 11:00–16:00

    5.8 km
  13. SPCA Thrift Store Secondhand store

    Sixth Street · V3L 3C5

    Mon,Wed–Sat 10:00–16:00

    6.0 km
  14. Value Village Secondhand store
    7.0 km
  15. Orphan Aid Thrift Store Secondhand store

    Edmonds Street

    Tue–Fri 10:00–17:00

    7.5 km

Book hunting in Surrey

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. Thrift stores 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 staff when the book cart 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. 12 of the 14 are general second-hand shops.

If you want the odds on your side, read our guides to finding good books in thrift and charity shops and spotting the books worth grabbing before you set out.

Donating books in Surrey

2 of the shops here are charity-run and take book donations during opening hours. Ask at the counter for a receipt if you want to claim the donation against tax. 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: Thrift stores in Vancouver· Thrift stores in Abbotsford· Thrift stores in Nanaimo· Thrift stores in Victoria· Thrift stores in Courtenay· Thrift stores in Calgary

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