Illustration of a thrift store window in London

Thrift stores in London

  • 21 shops
  • 6 thrift
  • 15 used books & secondhand
  • 1 walking route
  • within 8 km of downtown

London, Ontario has 21 shops within 8 kilometres, with Wonderland Road North and York Street each carrying 2. A run of 3 shops takes 5 minutes and passes Master liquidation and binz, Habitat for Humanity ReStore and Value Village. Goodwill has 5 branches, and Value Village, Habitat ReStore and Saint Vincent de Paul each have 2. Kitchener is 80 kilometres away, Guelph 102, Hamilton 116.

Showing 21 shops

  1. Library Used Book Stall Used bookstore
    0.1 km
  2. Horton Street East

    0.6 km
  3. Beth Values Secondhand store
    0.7 km
  4. York Street · N6B1R6

    Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00

    1.2 km
  5. Old East Exchange Secondhand store

    Dundas Street · N5W2Z1

    Mon–Sat 10:00–17:00

    1.4 km
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  7. Mission Store Thrift store

    York Street · N5W6A8

    Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00

    1.7 km
  8. The Real Thrift Secondhand store
    2.4 km
  9. St Vincent de Paul Store Secondhand store

    Elias Street · N5W5K9

    Tue–Fri 10:00–17:00

    2.5 km
  10. Goodwill Thrift store

    Oxford Street East

    Mon–Fri 09:00–20:00

    3.4 km
  11. 3.6 km
  12. Value Village Secondhand store

    Oxford Street West · N6H 1T5

    Master liquidation and binz and 2 more · stop 3

    3.6 km
  13. Wonderland Road North · N6H 4V6

    Master liquidation and binz and 2 more · stop 2

    3.6 km
  14. Value Village Secondhand store
    4.6 km
  15. Talize Secondhand store

    Huron Street · N5V2E3

    Mon–Sat 09:00–21:00

    4.7 km
  16. Goodwill Thrift store

    Wonderland Road North

    5.4 km
  17. White Oak Road

    6.1 km
  18. Goodwill Thrift store
    6.2 km
  19. The Salvation Army Thrift store
    6.3 km
  20. ReDECOR Secondhand store

    Sarnia Road · N6H5J9

    Tue–Sat 10:00–17:00

    6.4 km
  21. Habitat Restore London Secondhand store

    Pacific Court · N5V3K4

    Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00

    6.4 km
  22. Treasure Hunt Secondhand store

    Exeter Road · N6E 1L3

    7.1 km

Book hunting in London

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.

8 of the shops here have their opening hours on record, and 4 of those open on Sundays. Where no hours are listed, nobody has recorded them yet. 14 of the 21 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 London

6 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 Kitchener· Thrift stores in Guelph· Thrift stores in Hamilton· Thrift stores in Mississauga· Thrift stores in Toronto· Thrift stores in Ottawa

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