Illustration of a thrift store window in Richmond

Thrift stores in Richmond

  • 15 shops
  • 5 thrift
  • 10 used books & secondhand
  • within 5 mi of downtown

Richmond has 15 stores on the list and no used bookstore among them. Forest Hill Avenue is the only street with two, and the rest sit far enough apart to need a car. Goodwill has two of the total, and five of the stores are charity run.

Showing 15 shops

  1. Sarah's Den Secondhand store

    East Broad Street

    Wed–Sat 11:00–18:00

    0.4 mi
  2. UnLuvd Boutique Secondhand store
    0.8 mi
  3. Roane Street · 23222

    Mon–Sat 10:00–17:00

    1.4 mi
  4. The Clothes Rack Secondhand store

    West Cary Street · 23220

    2.2 mi
  5. Boaz & Ruth Secondhand store

    Meadow Bridge Road · 23222

    Mon–Fri 09:00–16:00

    2.3 mi
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  7. Altamont Avenue · 23230

    Mon–Sat 10:00–17:00

    2.6 mi
  8. Good Samaritan Thrift Store Secondhand store

    Mon–Tue,Thu–Fri 09:00–17:00

    3.5 mi
  9. CHKD Thrift Store Secondhand store

    South Laburnum Avenue · 23223

    3.7 mi
  10. Liberation Thrift Secondhand store

    Midlothian Turnpike · 23224

    Mon,Tue,Thu–Sat 09:00–17:30

    4.3 mi
  11. Goodwill Thrift store

    Gay Avenue · 23231

    Mon–Sat 09:00–20:00

    4.3 mi
  12. Fashion Thrift Secondhand store
    4.5 mi
  13. Furbish Thrift Thrift store

    Wed–Sun 10:00–18:00

    4.5 mi
  14. Nifty Thrifty Thrift store

    Forest Hill Avenue

    Mon–Tue closed

    4.5 mi
  15. Open Box Richmond Secondhand store

    Bethlehem Road · 23230

    closed

    4.7 mi
  16. Goodwill Thrift store

    Forest Hill Avenue

    Mon–Sat 09:00–20:00

    4.9 mi

Book hunting in Richmond

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.

11 of the shops here have their opening hours on record, and 5 of those open on Sundays. Where no hours are listed, nobody has recorded them yet. 10 of the 15 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 Richmond

5 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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