Buckinghamshire
Visited: Amersham; Beaconsfield; Chalfont St Peter; Chesham; Gerrards Cross; High Wycombe; Tring
Planning to visit: Aylesbury (recommended by Andrew); Buckingham; Great Missenden; Wendover
Bedfordshire
Planning to visit: Bedford; Dunstable; Leighton Buzzard (recommended by Jo); Milton Keynes
Berkshire
Visited: Newbury; Caversham
Planning to visit: Hungerford; Henley-upon-Thames; Maidenhead; Reading (recommended by se71)
Cambridgeshire
Visited: Cambridge
Planning to visit: Ely
Cheshire
Visited: Alderley Edge (recommended at MSE); Wilmslow (recommended by Hilary Alexander)
Planning to visit: Chester
Cornwall
Visited: Falmouth; Looe; St Austell; Truro
Planning to visit: Bodmin; Penzance
Cumbria
Visited: Ambleside; Kendal, Keswick
Planning to visit: Windermere
Derbyshire
Visited: Bakewell; Buxton; Glossop; Matlock
Planning to visit: Derby
Devon
Visited: Ashburton; Dartmouth; Kingsbridge; Newton Abbot; Tavistock; Torquay (recommended by @tregreer); Totnes
Planning to visit: Bovey Tracey; Buckfastleigh; Honiton; Paignton; Taunton; Teignmouth
Dorset
Planning to visit: Lyme Regis; Shaftesbury (recommended by Becky Chadwick); Sherborne (at Country Life); Wimborne (recommended by Becky Chadwick)
East Sussex
Planning to visit: Brighton; Burgess Hill (recommended by cactuspotty); Rye; Hastings; St Leonards-on-sea (recommended by @JosieLong)
Essex
Visited: Basildon; Colchester; Epping; Loughton; Romford; Saffron Walden; Southend-on-sea
Planning to visit: Barking (recommended by Patience); Braintree; Brentwood; Canvey Island; Chelmsford (recommended at PopJustice); Clacton-on-sea; Dagenham (recommended by Patience); Hornchurch; Ilford (recommended by Patience); Leigh-on-sea (recommended by John); Upminster
Gloucestershire
Visited: Moreton-in-Marsh; Stow-on-the-Wold; Tewkesbury
Planning to visit: Cheltenham (recommended by @tregreer); Gloucester
Hampshire
Visited: Alresford; Hook; Petersfield; Romsey; Winchester
Planning to visit: Fareham (recommended by @Angus_Reid and Delibelly); Lymington; Odiham; Southsea (recommended by Delibelly)
Herefordshire
Visited: The Big Chill (special dispatch); Ledbury; Leominster; Ross-on-Wye
Planning to visit: Hereford
Hertfordshire
Visited: Berkhamsted; Bishop’s Stortford; Harpenden; Hertford; Hitchin; Letchworth; Rickmansworth; Waltham Cross; Ware
Planning to visit: Borehamwood (at PopJustice); Hatfield; Hemel Hempstead; St Albans; Welwyn Garden City
Kent
Visited: Herne Bay; Ramsgate; Whitstable
Planning to visit: Broadstairs; Chatham (recommended by Delibelly); Gillingham (recommended by Delibelly); Hythe (recommended by P Burton); Margate; Petts Wood (recommended by @JosieLong); Rochester (recommended by Delibelly); Sevenoaks (at thisiskent); Tonbridge; Tunbridge Wells (recommended by Velochick)
Lancashire
Planning to visit: Blackpool; Burnley; Manchester; Salford
London
(Central)
Visited: Pimlico (recommended by the ockle); West Central (part 1, part 2)
Planning to visit: East Central/City; Marylebone
(East)
Visited: Barkingside; Chingford; Hackney (recommended by Josie Long); South Hackney (recommended by Josie Long); South Woodford; Stoke Newington; Walthamstow
(North)
Visited: Archway; Church End, Finchley; Crouch End; Enfield Town; Golders Green; Hampstead & Belsize Park; Highgate; High Barnet; Mill Hill; Muswell Hill; North Finchley; Palmers Green; Southgate; Tottenham; West Hampstead; Wood Green
Planning to visit: Camden Town; East Barnet (recommended by Rose); Kentish Town; St John’s Wood
(South)
Visited: Battersea; Blackheath; East Dulwich; East Sheen; Richmond; Twickenham; Whitton
Planning to visit: Balham; Brixton; Clapham; Kingston upon Thames; Mortlake; Teddington; Tooting; Walworth (recommended by Adrian); Wandsworth
(West)
Visited: Ealing; Pinner; Ruislip (coming soon); West Ealing
Planning to visit: Chiswick/Turnham Green (recommended by Adrian): Eastcote; Harrow; Kilburn
Norfolk
Planning to visit: Norwich; Cromer
North Yorkshire
Planning to visit: Whitby; York (recommended by RA Mason)
Northamptonshire
Visited: Northampton (at Garden of Earthly Delights); Wellingborough
Nottinghamshire
Planning to visit: Mansfield; Nottingham
Northern Ireland
Planning to visit: Belfast (recommended by bookfind4u)
Oxfordshire
Visited: Abingdon; Chipping Norton; Didcot; Headington; Oxford (coming eventually); Summertown
Planning to visit: Thame, Wallingford
Rutland
Visited: Oakham
Scotland
Planning to visit: Edinburgh/Stockbridge (download the map from ChangeWorks); Oban; Stornoway
Shropshire
Visited: Bridgnorth; Ludlow; Oswestry; Shrewsbury (recommended by rich)
Planning to visit: Church Stretton
Somerset
Visited: Bath; Glastonbury
Planning to visit: Cheddar
South Yorkshire
Visited: Sheffield (recommended by Darnall42)
Staffordshire
Visited: Kinver
Planning to visit: Burton-upon-Trent; Cannock; Leek; Lichfield; Stafford; Stone
Suffolk
Visited: Bury St Edmunds
Planning to visit: Newmarket (at MSE)
Surrey
Visited: Epsom & Ewell; Surbiton
Planning to visit: Chertsey; Cobham (recommended by The Cobham Blogger); Egham; Guildford (recommended by Wey Valley Books); Leatherhead (recommended by Delibelly); Worcester Park (recommended by bookfind4u)
Wales
Planning to visit: Aberystwyth; Bala; Bangor; Betws-y-coed; Haverfordwest; Monmouth; Llangollen; Pembroke; St David’s
Warwickshire
Visited: Kenilworth (recommended by Tina); Royal Leamington Spa; Shipston-on-Stour; Warwick
Planning to visit: Stratford-upon-Avon
West Midlands
Visited: Birmingham; Coventry; Halesowen; Harborne; Moseley; Northfield; Solihull; Stourbridge; Wolverhampton
Planning to visit: Acocks Green; Bearwood; Blackheath; Brierley Hill; Dudley; King’s Heath; King’s Norton; Knowle; Rowley Regis; Shirley (at MSE); Walsall; Wednesbury; West Bromwich
West Sussex
Planning to visit: Burgess Hill (recommended by Post Mortem Books); Chichester (recommended by Simon); Horsham (recommended by cactuspotty)
Wiltshire
Visited: Chippenham
Planning to visit: Devizes; Marlborough; Salisbury
Worcestershire
Visited: Bewdley; Bromsgrove; Droitwich Spa; Evesham; Great Malvern (recommended at MSE); Kidderminster; Pershore; Stourport-on-Severn; Tenbury Wells; Upton-on-Severn; Worcester (recommended by Chris)
Planning to visit: Redditch
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Hi simon,
We just posted an article, “Top 50 Resources for Starting Your Own Charity or Scholarship” ( http://executivembaprograms.org/top-50-resources-for-starting-your-own-charity-or-scholarship/ ). I thought I’d bring it to your attention in case you think your readers would find it interesting.
Either way, thanks for your time!
Cheers,
Adrienne Carlson
When you visit Brighton make a stop on the way (or way back!) at Burgess Hill. Unremarkable town with nothing going for it apart from loads and loads of charity shops! The charity book shop there is highly recommended.
I would recommend Emmaus in South Lambeth (actually West Norwood), the main shop is strangely tucked away in a courtyard, but it is a great place for stocking up on furniture and all the stuff you need for a house.
Also a good book collection.
http://www.emmaus.org.uk/south-lambeth
Another suggestion for you. Horsham in West Sussex has a number of great charity shops. The best of which are the St Catherine’s Hospice and a HUGE Horsham Matters (Horsham Churches Together) just outside of the town centre on the site of a disused forecourt.
Hi! I am planning on starting a vintage/second hand project in Norway this upcoming summer (I am currently based in London), and want to do the buying in the best places in England. I have absolutely no clue where to start, but I know that I want to find nice and cheap clothes, from leather jackets, denim jeans and shorts, shirts, leather bags, skirts and dresses, and just anything nice/original to be sold in a Norwegian city where the people needs to get a bit more aware of the beauty of second hand items
Do you have a suggestion of a town that contains some good charity shops with fair prices in England? maybe not more than four or five hours away with a train from London.
Kind Regards,
Helene
Goodness, there’s loads. That covers most of the country! If you’re based in London, Pinner and Golders Green are very good (don’t go to Golders Green on a Saturday though…). Not too far away are Newbury, Hitchin, Whitstable and Oxford – these all come recommended. Have a look at anything I’ve rated highly: http://charityshoptourism.wordpress.com/category/rating/55/