Aberdeenshire
To visit: Aberdeen; Ballater; Braemar
Angus
To visit: Arbroath; Brechin; Dundee; Forfar; Montrose
Argyll and Bute
To visit: Oban; Tobermory
Buckinghamshire
Visited: Amersham; Beaconsfield; Chalfont St Peter; Chesham; Gerrards Cross; High Wycombe; Tring
To visit: Aylesbury (recommended by Andrew); Buckingham; Dunstable; Great Missenden; Leighton Buzzard (recommended by Jo); Wendover
Bedfordshire
To visit: Bedford
Berkshire
Visited: Hungerford; Newbury; Caversham
To visit: Henley-upon-Thames; Maidenhead; Reading (recommended by se71)
Borders
To visit: Coldstream; Kelso
Cambridgeshire
Visited: Cambridge
To visit: Ely
Ceredigion
To visit: Aberystwyth; Cardigan; Lampeter
Cheshire
Visited: Alderley Edge (recommended at MSE); Wilmslow (recommended by Hilary Alexander)
To visit: Congleton; Chester; Macclesfield
Conwy
Visited: Conwy; Llandudno
County Antrim
To visit: Belfast (recommended by bookfind4u)
County Durham
To visit: Durham
County Fermanagh
To visit: Enniskillen
County Derry/Londonderry
To visit: Derry/Londonderry
Cornwall
Visited: Bodmin; Falmouth; Looe; St Austell; Truro
To visit: Penzance
Cumbria
Visited: Ambleside; Kendal, Keswick
To visit: Appleby-in-Westmorland; Carlisle; Kirkby Stephen; Penrith; Sedbergh; Windermere
Denbighshire
To visit: Corwen; Denbigh; Llangollen; St Asaph
Derbyshire
Visited: Ashbourne; Bakewell; Buxton; Glossop; Matlock
To visit: Belper; Chesterfield; Derby
Devon
Visited: Ashburton; Dartmouth; Honiton; Kingsbridge; Newton Abbot; Tavistock; Tiverton; Torquay (recommended by @tregreer); Totnes
To visit: Barnstaple; Bovey Tracey; Buckfastleigh; Paignton; Teignmouth
Dorset
To visit: Lyme Regis; Shaftesbury (recommended by Becky Chadwick); Sherborne (at Country Life); Wimborne (recommended by Becky Chadwick)
Dumfries and Galloway
To visit: Kirkcudbright; Newton Stewart; Wigtown
East Lothian
To visit: Musselburgh; North Berwick
East Sussex
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
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
Fife
To visit: Kirkcaldy; St Andrews
Glamorgan
To visit: Swansea;
Gloucestershire
Visited: Cirencester; Moreton-in-Marsh; Stow-on-the-Wold; Stroud; Tewkesbury
To visit: Cheltenham (recommended by @tregreer); Gloucester
Gwynedd
Visited: Bangor; Barmouth; Porthmadog; Pwllheli
To visit: Bala
Hampshire
Visited: Alresford; Hook; Petersfield; Romsey; Winchester
To visit: Andover; 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
To visit: Hereford (recommend by chazzerbinge)
Hertfordshire
Visited: Berkhamsted; Bishop’s Stortford; Harpenden; Hertford (recommended by David Grimwood); Hitchin; Letchworth; Rickmansworth; Waltham Cross; Ware
To visit: Borehamwood (at PopJustice); Hatfield; Hemel Hempstead; Royston (recommended by David Grimwood); St Albans; Welwyn Garden City
Highlands
To visit: Cromarty; Dingwall; Fort William; Inverness
Isle of Anglesey
Visited: Beaumaris; Holyhead
Kent
Visited: Herne Bay; Ramsgate; Whitstable
To visit: Ashford (recommended by Katy); Broadstairs; Canterbury (recommended by Katy); 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
To visit: Blackpool; Burnley; Clitheroe; Manchester; Morecambe; Salford
Leicestershire
To visit: Melton Mowbray
Lincolnshire
To visit: Boston; Lincoln
London
(Central)
Visited: Pimlico (recommended by the ockle); West Central (part 1, part 2)
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; Camden Town; 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
To visit: East Barnet (recommended by Rose); Kentish Town; St John’s Wood
(South)
Visited: Battersea; Blackheath; East Dulwich; East Sheen; Richmond; Twickenham; Whitton
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
To visit: Chiswick/Turnham Green (recommended by Adrian): Eastcote; Harrow; Kilburn
Merseyside
To visit: Birkenhead; Liverpool; Southport
Midlothian
To visit: Edinburgh/Stockbridge (download the map from ChangeWorks)
Monmouthshire
Visited: Monmouth
To visit: Abergavenny; Chepstow
Norfolk
To visit: Cromer; Norwich
North Yorkshire
To visit: Settle; Whitby; York (recommended by RA Mason)
Northamptonshire
Visited: Northampton (at Garden of Earthly Delights)
To visit: Wellingborough
Northumberland
To visit: Alnwick; Berwick-upon-Tweed; Newcastle
Nottinghamshire
To visit: Mansfield; Nottingham
Oxfordshire
Visited: Abingdon; Chipping Norton; Didcot; Headington; Oxford (coming eventually); Summertown
To visit:Burford; Thame; Wallingford
Outer Hebrides
To visit: Stornoway
Pembrokeshire
To visit: Fishguard; Haverfordwest; Pembroke; St Davids
Perthshire
To visit: Auchterarder; Perth
Powys
Visited: Crickhowell
To visit: Brecon; Builth Wells; Machynlleth; Newtown; Welshpool
Rutland
Visited: Oakham
Shropshire
Visited: Bridgnorth; Ludlow; Oswestry; Shrewsbury (recommended by rich)
To visit: Church Stretton; Wellington
Somerset
Visited: Bath; Bridgwater; Glastonbury
To visit: Cheddar; Highbridge; Minehead; Taunton
South Yorkshire
Visited: Sheffield (recommended by Darnall42)
Staffordshire
Visited: Lichfield; Kinver
To visit: Burton-upon-Trent; Cannock (recommended by Andrew); Leek (recommended by Andrew); Rugeley (recommended by Andrew); Stafford; Stone (recommended by Andrew); Uttoxeter
Suffolk
Visited: Bury St Edmunds
To visit: Newmarket (at MSE)
Surrey
Visited: Epsom & Ewell; Surbiton
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)
Warwickshire
Visited: Kenilworth (recommended by Tina); Royal Leamington Spa; Shipston-on-Stour; Warwick
To visit: Rugby; Stratford-upon-Avon
West Midlands
Visited: Birmingham; Coventry; Halesowen; Harborne; Moseley; Northfield; Solihull; Stourbridge; Wolverhampton
To visit: Acocks Green; Bearwood; Blackheath; Brierley Hill; Dudley; Kingswinford (recommended by Andrew); King’s Heath; King’s Norton; Knowle; Rowley Regis; Shirley (at MSE); Sutton Coldfield; Walsall; Wednesbury; West Bromwich
West Sussex
To visit: Burgess Hill (recommended by Post Mortem Books); Chichester (recommended by Simon); Horsham (recommended by cactuspotty)
West Yorkshire
To visit: Hebden Bridge; Holmfirth; Ilkley; Leeds; Todmorden
Wiltshire
Visited: Chippenham; Marlborough
Planning to visit: Devizes; Salisbury
Worcestershire
Visited: Bewdley; Bromsgrove; Droitwich Spa; Evesham; Great Malvern (recommended at MSE); Kidderminster; Pershore; Stourport-on-Severn; Tenbury Wells; Upton upon Severn; Worcester (recommended by Chris)
Planning to visit: Redditch
Anywhere to suggest?
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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/
Helene, do come to Brighton! Only about one hour by train from London, frequent train service, from Victoria or London Bridge. The city is small enough to walk around. Several charity shops, catering for many thousands of fashion-conscious young people; students, media types, artists….
just 1/2 hour from London and brighton is Crawley,smack bang in the middle of Sussex.It has the best Charity Shop called Revive.It has a vintage style and is a one off shop,so needs lots of support!It runs lots of craft workshops,most are free,this Saturday ,10th November 2012,Revive is having a ‘Make Do and Mend’ Day to raise funds for the Poppy Appeal.Yo need to visit this amazing independant Charity Shop.
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