More Charity Shop Bargains for 2018 & beyond!

Miró

GreyQueen wrote: »

As a suvverner, I admit to woeful ignorance of god's own county. I shall be coming up the A1/ A64 and spending one night in York YHA but prolly arriving after shopping hours (and will frankly be too tired from the long drive).

On the second day, going from York to Corbridge and then staying near there to do Hadrian's Wall etc. The last day will be wending from Corbridge to dahn sarf, if anyone could point out market towns where it would be good to stop for a break and a chazzer raid, sort of draw a line from Corbridge to Lunnon Town and I'll be somewhere close-ish to that line.

Thanks in advance, heading out to the lotties now, will be back this evening/ late afternoon.

Oh, the other 'side' of Yorkshire....not explored that very much chazza-wise so can't really help...sorry:o Don't envy you visiting York, parking's a nightmare and it's full of blooming' tourists asking 'where's the Minster' , 'how do I get to The Shambles':p. Can recommend Wetherby and/or Boroughbridge as nice places to stop for a break. (Wetherby is good for charity shops but not sure about Boroughbridge.) Hope you have a lovely time.

Floss

There is an excellent s/h bookshop at Pickering station at the end of the North Yorks railway.

GreyQueen

Thanks, everyone, keep 'em coming.

York is just an in-and-out to break the northbound journey at the YHA, have stayed there before and done all the touristic things, leaving the car at the YHA and walking into town along the river. Much the better way than trying to park in the middle of a city.

I think I will await further tips and plan a market town (or two) for little stops on the southbound journey, which will be a bit of slog otherwise.

Lucy5781

GreyQueen wrote: »

Thanks, everyone, keep 'em coming.

York is just an in-and-out to break the northbound journey at the YHA, have stayed there before and done all the touristic things, leaving the car at the YHA and walking into town along the river. Much the better way than trying to park in the middle of a city.

I think I will await further tips and plan a market town (or two) for little stops on the southbound journey, which will be a bit of slog otherwise.

Depends how far south, but on the A1M is where I am, both Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield have 6+ charity shops each, Hatfield has two £1 versions as well.

herbily

Thirsk's got a good selection of charity shops in the main market square, and it's just off the A1M, about a 10-15 minute detour from the motorway south. Or just off the A19 if you're coming that road south.


Personally I'm a fan of the Tia greyhound rescue shop in Pickering, but that's probably a bit far off your route south from Corbridge.

Gem-gem

A bag of clothes and a bag of bric-n-brac ready to be dropped off to the charity shop tomorrow morning on the way into work.

Gem-gem

There is a good selection of charity shops at Ripon, Yorkshire and Church Stratton, Shropshire.

C_J

This blog makes quite interesting reading, although I am not sure how up to date it is. The places with hyperlinked names take you to a description of the charity shops they have visited in that particular town.

https://charityshoptourism.wordpress.com/where-ive-been/

I wonder if between us we could have a thread with an alphabetical list of chazzers by town? I would be happy to put it together and maintain it if people wanted to contribute.

Frith

JackieO - if you!!!8217;re in Stratford and like charity shops - pop to Kenilworth!

VfM4meplse

C_J wrote: »

This blog makes quite interesting reading, although I am not sure how up to date it is. The places with hyperlinked names take you to a description of the charity shops they have visited in that particular town.

https://charityshoptourism.wordpress.com/where-ive-been/

I wonder if between us we could have a thread with an alphabetical list of chazzers by town? I would be happy to put it together and maintain it if people wanted to contribute.

I took a look at the list and have been to many, but I wouldn't consider some to be particularly good value (eg Belfast, Leigh-on-Sea) yet others are bargains galore (eg Tiverton). In which case you may as well just whip your phone out and google "charity shops near me".