Thrift stores in Hexham

Thrift stores reward the patient. In Hexham, Northumberland, England that patience currently stretches across 10 mapped shops — 9 of them are charity shops and 1 are independent second-hand stores, so Hexham gives you both flavours of thrifting in one trip.

This guide covers every thrift store we could verify in and around Hexham (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Oxfam and Tynedale Hospice Book Shop, plus Relate Charity Shop — each with its own personality, which is half the fun. If a shop's missing from Hexham's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet — the scene is bigger than any single dataset.

The Hexham thrift lineup

10 in Hexham, plus 151 more around Hexham below:

Oxfam

Charity shop0.0 km from Hexham

Oxfam is a charity shop on 8 Battle Hill, Hexham. Oxfam also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.

8 Battle Hill, Hexham, NE46 1BB

Website

Tynedale Hospice Book Shop

Charity shop0.0 km from Hexham

Tynedale Hospice Book Shop is a charity shop on 39a Fore Street, Hexham. Tynedale Hospice Book Shop also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.

39a Fore Street, Hexham, NE46 1LU

Website

Relate Charity Shop

Charity shop0.0 km from Hexham

Relate Charity Shop is a charity shop on 4 Saint Mary's Wynd, Hexham. Relate Charity Shop also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Sa 09:00-16:30; Su 10:00-16:00; it has a website with more detail.

4 Saint Mary's Wynd, Hexham, NE46 1LW

Hours: Mo-Sa 09:00-16:30; Su 10:00-16:00

Website

Tynedale Hospice at Home

Charity shop0.1 km from Hexham

Tynedale Hospice at Home — a charity shop, found on 35-37 Fore Street in Hexham. Also worth knowing about Tynedale Hospice at Home: it has a website with more detail.

35-37 Fore Street, Hexham, NE46 1LU

Website

RSPCA

Charity shop0.1 km from Hexham

RSPCA — a charity shop, found on Battle Hill in Hexham. Also worth knowing about RSPCA: it has a website with more detail.

Battle Hill, Hexham, NE46 1BB

Website

Barnardo's

Charity shop0.1 km from Hexham

Barnardo's — a charity shop, found on 5-7 Priestpopple in Hexham. Also worth knowing about Barnardo's: it has a website with more detail.

5-7 Priestpopple, Hexham, NE46 1PF

Website

Cancer Research UK

Charity shop0.1 km from Hexham

Cancer Research UK — a charity shop.

Oak Tree Animals Charity

Charity shop0.2 km from Hexham

Oak Tree Animals Charity is a charity shop on 8-9 Market Place, Hexham. Oak Tree Animals Charity also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.

8-9 Market Place, Hexham, NE46 1XF

Website

Save the Children

Charity shop0.2 km from Hexham

Save the Children is a charity shop on 23 Market Place, Hexham. Save the Children also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.

23 Market Place, Hexham, NE46 3NX

Website

REfoundobjects

Second-hand store5.4 km from Hexham

REfoundobjects is an independent second-hand store on Bishops Yard Main Street. REfoundobjects also notes on the map: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.

Bishops Yard Main Street

Phone: +44 1434643567

Website

Sign for the Bee in the Butterfly Cafe, Battle Hill - geograph.org.uk - 2912499 — Photograph by Mike Quinn (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons

What the map tells us about thrifting in Hexham

1 of the 10 shops list their opening hours, which is unusually helpful for Hexham — thrift stores are notorious for surprise closures. Still, call ahead if you're making a special trip to Hexham; volunteer-run shops sometimes close early on quiet days.

9 shops have websites listed, worth a look before you go — some post new arrivals or sale days online.

The Hexham thrift circuit

Making a day of it in Hexham? Work this order: Oxfam on 8 Battle Hill, Tynedale Hospice Book Shop on 39a Fore Street, Relate Charity Shop on 4 Saint Mary's Wynd, Tynedale Hospice at Home on 35-37 Fore Street, RSPCA on Battle Hill, Barnardo's on 5-7 Priestpopple, Cancer Research UK, and Oak Tree Animals Charity on 8-9 Market Place. That's 10 stops, and if you hit them in sequence you won't backtrack. 2 more are listed below.

Thrifting tips for Hexham

Regulars learn these fast; visitors to Hexham can skip the learning curve:

Don't ignore the kids' section at Oxfam. Kids outgrow everything in months, so the children's racks are full of barely-worn quality. Even without kids, the small furniture is great for small spaces.
Visit at opening time at Tynedale Hospice Book Shop. Serious pickers arrive at opening. You don't have to be one of them, but the first hour has the best pick of the day's restock.
Weekday mornings beat Saturday crowds. Serious pickers go early on weekdays. Weekends are for browsers; the stock is the same but the competition isn't.
The book section is underpriced everywhere. Books are heavy, slow to sell, and priced to clear. First editions and out-of-print gems hide here regularly.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Hexham — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to for a thrifting run. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new shop in Hexham can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 10, or a shop we missed entirely? The map is the source of truth here — one OpenStreetMap edit corrects it for everyone.

Prices at Hexham's thrift stores are set by each shop and change constantly, so we don't list them. As a rough rule, charity shops are the cheapest, independents sit in the middle, and anything labelled vintage costs more everywhere — Hexham included.

Worth the trip: more thrift stores around Hexham

151 more within about 40 km of Hexham — here are the 15 nearest:

RSPCA

Charity shop16.0 km from Hexham

RSPCA — a charity shop, found on Front Street in Prudhoe.

Front Street, Prudhoe

Relate

Charity shop16.2 km from Hexham

Relate is a charity shop on Front Street, Prudhoe.

Front Street, Prudhoe