Thrift stores in Waterford
Waterford, County Waterford has 13 thrift and charity shops on the map right now. 12 of them are charity shops and 1 are independent second-hand stores, so Waterford gives you both flavours of thrifting in one trip. Stock turns over fast in all of them, so the shop that had nothing last month might have your thing this week.
This guide covers every thrift store we could verify in and around Waterford (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Liberty and Vincent's, plus Enable Ireland — each with its own personality, which is half the fun. If a shop's missing from Waterford's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet — the scene is bigger than any single dataset.
The Waterford thrift lineup
13 in Waterford, plus 6 more around Waterford below:
Liberty
Charity shop0.1 km from Waterford
Liberty — a charity shop, found on Michael Street in Waterford. Also worth knowing about Liberty: it has a website with more detail.
Michael Street, Waterford
Vincent's
Charity shop0.2 km from Waterford
Vincent's is a charity shop on 21 Henrietta Street, Waterford.
21 Henrietta Street, Waterford
Enable Ireland
Charity shop0.2 km from Waterford
Enable Ireland — a charity shop, found on Coal Quay in Waterford. Also worth knowing about Enable Ireland: it has a website with more detail.
Coal Quay, Waterford
Waterford Animal Welfare
Charity shop0.3 km from Waterford
Waterford Animal Welfare is a charity shop on 114A Coffee House Lane, Waterford. Waterford Animal Welfare also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
114A Coffee House Lane, Waterford
Irish Cancer Society
Charity shop0.3 km from Waterford
Irish Cancer Society is a charity shop on Custom House Quay, Waterford. Irish Cancer Society also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Custom House Quay, Waterford
Oxfam
Charity shop0.3 km from Waterford
Oxfam is a charity shop on Great George's Street, Waterford. Oxfam also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Great George's Street, Waterford
St Brigid's Family and Community Centre Shop
Charity shop0.4 km from Waterford
St Brigid's Family and Community Centre Shop is a charity shop on 5 Gladstone Street, Waterford. St Brigid's Family and Community Centre Shop also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
5 Gladstone Street, Waterford
St. Brigid's Shop
Charity shop0.4 km from Waterford
St. Brigid's Shop — a charity shop, found on 35 O'Connell Street in Waterford. Also worth knowing about St. Brigid's Shop: a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
35 O'Connell Street, Waterford
Phone: +353 51 843 562
NCBI
Charity shop0.4 km from Waterford
NCBI — a charity shop, found on O'Connell Street in Waterford. Also worth knowing about NCBI: it has a website with more detail.
O'Connell Street, Waterford
Cash Convenience
Second-hand store0.4 km from Waterford
Cash Convenience — an independent second-hand store, found on 47 The Quay in Waterford. Also worth knowing about Cash Convenience: it has a website with more detail.
47 The Quay, Waterford
Jack and Jill Children's Foundation
Charity shop0.5 km from Waterford
Jack and Jill Children's Foundation — a charity shop on O'Connell Street.
O'Connell Street
Vincent's
Charity shop0.6 km from Waterford
Vincent's — a charity shop, found on Poleberry Link Road in Waterford. Also worth knowing about Vincent's: it has a website with more detail.
Poleberry Link Road, Waterford
St. Brigid's Family & Community Centre Shop
Charity shop1.3 km from Waterford
St. Brigid's Family & Community Centre Shop — a charity shop, found on Tramore Road in Waterford. Also worth knowing about St. Brigid's Family & Community Centre Shop: it has a website with more detail.
Tramore Road, Waterford
What the map tells us about thrifting in Waterford
None of the 13 shops in Waterford has opening hours in the map data, so treat this as a browse-and-discover trip rather than a surgical strike. Midday on a weekday is usually the sweet spot — fresh stock, thin crowds.
11 shops have websites listed, worth a look before you go — some post new arrivals or sale days online.
Thrift shops cluster a little: 2 of them sit on O'Connell Street, so you can string those into one walk and hit the rest by car.
The Waterford thrift circuit
Making a day of it in Waterford? Work this order: Liberty on Michael Street, Vincent's on 21 Henrietta Street, Enable Ireland on Coal Quay, Waterford Animal Welfare on 114A Coffee House Lane, Irish Cancer Society on Custom House Quay, Oxfam on Great George's Street, St Brigid's Family and Community Centre Shop on 5 Gladstone Street, and St. Brigid's Shop on 35 O'Connell Street. That's 13 stops, and if you hit them in sequence you won't backtrack. 5 more are listed below.
Thrifting tips for Waterford
Regulars learn these fast; visitors to Waterford can skip the learning curve:
- Seasonal items go cheapest off-season at Liberty. Winter coats in April, fans in October. Buy the season ahead and pay half.
- Follow the shop if it's online at Vincent's. Some stores post new arrivals or sale days on social media. One follow costs nothing and catches the announcements.
- Donate while you're there. Bring a bag of your own cast-offs. It keeps the cycle going and the volunteers remember friendly faces.
- Test every button and dial. Lamps, radios, kitchen gadgets — try them in the store if there's an outlet handy. As-is means as-is.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Waterford — 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 Waterford can take a while to appear. The 13 above are only as current as the community map. A shop that's shut, or a new one nobody's added yet, gets fixed with a single OpenStreetMap edit.
Prices at Waterford'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 — Waterford included.
Worth the trip: more thrift stores around Waterford
6 more within about 40 km of Waterford, nearest first:
Vincent's
Charity shop14.5 km from Waterford
Vincent's is a charity shop.
Vincent's
Charity shop18.9 km from Waterford
Vincent's is a charity shop on Quay Street, New Ross. Vincent's also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
Quay Street, New Ross
The Sunflower Shop
Charity shop22.3 km from Waterford
The Sunflower Shop is a charity shop.
River Rescue
Charity shop22.6 km from Waterford
River Rescue is a charity shop.
Carrick-on-Suir
River Rescue
Charity shop22.8 km from Waterford
River Rescue — a charity shop.
Thrift Shop
Second-hand store31.7 km from Waterford
Thrift Shop is an independent second-hand store.
Thrift store listings for Waterford: 13 in Waterford and 6 more nearby mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.