In Hereford, the cathedral city on the River Wye in Herefordshire, charity shelves are the place to start for second-hand books. Broad Street has a books-and-music branch of Oxfam, a short stroll from the Town Hall on St Owen Street, and St Michael's Hospice sells donated books in three of its local shops: on Eign Gate, on Whitecross Road and at its big Whitestone site east of the city. All the prices on this list are in pounds sterling (£).
For older and finer copies, drive east along the Ledbury road to Tarrington, where Tarrington Books keeps fine bindings and antiquarian stock in a village cottage. In season, weekends add two car boots, one on Saturday mornings in the city and one on Sunday afternoons at Madley.
Oxfam Books & MusicOxfam Books & Music Hereford
36 Broad St, Hereford HR4 9AR
About 330 yards from the Town Hall, heading west, the charity runs one of its specialist book and music shops at 36 Broad Street, close to the cathedral. The branch's own blurb, identical in a Wayback Machine capture made on 18 June 2026, mentions modern novels, general non-fiction and children's titles next to rare and collectable volumes, with classical, jazz and soundtrack recordings, sheet music and vinyl in the music department. No opening times are listed online, so phone 01432 279527 before a special trip.
Charity shop (St Michael's Hospice)St Michael's Hospice, Eign Gate
25 Eign Gate, Hereford HR4 0AB
Some 420 yards west-north-westwards from the Town Hall, the hospice's Eign Gate branch spreads over upwards of 4,000 sq ft of retail space. A capture of its shop page dated 15 June 2026 on archive.org lists homeware, books and media and a children's area on top of clothing for the whole family. Anyone dropping off donations by car can use the bay at the back on West Street.
Hours: Mon–Sat 9am–5pm, Sun 10am–4pmWebsite Charity superstore (St Michael's Hospice)St Michael's Hospice Whitestone Shop & Café
Whitestone Business Park, Whitestone, Hereford HR1 3SE
At Whitestone Business Park, 3.7 miles east-north-eastwards from the Town Hall as the crow flies, St Michael's operates over 14,000 sq ft of shopping space with a café and its donation centre on the same site, as its shop-finder entry put it in an archive.org snapshot taken on 14 May 2026. The hospice's Whitestone FAQs, captured on archive.org on 16 November 2025, describe a Books & Media department that takes in fiction and non-fiction, sheet music, vinyl, CDs and DVDs, next to fashion, home and furniture, upcycling and bridal wear. The donation centre takes nothing on Mondays, but the shop itself trades seven days a week.
Hours: Mon–Sat 9am–5pm, Sun 10am–4pmWebsite Antiquarian booksellerTarrington Books
Shire Cottage, Tarrington HR1 4EU
In Tarrington, a village about 6.6 miles east of Hereford on the A438 towards Ledbury, this bookshop specialises in fine bindings, antiquarian books and quality non-fiction, kept in a 17th-century black-and-white cottage on the corner of School Road and Church Lane. Its website says it trades mainly online through AbeBooks, Biblio and eBay yet welcomes browsers, asking them to come by appointment and to phone 01432 890746 to check its usual Monday-to-Saturday opening. On 20 October 2026 its Instagram account was offering a disbound 1736 first edition of Chandler's History of Persecution for £200.
Where can I find cheap used books in Hereford?
St Michael's Hospice is the place for donated reading copies, with books on the shelves of its Eign Gate, Whitecross Road and Whitestone branches. Oxfam on Broad Street stocks rare and collectable titles as well as everyday reading, so not every shelf there is bargain territory.
Which charity shops have books in Hereford?
Oxfam Books & Music at 36 Broad Street is the specialist, with sheet music and vinyl alongside the books. Three St Michael's Hospice branches around Hereford name books in their stock: 25 Eign Gate, 85 Whitecross Road and the Whitestone superstore. The hospice's pound shop at 45 Eign Gate specialises in clothing instead.
Where do I sell used books in Hereford?
Hereford's charity shops take books as donations: Oxfam's Broad Street branch accepts every kind of book and music, sheet music included, according to Herefordshire Council's reuse directory. To turn copies into cash, you'll need to list them yourself, be it a Facebook Marketplace post, a Vinted listing or a seller account on eBay.co.uk. Before you list anything, stand the books in a row with every spine facing you and capture the whole lot in one BiblioScan shot: the app recognises the spines it can and puts a second-hand value beside each one, and whatever scores low can go straight into the donation bag.
Which day is best for book hunting in Hereford?
Saturday works best: all three hospice shops trade, Tarrington Books is usually open, though it asks you to phone first, and the Lions car boot runs that morning while its season lasts. On Sunday the three hospice branches keep shorter hours and Tarrington's usual opening covers Monday to Saturday only, while the Madley car boot takes over in the afternoon. As for Oxfam, ring the branch, since it posts no timetable.