Charity shop (Oxfam)Oxfam Shop Shirley
76-78 Shirley High St, Southampton SO15 3NE
Shirley's Oxfam, on the district's high street 1.9 miles north-west of the city centre, is one of the charity's general shops, and its page names books alongside clothes, homewares, CDs and DVDs; a separate bridal room, seen by appointment, usually offers a choice of over 200 wedding dresses. An archived June 2026 copy of the page has the same wording and hours. Books here share the floor with everything else, unlike Oxfam's Hythe and Romsey branches, which trade as book and music shops.
Hours: Mon–Sat 9:30am–5pm, Sun 11am–4pmWebsite Charity shop (Sue Ryder)Sue Ryder Lordshill
Unit 11, Lordshill District Centre, Southampton SO16 8HY
In Lordshill, a district centre in the city's north-west about 3.3 miles out, Sue Ryder's shop sits beside Sainsbury's and, by its own account, takes in 300 to 500 bags of donations a week. The shop says its media and book section is "always filled to the brim", a claim already on its page in a snapshot taken on 12 May 2026. Donors can drive round to a back entrance behind the supermarket.
Hours: Mon–Sat 9:30am–4:30pm, Sun 10am–4pmWebsite Charity shop (Sue Ryder)Sue Ryder Thornhill
40 Thornhill Park Rd, Southampton SO18 5TQ
In Thornhill Park, in the city's east roughly three miles from the centre and close to junction 7 of the M27, Sue Ryder has a shop with parking outside that names books among its donated stock, next to fashion and bric-a-brac. An archived copy of the page dated 18 May 2026 lists the same goods. Unlike Sue Ryder's Eastleigh, Hedge End and Lordshill shops, it opens at 9am and closes on Sundays.
Hours: Mon–Sat 9am–4:30pmWebsite Charity shop (Emmaus)Emmaus Eastleigh Charity Store
15 Leigh Rd, Eastleigh SO50 9FF
In Eastleigh, on Leigh Road beside the clock tower, opposite Sainsbury's and two minutes on foot from the station, Emmaus Hampshire's shop leads with furniture, from sofas to wardrobes, but its page also lists second-hand books with music, films, toys and board games. The takings support the charity's community in Winchester, home for up to 40 people who have experienced homelessness. That book line was already on the page in a copy archived in April 2026, which gave Monday-to-Saturday hours only; the charity's shop list on 1 October 2026 adds Sunday opening.
Hours: Mon–Sat 9:30am–4:30pm, Sun 10am–4pmWebsite Charity shop (Sue Ryder)Sue Ryder Eastleigh
48 Market St, Eastleigh SO50 5RB
In Eastleigh, on Market Street near the Swan Centre, a minute's walk from the Emmaus shop, Sue Ryder's shop stocks books next to fashion for all ages and bric-a-brac, and keeps a discounted corner where everything costs less than £3. The charity adds that this branch sells some new goods too, and a Wayback Machine capture from 18 May 2026 carries the same account of its stock.
Hours: Mon–Sat 9:30am–5pm, Sun 10am–4pmWebsite Charity shop (Sue Ryder)Sue Ryder Hedge End
9 Lower Northam Rd, Hedge End, Southampton SO30 4FN
In Hedge End, in Eastleigh borough about 4.5 miles east of Southampton's centre, Sue Ryder trades on Lower Northam Road, a street of shops and services that the charity says has lots of free parking. Its page promises clothes, bric-a-brac, music, books and DVDs, and suggests you might leave with a book for the beach or for cosy nights in. The wording was unchanged when the Internet Archive saved the page in May 2026.
Hours: Mon–Sat 9:30am–5pm, Sun 10am–4pmWebsite Oxfam Books & MusicOxfam Books & Music Hythe
6c High St, Hythe SO45 6AH
In Hythe, on the western shore of Southampton Water in New Forest district, 2.2 miles due south of Southampton's centre in a straight line. Oxfam calls it a popular book and music shop that draws customers from the surrounding towns and villages, with volunteers willing to go the extra mile to find an elusive title, and a copy of its page archived in June 2026 says the same. Oxfam lists no hours for it, so call before setting out.
Oxfam Books & MusicOxfam Books & Music Romsey
25 The Hundred, Romsey SO51 8GD
In Romsey, the Test Valley market town about seven miles north-west of Southampton, Oxfam's branch at 25 The Hundred is a book and music shop offering a wide range of second-hand books, according to its page, which read identically in a copy archived in May 2026. A general Oxfam shop sits further along the same street at number 12. Neither page gives opening times, so check by phone.
National Trust second-hand bookshopMottisfont second-hand bookshops
Mottisfont, near Romsey SO51 0LP
In Test Valley, some eleven miles north-north-west of Southampton beyond Romsey, the National Trust keeps two second-hand bookshops on the Mottisfont estate, one in the Stables and one in the lodge beside visitor reception, according to the property page as archived on 4 September 2026. That same copy set a standard adult ticket at £18 without Gift Aid, let National Trust and Art Fund members in free, and showed the main shop and garden open from 10am to 5pm that day. Mottisfont's shopping page, archived in June 2026, adds that the bookshop covers a wide range of genres.
Oxfam Books & MusicOxfam Books & Music Winchester
74 Parchment St, Winchester SO23 8AT
Also in Winchester, on Parchment Street round the corner from the Winchester Bookshop, Oxfam's specialist branch says it stocks everything from recent paperbacks to old volumes, aiming at casual browsers and serious collectors of antiquarian and rare books alike. Music runs to CDs, vinyl and cassettes, and there are stamps, coins, banknotes and postcards for collectors. The Internet Archive's April 2026 snapshot shows the same text and timetable.
Hours: Mon–Sat 9:30am–5pm, Sun 11am–4pmWebsite National Trust second-hand bookshopWinchester City Mill bookshop
Bridge St, Winchester SO23 9BH
Also in Winchester, the National Trust's watermill on Bridge Street, free to enter, has a second-hand bookshop, and the Trust says all donations go towards looking after the place. With the mill race closed while a new water wheel goes in, the Trust's calendar still showed the bookshop trading from 10am to 4pm on 1 October 2026. There is no parking at the mill: the Trust sends drivers to the Chesil Street car park or the park and ride at St Catherine's.