Second-hand kids’ clothing in Edinburgh typically sells for £5 to £35 (about $7 to $47). Well-known brands hold their money because parents trust them to survive a second child, while supermarket ranges have very little resale value at any age. Outerwear and shoes carry far more than everyday tops.
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Buying kids’ clothing in Edinburgh
Edinburgh is a university and finance city whose population swells enormously every August for the festival, and that single month does more to move second-hand goods here than any other part of the year. Outside it, the Old and New Town tenement stock means most people live in flats and buy furniture to fit them.
Bundles are heavy and cheap, so postage swallows the saving that made them worth buying at all. Collecting a boxful in one trip is what keeps the price low, and it is why this trade almost never travels far.
What to check in person
Go through a bundle piece by piece rather than accepting a count, since the bottom of a bag is where the tired items sit. Hold pale colours to the light for the food and grass marks that photographs never pick up.
Collecting it in Edinburgh
It fits in a bag, so most people meet on the way to something else. A station or a high street works, and neither side needs a car.
The Old Town is steep, cobbled and awkward for vehicles, with restricted access on several streets, so anything heavy needs a conversation about where a van can actually stop. Trams and buses cover the rest of the city and handle small handovers fine.
Selling your kids’ clothing in Edinburgh free
August brings a large temporary population that arrives with things and leaves without them, and September brings the students. Between them the autumn is reliably the best time to buy here and a slower time to sell.
Say how many children have already worn it and whether it came from a smoke-free and pet-free home, as parents ask both every time. Remove name labels where you can, and list any brand names, which is what buyers search for. Moves in waves as each school year turns over, with a clear lift before September.
Most private sales settle by bank transfer or cash on collection. Faster Payments clear in seconds, which makes a transfer as safe as cash for the seller — wait for it to land before the item leaves your hands.
Kids’ Clothing worth listing in Edinburgh
Same region (Scotland)
If nothing in Edinburgh suits, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee each have their own kids’ clothing page, and a seller will often meet part of the way for something worth the trip.
More in Edinburgh: everything second hand in Edinburgh, or Kids’ Clothing across the United Kingdom.
Prices converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate; sellers set their own price.