Second-hand shoes & footwear in Edinburgh typically sells for £4 to £120 (about $5 to $160). Condition below the ankle counts for more than condition above it, since an upper can be cleaned up and a worn-through sole cannot be undone. A box, spare laces or a dust bag lift the figure more than they ought to, purely as evidence of how it was kept.
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Buying shoes & footwear 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.
Posting footwear costs more than most sellers expect, and a wrong fit turns into a return that leaves both sides out of pocket. Handing a pair over face to face removes that risk completely, which is why so much of this trade stays close to home.
What to check in person
Lift the insole out if it comes away. A replacement often hides how far the footbed underneath has collapsed, and the lining at the back wears through well before anything outside gives it away. Press the toe box and watch whether it springs back.
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.
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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.
Measure the insole end to end in centimetres and put the figure in your listing, which answers most fitting questions before anybody asks them. Be plain about what is worn: people forgive a scuff they were warned about and walk away from one they were not. Boots move from the first cold week; trainers and lighter shoes move steadily all year.
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.
Shoes & Footwear worth listing in Edinburgh
Same region (Scotland)
If nothing in Edinburgh suits, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee each have their own shoes & footwear 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 Shoes & Footwear across the United Kingdom.
Prices converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate; sellers set their own price.