Donate Shoes, Trainers & Boots in Northampton | Free Collection

Northampton homes have a habit of quietly collecting footwear that nobody wears any more — trainers outgrown by the kids, boots swapped for a newer pair after the last Northampton Town home game, heels bought for a wedding and never touched since, wellies left over from a wet weekend that didn’t quite fit the next time round. Whether you’re clearing a loft in Kingsthorpe, sorting cupboards before a move out to Moulton, or just having a long-overdue tidy of the hallway shoe rack, Anglo Doorstep Collections will take it all off your hands, completely free, straight from your doorstep.

We cover Northampton itself along with Wootton, Duston, Moulton and Kingsthorpe, and we work alongside West Northamptonshire Council to help keep usable footwear out of landfill and back on people’s feet. There’s nothing to drop off and nowhere to drive to — you book a slot, leave the bag out, and we do the rest.

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Free doorstep collection anywhere in Northampton, Wootton, Duston, Moulton or Kingsthorpe
Trainers, boots, heels, sandals, wellies, slippers and smart shoes all welcome, paired and ready to wear again
A large percentage of proceeds goes to charity, so a wardrobe clear-out does real good locally

Trainers and running shoes, Chelsea boots, UGGs, knee-high and walking boots, sandals and flip-flops, heels and wedges, smart work shoes, wellies and slippers are all collected, in both adults’ and children’s sizes. The only test is whether you’d be happy handing that pair to a friend — if the answer’s yes, it’s exactly what we’re after.

Yes — a quick wipe to knock off mud and a check that they’re fully dry makes a real difference, since damp footwear can spoil a whole bag on the journey. Tie laces together or wrap an elastic band round each pair so they don’t get separated, then bag your shoes apart from any clothes or linen you’re donating and label the bag “shoes” so it’s obvious to the driver.

House moves and downsizing jobs are exactly when footwear turns up in places you’d forgotten about — the backs of wardrobes, under the stairs, boxes in the garage. Bag everything you find and leave it out together on your booking day; there’s no need to separate it into multiple collections, and it all goes towards the same good cause rather than into a skip.

Very much so. Children tend to outgrow shoes long before they wear them out, so a pair that’s had only a few months’ use can still give another child plenty of wear. These go in with the rest of your footwear — no need to bag them separately from the adult shoes, just keep each pair tied or banded together.

No — most Northampton households simply leave their bagged shoes on the doorstep, by the porch or wherever is safe and sheltered, and let us know the exact spot in the booking notes. Booking itself takes a couple of minutes online, and you choose a day that suits you.

Wearable pairs are sorted and passed on for reuse, which is by far the best outcome for footwear — most shoes are glued together from layers of leather, rubber, foam and synthetic materials that are extremely difficult to separate, and fewer than 5% of worn-out shoes worldwide are ever recycled. Reuse avoids that problem entirely, and because a large percentage of proceeds goes to charity, your old trainers also help fund good causes.

Yes, and it’s worth doing in one visit if you’re already having a sort-out. We also collect clothes, linen and towels, books, toys, household items and kitchenware in Northampton, all on the same doorstep visit — just mention it in your booking notes.

With a population of around 230,000, Northampton gets through a lot of footwear between school runs, work commutes and weekends out, and replacing a worn pair usually means the old one gets forgotten in a cupboard rather than thrown away — which, if you think about it, is no bad habit, since 23.9 billion pairs of shoes were made worldwide in 2024 alone and each new pair of running shoes carries an estimated carbon footprint of around 14kg of CO2. An estimated 85% of the shoes thrown away in the UK end up in landfill, so a bag left on the doorstep for us genuinely changes where a pair ends up. It costs nothing, takes no more effort than finding a carrier bag, and whether it’s one odd pair found behind the sofa or a full wardrobe clear-out before a move, it’s a simple way to turn a tidy-up into something useful for Northampton’s community. You can see the full list of areas we cover on our collections near you page, or browse every category we take across the county on our collections across Northamptonshire page.