Charity shops in Cambridge
- 39 shops
- 29 charity
- 10 book & second-hand
- 6 walking routes
- within 8 km of the centre
Burleigh Street has the tightest run in Cambridge, 6 shops in a 3 minute walk. Oxfam has 3 branches, more than any other chain in the city. A run built around Oxfam Bookshop adds 5 shops in 10 minutes. Cambridge has 39 shops in total, 9 of them bookshops.
Chains with several branches: Oxfam (3) · Cancer Research (2) · RSPCA (2) · British Red Cross (2)
Book-hunting routes
6 routesShops a few minutes' walk apart, in walking order. Do a run in one go and the outliers another day.
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Burleigh Street run6 shops
East Anglian Children's Hospices → British Heart Foundation → RSPCA → Sense → 2 more
· ~3 min -
Burleigh Street run (part 2)5 shops
Cancer Research UK → British Red Cross → Scope → British Red Cross → 1 more
· ~2 min -
Oxfam Bookshop and 4 more5 shops
Oxfam Bookshop → Cambridge University Press Bookshop → G. David → The Haunted Book Shop → 1 more
· ~10 min -
Mill Road run4 shops
Romsey Mill Charity Shop → RSPCA Bookshop → Arthur Rank Hospice Shop → The Children's Society
· ~5 min -
Regent Street run3 shops
Arthur Rank Hospice → Cancer Research UK → Christian Science Reading Room
· ~4 min -
Mill Road run (part 2)3 shops
Amnesty Bookshop → Wood Green Charity Shop → Sally Ann's
· ~6 min
Showing 39 shops
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Oxfam Bookshop Second-hand bookshop
Sidney Street · CB2 3HW
Mon–Sat 10:00–17:00 · Oxfam Bookshop and 4 more · stop 1
0.2 km -
0.2 km
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Cambridge University Press Bookshop Second-hand bookshop
Trinity Street · CB2 1SZ
Mon–Sat 10:00–17:30 · Oxfam Bookshop and 4 more · stop 2
0.3 km -
The Haunted Book Shop Second-hand bookshop
St Edward's Passage · CB2 3PJ
Mon–Thu 11:00–17:00 · Oxfam Bookshop and 4 more · stop 4
0.3 km -
Bodies in the Bookshop Second-hand bookshop
Botolph Lane · CB2 3RD
Oxfam Bookshop and 4 more · stop 5
0.4 km -
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Arthur Rank Hospice Charity shop
Regent Street · CB2 1DB
Mon–Sat 09:30–17:00 · Regent Street run · stop 1
0.5 km -
Cancer Research UK Charity shop
Regent Street · CB2 1DP
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:30 · Regent Street run · stop 2
0.5 km -
0.6 km
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East Anglian Children's Hospices Charity shop
Fitzroy Street · CB1 1EW
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00 · Burleigh Street run · stop 1
0.6 km -
Christian Science Reading Room Second-hand bookshop
Regent Street · CB2 1DP
Mon 12:30–15:00 · Regent Street run · stop 3
0.7 km -
0.7 km
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British Heart Foundation Charity shop
Burleigh Street · CB1 1DG
Mon–Sat 09:30–17:00 · Burleigh Street run · stop 2
0.7 km -
0.7 km
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0.7 km
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Arthur Rank Hospice Charity shop
Burleigh Street · CB1 1DJ
Mon–Sat 09:30–17:00 · Burleigh Street run · stop 6
0.8 km -
0.8 km
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Cancer Research UK Charity shop
Burleigh Street · CB1 1DJ
Mon–Thu 10:00–17:30 · Burleigh Street run (part 2) · stop 1
0.8 km -
British Red Cross Charity shop
Burleigh Street · CB1 1DG
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00 · Burleigh Street run (part 2) · stop 2
0.8 km -
British Red Cross Charity shop
Burleigh Street · CB1 1DJ
Sun 10:00–16:00 · Burleigh Street run (part 2) · stop 4
0.8 km -
Scope Charity shop
Burleigh Street · CB1 1DG
Mon–Sat 09:30–17:00 · Burleigh Street run (part 2) · stop 3
0.8 km -
Mind Charity shop
Burleigh Street · CB1 1DG
Mon–Fri 09:00–17:00 · Burleigh Street run (part 2) · stop 5
0.8 km -
Amnesty Bookshop Second-hand bookshop
Mill Road · CB1 2AD
Mon–Sat 11:00–17:00 · Mill Road run (part 2) · stop 1
0.9 km -
Wood Green Charity Shop Charity shop
Mill Road · CB1 2AW
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00 · Mill Road run (part 2) · stop 2
1.0 km -
Sally Ann's Charity shop
Tenison Road · CB1 2DG
Mon–Fri 10:00–17:00 · Mill Road run (part 2) · stop 3
1.2 km -
1.7 km
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RSPCA Bookshop Second-hand bookshop
Mill Road · CB1 3LP
Mon–Fri 10:00–16:00 · Mill Road run · stop 2
1.7 km -
1.8 km
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Arthur Rank Hospice Shop Charity shop
Mill Road · CB1 3NF
Mon–Sat 09:30–17:00 · Mill Road run · stop 3
1.8 km -
1.8 km
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Plurabelle Books Second-hand bookshop
Coldhams Road · CB1 3EW
1.9 km -
The Children's Society Charity shop
Mill Road · CB1 3NF
Mon–Sat 09:30–17:30 · Mill Road run · stop 4
1.9 km -
2.2 km
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East Anglia's Children's Hospices Charity shop
Cherry Hinton Road · CB1 7AA
2.2 km -
3.3 km
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The Children's Society Charity shop
Rectory Terrace · CB1 9HU
4.1 km -
East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices Charity shop
High Street · CB1 9HX
4.1 km -
The Salvation Army Charity shop
Mon–Fri 09:00–16:00
5.3 km -
6.6 km
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7.3 km
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Book hunting in Cambridge
Nearest-first is a decent route plan on its own: cluster your visits, start with the shops closest to each other, and save the outliers for days you're passing anyway. Charity shops re-shelve constantly, most put new donations out every day or two, so a shop that was quiet on Saturday can be a different shop by Wednesday. Weekday mornings beat weekend afternoons, and it's always worth asking a volunteer when the book trolley comes out.
33 of the shops here have their opening hours on record, and 22 of those open on Sundays. Where no hours are listed, nobody has recorded them yet. 1 of the 39 are general second-hand shops.
If you want the odds on your side, read our guides to finding good books in charity shops and spotting the books worth grabbing before you set out.
Donating books in Cambridge
29 of the shops here are charity-run and take book donations during opening hours. If you pay UK income tax, filling in a Gift Aid form at the till lets the shop claim an extra 25% on whatever your books sell for, at no cost to you. Shops pay to dispose of what they cannot sell, so a bad donation costs the charity money. The test before you pack a bag: would someone buy this today? Recent fiction, classics, cookery and children's books move. Old textbooks, out-of-date travel guides and anything damp or mouldy do not.
Our guide to where to donate books covers which shops suit which books, and what to do with a whole house clear-out.
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