Charity shops in Canterbury
18 charity shops and second-hand bookshops within 6 km of Canterbury city centre, sorted nearest first — 11 charity shops plus 7 book and second-hand shops.
Chains with multiple branches here: Oxfam (2)
Charity shops
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0.0 km
Oxfam
13, Best Lane, Canterbury
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0.0 km
The Children's Trust
5, St. Peter's Street, Canterbury
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0.1 km
Oxfam
51, St. Peter's Street, Canterbury
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0.1 km
Age UK
13A, St. Peter's Street, Canterbury
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0.1 km
Store 50 Pilgrims Hospice
50, St. Peter's Street, Canterbury
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0.3 km
Demelza
18, Burgate, Canterbury
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0.3 km
British Heart Foundation
12, St. George's Street, Canterbury
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0.4 km
Cancer Research UK
61, Burgate, Canterbury
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0.4 km
Pilgrims Hospices
78, St. Dunstan's Street, Canterbury
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0.4 km
British Red Cross
10A, Burgate, Canterbury
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0.5 km
Shelter
51-52, Northgate, Canterbury
Bookshops & second-hand
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0.1 km
The Works
17, High Street, Canterbury
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0.3 km
Catching Lives Books
28, Palace Street, Canterbury
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0.3 km
Chaucer Bookshop
6-7, Beercart Lane, Canterbury
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0.3 km
Waterstones
8, Rose Lane, Canterbury
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0.4 km
Burgate Books
10B, Burgate, Canterbury
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2.0 km
Blackwell
Canterbury
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3.7 km
Chapters
6, High Street, Canterbury
Book hunting in Canterbury
The list above is sorted by distance from the centre, which is also a decent route plan: cluster your visits, start with the shops nearest 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.
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.
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Nearby: Charity shops in Southend-on-Sea · Charity shops in Hastings · Charity shops in Chelmsford · Charity shops in Colchester
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