Charity shops in Canterbury
- 16 shops
- 11 charity
- 5 book & second-hand
- 2 walking routes
- within 6 km of the centre
Canterbury's St. Peter's Street run is the biggest, with 7 shops over 17 minutes. Oxfam has 2 branches in the city. The Burgate run is just as long, another 7 shops in 17 minutes. Canterbury has 15 shops in total.
Chains with several branches: Oxfam (2)
Book-hunting routes
2 routesShops a few minutes' walk apart, in walking order. Do a run in one go and the outliers another day.
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St. Peter's Street run8 shops
Oxfam → The Children's Trust → Maya's Boutique → Oxfam → 4 more
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Burgate run7 shops
Shelter → Demelza → Cancer Research UK → Burgate Books → 3 more
· ~17 min
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Oxfam Charity shop
St. Peter's Street · CT1 2BE
Mon–Sat 09:30–17:30 · St. Peter's Street run · stop 4
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Age UK Charity shop
St. Peter's Street · CT1 2AT
Mon–Sat 10:00–16:00 · St. Peter's Street run · stop 6
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Chaucer Bookshop Second-hand bookshop
Beercart Lane · CT1 2NY
Mon–Sat 10:00–16:00 · Burgate run · stop 7
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British Heart Foundation Charity shop
St. George's Street · CT1 2SR
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:30 · Burgate run · stop 6
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Pilgrims Hospices Charity shop
St. Dunstan's Street · CT2 8BN
Mon–Sat 09:30–16:00 · St. Peter's Street run · stop 7
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Shelter Charity shop
Northgate · CT1 1BE
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00, Sun 10:00–16:00 · Burgate run · stop 1
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Chapters Second-hand bookshop
High Street · CT2 0BD
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Book hunting in Canterbury
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.
11 of the shops here have their opening hours on record, and 8 of those open on Sundays. Where no hours are listed, nobody has recorded them yet. 1 of the 16 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 Canterbury
11 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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Nearby: Charity shops in Southend-on-Sea· Charity shops in Hastings· Charity shops in Chelmsford· Charity shops in Colchester· Charity shops in Eastbourne· Charity shops in Ipswich
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