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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)

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Showing 16 shops

  1. Oxfam Charity shop

    Best Lane · CT1 2JB

    Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00 · St. Peter's Street run · stop 1

    0.0 km
  2. The Children's Trust Charity shop

    5, St. Peter's Street, Canterbury

    St. Peter's Street run · stop 2

    0.0 km
  3. Maya's Boutique Second-hand shop

    St. Peter's Street · CT1 2AT

    St. Peter's Street run · stop 3

    0.1 km
  4. Oxfam Charity shop

    St. Peter's Street · CT1 2BE

    Mon–Sat 09:30–17:30 · St. Peter's Street run · stop 4

    0.1 km
  5. Age UK Charity shop

    St. Peter's Street · CT1 2AT

    Mon–Sat 10:00–16:00 · St. Peter's Street run · stop 6

    0.1 km
  6. Store 50 Pilgrims Hospice Charity shop

    St. Peter's Street · CT1 2BE

    St. Peter's Street run · stop 5

    0.1 km
  7. Catching Lives Books Second-hand bookshop

    Palace Street · CT1 2DZ

    St. Peter's Street run · stop 8

    0.3 km
  8. Chaucer Bookshop Second-hand bookshop

    Beercart Lane · CT1 2NY

    Mon–Sat 10:00–16:00 · Burgate run · stop 7

    0.3 km
  9. Demelza Charity shop

    Burgate · CT1 2HG

    Mon–Thu,Sat 09:30–17:00 · Burgate run · stop 2

    0.3 km
  10. British Heart Foundation Charity shop

    St. George's Street · CT1 2SR

    Mon–Sat 09:00–17:30 · Burgate run · stop 6

    0.3 km
  11. Cancer Research UK Charity shop

    Burgate · CT1 2HJ

    Mon–Sat 09:00–17:30 · Burgate run · stop 3

    0.4 km
  12. Pilgrims Hospices Charity shop

    St. Dunstan's Street · CT2 8BN

    Mon–Sat 09:30–16:00 · St. Peter's Street run · stop 7

    0.4 km
  13. Burgate Books Second-hand bookshop

    Burgate · CT1 2HG

    Mon–Sat 10:00–16:00 · Burgate run · stop 4

    0.4 km
  14. British Red Cross Charity shop

    Burgate · CT1 2HG

    Wed–Sat 09:00–17:00 · Burgate run · stop 5

    0.4 km
  15. Shelter Charity shop

    Northgate · CT1 1BE

    Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00, Sun 10:00–16:00 · Burgate run · stop 1

    0.5 km
  16. Chapters Second-hand bookshop

    High Street · CT2 0BD

    3.7 km

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.

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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