Charity shops in Cardiff
- 56 shops
- 43 charity
- 13 book & second-hand
- 7 walking routes
- within 8 km of the centre
Cardiff punches well above its weight for second-hand books — the charity-shop rows of Albany Road and Wellfield Road in Roath are a book hunter's circuit in themselves, and the city centre arcades add a layer of independent and antiquarian shops on top.
Chains with several branches: Cancer Research (5) · Barnardo's (3) · Marie Curie (3) · British Heart Foundation (2)
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Book-hunting routes
7 routesShops a few minutes' walk apart, in walking order. Do a run in one go and the outliers another day.
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Windsor Road run7 shops
Tenovus → Marie Curie → Oxfam → PDSA → 3 more
· ~4 min -
Tenovus and 6 more7 shops
Tenovus → RSPCA → British Heart Foundation → Greyhound Rescue Wales → 3 more
· ~7 min -
Forbidden Planet International and 5 more6 shops
Forbidden Planet International → Troutmark Books → Bear Island → Ty Hafan → 2 more
· ~12 min -
Cowbridge Road East run5 shops
RSPCA → Marie Curie → PDSA → Cancer Research UK → 1 more
· ~7 min -
Whitchurch Road run4 shops
one2two → Cant a Mil → Catwell → Tenovus Cancer Care
· ~3 min -
City Hospice and 3 more4 shops
City Hospice → Ty Hafan → Cancer Research UK → Marie Curie
· ~3 min
Showing 56 shops
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Forbidden Planet International Second-hand bookshop
Duke Street · CF10 1AY
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Ty Hafan Charity shop0.1 km
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Bear Island Second-hand bookshop
CF10 1AU
Mon–Sun 08:00–15:00 · Forbidden Planet International and 5 more · stop 3
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Troutmark Books Second-hand bookshop
Castle Arcade · CF10 1BW
Mon–Sat 10:00–17:00 · Forbidden Planet International and 5 more · stop 2
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0.3 km
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0.3 km
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1.3 km
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Marie Curie Charity shop
Cowbridge Road East · CF11 9AJ
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00 · Cowbridge Road East run · stop 2
1.3 km -
1.4 km
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Tenovus Charity shop
Tenovus and 6 more · stop 1
1.4 km -
RSPCA Charity shop
Tenovus and 6 more · stop 2
1.5 km -
1.5 km
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1.5 km
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Caban Second-hand bookshop
King's Road · CF11 9DE
1.5 km -
1.5 km
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British Heart Foundation Charity shop
Inter-Aid and 2 more · stop 2
1.5 km -
Greyhound Rescue Wales Charity shop
Tenovus and 6 more · stop 4
1.5 km -
Cerebral Palsy Cymru Charity shop
Inter-Aid and 2 more · stop 3
1.6 km -
Shelf Life Second-hand bookshop
Cowbridge Road East · CF5 1GW
Tue–Sat 10:00–17:00 · Cowbridge Road East run · stop 5
1.6 km -
Barnardo's Charity shop
Tenovus and 6 more · stop 5
1.6 km -
Tenovus Charity shop
Tenovus and 6 more · stop 6
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Wellfield Bookshop Second-hand bookshop
Wellfield Road · CF24 3PB
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:30 · Tenovus and 6 more · stop 7
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The Salvation Army Charity shop
Cowbridge Road East · CF5 1HD
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Mind Charity shop
Cowbridge Road East · CF5 1HD
2.3 km -
2.3 km
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2.3 km
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Catwell Charity shop
Whitchurch Road run · stop 3
2.4 km -
2.4 km
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YMCA Charity shop2.6 km
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Cancer Research UK Charity shop
Newport Road · CF24 1PQ
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BOOKS Plus Second-hand bookshop
The Concourse, University Hospital Of Wales · CF14 4BA
Mon–Fri 09:00–17:30
2.9 km -
Butler's Books Second-hand bookshop
Mon–Sun 10:00–16:00
3.4 km -
Noah's Ark Children's Hospital Charity Charity shop3.5 km
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The Cabin Second-hand shop4.2 km
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Sue Ryder Charity shop4.3 km
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City Hospice Charity shop
City Hospice and 3 more · stop 1
4.3 km -
Ty Hafan Charity shop
City Hospice and 3 more · stop 2
4.3 km -
Hapus Wales Charity shop
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4.4 km -
Cancer Research UK Charity shop
City Hospice and 3 more · stop 3
4.5 km -
Marie Curie Charity shop
City Hospice and 3 more · stop 4
4.5 km -
4.7 km
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Marie Curie Charity shop
Windsor Road run · stop 2
4.7 km -
4.8 km
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4.8 km
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4.8 km
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Ty hafan Charity shop
Windsor Road run · stop 6
4.8 km -
British Red Cross Charity shop
Windsor Road run · stop 7
4.9 km -
Cancer Research Wales Charity shop4.9 km
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City Hospice Charity shop5.0 km
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Tenovus Charity shop
Heol y Deri · CF14 6HF
5.1 km -
City Hospice Charity shop5.2 km
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Cancer Research Wales Charity shop5.2 km
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Cerebral Palsy Cymru Charity shop5.2 km
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City Hospice Charity Shop Charity shop5.3 km
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Barnardo's Charity shop5.8 km
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Barnardo's Charity shop
Countisbury Avenue
5.9 km
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Book hunting in Cardiff
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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