Charity shops in Carlisle
- 15 shops
- 13 charity
- 2 book & second-hand
- 2 walking routes
- within 6 km of the centre
In Carlisle, the run from Eden Valley Hospice covers 6 shops in 7 minutes. Salvation Army has 2 branches in the city. A longer run from Bookcase covers 6 shops in 19 minutes, taking in another Salvation Army shop and the Eden Valley Hospice Bookshop. Carlisle has 15 shops in total, 13 charity shops and 2 bookshops.
Chains with several branches: Salvation Army (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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Eden Valley Hospice and 5 more6 shops
Eden Valley Hospice → Cancer Research UK → Oxfam → Oak Tree Animals' Charity → 2 more
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Bookcase and 5 more6 shops
Bookcase → Shelter → Age UK → British Red Cross → 2 more
· ~19 min
Showing 15 shops
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Eden Valley Hospice Charity shop
Crosby Street
Mon,Thu 10:00–17:00 · Eden Valley Hospice and 5 more · stop 1
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Cancer Research UK Charity shop
Bank Street
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:30 · Eden Valley Hospice and 5 more · stop 2
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0.2 km
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Oak Tree Animals' Charity Charity shop
English Street · CA3 8HS
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00 · Eden Valley Hospice and 5 more · stop 4
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0.3 km
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Age UK Charity shop
Bookcase and 5 more · stop 3
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Cats Protection Charity shop
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00 · Eden Valley Hospice and 5 more · stop 5
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Hospice at Home Charity shop
Mon–Sat 10:00–16:00 · Eden Valley Hospice and 5 more · stop 6
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Shelter Charity shop
Bookcase and 5 more · stop 2
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0.5 km
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Bookcase Second-hand bookshop
Castle Street · CA3 8SY
Mon–Sat 09:30–17:00 · Bookcase and 5 more · stop 1
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The Salvation Army Charity shop
Byron House · CA2 5TU
Mon–Fri 10:00–16:00 · Bookcase and 5 more · stop 6
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The Salvation Army Charity shop1.4 km
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Op Shop Charity shop2.3 km
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Book hunting in Carlisle
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.
9 of the shops here have their opening hours on record, and 5 of those open on Sundays. Where no hours are listed, nobody has recorded them yet.
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 Carlisle
13 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 Newcastle upon Tyne· Charity shops in Durham· Charity shops in Lancaster· Charity shops in Sunderland· Charity shops in Middlesbrough· Charity shops in Edinburgh
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