Charity shops in Chester
- 26 shops
- 24 charity
- 2 book & second-hand
- 3 walking routes
- within 6 km of the centre
The run starting at Hospice of the Good Shepherd is Chester's biggest, taking in 7 shops over 8 minutes. Age UK has the most branches in the city, with 3. There is also a second run of 7 shops, this one a 17 minute walk beginning at Barnardo's. Chester has 24 shops in total.
Chains with several branches: Age UK (3) · Cancer Research (2) · Barnardo's (2)
Book-hunting routes
3 routesShops a few minutes' walk apart, in walking order. Do a run in one go and the outliers another day.
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Hospice of the Good Shepherd and 7 more8 shops
Hospice of the Good Shepherd → Books on the walls → Claire House → Claire House → 4 more
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Hospice of the Good Shepherd and 7 more (part 2)8 shops
Hospice of the Good Shepherd → Barnardo's → Cancer Research UK → British Red Cross → 4 more
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Faulkner Street run3 shops
Hospice of the Good Shepherd → Claire House → Mind
· ~2 min
Showing 26 shops
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Books on the walls Second-hand bookshop0.0 km
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Claire House Charity shop
Frodsham Street · CH1 3JJ
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00 · Hospice of the Good Shepherd and 7 more · stop 3
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Claire House Charity shop0.3 km
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The Children's Society Charity shop0.3 km
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British Heart Foundation Charity shop0.3 km
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Cancer Research UK Charity shop0.4 km
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Chapters Second-hand bookshop
Watergate Street South Row
Mon closed · Hospice of the Good Shepherd and 7 more (part 2) · stop 7
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Hospice of the Good Shepherd Charity shop0.4 km
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Barnardo's Charity shop0.4 km
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Cancer Research UK Charity shop0.5 km
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British Red Cross Charity shop0.5 km
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Share Shop Charity shop0.6 km
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Save the Children Charity shop0.6 km
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Age UK Charity shop
Old Seals Way · CH1 4RY
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Hospice of the Good Shepherd Charity shop
Faulkner Street · CH2 3BD
Mon–Sat 09:30–16:30 · Faulkner Street run · stop 1
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RSPCA Charity shop
Christleton Road · CH3 5UQ
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Barnardo's Charity shop
Weston Grove · CH2 1QL
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Age UK Charity shop2.7 km
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Age UK Charity shop2.7 km
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Book hunting in Chester
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.
5 of the shops here have their opening hours on record, and 3 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 Chester
24 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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