Charity shops in Durham
27 charity shops and second-hand bookshops within 6 km of Durham city centre, sorted nearest first — 18 charity shops plus 9 book and second-hand shops.
Chains with multiple branches here: Salvation Army (3) · RSPCA (3)
Charity shops
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0.1 km
Oxfam
18, Elvet Bridge, Durham
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0.1 km
Oak Tree Animals' Charity
High Street, Durham
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0.1 km
St. Cuthbert's Pop Up Shop
Durham
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0.2 km
St Cuthbert's Hospice
93, Claypath, Durham
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0.4 km
British Heart Foundation
79, North Road, Durham
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0.5 km
Scope
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0.5 km
The Children's Society
63, North Road, Durham
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0.5 km
The Salvation Army
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2.1 km
RSPCA
Beech Road
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2.1 km
Salvation Army Donation Centre
Dragon Lane, Durham
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2.3 km
DCP Community Shop
11-12, Front Street, Durham
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2.8 km
Age UK
Belmont Industrial Estate, Durham
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2.9 km
Durham Donkey Rescue
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2.9 km
RSPCA Durham and District Branch
20, High Street South, Durham
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2.9 km
Turtle Rescue UK
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3.0 km
St Cuthbert's Hospice
30-31, High Street South, Durham
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3.3 km
RSPCA
Durham
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6.0 km
The Salvation Army
Bookshops & second-hand
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0.1 km
People's Bookshop
18, High Street, Durham
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0.1 km
Waterstones
55-57, Saddler Street, Durham
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0.1 km
Waterstones
69, Saddler Street, Durham
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0.2 km
The Works
7-8, Silver Street, Durham
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0.2 km
Book Emporium
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0.2 km
BookWyrm
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0.3 km
Collected Books
Durham
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3.5 km
The Works
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3.5 km
Waterstones
4, Durham
Book hunting in Durham
The list above is sorted by distance from the centre, which is also a decent route plan: cluster your visits, start with the shops nearest 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 Sunderland · Charity shops in Newcastle upon Tyne · Charity shops in Middlesbrough · Charity shops in Carlisle
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