Charity shops in Durham
- 22 shops
- 18 charity
- 4 book & second-hand
- 3 walking routes
- within 6 km of the centre
Durham's biggest run starts at Oxfam and takes in 6 shops over 6 minutes. Salvation Army and RSPCA each have 3 branches around the city. A quicker run on High Street South covers 4 shops in 2 minutes. Durham has 21 shops in total.
Chains with several branches: Salvation Army (3) · RSPCA (3)
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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Oxfam and 5 more6 shops
Oxfam → People's Bookshop → Oak Tree Animals' Charity → St. Cuthbert's Pop Up Shop → 2 more
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BookWyrm and 5 more6 shops
BookWyrm → Collected Books → British Heart Foundation → Scope → 2 more
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High Street South run4 shops
Durham Donkey Rescue → RSPCA Durham and District Branch → Turtle Rescue UK → St Cuthbert's Hospice
· ~2 min
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Scope Charity shop
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The Salvation Army Charity shop
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RSPCA Charity shop
Beech Road · DH1 5JE
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Salvation Army Donation Centre Charity shop
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DCP Community Shop Charity shop
Front Street · DH1 5EJ
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RSPCA Durham and District Branch Charity shop
High Street South · DH7 8JN
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Turtle Rescue UK Charity shop
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RSPCA Charity shop
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The Salvation Army Charity shop6.0 km
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Book hunting in Durham
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.
1 of the shops here have their opening hours on record. 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 Durham
18 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 Sunderland· Charity shops in Newcastle upon Tyne· Charity shops in Middlesbrough· Charity shops in Carlisle· Charity shops in York· Charity shops in Leeds
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