Charity shop · 39 Forrest Road
Shelter
Shelter is a charity shop on Forrest Road in Edinburgh, open every day of the week. Transreal is 3 minutes away and John Kay's a further 6, part of the Fruitmarket Bookshop run of 25 shops taking 57 minutes to cover, and it has 7 other branches around the city.
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39 Forrest Road
Edinburgh
EH1 2QP
Edinburgh - Opening hours
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Mon,Thu–Sat 10:30–17:45
Tue,Wed 10:00–17:45
Sun 12:00–16:00
Check before travelling — volunteer-run shops change hours.
Take Spines with you
Visiting Shelter? Read the whole shelf in one photo.
Photograph the shelf and Spines flags the books worth grabbing for your taste. Free to try.
Within a short walk
Other charity shops and second-hand bookshops nearby, nearest first.
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Transreal~3 min
46 Candlemaker Row
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John Kay's~6 min
8 Victoria Street
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Lighthouse Bookshop - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop~7 min
43 West Nicolson Street
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Forbidden Planet~8 min
40-41 South Bridge
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PDSA~8 min
85 Nicolson Street
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PDSA~8 min
88-89 South Bridge
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Evangelical Books~8 min
16 North Bank Street
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British Heart Foundation~9 min
102 Nicolson Street
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Barnardo's~9 min
106 Nicolson Street
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Save the Children~9 min
112 Nicolson Street
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Oxfam Bookshop~9 min
116 Nicolson Street
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Marie Curie~9 min
7 South Bridge
Other Shelter shops in Edinburgh
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Shelter0.5 km
134, Nicolson Street, Edinburgh
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Shelter0.8 km
43, Home Street, Edinburgh
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Shelter1.6 km
27, Dalry Road, Edinburgh
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Shelter2.1 km
104, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh
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Shelter Scotland Bookshop2.1 km
106A, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh
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Shelter5.7 km
161, St John's Road, Edinburgh
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What to expect
Shelter shops skew towards clothing and homeware, with books as a supporting act. Quick to check, occasionally surprising.
This one is stop 6 of 9 on the Fruitmarket Bookshop and 8 more, a walk that takes in the charity shops either side of it.
See all charity shops in Edinburgh, or read our guide to finding good books in charity shops before you set out.
Nearby: Charity shops in Stirling· Charity shops in Dundee· Charity shops in Glasgow· Charity shops in Carlisle
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