Charity shops in Exeter
- 40 shops
- 32 charity
- 8 book & second-hand
- 5 walking routes
- within 8 km of the centre
Fore Street carries the biggest run in Exeter, 9 shops in a 13 minute walk. Chains here are evenly spread, with Oxfam and Sue Ryder each holding 2 branches. Fore Street also has a shorter run further along, 5 shops in 3 minutes. Exeter has 40 shops in total.
Chains with several branches: Oxfam (2) · British Heart Foundation (2) · Cancer Research (2) · Sue Ryder (2)
Book-hunting routes
5 routesShops a few minutes' walk apart, in walking order. Do a run in one go and the outliers another day.
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Fore Street run9 shops
Book-Cycle → Chandi Chowk → Jelly → Bookbag → 5 more
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Oxfam and 8 more9 shops
Oxfam → Marie Curie → Hospiscare → Final Frontier → 5 more
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Cancer Research UK and 7 more8 shops
Cancer Research UK → Children's Hospice South West → The Salvation Army → Sue Ryder → 4 more
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Fore Street run (part 2)5 shops
Sue Ryder → Go Beyond → InFocus → Force Cancer Research → 1 more
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Estuary League Of Friends and 3 more4 shops
Estuary League Of Friends → The Topsham Bookshop → Devon Air Ambulance → Vintage and Variety
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Final Frontier Second-hand bookshop
South Street · EX1 1EE
Tue–Sat 10:30–17:30 · Oxfam and 8 more · stop 4
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British Heart Foundation Charity shop
Fore Street · EX4 3HR
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Oxfam Books & Music Second-hand bookshop
South Street · EX1 1EN
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Hospiscare Charity shop
Cancer Research UK and 7 more · stop 6
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Devon Air Ambulance Trust Charity shop
Cancer Research UK and 7 more · stop 7
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Mind Charity shop
Cancer Research UK and 7 more · stop 8
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British Heart Foundation Charity shop
Sidwell Street
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00 · Oxfam and 8 more · stop 8
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Hospiscare Warehouse Shop Charity shop
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Children's Hospice South West Charity shop
Sidwell Street · EX4 6NS
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00 · Cancer Research UK and 7 more · stop 2
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Cancer Research UK Charity shop
Sidwell Street · EX4 6RT
Mon–Fri 09:00–17:30 · Cancer Research UK and 7 more · stop 1
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Recycling Centre Shop Second-hand shop
Pinbrook Road · EX4 8HU
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Devon Air Ambulance Trust Charity shop
Sandpiper Court · EX4 8NS
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Estuary League Of Friends Charity shop
Mon–Fri 09:30–15:30 · Estuary League Of Friends and 3 more · stop 1
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The Topsham Bookshop Second-hand bookshop
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Devon Air Ambulance Charity shop
Estuary League Of Friends and 3 more · stop 3
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Vintage and Variety Charity shop
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RSPB Charity shop
EX3 0QH
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Book hunting in Exeter
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.
15 of the shops here have their opening hours on record, and 7 of those open on Sundays. Where no hours are listed, nobody has recorded them yet. 3 of the 40 are general second-hand shops.
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 Exeter
32 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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