Charity shops in Leicester
- 60 shops
- 53 charity
- 7 book & second-hand
- 7 walking routes
- within 8 km of the centre
Head for The Parade run in Leicester, 6 shops in about 2 minutes, where Age UK dominates with 12 branches across the city. There are 7 bookshops too, if you want to break up the charity shop hunt. Leicester has 59 shops in total.
Chains with several branches: Age UK (12) · Oxfam (3) · Mind (3) · British Heart Foundation (2)
Book-hunting routes
7 routesShops a few minutes' walk apart, in walking order. Do a run in one go and the outliers another day.
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Scope and 8 more9 shops
Scope → Air Ambulance → Mind → Air Ambulance → 5 more
· ~8 min -
Christian Resources Leicester and 6 more7 shops
Christian Resources Leicester → Sue Ryder → Buutit → Maynard & Bradley → 3 more
· ~6 min -
British Heart Foundation and 6 more7 shops
British Heart Foundation → Cancer Research UK → Age UK → Life → 3 more
· ~33 min -
The Parade run6 shops
Age UK → Scope → Age UK → Age UK → 2 more
· ~2 min -
Rainbows and 5 more6 shops
Rainbows → RSPCA → Mind → Age UK → 2 more
· ~4 min -
LOROS and 5 more6 shops
LOROS → LOROS Bookshop → Age UK Bookshop → Mind → 2 more
· ~6 min
Showing 60 shops
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Christian Resources Leicester Second-hand bookshop
Peacock Lane · LE1 5PZ
0.3 km -
Loros Charity shop
Mon–Sat 09:30–16:30 · Christian Resources Leicester and 6 more · stop 6
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Buutit Charity shop0.3 km
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Maynard & Bradley Second-hand bookshop0.3 km
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Sue Ryder Charity shop0.3 km
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Forbidden Planet Second-hand bookshop
Silver Street · LE1 5EU
Mon–Fri 10:00–17:00 · Christian Resources Leicester and 6 more · stop 5
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British Heart Foundation Charity shop0.4 km
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Age UK Charity shop
British Heart Foundation and 6 more · stop 3
0.5 km -
British Heart Foundation Charity shop
Mon–Sat 09:30–17:30 · British Heart Foundation and 6 more · stop 1
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Cancer Research UK Charity shop
British Heart Foundation and 6 more · stop 2
0.6 km -
Age UK Charity shop
British Heart Foundation and 6 more · stop 7
0.7 km -
0.9 km
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Shelter Charity shop
British Heart Foundation and 6 more · stop 5
0.9 km -
Tin Drum Books Second-hand bookshop
Narborough Road · LE3 0BR
1.1 km -
Sue Ryder Charity shop
British Heart Foundation and 6 more · stop 6
1.3 km -
Asha Charity shop
Belgrave Road · LE4 5AS
1.5 km -
Barnardo's Charity shop
153, Stephenson Drive, Leicester
1.5 km -
Loros Charity shop1.6 km
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1.9 km
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2.0 km
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Leicester Animal Rescue Charity shop2.1 km
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LOROS Charity shop
Mon–Sat 10:00–17:00 · LOROS and 5 more · stop 1
2.5 km -
2.6 km
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Age UK Bookshop Second-hand bookshop
LOROS and 5 more · stop 3
2.6 km -
Mind Charity shop
Mon–Sat 09:00–05:00, Sun 10:00–04:00 · LOROS and 5 more · stop 4
2.7 km -
Oxfam Charity shop
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00, Sun 11:00–15:00 · LOROS and 5 more · stop 5
2.7 km -
Clarendon Books Second-hand bookshop
Mon–Fri 10:00–17:30 · LOROS and 5 more · stop 6
2.7 km -
3.7 km
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Reuse Shop Charity shop
Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00
4.3 km -
LOROS - Leicestershire & Rutland Hospice Charity shop4.8 km
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LOROS Charity shop
Mon–Sat 09:30–16:30
5.1 km -
Loros Charity shop
Mon–Sat 09:30–16:30
5.2 km -
Age UK Charity shop
Mon–Sat 09:00–16:30 · The Parade run · stop 1
5.6 km -
5.6 km
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Age UK Charity shop
Mon–Sat 09:00–16:30 · The Parade run · stop 3
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5.6 km
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5.6 km
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5.6 km
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5.7 km
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5.7 km
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Loros Charity shop
RSPCA and 4 more · stop 3
5.7 km -
Air Ambulance Charity shop
Chestnut Avenue · LE2 5JG
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00 · RSPCA and 4 more · stop 5
5.7 km -
Oxfam Charity shop
Chestnut Avenue, Oadby, Leicester, LE2 5JG
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00 · RSPCA and 4 more · stop 4
5.7 km -
Scope Charity shop
Scope and 8 more · stop 1
5.9 km -
Loros Enterprises Charity shop
Pullman Road · LE18 2DB
6.0 km -
Air Ambulance Charity shop
Mon–Sun 09:00–17:00 · Scope and 8 more · stop 2
6.0 km -
Air Ambulance Charity shop
Scope and 8 more · stop 4
6.1 km -
Mind Charity shop
Scope and 8 more · stop 3
6.1 km -
Loros Charity shop
Scope and 8 more · stop 5
6.1 km -
Age UK Charity shop
Scope and 8 more · stop 6
6.1 km -
6.1 km
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Oxfam Charity shop
Scope and 8 more · stop 8
6.1 km -
Woodside Animal Centre Charity shop
Scope and 8 more · stop 9
6.2 km -
The Salvation Army Charity shop6.4 km
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Rainbows Charity shop
Rainbows and 5 more · stop 1
7.0 km -
7.0 km
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Mind Charity shop
Rainbows and 5 more · stop 3
7.1 km -
Age UK Charity shop
Rainbows and 5 more · stop 4
7.1 km -
Air Ambulance Charity Shop Charity shop
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00 · Rainbows and 5 more · stop 5
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Age UK Charity shop
Rainbows and 5 more · stop 6
7.1 km
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Book hunting in Leicester
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.
26 of the shops here have their opening hours on record, and 11 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 Leicester
53 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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