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Charity shops in Manchester

129 charity shops and second-hand bookshops within 10 km of Manchester city centre, sorted nearest first — 87 charity shops plus 42 book and second-hand shops.

Manchester's best shelves hide in the suburbs — the charity shops along Wilmslow Road through Withington and Didsbury turn over constantly, fed by one of Europe's biggest student populations. The Northern Quarter adds second-hand and independent bookshops for the more curated end of the hunt.

Chains with multiple branches here: Barnardo (11) · Oxfam (8) · Age UK (7) · British Heart Foundation (6)

Charity shops

  • Oxfam

    8-10, Oldham Street, Manchester

    0.4 km

  • British Heart Foundation

    51, Piccadilly, Manchester

    0.5 km

  • Oxfam

    51, Oldham Street, Manchester

    0.5 km

  • RSPCA

    15, Oak Street

    0.6 km

  • Barnardo's

    Piccadilly Station Approach, Manchester

    0.7 km

  • Samaritans

    0.7 km

  • Mustard Tree

    110, Oldham Road, Manchester

    1.2 km

  • Coffee4Craig

    Unit 5, 153, Great Ducie Street, Manchester

    1.2 km

  • YMCA

    1.5 km

  • Cancer Research UK

    44, Ordsall Lane, Salford

    1.6 km

  • Childrens Air Ambulance

    44, Ordsall Lane, Salford

    1.6 km

  • Oxfam

    Manchester Fort Shopping Park, Manchester

    1.9 km

  • Oxfam

    2.2 km

  • Hope Direct Charity Shop

    96, Chorlton Road, Manchester

    2.3 km

  • Home and Furniture - St Ann's Hospice

    164, Stockport Road, Manchester

    2.4 km

  • The Salvation Army

    2.5 km

  • Shaw Trust

    Phoebe Street, Salford

    2.6 km

  • British Heart Foundation

    3.2 km

  • Emmaus Salford

    101, Fitzwarren Street, Salford

    3.2 km

  • Barnardo's

    Cheetham Hill Road

    3.6 km

  • Age UK

    4.0 km

  • British Heart Foundation

    Manchester

    4.1 km

  • Barnardo's

    4.1 km

  • Gregory Pope Foundation

    4.2 km

  • Age UK

    426, Wilbraham Road, Manchester

    4.8 km

  • Sue Ryder

    553, Wilbraham Road, Manchester

    4.8 km

  • Barnardo's

    563, Wilbraham Road, Manchester

    4.8 km

  • RSPCA

    565, Wilbraham Road, Manchester

    4.8 km

  • Reach Out to the Community

    Wilbraham Road, Manchester

    4.9 km

  • Oxfam

    Wilbraham Road, Manchester

    4.9 km

  • Oxfam Bookshop

    605, Wilbraham Road, Manchester

    4.9 km

  • British Red Cross

    Wilbraham Road, Manchester

    4.9 km

  • Age UK

    Hyde Road, Manchester

    5.1 km

  • Age UK

    Garratt Way, Manchester

    5.1 km

  • Mencap

    Ashton Old Road, Manchester

    5.2 km

  • Extra Care

    Ashton Old Road, Manchester

    5.2 km

  • PDSA

    Ashton Old Road, Manchester

    5.3 km

  • RSPCA

    5.3 km

  • Oxfam

    5.3 km

  • Francis House Children's Hospice

    5.3 km

  • Cancer Research UK

    5.3 km

  • The River Manchester

    1300, Ashton Old Road, Manchester

    5.4 km

  • Barnardo's

    5.4 km

  • British Heart Foundation

    32, King Street, Manchester

    6.0 km

  • St Vincent's

    6.1 km

  • British Heart Foundation

    6.2 km

  • YMCA

    6.2 km

  • The A World UK CIC

    6.2 km

  • British Red Cross

    6.2 km

  • Salford Charities Together

    6.2 km

  • Mustard Tree

    6.3 km

  • Age UK

    680, Wilmslow Road, Manchester

    6.9 km

  • RSPCA

    19, Barlow Moor Road, Manchester

    7.0 km

  • Mind

    7.2 km

  • Barnardo's

    7.2 km

  • Cats Protection

    7.2 km

  • Barnardo's

    7.2 km

  • Oxfam

    778, Wilmslow Road, Manchester

    7.3 km

  • Sue Ryder

    794-796, Wilmslow Road, Manchester

    7.4 km

  • Cancer Research UK

    800-802, Wilmslow Road, Manchester

    7.4 km

  • Heatons Cats Charity Shop

    406A, Manchester Road, Stockport

    7.4 km

  • The Childrens Society

    245, Monton Road, Salford

    7.4 km

  • The Children's Society

    7.9 km

  • Sue Ryder

    Heaton Moor Road

    7.9 km

  • ExtraCare

    Golden Way

    8.2 km

  • The Salvation Army

    8.3 km

  • Barnardo's

    8.3 km

  • Barnardo's

    8.7 km

  • Sue Ryder

    8.7 km

  • The Children's Society

    8.8 km

  • Manacare Foundation

    8.8 km

  • Willow Wood

    9.0 km

  • Manacare Foundation

    9.0 km

  • Highway Hope Charity General Store

    9.4 km

  • Cancer Research UK

    9.4 km

  • The A World

    9.4 km

  • Cancer Research UK

    9.5 km

  • British Heart Foundation

    9.5 km

  • YMCA

    9.5 km

  • Moya Cole Hospice

    33, Great Underbank, Stockport

    9.6 km

  • Barnardo's

    9.7 km

  • St Ann's Hospice

    9.7 km

  • Age UK

    56, Wellington Street, Stockport

    9.8 km

  • Barnardo's

    Shopping Precinct, Oldham

    9.9 km

  • Mind

    Shopping Precinct, Oldham

    9.9 km

  • Age UK

    Shopping Precinct, Oldham

    9.9 km

  • Sue Ryder

    47, Church Road, Stockport

    9.9 km

Bookshops & second-hand

  • The Works

    0.3 km

  • Waterstone

    16, St. Ann Street, Manchester

    0.3 km

  • Waterstones

    91-93, Deansgate, Manchester

    0.3 km

  • Manchester Bookbuyers

    1-2, Church Street, Manchester

    0.4 km

  • Thrift Shop

    39, Piccadilly Plaza, Manchester

    0.4 km

  • Waterstones

    0.4 km

  • Arndale Book Exchange

    11, Shudehill, Manchester

    0.5 km

  • Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist

    42, Peter Street, Manchester

    0.5 km

  • Paramount Books

    25-27, Shudehill, Manchester

    0.5 km

  • Travelling Man Comics

    4, Dale Street, Manchester

    0.5 km

  • Chapter One

    19, Lever Street, Manchester

    0.5 km

  • Magma

    22, Oldham Street, Manchester

    0.5 km

  • Re-Market

    4-10, Piccadilly, Manchester

    0.6 km

  • St Denys Bookshop

    0.6 km

  • Queer Lit

    27, Great Ancoats Street, Manchester

    0.8 km

  • Blackwells

    1.5 km

  • The Works

    Manchester Fort Shopping Park, Manchester

    1.9 km

  • Islamic Life

    4, Wilmslow Road, Manchester

    2.8 km

  • The Works

    3.1 km

  • World of Islam

    3.4 km

  • Alexandria Library

    247, Wilmslow Road

    3.5 km

  • The Works

    The Lowry Outlet Mall, Salford

    3.6 km

  • Chorlton Book Shop

    506, Wilbraham Road, Manchester

    4.9 km

  • Beg Steal and Borrow

    5.1 km

  • Cash Generator

    1242, Chester Road, Manchester

    6.2 km

  • E.J. Morten Booksellers

    Warburton Street

    7.1 km

  • TGJones

    42, Peel Avenue, Manchester

    7.1 km

  • The Children's Society Book Shop

    Heaton Moor Road

    7.9 km

  • Urmston Bookshop

    8.4 km

  • The Works

    8.6 km

  • New Image

    8.7 km

  • Thackeray's

    9.0 km

  • Serenity Booksellers

    11, Warren Street, Stockport

    9.4 km

  • The Works

    5, Merseyway, Stockport

    9.5 km

  • TGJones

    9.5 km

  • Waterstones

    9.5 km

  • Rare Mags

    5, Lower Hillgate, Stockport

    9.7 km

  • The Works

    9.7 km

  • New 2 U

    38-40, Lower Hillgate, Stockport

    9.8 km

  • WHSmith

    9.8 km

  • Arkwright Street Renew

    Arkwright Street, Oldham

    9.9 km

  • Remember When

    Church Road, Stockport

    9.9 km

Book hunting in Manchester

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 Stockport · Charity shops in Bolton · Charity shops in Warrington · Charity shops in Wigan

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