Charity shops in Reading
- 32 shops
- 29 charity
- 3 book & second-hand
- 3 walking routes
- within 8 km of the centre
Near Age UK there is a run of 6 shops in about 14 minutes. Sue Ryder has 6 branches across Reading, the most of any chain, with Age UK adding 4 more, and Oxfam and Cancer Research at 2 each. Crockhamwell Road has a shorter run of 4 shops in 3 minutes. Reading has 30 shops in total, though only 1 bookshop.
Chains with several branches: Sue Ryder (6) · Age UK (4) · Oxfam (2) · Cancer Research (2)
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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Age UK and 5 more6 shops
Age UK → Sue Ryder → Cancer Research UK → British Heart Foundation → 2 more
· ~14 min -
Crockhamwell Road run4 shops
Thames Hospice → Oxfam → Sue Ryder → Helen & Douglas House
· ~3 min -
Age UK and 2 more (part 2)3 shops
Age UK → Age UK → Oxfam
· ~5 min
Showing 32 shops
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Age UK Charity shop
Age UK and 5 more · stop 1
0.1 km -
0.2 km
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Cancer Research UK Charity shop
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:30 · Age UK and 5 more · stop 3
0.3 km -
0.3 km
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Grayfriars Christian Bookshop Second-hand bookshop
Mon–Fri 09:00–17:00, Sat 10:00–13:00 · Age UK and 5 more · stop 6
0.3 km -
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0.5 km
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Thames Hospice Superstore Charity shop1.2 km
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Christian Communuity Action Charity shop
Mon–Sat 10:00–16:00
1.2 km -
Mind Charity shop
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00
1.2 km -
Age UK Charity shop1.2 km
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The Autistic Shop Charity shop1.4 km
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Age UK Charity shop
Age UK and 2 more (part 2) · stop 1
1.5 km -
Age UK Charity shop
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00 · Age UK and 2 more (part 2) · stop 2
1.5 km -
Oxfam Charity shop
Age UK and 2 more (part 2) · stop 3
1.6 km -
Greenways Charity shop1.9 km
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CCA Furniture Shop Charity shop
Northumberland Avenue · RG2 7PT
2.0 km -
Junction 10 Second-hand shop
219, London Road, Reading
2.1 km -
Berkshire Emporium Second-hand shop
18-20, Wokingham Road, Reading
2.1 km -
Christian Community Action Charity shop2.6 km
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3.0 km
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Sue Ryder Charity shop
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00
3.4 km -
Sue Ryder Charity shop3.7 km
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Sara Asthma Charity Charity shop3.8 km
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Both Parents Matter Charity shop
RG31 6DR
3.9 km -
4.1 km
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Sue Ryder Care Charity shop
Reading
4.3 km -
Cats Protection - Reading & District Branch Charity shop
Reading
4.4 km -
5.0 km
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5.0 km
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5.1 km
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Helen & Douglas House Charity shop
Crockhamwell Road · RG5 3JH
Mon–Sat 09:30–17:00 · Crockhamwell Road run · stop 4
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Mercy in Action Charity shop
RG7 5AW
7.0 km
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Book hunting in Reading
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.
10 of the shops here have their opening hours on record, and 3 of those open on Sundays. Where no hours are listed, nobody has recorded them yet. 2 of the 32 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 Reading
29 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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