Charity shops in Sunderland
- 19 shops
- 18 charity
- 1 book & second-hand
- 3 walking routes
- within 8 km of the centre
Sunderland's biggest run starts at Shelter and takes in 6 shops over 8 minutes. British Heart Foundation has 2 branches in the city. A shorter run on Prince Edward Road covers 3 shops in 10 minutes. Sunderland has 19 shops in total.
Chains with several branches: British Heart Foundation (2) · Barnardo's (2) · Salvation Army (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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Shelter and 5 more6 shops
Shelter → YMCA → YMCA → St Oswald’s Hospice → 2 more
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British Heart Foundation and 4 more5 shops
British Heart Foundation → British Red Cross → The Salvation Army → British Heart Foundation → 1 more
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Prince Edward Road run3 shops
Save The Children → The Childrens Society → St Clare's Hospice
· ~10 min
Showing 19 shops
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Shelter Charity shop
Shelter and 5 more · stop 1
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YMCA Charity shop
Shelter and 5 more · stop 2
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St Oswald’s Hospice Charity shop
Mon–Fri 10:00–16:00 · Shelter and 5 more · stop 4
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British Heart Foundation Charity shop
British Heart Foundation and 4 more · stop 1
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British Red Cross Charity shop
Blandford Street · SR1 3JH
British Heart Foundation and 4 more · stop 2
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0.5 km
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RNLI Shop Charity shop2.0 km
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Cancer Research UK Charity shop2.3 km
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The Salvation Army Charity shop3.3 km
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Barnardo's Charity shop3.7 km
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Secondhand Bookshop Second-hand bookshop
Sat–Wed 11:00–15:00
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Save The Children Charity shop
Prince Edward Road
Mon–Sat 09:00–16:00 · Prince Edward Road run · stop 1
7.4 km -
The Childrens Society Charity shop
Prince Edward Road
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00 · Prince Edward Road run · stop 2
7.4 km -
7.5 km
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Book hunting in Sunderland
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.
4 of the shops here have their opening hours on record, and 1 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 Sunderland
18 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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Nearby: Charity shops in Newcastle upon Tyne· Charity shops in Durham· Charity shops in Middlesbrough· Charity shops in Carlisle· Charity shops in York· Charity shops in Leeds
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