Illustration of a charity shop window in Wigan

Charity shops in Wigan

  • 13 shops
  • 13 charity
  • 1 walking route
  • within 6 km of the centre

Wigan's longest run starts at Salvation Army, 7 shops in 21 minutes. Market Street has 3 shops and Wallgate has 2. Barnardo's runs 3 branches across the city, with British Heart Foundation and Salvation Army each running 2. All 13 shops in Wigan are charity shops.

Chains with several branches: Barnardo's (3) · British Heart Foundation (2) · Salvation Army (2)

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Showing 13 shops

  1. Salvation Army Charity shop

    Wallgate · WN1 1JU

    Salvation Army and 6 more · stop 1

    0.0 km
  2. YMCA Charity shop

    Market Street · WN1 1JN

    Salvation Army and 6 more · stop 2

    0.2 km
  3. RSPCA Charity shop

    Market Street · WN1 1JF

    Salvation Army and 6 more · stop 3

    0.2 km
  4. Daffodils Dreams Charity shop

    Wallgate · WN3 4EA

    Salvation Army and 6 more · stop 7

    0.3 km
  5. 0.4 km
  6. Barnardo's Charity shop

    Standishgate · WN1 1UW

    Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00 · Salvation Army and 6 more · stop 5

    0.4 km
  7. Mesnes Street · WN1 1QP

    Salvation Army and 6 more · stop 6

    0.5 km
  8. The Brick Shop - Wigan Charity shop

    Gidlow Lane · WN6 7EA

    Mon–Fri 09:00–16:00

    1.0 km
  9. 3.8 km
  10. Barnardo's Charity shop

    Haigh Road · WN2 1XH

    4.1 km
  11. Barnardo's Charity shop
    4.7 km
  12. The Salvation Army Charity shop
    5.0 km
  13. Wigan & Leigh Hospice Charity shop

    Market Street · WN6 0HN

    5.1 km

Book hunting in Wigan

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.

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 Bolton· Charity shops in Warrington· Charity shops in Preston· Charity shops in Manchester

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