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)
Book-hunting routes
1 routeShops a few minutes' walk apart, in walking order. Do a run in one go and the outliers another day.
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Salvation Army and 6 more7 shops
Salvation Army → YMCA → RSPCA → British Heart Foundation → 3 more
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British Heart Foundation Charity shop
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Barnardo's Charity shop
Standishgate · WN1 1UW
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00 · Salvation Army and 6 more · stop 5
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Wigan and Leigh Hospice Charity shop3.8 km
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Barnardo's Charity shop
Haigh Road · WN2 1XH
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Barnardo's Charity shop4.7 km
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The Salvation Army Charity shop5.0 km
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Wigan & Leigh Hospice Charity shop
Market Street · WN6 0HN
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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.
2 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 Wigan
13 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 Bolton· Charity shops in Warrington· Charity shops in Preston· Charity shops in Manchester· Charity shops in Liverpool· Charity shops in Stockport
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