Charity shops in York
- 46 shops
- 32 charity
- 14 book & second-hand
- 4 walking routes
- within 8 km of the centre
York's biggest cluster is the St Leonards Hospice run, 8 shops in about 8 minutes, with Age UK the chain with the most branches at 4. There's also a longer walk of 8 shops taking about 16 minutes through some of the city's bookshops. York has 45 shops in total, including 12 bookshops.
Chains with several branches: Age UK (4) · Oxfam (3) · British Heart Foundation (3) · Barnardo's (2)
Book-hunting routes
4 routesShops a few minutes' walk apart, in walking order. Do a run in one go and the outliers another day.
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St Leonards Hospice and 7 more8 shops
St Leonards Hospice → St Leonards Hospice → St Leonard's Hospice Donations Centre → RSPCA → 4 more
· ~8 min -
Goodramgate run8 shops
Sue Ryder → British Heart Foundation → Oxfam → RSPCA → 4 more
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Topping & Company and 7 more8 shops
Topping & Company → Little Apple Bookshop → Janette Ray → Blue House Bookshop → 4 more
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St Leonards Hospice Shop and 7 more8 shops
St Leonards Hospice Shop → British Red Cross → Pitch 22 → British Heart Foundation → 4 more
· ~35 min
Showing 46 shops
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Topping & Company Second-hand bookshop
Museum Street · YO1 7DT
Mon–Sat 09:00–21:00 · Topping & Company and 7 more · stop 1
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0.2 km
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Oxfam Bookshop Second-hand bookshop
Micklegate · YO1 6LF
Mon–Sat 09:30–17:30 · St Leonards Hospice Shop and 7 more · stop 6
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Little Apple Bookshop Second-hand bookshop
High Petergate · YO1 7EN
Mon–Fri 09:30–17:30 · Topping & Company and 7 more · stop 2
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The Amnesty Bookshop Second-hand bookshop
Micklegate · YO1 6JH
St Leonards Hospice Shop and 7 more · stop 5
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British Heart Foundation Charity shop
Bridge Street · YO1 6DA
Mon–Sat 09:30–17:00 · St Leonards Hospice Shop and 7 more · stop 4
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0.4 km
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0.4 km
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Minster Gate Bookshop Second-hand bookshop
Minster Gates · YO1 7HL
Topping & Company and 7 more · stop 5
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0.4 km
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Portal Bookshop Second-hand bookshop
Patrick Pool · YO1 8BB
Mon–Sat 10:00–17:30 · Goodramgate run · stop 5
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Travelling Man Second-hand bookshop
Goodramgate · YO1 7LF
Mon–Sat 10:00–18:00 · Topping & Company and 7 more · stop 7
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Criminally Good Books Second-hand bookshop
Colliergate · YO1 8BP
Mon–Sat 10:00–18:00 · Goodramgate run · stop 7
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0.6 km
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St Leonards Hospice Shop Charity shop
Fossgate · YO1 9TF
St Leonards Hospice Shop and 7 more · stop 1
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British Red Cross Charity shop
Walmgate · YO1 9TX
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00 · St Leonards Hospice Shop and 7 more · stop 2
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1.0 km
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St Leonards Hospice Shop Charity shop
Layerthorpe
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Yorkshire Cancer Research Shop Charity shop
YO31 7UL
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York Against Cancer Charity shop
Wigginton Road · YO31 8HE
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Recycle Project Second-hand shop
Huby Court · YO1 9UD
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Age UK Charity shop
Burton Stone Lane · YO30 6EB
1.5 km -
1.8 km
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Alan Bott Charity Charity shop2.0 km
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St Leonards Hospice Charity shop
Mon–Sat 09:00–16:00 · St Leonards Hospice and 7 more · stop 1
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St Leonard's Hospice Donations Centre Charity shop
Acomb Road · YO24 4HD
Mon–Sat 09:00–14:00 · St Leonards Hospice and 7 more · stop 3
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St Leonards Hospice Charity shop
St Leonards Hospice and 7 more · stop 2
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RSPCA Charity shop
St Leonards Hospice and 7 more · stop 4
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British Heart Foundation Charity shop
St Leonards Hospice and 7 more · stop 5
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St Leonards Hospice Charity shop
Mon–Sat 09:00–16:00
2.4 km -
Barnardo's Charity shop
St Leonards Hospice and 7 more · stop 6
2.5 km -
Cats Protection Charity shop
St Leonards Hospice and 7 more · stop 7
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Age UK Charity shop
St Leonards Hospice and 7 more · stop 8
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St Leonards Hospice Shop Charity shop3.8 km
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4.2 km
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Cats Protection Charity shop
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00
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St Leonards Hospice Charity shop6.4 km
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Book hunting in York
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.
18 of the shops here have their opening hours on record, and 11 of those open on Sundays. Where no hours are listed, nobody has recorded them yet. 1 of the 46 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 York
32 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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