Charity shop (Oxfam)Oxfam Shop Derby
67 St Peter's St, Derby DE1 2AB
Oxfam's St Peter's Street branch, on the main shopping street through the city centre, is a general charity shop rather than one of its dedicated bookshops. Its own page, which read the same when the Wayback Machine stored it on 13 May 2026, says books, music and homewares come in wide variety beside donated clothes, Fairtrade food and greetings cards. Oxfam doesn't publish this shop's hours, so phone 01332 384820 before making a special journey.
Charity shop (Salvation Army)Salvation Army Derby Central Charity Shop & Café
40-42 Osmaston Rd, Derby DE1 2HU
Near the city-centre end of Osmaston Road, the Salvation Army keeps a charity shop and café in one building. The branch's web page, worded identically when the Internet Archive saved it on 7 March 2026, lists books as an accepted donation, alongside clothing, household items and electrical goods, while furniture is refused. Books sit inside a mixed stock here, and nothing on that page indicates how many titles are out at any one time.
Hours: Mon–Sat 10am–3pmWebsite Charity bookshop (Elvaston Castle and Gardens Trust)Elvaston Estate Second-Hand Bookshop
The Courtyard, Elvaston Castle, Elvaston DE72 3EP
Over in Elvaston, a South Derbyshire parish 3.5 miles east-south-east, the Elvaston Castle and Gardens Trust has turned the Tank Room, a space it describes as dark, damp and cluttered, into a room of donated second-hand books in the Courtyard beside the Estate Office. Its Facebook post of 10 September 2026 said the room had a soft launch over the August bank holiday weekend and was opening on an ad hoc basis until a regular timetable was settled, after a corporate volunteering team had sorted hundreds of donated books by author and genre. A further post on 18 September 2026 asked would-be donors to hold on, since the room already had plenty of books and very little storage.
Hours: Last documented: 26 September 2026, 10am–3pmWebsite National Trust second-hand bookshopCalke Abbey second-hand bookshop
Calke Abbey, Ticknall, Derby DE73 7JF
By Ticknall in South Derbyshire, 7.9 miles due south, Calke Abbey has its donated-book room in the stableyard, facing the gift shop at the door of the restaurant. According to the National Trust page as archived on 6 June 2026, the room takes in fiction for every age as well as biography and reference titles from people having a clear-out. The Parkland and Gardens fee is charged to non-members though the car park is free, and a dog on a short lead may come into the bookshop with you.
Oxfam Books & MusicOxfam Books & Music Belper
65a King St, Belper DE56 1QA
In Belper, an Amber Valley town 7.6 miles north, Oxfam's book and music shop faces the Ritz Cinema on King Street, an easy walk from the bus and railway stations. Its shop page, identical in an Internet Archive capture from 19 May 2026, says the book stock stretches from fiction to specialist subjects, while the music side carries vinyl, CDs, sheet music and small instruments, plus DVDs. Oxfam lists no hours for Belper either, so call 01773 823410 first.
Charity bookshop (St Giles Hospice)St Giles Hospice Burton upon Trent Bookshop
21 Station St, Burton upon Trent DE14 1AU
In Burton upon Trent, over the county line in East Staffordshire and 10.2 miles south-west, St Giles Hospice keeps a dedicated bookshop on Station Street, apart from its general shop at 35 High Street. The hospice's listing for it, as preserved in a Wayback Machine snapshot of 12 May 2026, gives the phone number 01283 516218 and six-day opening. Sales raise money for the hospice's care of local people living with a terminal illness.
Hours: Mon–Sat 9am–5pmWebsite