Charity superstore (St Catherine's Hospice)St Catherine's Hospice City Store
100–108 Corporation St, Preston PR1 2UP
A few minutes' walk west of the centre, the hospice's City Store is built around vintage and modern furniture, yet its page lists books with the clothing, homeware, electricals and toys. Blog Preston reported on 5 March 2026 that this flagship shop had just been refitted with new flooring, laid by a family-run local firm. Treat it as a quick look at the shelves while crossing between Friargate and Fishergate.
Hours: Mon–Sat 9:30am–5pmWebsite Charity department store (Emmaus)Emmaus Department Store
Fishergate Shopping Centre, Preston PR1 8HL
The homelessness charity Emmaus Preston opened this department store in the former Debenhams at Fishergate Shopping Centre on Friday 14 March 2025, the Lancashire Post reported, and Emmaus UK says its beneficiaries spent ten weeks filling the 120,000 square feet. Furniture leads, but the store's own page also promises second-hand books, music and films. It sits beside the railway station, with the centre's pay-and-display car park off Butler Street.
Hours: Mon–Sat 9am–5pm, Sun 11am–5pmWebsite Charity shop (Sue Ryder)Sue Ryder Tulketh Mill
Unit 1, Tulketh Mill, Blackpool Rd, Preston PR2 2BT
Inside the old Tulketh Mill on Blackpool Road, roughly 1.3 miles north-west, Sue Ryder runs a shop whose page boasts a great range of furniture yet also names books and music beside fashion, vinyl and bric-a-brac, and says the place has become a favourite with university students. A copy kept by the Internet Archive from 18 June 2026 matches it, Sunday hours included. Customers get two hours of free parking behind the mill chimney.
Hours: Mon–Sat 9:30am–5pm, Sun 10am–4pmWebsite Charity shop (Cats Protection)Cats Protection Charity Shop Penwortham
77 Liverpool Rd, Penwortham, Preston PR1 9XD
Across the Ribble in Penwortham, part of South Ribble, this Cats Protection shop sits on Liverpool Road about 1.5 miles west-south-west of the Flag Market. On 5 June 2026 its Facebook page asked anyone having a sort-out of books to drop them off, saying donations are taken seven days a week. The charity's shop finder lists the number as 01772 746895.
Hours: Mon–Sat 9am–5pm, Sun 10am–4pmWebsite Charity shop (Regenerage)Regenerage Bamber Bridge
9 Cotton Mill Rd, Bamber Bridge, Preston PR5 6LF
Regenerage, the older people's charity known until its rebrand as Age Concern Central Lancashire, traces this South Ribble shop in Bamber Bridge, some 2.6 miles south-east, back to 1988 on Station Road; since 2019 it has traded from a modern unit by the Morrisons car park. Books appear on its stock list among clothing, footwear, electricals, games and toys, a list the Wayback Machine recorded unchanged on 11 April 2026. Parking is free, so a browse fits easily around a supermarket run.
Hours: Mon–Sat 9am–5pm, Sun 10:30am–4:30pmWebsite Charity shop (Regenerage)Regenerage Leyland
2–4 Towngate, Leyland PR25 2FN
In Leyland, the South Ribble town about 4.8 miles south, Regenerage has run this shop inside the Tesco Extra car park since 2016, in a former chemist whose old cabinets now hold the donated stock. Its page names books after the games and toys, and an Internet Archive copy taken on 5 June 2026 shows the same wording. The charity calls the window displays award-winning, and the shop trades seven days a week.
Hours: Mon–Sat 9am–5pm, Sun 11am–5pmWebsite Charity shop (St Catherine's Hospice)St Catherine's Hospice Adlington
4 Babylon Ln, Adlington, Chorley PR6 9NN
In Adlington, a Chorley borough village some 10.6 miles south-south-east, this St Catherine's branch puts books, DVDs, jigsaws, games and vinyl on its stock list next to clothing, handbags, new wool and cards. The Internet Archive captured that list on 10 July 2026, unchanged, together with Monday-to-Saturday trading. Call 01257 367474 if you are making the drive for books alone.
Hours: Mon–Sat 9:30am–4:30pmWebsite Charity shop (Regenerage)Regenerage Calder Park
Unit 5, Calder Park, Preston Rd, Chorley PR7 1FH
On a small retail park off Preston Road, on the outskirts of Chorley town in Chorley borough and about 7.2 miles south-south-east, Regenerage opened this branch in 2021 beside Greggs and Tesco Extra, round the corner from Chorley Hospital. Its page, as the Wayback Machine archived it on 12 November 2025, lists books among the clothing, shoes, handbags, games and toys, alongside what it calls an excellent selection of pre-loved designer clothing. That same page gives two sets of times, a day-by-day grid showing 10am to 5pm except for an 11am-to-4pm Sunday, and a line of text giving 9am to 5pm through the week with Sunday from 10am to 4pm, so ring 01257 445400 before an early visit.