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Book-hunting route · Aberdeen

British Heart Foundation and 7 more

8 shops · about 30 minutes on foot · 2.3 km

Open the route in Google Maps Walking directions, stop by stop. The line above is stop to stop; the streets between are your call.

The stops, in walking order

Starts at the end nearest the city centre. Times are pavement estimates at an easy pace.

  1. 1 British Heart Foundation

    Charity shop · Union Street · AB10 1QS

    Mon–Sat 09:30–17:00; Sun 12:00–16:00

  2. 2

    1 min walk

    MHA Mental Health Aberdeen

    Charity shop · Union Street · AB11 6BQ

    Mon–Sat 10:00–16:00

  3. 3

    5 min walk

    Oxfam

    Charity shop · Chapel Street · AB10 1SP

  4. 4

    4 min walk

    PDSA

    Charity shop · Holburn Street · AB10 6BS

  5. 5

    11 min walk

    Cancer Research UK

    Charity shop

  6. 6

    1 min walk

    Oxfam

    Charity shop · Rosemount Viaduct · AB25 1NE

    Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00

  7. 7

    3 min walk

    Somerville Books

    Second-hand bookshop

  8. 8

    8 min walk

    Sue Ryder

    Charity shop · George Street · AB25 1HX

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How the route is built

Shops within about 400 metres of the next one count as one run, walked from the end nearest the centre. Long runs are cut into legs of ten stops or fewer. Distances are straight lines with a pavement allowance, so treat the minutes as a floor. Opening hours are whatever OpenStreetMap has on record: check the volunteer-run ones before you set out.

See all charity shops in Aberdeen, or read our guide to finding good books in charity shops.

Nearby: Charity shops in Dundee· Charity shops in Inverness· Charity shops in Edinburgh· Charity shops in Stirling

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