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Book-hunting route · Bath

Charity Shop and 8 more

9 shops · about 23 minutes on foot · 2.0 km

23 minutes of walking make up this Bath route, starting at Charity Shop on Manvers Street. Oxfam on Lower Borough Walls comes 10 minutes on, then Toppings on York Street follows another 4 minutes after that. The walk ends at Cancer Research UK on Westgate Street, across 9 stops.

Open the route in Google Maps Walking directions, stop by stop. The line above follows the streets, routed on OpenStreetMap data.

The stops, in walking order

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

  1. 1 Charity Shop

    Charity shop · Manvers Street · BA1 1JQ

  2. 2

    2 min walk

    Geo Bayntun

    Second-hand bookshop

  3. 3

    5 min walk

    Mercy in Action

    Charity shop · Widcombe Parade · BA2 4JT

    Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00; Sun 11:00–16:00

  4. 4

    10 min walk

    Oxfam

    Charity shop · Lower Borough Walls · BA1 1QR

    Mon–Sat 10:00–17:00; Sun 12:00–16:00

  5. 5

    4 min walk

    Toppings

    Second-hand bookshop · York Street · BA1 1NG

    Mon–Sun 08:30–21:00

  6. 6

    3 min walk

    Mercy In Action

    Charity shop · Union Passage · BA1 1RD

  7. 7

    1 min walk

    TG Jones

    Second-hand bookshop · Union Street · BA1 1RT

  8. 8

    2 min walk

    British Heart Foundation

    Charity shop · Westgate Street

  9. 9

    1 min walk

    Cancer Research UK

    Charity shop · Westgate Street · BA1 1EP

    Mon–Sat 09:00–17:30; Sun 11:00–17:00

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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. The distance follows the streets; the minutes are an easy-pace estimate. Opening hours are whatever OpenStreetMap has on record: check the volunteer-run ones before you set out.

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

Nearby: Charity shops in Bristol· Charity shops in Swindon· Charity shops in Newport· Charity shops in Salisbury

Shop data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.

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