Book-hunting route · Belfast

A McLean and 5 more

6 shops · about 12 minutes on foot · 1.1 km

A McLean opens this Belfast walk, which runs 12 minutes across 6 stops. It continues to Oxfam 6 minutes on, then StreetNI Charity Shop and AgeNI, before reaching Save the Children and War On Want on Botanic Avenue. Botanic Avenue holds 2 of the shops on this route.

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 A McLean

    Second-hand bookshop

  2. 2

    6 min walk

    Oxfam

    Charity shop

  3. 3

    3 min walk

    StreetNI Charity Shop

    Charity shop

  4. 4

    3 min walk

    AgeNI

    Charity shop

  5. 5

    1 min walk

    Save the Children

    Charity shop · Botanic Avenue

  6. 6

    1 min walk

    War On Want

    Charity shop · Botanic Avenue

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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 Belfast, or read our guide to finding good books in charity shops.

Nearby: Charity shops in Glasgow· Charity shops in Carlisle· Charity shops in Blackpool· Charity shops in Stirling

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