Book-hunting route · Brighton

Detour Vintage and 8 more

9 shops · about 16 minutes on foot · 1.8 km

Detour Vintage on Brighton Place opens this Brighton walk of 9 stops, which runs for 16 minutes. It passes Goldsboro Books on Ship Street and Oxfam on North Street, with 2 Oxfam branches along the route. From there it continues past Martlets on Church Street and Last Bookshop on Gardner Street. The route finishes at Dave's Comics on Sydney Street, where 2 of its stops sit on the same street.

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 Detour Vintage

    Second-hand shop · Brighton Place

  2. 2

    3 min walk

    Goldsboro Books

    Second-hand bookshop · Ship Street · BN1 1AE

  3. 3

    3 min walk

    Oxfam

    Charity shop · North Street

  4. 4

    3 min walk

    Martlets

    Charity shop · Church Street

  5. 5

    2 min walk

    Last Bookshop

    Second-hand bookshop · Gardner Street · BN1 1UN

    Mon–Sat 10:00–18:00; Sun 10:00–17:00

  6. 6

    3 min walk

    Oxfam Bookshop

    Second-hand bookshop · Kensington Gardens · BN1 4AL

    Mon–Sat 10:00–17:30; Sun 11:00–14:00

  7. 7

    2 min walk

    Junk

    Second-hand shop · Vine Street

    Mon–Thu,Sat 10:30–17:00; Fri 10:30–16:00; Sun 11:00–16:00

  8. 8

    3 min walk

    Dave's Comics

    Second-hand bookshop · Sydney Street · BN1 4EN

  9. 9

    1 min walk

    Dave's Comics

    Second-hand bookshop · Sydney Street · BN1 4EN

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

Nearby: Charity shops in Worthing· Charity shops in Eastbourne· Charity shops in Hastings· Charity shops in Guildford

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