Book-hunting route · Cambridge
Regent Street run
3 shops · about 4 minutes on foot · 0.2 km
3 stops make up the Regent Street run in Cambridge, 4 minutes end to end. It starts at Arthur Rank Hospice, then Cancer Research UK 1 minute on, and finishes 3 minutes later at Christian Science Reading Room. All 3 shops sit on Regent Street.
The stops, in walking order
Starts at the end nearest the city centre. Times are pavement estimates at an easy pace.
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1
Arthur Rank Hospice
Charity shop · Regent Street · CB2 1DB
Mon–Sat 09:30–17:00; Sun 10:00–16:00
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2
1 min walk
Cancer Research UKCharity shop · Regent Street · CB2 1DP
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:30; Sun 10:00–16:00
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3
3 min walk
Christian Science Reading RoomSecond-hand bookshop · Regent Street · CB2 1DP
Mon 12:30–15:00
Take Spines with you
3 shops is a lot of spines to read. Let your phone do it.
Photograph the shelf and Spines flags the books worth grabbing for your taste. Free to try.
Other routes in Cambridge
- Burleigh Street run 6 shops · ~3 min
- Burleigh Street run (part 2) 5 shops · ~2 min
- Oxfam Bookshop and 4 more 5 shops · ~10 min
- Mill Road run 4 shops · ~5 min
- Mill Road run (part 2) 3 shops · ~6 min
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 Cambridge, or read our guide to finding good books in charity shops.
Nearby: Charity shops in Luton· Charity shops in Chelmsford· Charity shops in St Albans· Charity shops in Milton Keynes
Shop data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.