Book-hunting route · Canterbury
St. Peter's Street run
8 shops · about 17 minutes on foot · 1.3 km
Oxfam on Best Lane starts the St. Peter's Street run in Canterbury, 7 stops over 17 minutes. The street itself carries 4 shops on the route, including Maya's Boutique, Oxfam again and Age UK. It ends at Catching Lives Books on Palace Street, after Pilgrims Hospices on St. Dunstan's 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
Oxfam
Charity shop · Best Lane · CT1 2JB
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00; Sun 10:00–16:00
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2
2 min walk
The Children's Trust
Charity shop
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3
1 min walk
Maya's BoutiqueSecond-hand shop · St. Peter's Street · CT1 2AT
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4
1 min walk
OxfamCharity shop · St. Peter's Street · CT1 2BE
Mon–Sat 09:30–17:30; Sun 11:00–16:00
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5
1 min walk
Store 50 Pilgrims HospiceCharity shop · St. Peter's Street · CT1 2BE
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6
1 min walk
Age UKCharity shop · St. Peter's Street · CT1 2AT
Mon–Sat 10:00–16:00
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7
5 min walk
Pilgrims HospicesCharity shop · St. Dunstan's Street · CT2 8BN
Mon–Sat 09:30–16:00; Sun closed
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8
9 min walk
Catching Lives BooksSecond-hand bookshop · Palace Street · CT1 2DZ
Take Spines with you
8 shops is a lot of spines to read. Let your phone do it.
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Other routes in Canterbury
- Burgate run 7 shops · ~17 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. 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 Canterbury, or read our guide to finding good books in charity shops.
Nearby: Charity shops in Southend-on-Sea· Charity shops in Hastings· Charity shops in Chelmsford· Charity shops in Colchester
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