Book-hunting route · Cardiff
Cowbridge Road East run
5 shops · about 7 minutes on foot · 0.4 km
The Cowbridge Road East run in Cardiff has all 5 stops on that one street, taking 7 minutes end to end. It starts at RSPCA, then Marie Curie 1 minute along and PDSA 2 minutes after that. Cancer Research UK follows before the walk ends at Shelf Life, 3 minutes later.
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
RSPCA
Charity shop · Cowbridge Road East · CF11 9DX
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2
1 min walk
Marie CurieCharity shop · Cowbridge Road East · CF11 9AJ
Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00; Sun 10:00–16:00
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3
2 min walk
PDSACharity shop · Cowbridge Road East · CF11 9AL
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4
2 min walk
Cancer Research UKCharity shop · Cowbridge Road East · CF11 9ND
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5
3 min walk
Shelf LifeSecond-hand bookshop · Cowbridge Road East · CF5 1GW
Tue–Sat 10:00–17:00
Take Spines with you
5 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 Cardiff
- Windsor Road run 7 shops · ~4 min
- Tenovus and 6 more 7 shops · ~7 min
- Forbidden Planet International and 5 more 6 shops · ~12 min
- Whitchurch Road run 4 shops · ~3 min
- City Hospice and 3 more 4 shops · ~3 min
- Inter-Aid and 2 more 3 shops · ~4 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 Cardiff, or read our guide to finding good books in charity shops.
Nearby: Charity shops in Newport· Charity shops in Bristol· Charity shops in Swansea· Charity shops in Bath
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