Book-hunting route · Derby

Normanton Road run

7 shops · about 12 minutes on foot · 1.0 km

The Normanton Road run has 7 stops and covers 12 minutes, starting at Big Bargains on Normanton Road. It passes Sec'Good 4 minutes on, then Islamic Relief and Iqra Books further along the same street. Normanton Road accounts for 5 of the stops, and the walk finishes at Madina Book Centre.

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 Big Bargains

    Second-hand shop · Normanton Road · DE1 2GG

  2. 2

    4 min walk

    Sec'Good

    Second-hand shop · Normanton Road · DE23 6UX

  3. 3

    3 min walk

    Muslims in Need

    Charity shop

  4. 4

    2 min walk

    Turn Around Charity Shop

    Charity shop

  5. 5

    2 min walk

    Islamic Relief

    Charity shop · Normanton Road · DE23 6WD

    Mon–Fri 09:00–17:30, Sat 10:00–17:30, Sun 10:00–17:00

  6. 6

    2 min walk

    Iqra Books

    Second-hand bookshop · Normanton Road · DE23 6WE

  7. 7

    2 min walk

    Madina Book Centre

    Second-hand bookshop · Normanton Road · DE23 6UU

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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.

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Nearby: Charity shops in Nottingham· Charity shops in Leicester· Charity shops in Stoke-on-Trent· Charity shops in Sheffield

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