Book-hunting route · Edinburgh

Fruitmarket Bookshop and 8 more

9 shops · about 36 minutes on foot · 3.2 km

Fruitmarket Bookshop on Market Street starts this Edinburgh route. It runs through 3 shops on South Bridge, including Marie Curie and PDSA. From there it continues via Transreal on Candlemaker Row and John Kay's on Victoria Street, ending at Lighthouse Bookshop on West Nicolson Street after a 36 minute walk across 9 stops.

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 Fruitmarket Bookshop

    Second-hand bookshop · Market Street · EH1 1DF

    09:00–18:00

  2. 2

    4 min walk

    Marie Curie

    Charity shop · South Bridge · EH1 1LL

  3. 3

    2 min walk

    PDSA

    Charity shop · South Bridge · EH1 1HN

  4. 4

    1 min walk

    Forbidden Planet

    Second-hand bookshop · South Bridge · EH1 1LL

  5. 5

    6 min walk

    Transreal

    Second-hand bookshop · Candlemaker Row · EH1 2QE

    Wed–Fri 12:00–17:00; Sat 11:00–17:00; Sun–Tue closed

  6. 6

    3 min walk

    Shelter

    Charity shop · Forrest Road · EH1 2QP

    Mon,Thu–Sat 10:30–17:45; Tue,Wed 10:00–17:45; Sun 12:00–16:00

  7. 7

    6 min walk

    John Kay's

    Second-hand bookshop · Victoria Street · EH1 2HG

    Mon–Sat 11:00–19:00; Sun 11:00–18:00

  8. 8

    3 min walk

    Evangelical Books

    Second-hand bookshop · North Bank Street

  9. 9

    13 min walk

    Lighthouse Bookshop - Edinburgh's Radical Bookshop

    Second-hand bookshop · West Nicolson Street

    Mon–Sat 10:00–20:00; Sun 11:30–17:00

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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 Stirling· Charity shops in Dundee· Charity shops in Glasgow· Charity shops in Carlisle

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