Morningside Road run

6 shops · about 5 minutes on foot · 0.4 km

The Morningside Road run packs 6 stops into 5 minutes, starting at British Heart Foundation on Morningside Road. It passes Oxfam Bookshop and Marie Curie, and Oxfam has 2 branches along the way. Morningside Road holds 5 of the shops on this run. It finishes at Save the Children, 2 minutes after Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland.

View this area on OpenStreetMap

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 British Heart Foundation
Charity shop · Morningside Road · EH10 4QQ

Mon–Sat 09:30–17:00; Sun 11:00–16:00
2
1 min walk
Oxfam
Charity shop

Mon–Fri 09:30–17:30; Sat 09:30–17:30; Sun 01:30–16:00
3
1 min walk
Oxfam Bookshop
Second-hand bookshop · Morningside Road · EH10 4QQ

Mon–Sat 09:30–17:30; Sun 13:30–16:00
4
3 min walk
Marie Curie
Charity shop · Morningside Road · EH10 4QL

Mon–Sat 09:30–17:00; Sun 10:00–16:00
5
1 min walk
Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
Charity shop · Morningside Road · EH10 4QL

Mon–Sat 10:00–17:00; Sun 12:00–17:00
6
2 min walk
Save the Children
Charity shop · Morningside Road · EH10 5HX

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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.

See all charity shops in Edinburgh, or read our guide to finding good books in charity shops.

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

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