Book-hunting route · Edinburgh
St Pauls Bookshop and 9 more
10 shops · about 19 minutes on foot · 1.5 km
Haddington Place carries 4 of the 9 stops on this Edinburgh route, including McNaughtan's Bookshop and The Bethany Bookshop. It starts at St Pauls Bookshop and reaches Topping & Company Booksellers on Blenheim Place 5 minutes in. The route ends at St Columba's Hospice Care on Leith Walk after 19 minutes.
The stops, in walking order
Starts at the end nearest the city centre. Times are pavement estimates at an easy pace.
-
1
St Pauls Bookshop
Second-hand bookshop
Mon closed; Tue–Sun 10:00–17:00
-
2
5 min walk
Topping & Company BooksellersSecond-hand bookshop · Blenheim Place · EH7 5JH
09:00–21:00
-
3
4 min walk
McNaughtan's BookshopSecond-hand bookshop · Haddington Place · EH7 4AE
Tue–Sat 11:00–17:00
-
4
1 min walk
Typewronger Books
Second-hand bookshop
-
5
3 min walk
The Bethany ShopCharity shop · Haddington Place
Mon–Sat 10:00–17:00; Sun closed
-
6
1 min walk
The Bethany BookshopSecond-hand bookshop · Haddington Place
Mon–Sat 10:00–16:00
-
7
1 min walk
Settlement ProjectsCharity shop · Haddington Place · EH7 4AG
-
8
2 min walk
British Red CrossCharity shop · Croall Place · EH7 4LT
-
9
5 min walk
Barnardo'sCharity shop · Crighton Place
Mon,Sun closed; Tue–Sat 10:30–18:00
-
10
2 min walk
St Columba's Hospice CareCharity shop · Leith Walk · EH6 5BR
Mon–Sat 10:00–16:00; Sun 12:00–16:00
Take Spines with you
10 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 Edinburgh
- Nicolson Street run 9 shops · ~3 min
- Portobello High Street run 9 shops · ~12 min
- Elvis Shakespeare and 8 more 9 shops · ~24 min
- Fruitmarket Bookshop and 8 more 9 shops · ~36 min
- Raeburn Place run 8 shops · ~4 min
- Golden Hare Books and 7 more 8 shops · ~7 min
- Tills Bookshop and 7 more 8 shops · ~14 min
- Peter Bell Books and 6 more 7 shops · ~12 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 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
Shop data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.