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Book-hunting route · Glasgow

Main Street run

5 shops · about 4 minutes on foot · 0.3 km

In 4 minutes this Glasgow walk covers 5 stops, starting at Oxfam on Main Street. Cancer Research UK and Barnardo's follow along Main Street, before Daydreams Bookshop on Stewart Street. It ends at Debra Charity Shop on Douglas Street.

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 Oxfam

    Charity shop · Main Street · G62 6BU

  2. 2

    1 min walk

    Cancer Research UK

    Charity shop · Main Street · G62 6BL

    Mon–Sat 09:00–17:30; Sun 10:00–16:30

  3. 3

    1 min walk

    Barnardo's

    Charity shop · Main Street · G62 6BJ

  4. 4

    2 min walk

    Daydreams Bookshop

    Second-hand bookshop · Stewart Street · G62 6BY

  5. 5

    2 min walk

    Debra Charity Shop

    Charity shop · Douglas Street · G62 6PE

    Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00; Sun 11:00–17:00

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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.

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

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

Shop data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.

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