Book-hunting route · Glasgow
Voltaire and Rousseau and 5 more
6 shops · about 17 minutes on foot · 1.1 km
Voltaire and Rousseau on Otago Lane opens this Glasgow route of 6 stops covering 17 minutes. It passes Thistle Books on Otago Street, then Caledonia Books on Great Western Road, before finishing on Byres Road, which carries 2 of the shops on this route. It ends at British Red Cross.
The stops, in walking order
Starts at the end nearest the city centre. Times are pavement estimates at an easy pace.
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1
Voltaire and Rousseau
Second-hand bookshop · Otago Lane · G12 8PB
Mon–Sat 10:00–18:00
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2
2 min walk
Thistle BooksSecond-hand bookshop · Otago Street · G12 8PQ
Mon–Sat 11:00–17:30
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3
4 min walk
Caledonia BooksSecond-hand bookshop · Great Western Road · G12 8HL
Tue–Sat 12:00–18:00
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4
7 min walk
ShelterCharity shop · Great Western Road · G12 8RA
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5
4 min walk
Cancer Research UKCharity shop · Byres Road · G12 8AR
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6
3 min walk
British Red CrossCharity shop · Byres Road · G12 8UQ
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Other routes in Glasgow
- Sarwar foundation and 8 more 9 shops · ~17 min
- British Heart Foundation and 8 more 9 shops · ~24 min
- Charity Super.Mkt and 8 more 9 shops · ~28 min
- Dumbarton Road run 8 shops · ~15 min
- The Hospice Shop and 6 more 7 shops · ~3 min
- British Heart Foundation and 6 more (part 2) 7 shops · ~16 min
- Duke Street run 6 shops · ~3 min
- Main Street run 5 shops · ~4 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. 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
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